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I measure most everything! I am very bad at guessing portion sizes!! I have small weight watchers food scale that cost around $25. I believe it is crucial to my journey.

My surgery total bill was $51,000 but the insurance "discount" brought it down to $26,000 and I had to pay only $300. Isn't it great the insurance company gets 50% discount but self pay gets no discount?!

Great information! Thanks for sharing!

So you can't eat any type of meat? Like even Turkey Deli style or chicken?

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Weeks: CLOTHES FIT? I just can't believe but I am already down 60 lbs!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for so long. They are FITTING!! It is weird because mentally I think clothes I have on are fine or tight but they are actually really loose! So I am adjusting mentally what is loose and how clothes are supposed to fit. Weird transition for sure. A pair of jeans I have been wearing will fall off even all zipped up and buttoned and I thought they fit fine. I found an old pair that are smaller and I had to tell myself this is what clothes that fit feel like. I will try to post more often to keep in touch!!! Peace out and WORD to yo mutha!

SW: 287 (12/26/13) CW: 227 60 lbs down!!!!! Can't believe it!!!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for soooo long. They are FITTING!!

I like what DLCoggin's says: "You are going to love the new you!"

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Days: Before and After Pics 2 Months Ok finally going to post some pics.....ugh. These are before and after from day of surgery to 2 Month Surgiversary. Here we go.....

See you on Monday!!!!! Save me a seat because I am usually 5 minutes late lol.

SW: 287 (12/26/13) CW: 233 Lost 5 this week! Officially lowest I weighed since coming back from Afghanistan in 2010!! "My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"

UPDATE 2 Months: Happy 2 Month Surgiversary - My Body & Me Today is two months since I went to surgery at 5am in the morning. This is officially the lowest I have weighed since coming home from Afghanistan in 2010. Not counting those 7 months, this is lowest in.........well I can't remember. I am very aware that this amount of loss will not stay at this rate but I want to keep this journal going so I can look back. I have learned so much about me and my body these past months. I can look at food and know what it will do to my body and what my body will do with it. My body is responding and I don't want to let it down. It likes the meals with Protein. It likes to know that meals will happen at certain times of the day and doesn't worry if I will forget about it. It likes the work outs. It likes to actually rest when sleeping instead of fighting to get enough oxygen. My body likes ME!!!!!! So I have said before I am a stat guy so here are the pounds and inches that I have lost in two months: WEIGHT: 53 lbs. WAIST: 9 in CHEST: 4 in LEG: 3.5 in NECK: 2 in ARM: 2.5 in New quote for the month: "My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"

You never know with insurance companies what they will pay and what they will not. I thought I had paid all out of pocket for year but I am not going to challenge it. I am afraid they will find more to bill me lol.

THE BILL ARRIVED Sooooooo, I received my medical bill for the surgery, lab tests, and everything else. WOW. Luckily we have very good insurance!! I have Mutual Heath Services in Ohio. I strategically had the surgery before the calendar year ended because I knew most my deductible and co-pays had been paid already. I was seeing my PCP almost every month for some sort of medical issue from the morbid obesity. Last year I went to the doctor more than the last 10 years combined. That was one of the factors that led me to the WLS, I was physically falling apart FAST. Back to the BILL, here is how it broke down of who paid how much: TOTAL CHARGE: $51,847.27 PPO DISCOUNT: $30,015.01 BENEFITS PAID: $21,519.83 AMOUNT I OWE: $312.43!!!! I don't feel I could put a price on how much this WLS has helped improve my health but if I had to pay $51,000 it would be worth it!! I am down over 50lbs and 9 inches off belly. I don't have any more liver issues or sleep apnea. Blood pressure is perfect. Heart rate is normal. I just wanted to share the bill because I was wondering Pre-Op about this. If anyone is interested and wants to see what I have been through I have updated my journey in a thread called, "Operation Operation". Here is link: http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/290947-operation-operation/

UPDATE 8 Weeks: THE BILL ARRIVED Sooooooo, I received my medical bill for the surgery, lab tests, and everything else. WOW. Luckily we have very good insurance!! I have Mutual Heath Services in Ohio. I strategically had the surgery before the calendar year ended because I knew most my deductible and co-pays had been paid already. I was seeing my PCP almost every month for some sort of medical issue from the morbid obesity. Last year I went to the doctor more than the last 10 years combined. That was one of the factors that led me to the WLS, I was physically falling apart FAST. Back to the BILL, here is how it broke down of who paid how much: TOTAL CHARGE: $51,847.27 PPO DISCOUNT: $30,015.01 BENEFITS PAID: $21,519.83 AMOUNT I OWE: $312.43!!!! I don't feel I could put a price on how much this WLS has helped improve my health but if I had to pay $51,000 it would be worth it!! I am down over 50lbs and 9 inches off belly. I don't have any more liver issues or sleep apnea. Blood pressure is perfect. Heart rate is normal. I just wanted to share the bill because I was wondering Pre-Op about this. I will post this in Insurance & Financing also.

SW: 287 (12/26/13) CW: 238 WOW almost down 50!! Lost 4 this week! "My friend said he thought i was delusional. I nearly fell of my Unicorn."

Great attitude!!!! You are doing great just keep going strong!!!!

Has anyone with December surgeries looked at new post op thread like February post ops? Is it ok to post suggestions for them seeing that we have gone through the first 2 months already or should we Decembers just away? I knew we aren't veterans or experts by any means but experience is something lived. What are your thoughts fellow Decembers?

I believe it depends on which surgery you had. For example, sleevers are more susceptible than RNY.

"Practice doesn't make Perfect......Practice makes Permanent." "Whatever you do, always give 100%; unless you are giving blood."

UPDATE 7 Weeks: NEGATIVE GHOSTRIDER!!!! So last Sunday my beautiful Wiff came home from work at 3:30 in the morning and put a roast in the slow cooker. The smell crept up all the way upstairs to my bedroom and actually woke me!! Every hour I woke to that lovely aroma. Then we woke and got ready for church and the whole time I kept walking by that slow cooker and it was intoxicating. Next we left for church and the whole time the smell of that roast was still in my nostrils! I am a talker so I usually hang around after church and mingle but not that day!!! I had my coat on before the prayer was over. We arrived at home and immediately commenced Operation EAT. The first few bites were fantastic and then...............it happened. My pouch responded with a "NEGATIVE GHOSTRIDER!" I felt pressure in middle under ribs and I knew this wasn't going to happen. SO SAD!! I did try 2 more bites just to confirm and yep, it was a no go. I told my Wiff and apologized and she looked at me and asked, "Are you crying?" LOL !! I told her no but my face must have been so pitiful that she thought I was crying. I didn't have a full swing dumping episode but it was painful enough to let me know I am NOT ready for beef yet.

Great Job Dyan!! You are helping inspire me to stay on the plan because you show it works! And 60 down is simply amazing! Keep it up!

SW: 287 (12/26/13) CW: 242 Down 5 this week! This is fun! I know the pounds lost per week will drastically slow but I am enjoying the scale dropping for now!