Kristina Murphy managed to shift more than half her body weight but has been left feeling 'crushed' by the 25lbs of loose skin
A mum who lost a remarkable 14 stone has been left feeling "crushed" as her body now resembles a "90-year-old woman" due to 25lbs of loose skin. Kristina Murphy, 34, previously weighed 26st 7lb and wore a US size 30 at her heaviest, after a lifelong struggle with binge eating, the Mirror reports.
The mum says she needs to wear clothes two sizes too big to "pack a massive stomach" in and feels "stuck with the old shell of [her] fat body". Despite this, she says her self-confidence has increased a little since shifting and reveals that guys now offer to buy her drinks and give her attention, which she still finds "weird".
"I’ve got the body of a 90-year-old woman - the skin all wrinkly and saggy and not where it should be. I haven’t fully got rid of myself - I’m stuck with my old shell of my fat body. I can’t move into the new me when I still have the old me hung around me." Before the mum qualified for the surgery, she had to spend three months trying to lose weight through diet and exercise, as well as attending sessions with a nutritionist and psychotherapist to understand her weight issues on a deeper level. Kristina said: “My struggle with my weight has been something I’ve dealt with on and off my whole life.
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