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I too have BC/BS.... BMI 44 when I started and no comorbidities Gave a 5 year diary... Because it had been more than 2 years since my last "supervised" diet attempt of 6 months duration... I did the 6 month diet ( lost about 5 lbs...but focused on behaviors... protien first,chewing well, fluids not with meals, etc)... Once I finished the "diet" approval went through quickly and without a problem. Good Luck!!!!

You may want to add 0% to your poll... I was required to do 6 month supervised diet.. lost less than 5 lbs... worked on behaviors... My 1 month "bandiversary"was yesterday and I am down 30#!! YEAH!!!

Thanks everyone for all the great ideas!!

My dietician recommends getting in #3 8 oz glasses daily..one between each meal.. that adds about 24 grams right there and also gets in a good dose of calcium and vitamin D..That leaves me only having to get in 31 more grams for my recommended 55 per day. I warm it up in the evening with a little splenda and vanilla and it really works to chill out my night time munches.

Hi... I am one month out from surgery... doing great... Looking for any ideas/ recipes for an appetizer to bring to a Christmas Eve- eve get together.. thanks

hi...another newbie here..just banded 11/6... Needing to get into an exercise routine.. and hoping checking in here might hold me a bit accountable.. Monday I started back with 30 minutes of intervals on the treadmill.. missed yesterday but plan to hit Anytime Fitness with 20 minutes on the ellipticall and 20 minutes on the bike after work.

Banded 1/7... so I get to go in for post op visit tomorrow.. On clear liquids til then... Things have gone great except..any one else having "loose poop" issues.. Can't wait to give my bowels a little more solids to work with...Hopefully things will bulk up a bit before I go to work on Monday. So far...down about 20lbs since start of pre-op...YEAH!!

I don't think that having or not having depression plays any real factor in whether insurance will approve.. It is not usually a co morbidity that influences the insurance companies on way or another... But if you suffer from depression... it is nice to get help early either with meds and/or therapy to get you feeling better in the mean time... Good luck

Thought for today:smile2: I think for many of us getting to a "normal BMI" may not be possible or even healthy because we can lose fat and build lean muscle but we can't wish away the extra skin and supportive tissues or the increased bone mass we have developed to carry all this extra weight... For me..in all past weight management attempts, I have always tried for a number. a certain weight as being successful and anything short of that to be failure..... But NOT THIS TIME!!...Every right choice made/ bandster rule followed/ evening at the gym/ blood pressure pill no longer needed to be taken is a victory!! Victory is in the journey and not just the destination!

2 weeks 5-6 Protein drinks a day....can include Slim fast, or even Carnation instant breakfast in skim milk Clear nonsugar containinng liquids prn

November 6 with Dr Jones at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park MN Starting that lo-carb liquid diet today!!! Finally!! I've been at this process since February... feels so good to started!! :Dancing_biggrin: Nancy

AND ME!!!! Surgery date November 6!!! YEAH!!!!:Dancing_biggrin:

Hi Friends... I will probably be banded November..God and insurance company willing... but was just dx with HTN (high blood pressure )a few days ago. Not a great surprise given the extra work my weight puts on my "ticker"... But I am curious about how banding and resultant weight loss has done for others and their issue with hypertension... Nancy

I had to do it during my last pregnancy... and will with my surgery as well. It wasn't ( and won't be)too bad... gave me piece of mind that I was preventing clots..and since blood clots (having survived 5 blood clots in my lungs early when I was pregnant) are my biggest worry with my banding, I am so glad that a simple injection significantly decreases that risk... You Will Do Great!!!! Oh...definitely take th pictures...they can tell a story that the scale might no always show...

Do you have Diabetes? If so are you on meds for it? Have you checked your sugars?