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Woman highlights the reality of extreme weight loss as she crowdfunds skin removal surgery – goodtoknow

Mar 30th, 2017

A woman who has dropped 185lbs is raising awareness of the side effects of extreme weight loss while crowdfunding her skin removal surgery.

Kayla Butcher, 24, underwent a gastric bypass operation in February 2016, and has since lost almost half of her body weight, taking her from 376.5lbs to 191lbs so far.

'Wearing clothes is more difficult and being intimate is even more so daunting than before. Things like wearing swimsuits. I have started saving here and there myself but need some help.'

She told Cosmopolitan that before she began shedding the pounds, baked goods like swiss rolls and zebra cakes were her 'downfall'. 'We never had limits on what we could eat,' she revealed.

A combination of a difficult home life and a move to a new city to attend college led to Kayla gaining around 145lbs, and after quitting sports and breaking up with her boyfriend, the number on the scales continued to spiral.

She added that the decision to have a gastric band fitted wasn't easy, but seemed like a better option than the alternative, saying: 'There was nothing easy about the process for me. It [seemed] better than living the rest of my life in shame, being moo-ed at in the streets.'

'Gastric bypass made losing the weight easier and more possible, but it's more a mind game than anything else. It's like quitting your drug of choice cold turkey.'

At the time of writing, her crowdfunding page has already raised almost $2,000, though Kayla estimates that her tummy tuck alone will cost $7,000 - but regardless of the outcome of the campaign, she has a positive attitude about the future.

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'I [want] to be full of life and not watch it pass me by,' she concluded. 'A positive outlook can make all the difference.'

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