Hey Guys,

Thanks for taking the time to review my post. I'm a 30 year old male who is about 5'6" and 315 lbs. I have blue cross and blue shield of Alabama and recently completed all of my pre-surgery insurance requirements. I actually went to see my primary for my last monthly medically supervised weight loss program appointment today. My weight has been pretty consistent fluctuating between 311-315 over the past 6 months. My doctor recommended 30 minutes of exercise everyday and cutting my calories to 1,500 a day. During each checkup I was honest about walking my dogs more frequently and that I was trying to eat smaller meals but was having problems with the 1,500 calorie restriction. He just gave me the forms he filled out for the past 6 months and next to the question, "was the patient compliant with the diet?" he checked "no" on every one of the 6 forms. This form is specifically what blue cross requires and now I'm worried my surgery is going to be denied by insurance for non-compliance. I haven't been able to get any feedback from the bariatric surgeons office on this yet but am really worried that I'm going to have to start all over again. Not only that but I'm changing jobs soon and don't know if this will be covered under my new insurance. Has anyone gone through a similar experience and if so can you please tell me what happened with your insurance approval? Thank you all so much!!! I'm looking forward to starting a new life and hopefully my honesty will not have ruined my chance for surgery!!!

I didn't have to do a 3 or 6 month diet that some insurance programs require.

To prepare for surgery I increased my Water consumption to at least 64 oz a day, weaned myself off of caffeine and carbonation and tried a variety of Protein shakes/samples.

I was on Nutrisystem for 6 months and couldn't lose 20 pounds. I lost these 20 pounds in the past 3 weeks.

Ugg...Nutrisystem. The food is HORRIBLE! Jenny Craig is better tasting but way too expensive. It is WONDERFUL that you have lost 20 pounds. WAY TO GO!!

Louise

I can easily drink 64 oz a day now. But how in the heck to you "sip" that much! Yikes. Got to be a real challenge. Luckily I am retired and not working. How can you ever do it when working!

Louise

The Doctors office sent me some info today so I could access their portal. I filled out all the paperwork they require before my initial appointment. Lots of health related questions of course but I was surprised that there wasn't a place for me to fill in things that were not required elsewhere. I guess he can ask at the visit but I thought the point of filling out forms beforehand was so he would already have ALL the info.

Louise