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5 lbs down, Umpteen more to go!

I finally lost 5 lbs. It's only been a month trying to work it off. It felt like I was working against myself since during this time I was also on my cycle and I am notorious for gaining weight during that time. Now I have to work to keep it off and lose more. I'm not sure how much the doctor will want me to lose before he will do the surgery but I figure it will be good to lose some before hand and be in the habit that way when he says I need to lose 3 or 5 lbs or whatever it will be a cake walk.
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Talked to a nurse

Well today my referral still hasn't come back as approved but I'm looking toward the bright side. I called the surgeon's nurse and told her who my insurance provider was and she just took my information. As she put it, "Tri-Care is easy". She told me everything I would have to do and that I could pick up my packet at the seminar on Thursday. In this packet will be numbers that I would have to call to make the various appointments before I would meet with the doctor. I can't wait until Thursday. I was excited before but now I'm completely over the top. Now all that's left before I start all this is to tell my hubby what I am planning on doing :smile2: and getting the approval letter from my insurance company. Why haven't I told my hubby you may ask? :thumbup: Well I wanted to gather as much information as possible so I could answer any question he may have as to why I am doing this. Wish me luck! :thumbup:
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Just realized...

I never really paid much attention how I ate. Ever since I went to the seminar on Thursday I've been trying to chew my food throughly and not have liquids too soon before and after a meal. It's been hard but I've been doing good. My plan is to get used to eating that way so when the time comes all I have to worry about is knowing how much to eat.   WOW :eek:, I never realized how little time I spend chewing my food. I always thought I spent average time eating and that everyone else was slow. :cursing: I must admit because I thought about how I was chewing my food and actually made an effort to chew it to a pulp it took me a while to eat and I didn't even eat it all. Which is rare for me especially since I was eating seafood. :tt1: YUM! Another regular thing during a meal is regular refills of my drink. I had a few sips of water before my meal but didn't touch it again until after I was about to leave. Doing this helped me not have that rolly polly feeling after dinner. I guess all those times when I felt I was going to pop when all I had was 7 chicken wings is because I was fully of water too.   It just amazes me the things you notice when you take the time. :thumbup:
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1 appointment down umpteen more to go...

Today I just had my fitness eval and everything went great. He just spoke to me about how exercise is great for me and how I should exercise as much as possible. Since I'm already doing that I should have no trouble. I'm excited that I'm one step closer to receiving my surgery date! Tomorrow I have my nutritionist appointment and the bariatric coordinator told me that she will help me with a diet to get my weight down some before I actually have surgery. I'm looking forward to what she has in store for me. Also tomorrow I get to schedule my psych eval since my nutritionist is first thing in the morning I can schedule that right afterwards. I'm still so psyched about this everyday I know I've made the right decision. I'm finally putting myself first. :cursing:
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Better than I thought

I just told my hubby that I'm going through the steps to have the lap band done. He was surprisingly receptive to the idea. He just said that I thought that is what I needed to do then he was all for it. For some reason I thought he would try to talk me out of it by saying all I needed was a good diet and exercise but he already knew about the lap band and what I had to do once I had it done. Apparently he did his own research, I can only assume because he was thinking of bringing it up to me attention. Who knows? The only thing I'm happy about is how he reacted and he even said to let him know how everything goes with my appointments. I was stressing for nothing.
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