Hey when you guys were given the 6 month diet with the dr supervised could you lose weight during that time? Or were you not allowed too?

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Your supposed to be on a diet, therefore lose weight, but since your bmi is on the low side of borderline you might want to have an "off the record" conversation with your surgeon about weight loss during this period.

It would suck for you to go gangbusters on the supervised diet and make yourself ineligable.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 335 (50lbs down!) Sleeved 10/5/16

Mine said if you could loose weight you wouldn't need surgery.

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Mine said if you could loose weight you wouldn't need surgery.

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I wish my surgeon understood that! Of course I'm making changes and my weight is slowly dropping. But they want me to like 5 pounds a month!

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Yeah well I can't lose weight lol I have pcos so if I could do it on my own I wouldn't need surgery lol. I guess I'll find out Wednesday.

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Mine said if you could loose weight you wouldn't need surgery.

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I wish my surgeon understood that! Of course I'm making changes and my weight is slowly dropping. But they want me to like 5 pounds a month!

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Old school. The thinking once was that a patient has to "prove" they could lose weight before getting surgery. The exception is if you're to obese for surgery.

The NIH research has shown that pre surgery weight lose programs have no benefit. Find out if you're insurance requires it. Google the research and print it out for your Dr d insurance company.

Yeah well I can't lose weight lol I have pcos so if I could do it on my own I wouldn't need surgery lol. I guess I'll find out Wednesday.

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I hear you! I don't have PCOS but I have Endometriosis so my cycle is all over the place and physical activity leaves me in pain for days! My next check in is on the 21 so we'll see what they say!!

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Yes you can lose weight but I was careful during the 6 months not to lose too much and drop my bmi below 40.

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