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At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

P3 Protein packs made by Kraft are my go to grab n go. Ranges from 13 - 20 g protein. Has meat, cheese and nuts and they are 2 oz - 3.2 oz in size. I can grab one, throw it in my purse and I am good to go!

P3 Protein packs made by Kraft are my go to grab n go. Ranges from 13 - 20 g protein. Has meat, cheese and nuts and they are 2 oz - 3.2 oz in size. I can grab one, throw it in my purse and I am good to go!

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

This is a very normal side effect. If you did a search on this site I bet you can find multiple threads over time, so know you are not alone!

This is a very normal side effect. If you did a search on this site I bet you can find multiple threads over time, so know you are not alone!

This is a very normal side effect. If you did a search on this site I bet you can find multiple threads over time, so know you are not alone!

Ditto...what they said above. This is painful.

Girl, you look amazing!!!! Congrats, your journey has been totally worth it. I am so glad you are happy and healthy.

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

Let me tell you what happened yesterday. A little background...I work for a hospital. I’m also a very new employee here and recently read my summary of benefits and already had an idea of what my expected payment would be. One of the features of my insurance is that if I have surgery (or anything) at my facility with a staff doctor then there is no deductible and my copay is 15% for surgery and $35 for specialist office visit. I made my first surgeon consult appt for Thursday. I get a call yesterday from their insurance specialist about my benefits/expected payment. She said my insurance has a special $2000 deductible for bariatric surgery that applies to the surgery and all office visits related to the surgery. My consult will be $226 and I will have to pay full amount for everything until the deductible is met then my 15% copay of the surgery. I was shocked. I went home and pulled up my summary of benefits and reread it.

This morning I spent an hour on the phone w Cigna. They initially told me the exact same info the insurance specialist had been told. I explained what I found in my summary of benefits. She was able to see my summary of benefits herself and said my actual policy did not match it. She ended up calling the person at Cigna who is the main rep for my hospital system. Turns out, someone had chosen the wrong selection when putting the package together in their system. My information was correct. No deductible required. They will correct it issue in a few days.

I work for a very large hospital system. I asked the Cigna rep what about people who already had their surgery this year and paid the deductible? She said she didn’t know what would happen. I then called the insurance specialist at my surgeon’s office and told her the story. She said they see a lot of people from the hospital. She also doubts the hospital will refund any money to them.

So, know your benefits. Do your own research. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. It may save you a lot of money. It could also be the difference between having the procedure or not.

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

At 90 lbs down I treated myself to a new fall coat and 3 new pairs of shoes.

I have a charm Bracelet (in the Pandora style, but it isn't Pandora-branded) that I'm adding a charm to, every time I lose 10 pounds.

I noticed we had surgery only 4 days apart. First let me say you have already done an amazing job with your weight loss! I had a 3 weeks stall recently that finally broke last week and I was so thrilled to see the scale move again. I was still losing inches during that time as I bet you are too. My surgeon was not concerned at all when I saw him last week. You will break through this stall! I found increasing my Water intake helped a lot to get things moving again.

I noticed we had surgery only 4 days apart. First let me say you have already done an amazing job with your weight loss! I had a 3 weeks stall recently that finally broke last week and I was so thrilled to see the scale move again. I was still losing inches during that time as I bet you are too. My surgeon was not concerned at all when I saw him last week. You will break through this stall! I found increasing my Water intake helped a lot to get things moving again.

I noticed we had surgery only 4 days apart. First let me say you have already done an amazing job with your weight loss! I had a 3 weeks stall recently that finally broke last week and I was so thrilled to see the scale move again. I was still losing inches during that time as I bet you are too. My surgeon was not concerned at all when I saw him last week. You will break through this stall! I found increasing my Water intake helped a lot to get things moving again.

I noticed we had surgery only 4 days apart. First let me say you have already done an amazing job with your weight loss! I had a 3 weeks stall recently that finally broke last week and I was so thrilled to see the scale move again. I was still losing inches during that time as I bet you are too. My surgeon was not concerned at all when I saw him last week. You will break through this stall! I found increasing my Water intake helped a lot to get things moving again.

The picture on the left is from Sept 2017 and the one on the right is from a couple weeks ago.

The picture on the left is from Sept 2017 and the one on the right is from a couple weeks ago.