I thought a thread about losing weight on the doctor supervised diets would be a good one. There are so many of us who have to complete this necessary step for insurance approval. I resented it so much at first, but now I am kinda thankful for the process. I am really takiing a hard look at my diet and triggers, which I believe will help me be successful after the wls. I also am going into this process with eyes wide open. Maybe I'll be one of the lucky ones who never feels hungry without the first fill...not! I'm trying to view the diet I'm on right now as the beginning of my weight loss. It's also the diet that will carry me through bandster hell that can last several months (longer for some!) I am mentally preparing for 6-9 months of doing this on my own, and then the band will be there when I need it the most. I believe only with the help of the band will I reach and maintain my goal.

I think that is an excellent attitude. I have just started my supervised diet and I am viewing at as my time to "practice" some of the new things that will be necessary after the band. I'm chewing everything slower and into tiny tiny bites. I'm working on the not drinking after eating (so far I'm only up to 15 minutes) but I've got three months to get it up to the required hour. I'm using this time to think about my triggers as well and to start mentally preparing myself for being a thinner person instead of thinking of myself as a fat person all the time. I'm also reading a book called Women, Food, and God. The author was on Oprah last week. I'm not a big Oprah watcher, but this woman seemed to have some insight so I went and got the book. So far it does address some of the things about our relationship with food and our feelings when we eat.

I am also having to do a supervision process for 3 months with a nutritionist. I am grateful to have her help before my surgery. I did not understand all the changes that I will need to make. I am one who does not eat enough throughout the day, she has me eating every 3 hours, small meals. I have also realized that I eat very, very fast. I have tried to slow down, sometimes I catch myself and sometimes I don't. Usually I realize it when I finished, realizing that I just gobbled up my food, that is going to be the most difficult thing for me to change. Does anyone have any ideas on how to help with this problem. I eat at the table, I don't watch tv while I eat, I am usually on the go due to my job so I am having to just throw food down my throat and go. If you have any ideas please help! :thumbup:

Evonne

Hi,

I start my three visits next week with the doctor I was upset when I found out that I had to do that I thought 3 more months of delays.I wish I realized it earlier .I might be closer to getting this done I sure hope this is the last hoop to go through.I wonder if I loose to much weight if they can turn me down.

they are supposed to go by your starting BMI for approval purposes.

I am a teensy concerned about my total weight loss over the next 3 months. Not that I won't lose any (I've already lost 7 pounds in the first week and I do know it will slow down now) but if I lose more than 20 pounds on the supervised diet, my husband will have the attitude of "well, you just lost 20 pounds on your own. Just keep going on your own until you lose it all."

Karma, that's the same load of stuff that I kept telling myself every time I went to the doctor and asked about WLS. "If I have to do this for 6 months and lose weight, then I can just do it by myself."

Research shows though, that once you reach a certain level, you can lose it, but you're almost guaranteed to gain it back. That is crazy not healthy.

You're doing this for him and for you, but mostly, you need to do it for you.

oh yeah does that sound furmiure I get that all the time here I have lost 20 pounds here since I first start and it is starting to get to me now no sweets no bread nothing white does it ever end.everyone thinks if you just stick to it you can do it and I have 3 more months to go yet.

I asked my surgeons office about losing weight during the three months and the surgery not being paid for by insurance and she said that is not what happens. The insurance company wants me to go to the dietician to learn how to be successful with the band. I went to see the dietician and she said the same thing, that she is there to teach me how to choose the right foods because I will need to get my nutrients from a small amount of food, so I need to learn a new way of eating and weight loss with this new eating style is just a bonus. I have explained to my family that I am having to learn a new way of eating and yes, I may lose some weight but this is to prepare myself for when I have the band, this is a teaching/learning time for me. I don't know if that helps anyone, but talking to your family about the support your going to need through the ENTIRE process including the begining stages is important.Remember,

:thumbup: Take it day by day!!!!

116 days to go!!!

Evonne

I also have gone to the dietian and have gone over all that I have to do and eat spent more then 3 hours with her I didn't mind that.and I will see her again before I am finished .Its the doctor who I seen 3 months ago when I was thinking about this and he said go for it .Now he has to monitor me for 3 months in a row too.

I am on day 15 of my supervised diet and have lost 7 pounds. I'm doing very well, eating about 1300 cals. a day on average and exercising (walking 1 hr. or 45 mins. on the elliptical) about 5x a week. I've only had one day (so far) of giving in to temptation which was day 3. It's interesting because I am really not hungary, I'm making good food choices, etc. but I can't help but feel that something is missing. I have an emptiness inside that is not hunger. I think I'm going through a withdrawal of sorts. I'm not worried that I'm going to cheat so much, it's just this weird feeling that I've really never dealt with before. Even in my days of being able to lose 25 pounds on ww, I've never had this feeling. I think it is here because I know in my head that THIS IS IT. By choosing this path, I am turning my back on my habits that have brought me to this place and I think there is some sadness to it for me. Just another perspective on this complicated problem of obesity.

I'm finally towards the end of my 6+ months, towards the end of my pre-op diet- I have my surgery Wednesday the 26th. I'm grateful for the time because now I'm used to the idea and know I can manage it. I practiced, practiced, practiced and went through the emotional roller coaster, and am now ready.