You guys,

I’m currently jumping through all the hoops with my insurance company to get approved. If I get approved, my surgery will be in January- February. Does anyone have any tips on how to stay motivated/ strict in order to reach the pre-op weight loss goal?

Hello.! I will be going in for surgery either end of December beginning of January! I don’t have a pre op weight loss goal. But I did set one for myself

my starting weight was 273

current weight 250

surgery weight I’m hoping will be 230ish

i just have to keep reminding myself that I’m almost to my end goal of surgery, and to keep myself on track food and exercise wise. And now that I see a physical change in my body appearance I feel more confident that I will make it to where I need to be.!!! Good luck to you!

Just stick with it. The time will fly by trust me! Keep reminding yourself why you are doing it

I now have a date, Jan 17

I am also new and hoping for surgery late January-early February! I am just starting my 3 month insurance required diet. I don’t have a weight loss goal for the 3 months just trying not to gain any weight.

Congratulations to all you January people, What a Wonderful Way to start a Brand New Year! Anxious,to follow,all YOUR STORIES!???

Hi there!

I should be in January too.

I am switching from my husbands insurance to my employers insurance for January 1st. His employers policy does not have a bariatric rider on it, mine does.

So I am jumping through the hoops too.........just think, Thursday is November! Only 2 months after that!!!

How I am staying on track is just making sure I journal everything and sticking with my exercise. The exercise is not a problem. I love to workout, but because of my weight, I can't do the things I enjoy most. Anyway, my surgeons rule is no food diary, no surgery. So I am being very diligent with it.

This Friday I have a weight check with my PCP and then next Wednesday I have appointments with the dietitian and the psych eval. I will be SO happy to have those two things out of the way.

Hello! I am halfway hrough my 6 months of hoop-jumping and was just given a surgery date of Feb 5th 2019.

I imagine the time will go quick enough - it doesn't feel like I'm halfway through already (more actually - I did my consult in June but couldn't start my weigh-ins until August because I go home every year for the summer to Ireland). I will have all my extra appointments to keep me busy (nutritionist, psych eval, EKG, etc), plus this is a busy time of year anyway.

I'm trying to think back to when I was 6 months pregnant and had 3 more to go - all that waiting, and trying to make use of the time left. I have started a major purge of my house so that it'll be a lot easier to keep clean for my family as I recover (though they suck at helping, I'll probably just hire a cleaner. But at least my mess will be less embarrassing). It's a sort of enforced nesting really.

I just got my surgery date today. Surgery is on December 28th. So I'll get to start 2019 strong! [emoji123]

New year, new you

I'm not sure what day, but surgery will be in January. Will find out the exact day in Nov. Good luck to all!

Hi, there. I'm hoping for a January surgery date, but won't know for a month or so. I have one more nutrition visit then we can submit to insurance! In a way the 6 month period is going by quickly, and in another way it is dragging!! Excited for change and better health!

4 hours ago, Briswife15 said:

Hi, there. I'm hoping for a January surgery date, but won't know for a month or so. I have one more nutrition visit then we can submit to insurance! In a way the 6 month period is going by quickly, and in another way it is dragging!! Excited for change and better health!

The good thing is, with the holidays and all that running around, January will be here before we all know it!!

Good morning gang.

So this morning I went to get my labwork out of the way.

I had lab orders from my PCP and then also from the surgeon.......10 freaking vials of blood. 3 of them had to be frozen and then another one of them was not allowed to see the light so had to be covered immediately. So weird. Anyway, what a cluster!@#$ it was with the woman at the desk trying to sort 2 different orders. LOL I should have just gone to a lab, but went to the hospital to get it all done instead because I had to go to work and the lab at the hospital opens at 6:30. Perfect for me.

And since it was fasting, boy did that coffee that I had waiting in the car taste extremely good afterward! LOL

And may you be healthier than a lab ? rat, may all your testing be smooth and sleek, and you'll keep moving towards surgery! Now after 10 vials, they will announce you are slightly anemic, could it be from excessive blood drawn off? Hmmn just could be!???

6 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

And may you be healthier than a lab ? rat, may all your testing be smooth and sleek, and you'll keep moving towards surgery! Now after 10 vials, they will announce you are slightly anemic, could it be from excessive blood drawn off? Hmmn just could be!???

LOL I could definitely see that happening.

BTW, where in Ohio are you? My daughter goes to school there. She goes to Kent and is hoping to go to Med School in Cleveland.