Hello Everyone,

I have to do the 6 month diet. I have UHC thru Chase Bank. January 19 will be my 4th weigh in. I know I dont have that far to go but it just seems long. All i think about lately is getting sleeved. Thats all I talk about. i was actually going to go to Mexico to have it done in February and not even wait on my insurance company, then I snapped out of that option 1week later.. i guess what makes my 6 month diet so hard is that I cant lose weight during it. I have a BMI of 42.2. my Advocate said if I go below 40 I will be denied. I know I can go below 40 if I work out and eat right. My problem is that I always gain it back--- I typically stay around a BMI of 39.9. So i just wanted to know if there was anyone else out there who is doing the 6 month diet and you are in the same place I am in.. I just feel alone.. lol

I'm in a similar boat, my bmi hovers between 42 and 43, after doing the math, I can lose about 25 pounds and stay at 40...which is instant approval vs. the 35 bmi with co-morbidities. I feel either way I'll be ok as I have PCOS, insulin resistance, hypothyroid and sleep apnea that is treated (though not fully controlled) with a machine when I sleep. The way my insurance works, I'll be weighed at the beginning and end of the 12 week program. I hope to lose 20 pounds or so during that time. Then you are weighed at just the beginning of the 6 week bariatric surgery part of the program...the plan I'm on requires 4 weeks liquid only diet prior to surgery so I imagine I'll drop a bunch pre-op.

Ok- I did the calculation too.. I can lose 11lbs and have a BMI of 40.3 My next two months I will focus on losing 11lbs No more than that. lol It sounds like you have a pretty cool program. I wish mine were like that. lol

My Bmi was about the same as yours and I lose weight doing the 6 months I was approved paper sent on the 26 the got it in the 27 approved on the 28 some insurance companies want to see if your serious if you lose your advocate can argue the fact that you can lose but can't keep it off ..the 6 month diet allowed be to change some bad habits like I haven't drunk soda in 10 months

Congrats!!! I dont have any comorbs that the insurance company will recognize has sever enough to get the surgery. So I have to lean solely on my BMI

They are just hoping you will change insurance, go to Mexico, get pregnant, die, give up or lose your job so they don't have to pay.

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!! smh

I don't have any co morbidities that the insurance will recognize but maybe arthritis.

Not all that worried any more. Whatever comes up, it will work out.

May take hard work but,

2013 is Diva time

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Thanks

Congrats!!! I dont have any comorbs that the insurance company will recognize has sever enough to get the surgery. So I have to lean solely on my BMI

. As long as you have a advocate that will fight for you ..your good and you will do fine I kno it and I'm prayer that the New Year brings you your wish if being healthier

I don't have any co morbidities that the insurance will recognize but maybe arthritis.

Not all that worried any more. Whatever comes up, it will work out.

May take hard work but,

2013 is Diva time

yes it is diva time!!!!

. As long as you have a advocate that will fight for you ..your good and you will do fine I kno it and I'm prayer that the New Year brings you your wish if being healthier

Thank you so much. The same to you as well