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Feb 28

Woman who lost almost 13 stone is left unable to hug her 4 kids because she can’t stand them touching her excess skin – The Sun

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Julie, who is on TLC show My Extreme Excess Skin, also avoids sex with husband Mike

A MUM who shed nearly 13 stone after having gastric bypass surgery has told how she still hates her body because of the piles of excess skin and its driving a wedge between her and her family.

Self-confessed emotional eater Julie, from Menifee, California, once tipped the scales at 23st 9lb.

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The mum-of-four had always been large, but her weight spiralled out of control as she struggled to shed her baby weight.

Julie has now shed12st 10lb with the help of weight loss surgery, but admits she is still unhappy with the way her body looks.

Speaking on TLC show My Extreme Excess Skin, Juliesaid she even tells her youngest child, son Jake, not to touch her because she still feels so uncomfortable with her body.

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TLC UK

While Julie also avoids sex with husband Mike, despite him saying: Julie is the most beautiful person I know inside and out, and I just want to be affectionate with her.

Julie explains: Because of the skin, I feel like I cant be the wife that I want to be.

My husband knows that I come up with reasons to avoid intimacy until he goes to sleep.

I dont have that drive or that motivation to be intimate with my husband because I dont want him to see me naked. And that takes a toll on our relationship.

I also feel like I cant be the best mum that I want to be for my kids. I dont like it when my kids touch my skin.

My son for example, Jake, loves to rub and touch my arms and I have to shove him off and tell him no Jake dont touch mummy.

You dont ever want to tell your kids dont touch me. It just feels me with guilt.

The skin makes me feel distant from my whole family. Its a constant reminder that I was the fat girl, fat friend, fat wife, fat mum.

And as long as I have the skin, that will never change because I cant even hide it.

I just hate my body and no matter how hard I try there is no covering up this skin.

As long as its there, you can see it. And I gave up trying to hide it because I cant.

Its miserable and Ill never live the fulfilling life that I feel like I deserve. I need skin removal surgery, or Im never going to feel comfortable in my skin.

Julies is a common problem shared by many people who lose weight quickly.

Celebs including Lisa Riley and Big Brother star Josie Gibson also had operations to lose their excess skin.

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TLC UK

Julie, who has surgery to remove her sagging skin in the TLC show, adds: "When I look in the mirror, all I can see is loose skin. It makes me feel kind of like a freak.

"Im desperate to have the skin removed because it just makes me feel really guilty and ashamed.

"I am happy that Ive lost massive amounts of weight, but Im not happy with the way that my body looks.

"I never thought that I would have this much skin after the weight loss. You get sweat underneath all of this right here, and it causes rashes.

"I try to deal with it by powdering but it doesnt matter how much you powder up, you feel unclean.

"Its just something that really holds me back because you have all this skin and you have to cover it constantly just to feel some semblance of normalcy.

"Whatever I try to hide it, its always there, its like a constant reminder of the abuse and neglect of my body."

My Extreme Excess Skin airs on Thursdays at 10pm on TLC.

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Woman who lost almost 13 stone is left unable to hug her 4 kids because she can't stand them touching her excess skin - The Sun

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