Is there a thread for this? I did a search and didn't find anything. What are some good things to do while you're waiting on approval from the insurance company? What have some of you done? Right now I'm trying to practice the whole "no drinking while you eat" rule and to eat my Protein first. Any other ideas? I KNOW I'm going to be approved, it's just a matter of how long it takes!

Thanks everyone!

_{For me, the first thing that I did was give up soda which was a huge addiction for me. Besides that I have really focused on trying to learn as much as possible about the surgery from the blogs on this site. Making new friends that will help support you, learning and understanding how you will likely feel after surgery and going into it having a ton of knowledge I feel will help a ton post op.}

I'm with Gene on this one, start weaning yourself off your bad habits, soda , candy etc. I also started walking every night so I would be in a little better shape before surgery. I also read up on everything I could find about the surgery, read forums like this which were a godsend for me. Good luck!

I'm in waiting mode as well. I've started making changes to my eating habits and portions hoping it will help with the two week clear liquids pre-op and, to help me be in better shape for surgery. I've replaced my lunch with a protein shake each day and want to work my way up to replacing one more meal with a shake before the pre-surgery diet. I am trying to put major mental effort into this now with the hope I will be better able to manage afterwards...and keep trying to help myself if I don't end up getting approved as I'm very worried about.

You mean other than drive yourself nuts? LOL Oh, that's just me?

I've been drinking Water 90% of the time (a few weak moments here and there) but I am having the darndest time with the no eating and drinking thing. Rather, I'm ok not drinking while I eat, but I want to guzzle my cup of water immediately afterwards.

I'm also trying to up my exercise, but I'm struggling with that a bit with my schedule.