Hello all,

I am new to the site. I have just begun my journey to being banded. The problem i am having is i have to loose 20 lbs before i can even get insurance approval. I know my insurance covers this.

I have an apt on June 25th to meet with the dietician again and support group. I was hoping to at least be at the halfway mark. Then July 23 is my psych eval and final appt with my surgeon. If i have not lost the weight i will have to wait until i do to be schedule or even info sent to insurance for apprval.

I was given a liver reduction diet. It reminds me alot of the Atkins. But i am not seeing the weight come off. Any suggestions on how i can speed up this process of loosing the 20 lbs? I really want to be able to set a date in July.

Thank you for all your suggestions.

Traice in Indiana

I did it by following a 1100-1200 calorie a day diet, eating every 3-4 hours. Lots of high protien, lots of veg, no rice, pasta, starch of any kind and make sure you get as much water down as possible every day. No soda, or carbonnated bev, I drank lots of crystal lite, water, tea. Hope this helps.

My liver shrinking diet consisted of a Muscle Milk for Breakfast, low fat cheese between lunch and bfast. For lunch I had two In-n-out Protein style burgers (wrapped in lettuce instead of bun or another Muscle Milk. Lowfat yogurt or another low fat cheese stick for snack and for dinner a grilled chicken breast and some broccoli. I lost 11 pounds in 10 days doing this. Also, be sure to get out for at least a 30 minute walk each day. Good luck to you!

Banded 4/17/09 w/.08 cc

First fill 5/30/09 1.6 cc