waynooo

Winner winner chicken dinner! What did I win? A post pad?????:thumbup:

Congrats!!

Ewww, thats pretty bad. Watch what you drink and where you slime.

Woke up this morning and took a phentermine and man do I feel loopie!

Your last sentence is classic! Thanks for the laugh, and congrats on the date!

I feel like a well oiled machine! Eating machine that is:laugh:. I cant seem to get my appetite under control. I am only one month in but still nothing! I am doing allot of research on the band reading allot of posts on eating habbits after the band. I am mentally preparing but dang! Having a hard time with the physical preparedness. I have phentermine pills at home, but they make me goofy as all get out. Maybe I should take them over the weekend to try to get a jump start. Any suggestions? :smile2:

I feel like a well oiled machine! Eating machine that is:laugh:. I cant seem to get my appetite under control. I am only one month in but still nothing! I am doing allot of research on the band reading allot of posts on eating habbits after the band. I am mentally preparing but dang! Having a hard time with the physical preparedness. I have phentermine pills at home, but they make me goofy as all get out. Maybe I should take them over the weekend to try to get a jump start. Any suggestions?

I have blue cross Az, I called them to get the particulars. I ran in to one butt head that said it was listed in my plan booklet, he was in the approval department. The customer service people were great and gave me the information. 6 month diet for me.

Congratulations! I dont know about you but I have discovered that I actualy give my self permision to over eat. My permision statement sounds like this "Its O.K. to eat that/all that i will start tomorrow" Even if i have no intentions on starting a diet! I am just begining the 6 month supervised diet so have a bit of time to go befor bandland. Good luck to you and keep us posted on your journey.:thumbup:

Best of luck:thumbup: I too am just starting down this journey of change. I have been a big guy for far to long. Keep us posted on your progress.

Well I officially started my six month supervised diet yesterday. My PCP was very supportive of my decision to be banded. He told that his Father is also banded and that he is very thin. I had picked out a surgeon already but the more I read on hear about his office and prices the more I was not sure if this is the guy for me. So my Doc recommended a guy, his name is Jaurez and practices out of Tempe St. Lukes hospital. Here i go....... Wish me luck.

Well I officially started my six month supervised diet yesterday. My PCP was very supportive of my decision to be banded. He told that his Father is also banded and that he is very thin. I had picked out a surgeon already but the more I read on hear about his office and prices the more I was not sure if this is the guy for me. So my Doc recommended a guy, his name is Jaurez and practices out of Tempe St. Lukes hospital. Here i go....... Wish me luck.:thumbup:

Thanks for the good info! This site really has ALLOT of good information!

As i am starting this journey and have lots of questions. I am trying to read through all of the post on the forum board but still have some questions that i cant find the answers to. 1. My insurance requires 6 months supervised diet. I am currently at 43.5 BMI, what happens if I fall under that BMI during the supervised Diet? Do they say you no longet meet the BMI requirement and drop me? 2. Along with the BMI they require one comorbidity, I dont have high blood pressure, not sure of sleep appnea I am kind of clueless as to what other comorbities there are? And help with that??? 3. I have an appointment with Dr. DeBarros in phoenix, its a four hour drive. Will I have to have all of my test done with him or can my PCP do them for me and send the results down? Thanks for reading! I should probably open a thread in the forums on this but want to document my journey and figured i would use the blog for this purpose. Have a great day all:thumbup:

As i am starting this journey and have lots of questions. I am trying to read through all of the post on the forum board but still have some questions that i cant find the answers to. 1. My insurance requires 6 months supervised diet. I am currently at 43.5 BMI, what happens if I fall under that BMI during the supervised Diet? Do they say you no longet meet the BMI requirement and drop me? 2. Along with the BMI they require one comorbidity, I dont have high blood pressure, not sure of sleep appnea I am kind of clueless as to what other comorbities there are? And help with that??? 3. I have an appointment with Dr. DeBarros in phoenix, its a four hour drive. Will I have to have all of my test done with him or can my PCP do them for me and send the results down? Thanks for reading! I should probably open a thread in the forums on this but want to document my journey and figured i would use the blog for this purpose. Have a great day all:thumbup:

I have been doing some research on my insurance and looks as thought they require 6 months supervised diet. I am ready but understand the wait will be long. Heck, I have wated how long until now? 6 months to a year is nothing.

I have my first appointment October 21st. I am super excited! Thanks for the advice, its always appreciated.

I have never Blogged before. I have been on several sites for my hobbies and interests, just never Blogged. Lets see, I decided to start this journey two weeks ago. I made an appointment and will be seen by Weight Loss Institute of Arizona. I am hopefull that my insurance will cover me, I have a BMI of 43.5. I am not sure if I have any Co-Morbidities but am sure that I do. I am 38, 310 pounds and have been heavy all of my adault life. I am so ready for a healthy change in my life. My wife is very supportive of me and has pledged to be by my side through this. One thing that may be different from many of you is that I will keep this journey between me and my immediate family, and the internet I guess:lol:. I will use this blog to document my journey so check back often, Wayno

I have never Blogged before. I have been on several sites for my hobbies and interests, just never Blogged. Lets see, I decided to start this journey two weeks ago. I made an appointment and will be seen by Weight Loss Institute of Arizona. I am hopefull that my insurance will cover me, I have a BMI of 43.5. I am not sure if I have any Co-Morbidities but am sure that I do. I am 38, 310 pounds and have been heavy all of my adault life. I am so ready for a healthy change in my life. My wife is very supportive of me and has pledged to be by my side through this. One thing that may be different from many of you is that I will keep this journey between me and my immediate family, and the internet I guess:lol:. I will use this blog to document my journey so check back often, Wayno