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Musicman-6 month liquid diet.....that sounds brutal! I'm sure you'll be successful with the sleeve ) Callchrissy-I have a membership at Eagle Fitness in Sparks, On Vista. You?

Congrats Callchrissy! My surgeon is also Dr. Ganser. Probably not till spring cause of insurance :0( How are you doing since surgery?

I'm sure the 100 lbs is after wls. I was told I need to lose 10% of the total I need to lose before surgery. I need to lose 90-100 lbs so 9-10 lbs. That won't be a problem during my 2 week liquid diet.....

I was told I need to be on a liquid for 2 weeks before....gosh, that sounds hard!!!! And I should lose 10% of the total I need to lose. I need to lose 90-100 so 9-10 lbs before surgery. Since I have 6 months that shouldn't be a prob :0)

Fit-It will cool to watch your progress since we are similar. How much did you have to lose before surgery?

In an effort to be accountable, I meant to post yesterday my 1st month goals..... Eat Breakfast every day No late night snacking No late night snacking will be sooooo hard!!!!

Good points rib.

There's 2 main weight loss surgeons in town and both offer a doctor supervised diet. My PCP would also do it. My insurance wants someone supervising my weight & eating, etc for six months. I've heard insurance will accept weight watchers, jenny Craig, etc. Hope that helps :0)

After months of research and finally mustering up the courage to see the doc my insurance tells me I MUST do a 6 month prescribed diet. Really????? Umm, hey insurance company, if you'd look at my health history for the last 15-20 years you'd see, I'm still fat. Anywho, today was my first meeting. 6 months should fly by and I look forward to "learning" how to live after surgery. Today the nutrionist talked about cravings. Boy oh boy do I know about these..... It was refreshing to hear suggestions for ignoring or changing those cravings. Here's my pre req requirements for those presleevers: Rmr test H-pylori test Psych eval Nutrional eval (my 6 month of classes should cover it) Support group meeting Bariatric nut class Letter of support from PCP Steps to success class I'll start most of those reqs about December, 1/2 way through my 6 month diet. My stats today. 5'4", 235-240lbs :0( Good luck everyone. Lynne

Kayleen-we'll be thinking about you and sending positive thoughts your way. What preop stuff did you have to do? Mandy-that is fantastic news!!!!! Big congrats!!!! Any major advice for us pre-sleevers?

Hi ladies. I just had my 1st consult this week AND I have to do a 6 mo doctors supervised diet.....ugh!!! If my insurance had been following me for the last 15 yrs they'd know this wasn't necessary. I'm also 5'4" and about 235 lbs. I'd love to know what your preop reqs are? I'll post mine later :0)

Loved reading this!!!! Thank you for sharing. Now that you're almost a year out, how much have you lost?

How much have each of you lost?

So, I finally got the courage to fill out the paperwork to make my first initial appointment only to find out my insurance requires 6 months of a doctors diet. Ugh!!!!! I've been off and on phentermine for over 3 years with no real weight loss. Did anyone else have to do the 6 month diet?

That is good to hear. My hubs doesn't understand why I can't just eat less & exercise.......you mean like I've been trying to do for years!!!!! Lynne