Tonight at 6 I have my last appointment with my dietitian and then tomorrow morning, everything will be submitted to insurance. I'm not as worried as I was last week after speaking with some people here and the coordinator at the surgeons office. Now it's just feeling more surreal. After this, it's all out of my hands. Okay, so if I keep talking about that, I am going to freak out again.

This appointment is supposed to be going over any questions I have for the dietitian, so all month I've been putting together my list. I've asked her questions throughout the process, but these are ones that you don't think of when you're on the phone with them, you think of them when your brushing your teeth or driving to work or doing something completely not related to it and it just pops into your head and you have to hope you can remember it until you get to where you can write it down.

I have 17 questions for her. I think she'll be happy with that. Most should be easy answers too, I assume. She should also be proud of me, I've lost 10 pounds since our last conversation last month. Also, I've bought a few books from Amazon: The Emotional First Aid Kit: A Practical Guide to Life After Bariactric Surgery by Cynthia Alexander; Before & After: Living and Eating Well After Weight-Loss Surgery by Susan Maria Leach; Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook for Dummies; Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months, and Years After Surgery by Patt Levine; and The Bariatric Foodie Guide to the Perfect Protein Shakes Volume 1 by Nikki Massie.

I've read the intro to Before & After and it was amazing; I loved it. I definitely plan on reading it once I finish my current book (I can't read more than one book at a time, I get so confused). I also looked through the Perfect Protein Shakes book and those drinks were to die for! With that one, she doesn't include any calories or protein info or anything like that because she says it all depends on what mixes you personally use. But it goes through how if you like a thinner drinker or a thicker drink or if your drink is too tart or too sweet how to fix it. I mean, this woman is a shake goddess!!

I promise once I makes some shakes and recipes and read through the books more thoroughly, I'll let you know.

But I'm hoping my dietitian loves all this info, because Lord knows this last month I have seriously been trying and I am just praying that the insurance approves it!

Until next time!