Well, with my insurance I have to do a 6month supervised diet and I have 5months to go. It seems it will take FOREVER> I want it :sad: NOW

I also need to lose 15lbs by then too..so far Ive lost 0!

No big surprise there. I just dont know what to do to lose. With my "life coach" that I talk to every 2 wks via phone calls I have cut down my diet coke to only 2 a day and increase my Water to ateleast 32oz..usually 64 though. So I guess that is a start.

Hope time speeds up

Oh yeah. Do things to take your mind off of the wait and it'll fly by. I had a 6 month pre op diet that turned into 7 and it just flew by.

I had to do the 6 months too. When I started, 6 months felt like forever!! I am now done, have my insurance approval so all I am waitig on is cardiac clearance. I was supposed to have Echo last Wed but whole family caught a virus (including me) so I didn't have it done until Friday. So, once the heart doc clears me - my date can be set. It will go by faster than you think. In April - I thought Oct would never get here but it did....

I am into my 2nd month of a 6 months supervised diet. The first month went kinda slow but this last one has flown by. Oh and I have to go in to see my PCP for monthly weigh ins, diet tips and supervision. She started me on a 2000 calorie diet. I lost 8 lbs, now I am doing a 1700 and have lost 6. It's a matter of eating better and less.

I'm feeling the same way! I can't wait for Spring! And it's not even winter yet!!

Hang in there, Lauri! I'm in week 1 of my 6-month wait. At first, I was very upset at the prospect, but I'm now using it as a chance to prove to myself (and to my insurance company) that I can follow a plan and to begin practicing the habits that I'll need to live by post-op. So far, so good, but it's only been a week.

I'm in the same boat, I started this process back in August, and I did ALL the requirments already. BUT the nutritionist they sent me to kept canceling on me and I didn't realize that my 6 months didn't count until I started with the nutritionist! VERY frustrated. I FINALLY have an appt with a new nutriontist next Friday. Hoping that March comes quick!!

I got done with mine in June, and guess what, I'm still not banded. I got psych. approval this past tuesday which is what held me back and then I have to do a nutritional consult which is tomorrow.

But really, I know it won't feel like it, but when you get done, it will have gone by faster than it seems.

I'm looking at 2-4 weeks before surgery.