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Weight loss before surgery

I was just wondering how much weight your surgeons told you you have to lose before surgery. I just found out I have to do 6 months medically supervised diet before approval so I'm worried that I won't lose enough in that time or that I will get obsessed and lose too much and the insurance will think I can do it on my own and deny me

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    • Bufflehead
      Bufflehead

      You need to find out exactly what your insurance and your surgeon require, then you can plan for that and make sure you hit your goals. Insurance policies and surgeons are all different. Some require

    • kayceelizzie
      kayceelizzie

      My insurance requires a 3 month medically supervised diet. I don't need to lose a specific amount, just not have any gains. My dotor, however, said to shoot for losing 5lbs a month. I'm almost done wi

    • LoveAlwaysKia
      LoveAlwaysKia

      With my current doc I wasn't required to lose any. With my last doc he wanted me to lose 10-15 Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

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    My surgeon asked me to lose 10#.

    I lost 11# in the first month.

    "When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

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    Did anyone gain on their supervised diet??

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    Lol have not gained but losing at the cutting line! Have 4 pounds to lose by next Thursday so I have been slacking on getting it done but one thing that helps is not eating pass 7pm it's very hard for me bc 7pm-10pm is my prime time to eat. Belly is rumbling as I write this too! Hahaha it's in shock

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    During my supervised 6 months I was just told to do my best. I lost 13lbs and then gained 9 back. Then when I met my surgeon last week he said he makes every one lose so much before he will schedule their surgery. So he told me I have to lose 15 lbs in 6 wks

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