I was able to get approved for the Realize band, and my insurance(Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware PPO) paid everything, without me needing "six months of nutritionist counseling". Because I used TheDailyPlate.com faithfully for over 6 months, (Actually over 2 years) They approved me, and waived the need for additional wait time / 6 months of counseling.

You just have to fax your surgeon's office the FAQ on thedailyplate.com informational page. This is important because I saved a TON of money & time, by not needing to pay for a nutritionist, nor Weight Watchers Online.

This program is very similar to Weight Watchers Online, but it's free! Love it, use it after surgery now, to track my calories, glasses of water, and protein. It's great, can't say enough good about it

But insurance initially denied coverage, because they didn't know enough about it! Because of my case, now they are educated about the Daily Plate. So Start to finish process, with all the clearances I had to attend: pulmonologist, cardiologist, endocrinologist etc, it only took me ONE MONTH from beginning of this journey, to surgery date on Dec 6th.

Just an FYI of Hope!

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Thanks for posting this. I just signed up for my food diary. I plan to go to a seminar by Febuary and I have BCBS of DE. So I have the 6 month diet plan too. I am hoping that I can cut a month out if I can and get surgery asap!

Thanks again!