txflea

Hey at least you had insurance that would cover the lap banding. My current insurance will not cover ANY form of weigh loss. None, Nada, Zip, Zero, Zilch! As of January 1st we will be getting BC/BS PPO and of course it will be my luck that in January they will not cover it anymore.. (They are still doing it but my luck they will look at me and go NOPE...sorry I always look on the pessimestic side of things) My sis in law had her stomach stapled and then all the ''cosmetic'' surgeries after the fact (surgery for the bat wings, the tummy flap, and if im not mistaken she even had lipo done and her insurance paid for ALL of those surgeries! IDK what insurance she had but man sign me up! I have crap credit too, dont feel like the lone ranger so I will be doing some serious saving and we are also in a credit recovery program. Our new mantra is ''If you cant pay cash for it you dont need it!"

Thats something I need to have looked at, I smoked off and on for 15 years. Never very heavy but never as light as not smoking. I got bronchitius this past June (end of it) and put down the cigs and have not and will not pick them back up!! But I am still out of breath, I am thinking its the weight, but then again maybe I messed something up permenantly with all the smoking. I have an inhaler from the bronchitius that I do use on occasion, especially after I have been working out at the gym. I feel like someone is sitting on my chest or just wrapping something around my chest. Thats what I am wanting, something that will stop the yoyo-ing. I have to get my butt to a seminar!!

Hi! I just wanted to introduce myself, everyone calls me flea, I am from texas and as of January 1st my husbands insurance will change to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO. (My current insurance is a no go with ANY type of weight loss procedures) I am 5'5 and weigh in at 260. My BMI is 43 and yes along with this joyous weight I have health issues. I have high blood pressure, hypothyroidbism, and undiagnosed sleep apnea. I am miserable. Its a pain to be out of breath from just walking down the hall of my house. 4 years ago I went to my Dr. to ask for a specialized diet or at least the number to a good nutrionist and well he simply laughed and gave me a referral to gastric bypass surgeon....no personalized nothing. I was rather upset so I tried LA Weigh Loss and lost about 54 lbs. At that time I actually weighed 250 and it took a little over a year to lose the 50+ pounds (I got down to 196) then I did what most do, I started slacking off... just little things. Skipping the gym because it was too far to drive, skipping a workout because I was tired and had to get up early the next morning, a cookie here, a whole chocolate cake there and the weight started slowly creeping back on. When I hit 260 I decided I was going to try another weight loss program. (LA Weight Loss had closed down by this time) I went on Nutrisystem, only lost 11 pounds over a 4 month period. It was too expensive to stay on and I'm on the go way to much to eat at home for every meal so I decided to do Weigh Watchers. I did have some success there, in 8 weeks I lost 15 lbs. BUT then I got bronchitius and I wanted comfort foods. So yes I can lose weight through conventional diet and exercise! But my problem is the keeping it off. I have talked to my new Dr. (I changed Dr's) and she also has broched the idea of LAP-BAND® instead of the other surgery. Less invasive etc.. So anyone have any pro's or con's about LAP-BAND®? Any insurance info I can use? Anyone from my area? (Lake Jackson Tx) Thanks alot!