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I completely understand. I lost a total of 170 lbs. While that put me into “I am not the fattest person in the room” category, I am still in the group of “fat

I completely understand. I lost a total of 170 lbs. While that put me into “I am not the fattest person in the room” category, I am still in the group of “fat people in the room” at least visually. The reason is excess skin. So even after four years of being at the lower weight, in reality the only way to get rid of excess skin is surgical. I am not willing to do that, so I have come to accept that even after all my efforts, I am never going to look svelte.

PeterStuer 4y ago
FWIW, The skin reduction surgery is completely benign, especially compared to the invasive stomach reduction/clamping/bypass surgeries common in this domain. While this has been some time ago and I have not met her for years, an acquaintance confided that the skin reduction gave her the confidence and joy that kept her from relapsing into old bad habits.