After her husband suddenly passed away, Jenae reached 512-lbs, but now her excess skin hides her dramatic weight loss. Even though Julie lost 191-lbs, her excess skin is a constant reminder her of her obesity and how it damaged her marriage.","detailed":"As a teenage single mom, Jenae relied on fast, inexpensive meals to feed her family. Unhealthy eating lead to weight gain, then the pounds piled on during two more pregnancies. When her three sons were young, Jenae lost her husband in a tragic car accident. She became depressed, turned to food for comfort, and gained 200 pounds within one year. Within a few short years, a near fatal respiratory condition landed Jenae in the ICU. She realized she needed to lose weight to save her life, and dedicated herself to losing 350 pounds. But as her weight plummeted, skin started sagging dramatically all over her body. The excess skin not only embarrasses her and causes her pain, it limits her ability to properly care for the most important people in her world, her granddaughters. Jenae desperately wants to be rid of her skin. Otherwise, she's fears she'll never be the supportive mom and grandma that she truly longs to be.
Julie M was bullied as a child and ate from the stress it caused. She gained weight until her husband returned from deployment and was shocked to see how heavy she had become. She decided to get gastric bypass surgery to shed the weight. She lost a great deal of weight, but quickly noticed there was a lot of skin starting to sag and it wasn't going anywhere. The skin was so disgusting to her that it began to keep her from living her life, both with her husband in the military and her daughter. She hides inside her home as she and her husband, who is in the military and often deployed abroad, drift further and further apart and she misses her daughter growing up, even right in front of her eyes. She hopes to get her skin removed to end the discomfort and anxiety that keep her from her life.
