I have my first consiltation with my *hope to be* doctor this afternoon! I am very nervous!:nervous :nervous :nervous :nervous

When I weighed in at my seminar I was just shy of a BMI of 40, I weighed 239. I need to have a BMI of 40 or above to qualify for my insurance! I have been eating like a pig for the last week and I can't tell that I have gained the extra 2-3lbs I need.

The sweet lady that has been my contact at the office has told me to wear really heavy shoes and clothes to help with this. I am going to wear my heaviest shoes and some jeans and hopefully it will be cool enough for a heavy sweatshirt (I live in southeastern GA, its getting hot down here!)

I am just so nervous that I will get down there and not have gained enough. Isn't that sad! After all this time I have gained and gained and gained and when I actually want to gain a few pounds I don't think I can!

Did anyone else come this close? I definitly can't pay for it myself and I want to get the ball rolling asap!

I am so nervous!!!

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NEVER EVER try to gain weight, there is no reason for that, you'll just have to take it off later.

Put rolls of quarters in your pockets, bra, anywhere. But DO NOT try to gain weight. When you get down to your last 2-3 pounds and they are not coming off you will regret doing this.

Well, I did it! I did gain 2lbs, but I was also wearing heavy shoes and a sweatshirt! But, my BMI is high enough now to have the insurance pay for the surgery. Im not worried about those extra 2lbs, the fact that this is going to be a reality is worth it!

I have some more appointments tomorrow and a workshop this weekend. This is happening so fast! My doctor said I am a perfect candidate for this surgery and he thinks that I will be very succesfull! Of course I know that there is a lot of work involved, but I am up for the challenge!

Wohoo good luck

Heavy shoes wouldn't work at my doc's office, they make me take my shoes off, and feet on these metal plates, it calculates weight and something else.. I don't know what. I think I asked why I had to be barefoot once, and I must not have listened to her answer (I'm ADD sometimes!!). I think maybe it's fat index? But not sure what it tells from the bottom of my feet.