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Started 400+, Surgery was July 1, 2013 and was very easy up and walking within a couple of hours. By morning I was ready to go home, wanted to go the gym the next day but my wife talked me out of it. Down a total of 98 including pre-op liquids. This journey is amazing, I exercise 5-6 days a week. Eat smartly in very small portions, but can have a bite of almost anything. Work and life are so much better today than a year ago.

Started 400+, Surgery was July 1, 2013 and was very easy up and walking within a couple of hours. By morning I was ready to go home, wanted to go the gym the next day but my wife talked me out of it. Down a total of 98 including pre-op liquids. This journey is amazing, I exercise 5-6 days a week. Eat smartly in very small portions, but can have a bite of almost anything. Work and life are so much better today than a year ago.

Started 400+, Surgery was July 1, 2013 and was very easy up and walking within a couple of hours. By morning I was ready to go home, wanted to go the gym the next day but my wife talked me out of it. Down a total of 98 including pre-op liquids. This journey is amazing, I exercise 5-6 days a week. Eat smartly in very small portions, but can have a bite of almost anything. Work and life are so much better today than a year ago.

Layer the following in a crock pot/slow cooker
1-2 lb boneless chicken thigh
1-2 lb boneless chicken breast
1 packet taco seasoning
1-2 cup chopped onion
1-2 cup chopped green pepper
1-2 cup yellow corn
1 jar prepared salsa
1 touch of hot sauce
Cook on low for 8-9 hours until it shreds easily. Serve in a wrap, over rice, or on a salad. Makes quite a bit. Also freezes well.

I had mine about 2 months ago. I was so nervous about the EGD. My first time in a hospital not visiting someone else. But it was so easy! One minute I'm talking to doc and staff in procedure room, and next thing I know I'm waking up in another room, feeling like a just had a good night sleep. About 30 minutes later on my way out to my ride home. Easy, Easy Easy.

Layer the following in a crock pot/slow cooker
1-2 lb boneless chicken thigh
1-2 lb boneless chicken breast
1 packet taco seasoning
1-2 cup chopped onion
1-2 cup chopped green pepper
1-2 cup yellow corn
1 jar prepared salsa
1 touch of hot sauce
Cook on low for 8-9 hours until it shreds easily. Serve in a wrap, over rice, or on a salad. Makes quite a bit. Also freezes well.

I have BCBS MN as well and and just about done with my 6mo diet. But it has given me the chance to research and learn about myself, and the changes I need to make long term. I look at it like the preseason, and soon it will be real!

I have BCBS MN as well and and just about done with my 6mo diet. But it has given me the chance to research and learn about myself, and the changes I need to make long term. I look at it like the preseason, and soon it will be real!

I've got much farther to go, BMI about 55. I have lost 19lbs on the supervised diet so far.
My insurance BCBS MN covers almost everything, but requires 6 mo supervised diet. It seems a bit longer than is really needed. But it has given me time to learn, adjust and realize that the Chinese Buffet is not ever a good choice, and something I CAN live without long-term.
I have had to go through Pysch, Gastro, sleep, and PCP clearance, and finally Cardiac. It has not been too bad, but you really have to want it. I have seen more Drs in the past 5 months then in the previous 10 years.