A MUM-OF-TWO has had her loose skin removed after losing a whopping 250lbs. Crystal from Texas, USA was once 420lbs and struggling with her health. After seeing a doctor, they recommended gastric bypass surgery to Crystal. Unfortunately after the surgery, Crystal’s bad habits meant the weight came piling back. Crystal began exercising and went on a strict keto diet - altogether she has lost 250lbs. Due to the amount of weight Crystal has lost, she was left with a huge amount of excess skin all over her body. At the beginning of 2021, she had a lower body lift and an arm lift - and she has now shown off her new look to her best friend for the first time.
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00:00My heaviest weight was 420 pounds.
00:04I couldn't go up a few steps without being out of air.
00:08I was a new mom, and my marriage fell.
00:11I felt like a failure.
00:13I decided, you know what?
00:15It's time for me to take control of my own life.
00:22I have lost 250 pounds.
00:25So after losing 250 pounds, I was left with a ton of excess skin.
00:31Recently, I had a lower body lift.
00:35One of my good friends is coming to meet me today.
00:39She hasn't seen me since I've had the surgery.
00:47Growing up overweight was difficult.
00:50I kind of became a little comedian
00:53to try to outweigh the fact that I was insecure about how I looked.
00:57I couldn't go up a few steps without being out of air
01:01or keep up with friends, you know, just walking through the mall
01:04or doing simple tasks.
01:06It was very, very complicated at 420 pounds.
01:09It was really difficult.
01:11People would tell me that I wasn't attractive.
01:14I looked like I was lazy.
01:16It was my fault why I got to that size.
01:22I realized, like, my weight was a really big issue.
01:25So I saw a doctor.
01:27They recommended that I get gastric bypass surgery.
01:30I don't think a lot of people understand is
01:33if you don't change those bad habits,
01:36you can still revert back and go back to where you were prior.
01:40I was a new mom, and my marriage fell.
01:43My weight went right back up.
01:45I was a little over 300 pounds at that point.
01:48I felt basically like a failure.
01:52I didn't feel sexy.
01:54I didn't feel happy.
01:56I felt depressed.
01:58I decided, you know what, I need to change.
02:02I need to be happy.
02:04In my mind, I just saw the healthiest version of myself,
02:07and I chased that.
02:09That's what I wanted.
02:11I decided it's time for me to take control of my own life
02:16because I'm the only one that's in charge of that.
02:19Nobody else can change it but me.
02:24My heaviest weight was 420 pounds.
02:27I have lost 250 pounds and have become my best self.
02:35This go-round, when the weight started dropping off,
02:38it felt like magic
02:40because I was actually eating.
02:43I was happy. I was full.
02:46I felt so energized.
02:48It was a totally different feeling.
02:54Keto has definitely made a major impact on my weight loss journey
02:58as I didn't have to sit and count calories.
03:02I always felt like I had enough to eat,
03:04but I was still seeing the results losing weight.
03:08It is amazing.
03:11After that workout, I was definitely hungry.
03:16So after losing 250 pounds,
03:19I was left with a ton of excess skin
03:22throughout my whole body.
03:24The way that I describe it is
03:26whenever you blow up a balloon
03:28and then you let the air out of it,
03:30they're like wrinkly and big.
03:32That's kind of how I felt in my body.
03:35I see this hot girl underneath,
03:37but I have all this excess skin.
03:41So recently, I had a lower body lift
03:45and I also had an arm lift.
03:48The surgeries definitely make me feel more confident.
03:51I feel like I can show a side of me
03:54that I've never shown before.
03:57I don't feel like the outcast.
04:01One of my good friends is coming to meet me today.
04:05She hasn't seen me since I've had the surgery.
04:07She knows how insecure I was
04:09about dressing or wearing certain things.
04:12So it's going to be really fun showing her.
04:18The last time I saw her,
04:20she did have the excess skin
04:22and you can see that it was messing with her confidence.
04:25I think it means everything for her.
04:27I think it means everything for her.
04:29I think it's a way for her to start a new chapter.
04:38Oh my gosh!
04:40You look so beautiful!
04:44You're such an inspiration.
04:46Oh my gosh, you work so hard for this
04:49and just seeing the journey.
04:51I hope that you always look at yourself
04:53and you feel like there's nothing that you can't do.
04:55And you're truly so beautiful.
04:57It's exciting.
04:59But you always make me cry.
05:02Of course, we love her!
05:05As a working mother of two,
05:07I set time aside that I know
05:10that I can contribute to my health.
05:12One thing that I can say is
05:14anything that you put your mind to,
05:16you can definitely do it.
05:18Just know that it takes time.
05:20Just be consistent.
05:22Be consistent with yourself
05:23and you can be the best person that you can be.