As of 9/13/09 my 6 mo diet for insurance approval has offically begun. I talked to my "life coach" for 45 minutes and will have to do this every 2 wks to begin with. I have 14lbs to lose to qualify for surgery. That doesnt seem like much but during this 6 months I will have halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Valentines days..and also 3 bdays, and 1 anniversary. I dont even know what kind of diet I should attempt? The life coach just has me starting with increasing water and decreasing caffeine.

Wish me luck. I WILL do it.

Guess its time for me to get a ticker :mad2:

Lauri

Good luck to you, Laurie. I, too, had to do a 6-month preop diet. I started mine in September 08, and had all the holidays, plus an anniversary and three birthdays (wait, are we the same person? :mad2:). I didn't have a set amount I had to lose. Mine was sort of strict in that I had 2 protein shakes and one small meal a day. Maybe yours isn't as severe. Everything was going pretty good until the holidays. I stopped losing, but didn't gain. Then I got pneumonia and lost a couple of months of dieting. Got back on track, so it ended up the end of July 09 for me to get surgery. I hope yours goes much more smoothly! I did lose almost 45 pounds preop, so that was a nice start.

Best of luck to you in your journey! :thumbup: