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Hey All, Nice to see everyone tonight...it was a pretty big group (npi hehe)! Jason, I ment to ask to see your new scars to how they're healing and how big they are. China.... gurl you're a trip! :thumbup: To bad we don't have to same surgery date!

Yeah I know what you mean... I can only lose so much before hitting a road block and yo-yoing again...so I know this is the best option for me too. You'll do well Shar and by spring you'll be modeling off your new bod!

yeah I was pretty much serious about the "food coma"... but i've lost enough for the surgery (16 lbs) from my first weigh-in at bgh. Dr. Hoffman seemed to be pleased with it..he says as long as I don't gain it back...(which I do'nt plan on doing) I should be fine for surgery. I would be lying to myself if I said I was'nt going to splurge a *little* during Thanksgiving, i'll be back on plan after that. Lisa did give me a *tentative* surgery date of Dec 8th (my brother's b-day)..Dr H has to sign a few forms before she can send off to the insurance...hopefully I won't have a problem with bc/bs but we'll see

Hi All, Well I finally had my consult with Dr Hoff and unfortunantly was not given a surgery date because I had a few more tests to do and I also have to get a C-pap machine and actually *use* it before he considers giving me a date :grouphug:. I wish I could have gotten it done in Nov but he said it was too close to Turkey Day so now i'm gonna have to wait until *probably* December...in the meantime i'll have to figure out how to NOT go into a food comma eating all that good food :pray2:... I get my c-pap on Thurs. so we'll see what happens...

Hey Bloom, Congrats on your weightloss....you're melting away!:confused:

Hi All, Do anyone know what the topic of the group meeting will be? Also... for those who have the band.... are you able to eat potatoes...does it go down for you? What about baked fries? <--my weakness! ...and how does bread go down for you..particularly after one or two fills. Thanks! Yvette

Hi China, I eat a lot of grilled or roast chicken with a low glycemic vegitables...like spinach, greens, string Beans and plenty of salads. You can load your salads up with artichoke hearts, cucumbers, small amount of tomatoes, onions and feta cheese. Lean steaks are good too...throw em on the grill as the weather is still nice. I don't know if you can make 39lbs in such a short amount of time but if you stick with phase one ..you should get real close to your goal! The dietician at BGH gave me 2 lists for Phase 1 of South Beach and Phase 2... I can fax you the list if you don't have it. Just let me know.

I hope you did'nt continue to do business with this racist... And even tell him that this is not the image you want for your business or association. I don't know how " prominent" he is in that community but I would have caught a case that night for WHUPPIN HIS A$$ :smile2:

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I finally got a chance to see Dr Lelito..... He was pretty cool, nice guy. He said he thought I was making the right choice for "myself" with the band :thumbup: (I don't have a problem with slow weightloss and actually prefer it). I think he's having broblems with BC/BS paying for the psych evals ...he got about 20 of em being held up in BC/BS limbo:huh2: I went online today to check to see if BC/BS paid for my eval... it does'nt show a claim filed and I know the girl in his office called for a pre-auth when I was in there a couple weeks ago. I'm going to give BC/BS a call next week to make sure they pay for his services!

That's about little over a pound a day...pretty awesome! Hope I get the same results!

I was told that SF Jello counts as a *liquid* serving too. Try eat more Jello... 1 cup jello = 1 cup water

Yup, I got there late so I did'nt have time to see him after that loong test.

Judy, The Designer vanilla protein whey is pretty good.. I use it blended with bananas, strawberries and a packet of carnation instant breakfast. I'll have to try the cholcolate one with penut butter and bananas...sounds good!

Daniellabee, I saw Dr Lelito on the 24th and had to take the same 370 question test....waaay too long and redundant! I walked in the office with one shoe one and one off because the strap broke on the drive there and I did'nt have a replacement pair ..plus my hair was a little disshoveled from the rain so I was lookin a hot mess! lol I go back the 8/14 to get my results.... hopefully I wont seem too *crazy* to him. :thumbup:

That IS Awsome :cursing: you Go Gurl!

Hi Judy, Here are some links to a couple of good yahoo groups that helped me out when I first started South Beach Diet a long time ago. They're monitored pretty closely to keep out the spammers and to help people on the diet share ideas and recipes. Newbies2SouthBeachDiet : Newbies2SouthBeachDiet SouthBeachDiet_Recipes : South Beach Diet RECIPES I especially used the South Diet Recipes group a lot! Now that I know BGH prefers SBD i'll have to refamiliarize myself with the diet again!

Oh and the Dr over at Synergy does'nt like doing patients with BMIs over 48 or 50....my BMI is 69 so they are out of the question for me. ::wink2::

I just called Synergy Bariatrics to see what type of insurance they take and the billing person said they do accept Univera but you have to lose 5% total body mass. I'm also interested in BGH's program and with them you have to lose 5% as well.

Hi bugsbuni, I currently have BCBS of WNY which covers it but after this month I will no longer have it, and now I need to select another Insurance provider. Hopefully I can find one which covers the LapBand. What is Healthy NY? Thanks! :thumbup:

I'm curious to know how many bandsters have Univera and received approval for the LapBand? Thanks!:thumbup:

I'm staying on plan because I have a pair of nice soft buttery leather pants I want to get into!:confused_smile:

I take Centrum chewable vitamins