Msa662

First I just want to say I don't think you're rambling, this what these forums are for. You're just looking for a little support & motivation. Now I won't have my surgery until march 4. But that is something I really wasn't thinking about. Are you an emotional eater? That may explain why you are kind of having a hard time to stop eating while you're full. With food, you really have to change your way of thinking. Maybe it's just the fact you're not used to leaving food on your plate and it feels kind of strange like you're wasting food or something. Idk how open you are to talking to a professional but that is something you should consider if you're still struggling to stop eating after you're already full. Because like my doctors tells me, any weight loss surgery can be undone with too much high calorie food and drink. I have a friend now who got the lap band back in Dec. 2010, she lost weight real good for approx. 8 mos, like 75 or 80lbs. Then after a year or so she reverted back to her old eating habits and of course put almost all of her weight back on. Good luck to you and keep us posted.

Oh yeah! My insurance Aetna requires weight and blood pressure readings for the prior three years. Since I did that in 2012, I had to provide 2010, 2011 & 2012. But that really wasn't a problem for me getting those. Even though I had a different doctor back in 2010 & 2011, I just went to that doctors office and asked for a copy of my medical records with my weight and b/p recording on it . Or even if you had any kind of E/R visit during those two years, you can use that copy also. Long as it has your weight recorded on it for that year. Good luck to ya!

Hello everyone my name is Melanie and I just found out today 12/24/12 I got approved for my wls for an inpatient 1 night stay. I'm going for the sleeve gastrectomy. This has been quite a journey trying to get all my information together and doing everything my insurance companty required me to to in order to qualify for wls. So now I can't wait for my dr.'s consult and to continue on my weight loss journey. I do know I will have to do a two week liquid fast before surgery....ohhh so not looking forward to that, but I will do it successfully. Now in the mean time I have beeng going to the gym for over a month now 4 - 5 days a week at least an hour each time I go. I have lost 10 lbs in the past month. I was at 299. But because I don't eat the right foods all the time, Im kinda basically sabotagging my workouts. So I know with this surgery I will not eat nearly as much as I do now and my weight will be coming off alot faster. Because frankly I feel really good after my workouts so that keeps me motivated to go everyday. And want to thank my friend for pushing to go to the gym, she had been going for quite sometime and was always suggesting I should go with her. Well needless to say I was never on top of that, I always had an excuse why I wouldn't go. And I'm really inspired by some of the other stories I've been reading in this forum. So glad I found this site!