ProudGrammy

Well good news! I appealed that $2300.00 charge for my 18 month nutritional panel and I got a call from the insurance company today. They said they would review it if I got the doctor to change the coding from bariatric follow up to a routine lab code. So, I called my PCP today who I sent a letter to explaining their screw up and she promptly changed the coding for me. Lets hope now that the insurance company does what they are supposed to. I have already paid the 2300.00 bill and would love to get that money back. It is money I simply dont have to spend on lab work. Cross your fingers.....

Today is going to be a long one. Thank goodness I'm not fat any more.

Yep. No sleep. Once again. Cards anyone?

Yep. No sleep. Once again. Cards anyone?

Today is going to be a long one. Thank goodness I'm not fat any more.

Thankful to return to Bariatric Pal.

holy crap...... Lost another pound. 132....

I am from DFW and our surgeries are just 2 days apart. I can totally relate to what you are saying. I have been in the same boat, and I'm starting to "get it". I really have to focus on chewing and eating super slowly with the denser proteins, otherwise I end up hating life for about an hour. But I'm also noticing that each day it gets a tiny bit better. Small victories!

So far I'm not a fan of Quest bars. Mint chocolate was the worst I've ever experienced and I love mint chocolate. Maybe I should consider not eating them this early in the game. I thought I could just start incorporating them once or twice a week into my meal plan as a snack.

what's for dinner you guys? because im starving! hahaha

Can I just say, and this is off the record and not meant to be "inspiration" for anyone, but I don't exactly adhere to the bariatric diet as much as I could (outside of really trying to get protein) and I'm still managing to be right on track with weight loss. Of course, I'd like to not rely on that continuing and actually do something better, but I'm just throwing that out there.

I'm not a helicopter mom, tiger mom, free-range mom, soccer mom, crunchy mom, or attachment mom. I'm just a regular mom trying not to raise a-holes.

Beans have become my Bestfriend LOL

Today started off pretty negatively...Rushing to work and I received a ticket for improper lane usage. Guilty. Traffic has been terrible since the flood and Ms. Impatient tried to get around it by riding in the turning lane for a few feet. Duh! I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon and WLS support group tonight. I hope better things unfold! Have a great day all.

You are absolutely beautiful!

120 pounds down in almost 9 months. Still pinching myself. And my loose skin.

Slow and steady wins the race?

Has anyone been nervous about what their body will look like after... like maybe my butt isn't so bad now, what if I lose all the good things about my shape/body/me!? Am I just overthinking!?

305 pounds this morning. Down 92 now. 18 days until surgery and 8 pounds to get a one-hundred-pound loss pre-op. I'm going to do it!

Holy smokes, I am officially OUT of plus size clothes and in WOMENS XL......Soooooo freakin excited!!

First summer of grad school finished! My birthday was last week and I spent it with my gf and her family on the Acoma Pueblo reservation in New Mexico. I had a glorious time! The people are fabulous, and I've been invited back to stay with multiple family members ! Think I'm going to make this an annual thing. Now it's back to the grind. My internship starts on Monday...I'm looking forward to this new adventure in MSW.

Dang. Had no clue there was a status update bar. Frickin awesome day today in Chicagoland. Gardening? Golfing? Certainly not wasting time I can't get back watching Cutler toss flagged balls....

Okay. Time to get back on track. Let's do this! >

Getting back on track feels GOOD!

i've been gone for years...now i'm back because this lap band has got to go!!!