A woman who looked unrecognisable after losing a combined 100 kilograms with her husband has revealed their plans for excess skin surgery.
Jennifer and Darren Flindt, both 39, shot to fame after they showed off their incredible body transformation on Channel Nine’s This Time Next Year in August.
The Sydney couple fulfilled their dream of losing an incredible 95.3 kilograms between them before getting married earlier this year.
And now, the pair are determined to go under the knife to remove the excess skin.
Jennifer and Darren Flindt, both 39, looked unrecognisable after losing a combined 100 kilos
The Sydney couple fulfilled their dream of losing an incredible 95.3 kilograms between them before getting married earlier this year
Speaking to 9Honey, Jennifer said she plans to undergo a $75,000 excess skin surgery after resorting to face fillers to improve her complexion.
‘I normally don’t give a sh*t. But so many people have commented lately about how drawn in the face I looked, but I’m really healthy,’ Jennifer told 9Honey.
‘So I thought if I could make the face look a bit better then maybe they’ll acknowledge that I’m healthy and not sick.’
The mother will have to get her excess skin removed from her thighs, stomach, back and arms – as well as breast lift and implants.
Since impressing the crowd on television with their inspiring weight loss journey, the pair have lost even more weight.
The couple said they feel much happier with their life – but they have had to tuck their excess skin into their clothing every day.
‘We look like Shar-Peis when we’re naked… It’s scary. I have grandpa bum. It’s seriously not nice,’ Darren said.
The pair are also planning to celebrate their one year wedding anniversary in April next year by taking their family to Disneyland.
In less than 12 months, Darren and Jennifer lost a staggering 95.3 kilograms between them and blew guests away at their dream wedding (Jennifer is pictured at 73.9kg and Darren, 77.8kg)
The New Year plans comes after the couple revealed how they had struggled with their weight throughout their childhood and teenage years.
And so the pair knew they needed to make a change when they started experiencing excruciating health problems as a result of their increasing weight.
‘Hubby and I were big right through school and in 2016, Darren was told he had issues with his hips that meant he would need replacements before he was 40,’ Jennifer previously told Daily Mail Australia.
‘He was also pre-diabetic with a fatty liver.’
The couple never exercised and while they loved fresh food, were often eating larger than average portions and grabbing food on the run.
Jennifer and Darren, who had been together for six years, decided that to get back on track with their health, they would get a gastric sleeve procedure done on the same day.
Prior to the surgery, which they had done together in May, 2016, they spoke about their upcoming weight loss goals.
‘I don’t want to be a fat bride, I want to wear a simple elegant dress and not something big and poofy to hide everything,’ Jennifer, who weighed 109 kilos, said
Jennifer, who has one daughter and two step children, hoped to be a size 10 by her wedding day and Darren hoped to weigh anything under 95 kilograms
‘I don’t want to be a fat bride, I want to wear a simple elegant dress and not something big and poofy to hide everything,’ Jennifer, who weighed 109 kilos, said.
‘I’m sick of being the fat fella,’ Darren said, who weighed 138 kilograms.
Jennifer, who has one daughter and two step children, hoped to be a size 10 by her wedding day and Darren hoped to weigh anything under 95 kilograms.
I don’t think we would have succeeded if we didn’t have each other to nag.
And in less than 12 months, they had achieved their goals.
The pair blew the audience away when they showed off their new physiques on Monday evening – Jennifer weighing just 73.9 kilograms and Darren, 77.8 kilograms.
‘I don’t think we would have succeeded if we didn’t have each other to nag,’ Jennifer said.
‘I don’t think we would have succeeded if we didn’t have each other to nag,’ Jennifer said (pictured with Darren before their weight loss)
‘The first month was the hardest because we had to get into being active but now if we don’t exercise we get the s**ts because we crave it so much,’ she said
Jennifer said their lives have changed dramatically
The pair had their dream wedding in April (pictured), with Jennifer now a gorgeous size 10
‘The first month was the hardest because we had to get into being active but now if we don’t exercise we get the s**ts because we crave it so much.
‘We now go for a five kilometre walk and five kilometre jog every day without fail, rain hail or shine. Some days we do it twice.’
Jennifer said their lives have changed dramatically.
‘We didn’t just have the surgery and walk through the door with all the weight gone,’ Jennifer said.
‘We cook and do meal prep on Sundays, we count protein and we get out and get active every day despite working full time jobs.
‘We didn’t just have the surgery and walk through the door with all the weight gone,’ Jennifer said
‘We cook and do meal prep on Sundays, we count protein and we get out and get active every day despite working full time jobs,’ she said
‘We also look at food completely different. Because we can’t eat as much what we do eat is always quality,’ she said (pictured with Darren after they got engaged)
‘We also look at food completely different. Because we can’t eat as much what we do eat is always quality.’
Jennifer said the relationship between herself and Darren is also better.
‘We were rock solid before, we always have been, but now we do so much more together and we spend so much more time together walking and hiking and what not,’ she said.
‘I feel like work has changed for me too. I feel like in some cases you can be overlooked for promotions or not noticed when you are overweight – I think some people just assume you are less intelligent which is just idiotic.’
Jennifer said the 12 month time frame made things far more daunting.
Jennifer said the relationship between herself and Darren is also better since their weight loss
‘We knew we would be able to do it but I was petrified – what if I came out at the other end looking like I had lost nothing?’ Jennifer said
‘We knew we would be able to do it but I was petrified – what if I came out at the other end looking like I had lost nothing?’ Jennifer said.
‘It was this grey cloud looming but it was for the best – especially when you see how well everything has turned out.
‘Even Darren has no medical issues anymore – we both have a perfect bill of health and we don’t take any supplements.’
She said the pair of it found it surreal seeing themselves on TV.
‘You are in your own skin and you know how it feels to take a size 18 off the rack – you know you are big,’ she said.
‘But it’s not until you see yourself in that situation that you realise just how huge you are. This whole process has been amazing because it made us stop and do things differently – if not we would have just kept getting bigger.
‘You are in your own skin and you know how it feels to take a size 18 off the rack – you know you are big,’ she said
‘If we can do it, you can too!’ Jennifer said
‘Overall this whole process was for health, not for vanity.’
Jennifer urges those who wishes to follow in their footsteps to do their research.
‘It’s really important that people realise that a gastric sleeve surgery is not a solution, it’s a tool for weight loss… it’s most certainly not the easy way out,’ she said
‘Ask a million questions first and make sure you work hard with your diet and exercise too. Meal prep on Sundays, don’t put cr*p in your cupboards that might tempt you and stay dedicated.
‘If we can do it, you can too!’