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Yeah I was approved just waiting for my case worker to call me with a date. My surgeon will get me in and out within four hours.

What are the best sources to figure out what amt of calories we should intake with moderate exercise 30-45 mins a day 3-5 days a week?

Nipple?

I agree...ive been 1200 calories otherwise you wont have enough to burn...to be effective

Appreciate it. I'm glad i could find others similar to my height/weight/age...

If the added weight sits on the bladder it could result in needing to use the bathroom more frequent...according to my doctor.

I have Geha...im a govt employee...the one downfall is the surgery has to be in the main hospital vs the outpatient building...

I have Geha...im a govt employee...the one downfall is the surgery has to be in the main hospital vs the outpatient building...

I hope that mine will be the 2nd week of June.

My Bmi is 38 so i had to have one or more comorbidities...my one comorbidity was severe sleep apnea.

And Im sure you'll have a case manager that will know your insurance well

Stacy I'm going to be banded in June this year...I know you'll succeed, just keep at it and find some better foods to eat...YOU CAN DO IT!

I agree. I dig isopure quite a bit. My surgeon pimps out "Bariatric Fusion" vitamins and protein drink...i'd rather get products I can get from GNC.

my insurance said sleep apnea was a co-morbidity. Basically anything that can be caused by being overweight. My insurance didn't think my herniated disc was a co-morbidity..though I bet if i weighed 100lbs lighter it wouldnt affect me the same, nor do I think I'd necessarily have it.

1. I'm 36 years old. 5'10", 265 lbs. Have severe sleep apnea. 2. I was only 5-10 pounds overweight through age 18 and then 10-15 pounds overweight throughout college. I really packed on the pounds after college and was a bachelor 3. I am not married and have a 2 year old son that I need to be around forever. If I don't lose the 100-110 lbs I'm gonna live a low quality life. Since he is two. I have a good 2-4 years to lose the 110 lbs and then he'll be at an age where I can ride roller coasters with him, sit comfortably in an airplane with him, and share other experiences with him that would be near impossible (or at least difficult) being 100-110 lbs over weight.

also I am 5'10".

Good Luck Clay. I don't have the same insurance as you but I was just recently approved and hope to be banded here in June. I had to visit my Primary care doctor once a month for six months for weight visits and to go over my diet and then I visited a surgeon and took a psych test and went to a nutrition class. I also have severe sleep apnea. I'm 36, and weight 265. I'm hoping to lose 100-110 pounds. Good luck on your journey! Keep us up to date!

Sounds like my journey will be like yours. I'm wearing 40" waisted pants. I weight 265 and i hope to get down to around 155-165. I can't wait until I'm a waist 32. Thanks for being an inspiration!

I don't have my date yet, but it will be in June....congrats to all!

Good luck to you and Mimi. I'm set to be banded at some point in June. Should have something set soon.

Appreciate it. Found out I was approved today. They just need to fax the letter to the surgeon and I need to set the date.

Awesome! I hope to be banded in June

Great weight loss! So you lost 41lbs from 1/25/2012 through today? Was any of that loss during a preband diet?

My wife got banded last fall and has lost about 45 pounds since then. But to share one of her experiences. She took a plane to go out of town for work and on that plane a guy who sat next to her complained to the flight attendant because he didnt want to "sit next to a fat person". Sadder is that the guy was fairly overweight himself..so much he couldnt connect his belt because of his gut. He also complained that he had to sit next to someone who was overweight to complete strangers as well. I told her if I had been on the plane I would have decked him. The jerk!