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I would love to hear about what sort of diet you've been doing for the past four months! You've done incredibly well. I have 4+ months to go before I can be scheduled for surgery and want to lose as much before then as possible. Tips please!

You look fabulous...congratulations!!

I just started mine on 2/13 and am curious as to what others are trying? I have met with the dietician once briefly (longer appt next week), but she didn't really give me any advice or direction once she figured out I knew what I was doing (she said she's had people come in who don't know what Protein is...). She is having me track with my fitness pal. I'm doing low carb because that's what I've had success with in the past, and I've ended up between 1200-1300 calories each day so far. Any ideas, tips, to dos? Half of me wants to adopt the crash diet mindset...assuming I wouldn't have time to gain it back? Probably not the best idea, but I want to take this time to lose as much pre-op as I can (bmi is 55 now). Thanks!

It does take getting used to...I call it my muzzle

Oakleygirl, you and I are sooo much alike, I was reading your thread and nodding along. I'm not able to have surgery until July either (darn 6 month diet) and feel like I'm bursting out of my limited wardrobe that still fits. I've decided the only way I won't go crazy obsessing about the wait is if I spend the time doing everything I can to prepare--that means doing the best I can on the preop diet, starting to exercise, reading on this site, etc. We will get there!

I have had a CPAP since 2007...was able to quit using it 3 yrs ago when I lost 85 pounds. Needed to start using it again when I gained back...so yes, sleep apnea can go away with weight loss! I can tell you exactly what weight I need to be at for mine to disappear. Can't wait to get rid of that thing again for good!

My doc says caffeine is fine, but soda is not...I'm working on cutting back on diet coke pre-surgery as well, down to 2 a day and will cut that back to 1 soon. It will save a lot of $$ too!

Hi all, I've been lurking on here for a bit and decided it was time to chime in! I went to my surgical seminar at the beginning of Jan, and had my surgical consult appt today. I called my health insurance in January to check on precertification requirements, and was told there was no requirement for a 6 month diet...well, today I learned I was misinformed. The insurance rep in the dr's office knew as soon as she saw my card...she double checked while I was in the office. I was really hoping for a date in 6-8 weeks, and now it will be 6+ months . I made my first appt with the nutritionist for this week, so I'm not wasting any time....and I'm not going to waste the 6 months either! I'm 5'6", 344 lbs, I can't afford to wait any longer....it's time for this weight to come off.

Just wanted to update...unfortunately my insurance company would only go back 2 yrs, not 3, for my diet history, so starting over it is. The good news is that they go by calendar month, so February counts as a month, and I can have my last appt on July 1, and July will count too. So it's really like 4 1/2 . I can handle that, and hope to lose 10% of my weight in that time. The other good news is that my out of pocket costs (which are substantial--$4500) I will be able to pay over 2 years on a payment plan, rather than all at once. Big relief there!

I've heard the six months go fast...I'll believe it when I see it ...I've been to one support group mtg and will definitely keep going. My ex (when we were married) had gastric bypass so I had a front row seat in the recovery process, what to do and what not to do (he was a horrible patient and has regained most of what he lost!). I think most of us could probably write our own diet books...I think in a way I'm frustrated with the six month requirement because its like "oh, you must not know HOW to lose weight", or we don't try hard enough, etc. I'm an intelligent person, knowing what to do isn't the problem.

Yes, she did know I was on Atkins...I may also have my food log with daily weights recorded around here somewhere.

I have sleep apnea too...bp is fine, my knees are killing me lately! In 2010, I did a doctor supervised diet for 3 months (only lost 12 lbs) then switched to Atkins and lost 85 total....which of course I regained. Would the documentation from 2010 help? I logged my progress on the Atkins website and could print out my records too. I did go back to the doc for other issues during that time, so my weight loss is on record...one visit (I was there for a sinus issue or something) and the NP spent half the time asking me for diet tips!

Sassy, that's crazy she had to go through all that...insurance drives me crazy. I definitely won't give up!