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Lab work' date=' psychologist write up, nutritionist write up and history of weight loss attempts you have made in the past.

Interesting because my office says they only need the Psyc eval to get approved.

You'll do great!

Thanks!

BCBS IL approval takes approximately 2 - 3 weeks' date=' if your doctor office provides all the necessary information. It feels like forever though when you're waiting to hear back from your doctor regarding approval.

Once you have your approval, you begin to double guess yourself. Am I doing the right thing for me....etc. good luck to uou both.[/quote']

What did they have you do to send in for approval?

All of my paperwork was submitted on the 9th so fingers crossed an approval comes soon for potentially an October sleeve.

Let me know when you get approval, I would like to see the time frame for someone with the same insurance. Where in IL are you?

I have BCBSIL too! N yeah - I'm in the same boat ... I haven't even had my surgery yet but know I'm gonna need a TT so I'm hopeful that if they are covering what they are now that there's still a chance they will in the future! Good luck and you will have to let me know if it works out for u

Awesome! When are you planning to have surgery?

You are 100% not being selfish, just the opposite. I have four children and when that thought comes to mind I say to myself, am I living now? How much longer will I live in this condition? Isn't the small risk worth the rest of their lives having a happy! Healthy mom who can enjoy life? I just ask GOD that my journey doesn't end but rather the rest of my life, living, begin.

Awesome...thanks so much!!

We're you able to click the link?

I am 5'9"

Surgery 6/25/13

HW 340

SW 295

CW 244

51 lbs lost post op 12 weeks.

Inspiring!!!

Hey guys and girls. I am 5'10 301lbs and I want to get to 200-210. Has anyone been close to the same size. Where did you level off. I don't want to be too small that I look sick. Oh and my BMi is 43. Thx

I would say you would look great at even 170.

Congrats. Here's to a quick recovery and a wonderful new life!

I have BCBS IL also. Can you share the information regarding TT coverage?

Thanks :-)

http://medicalpolicy.hcsc.net/medicalpolicy/home?ctype=POLICY&cat=Surgery&path=/templatedata/medpolicies/POLICY/data/SURGERY/SUR716.001_2013-08-15#hlink

Let me know if the link works

Good to know! I won't worry too much then.

What should I expect to be asked at my eval?

Surgery date 6/22/2013

height 5'6"

surgery weight 451

current weight 381

long way to go

You're doing great! Think about where you were on 6-21!!!

HW 235

Approval Weight 211

Surgery Weight 206

CW 186

Surgery 8/12/13

Height 5' 4 1/2"

BTW' date=' this is so weird. For years I NEVER told anyone my weight and here I am posting it along with everyone else in public. Love this forum.[/quote']

And I appreciate you being so honest! I haven't told anyone my weight either and probably won't until I have gone through the surgery and lost some weight.

I'm 5'9"

HW 304

SW 265

CW 212

DOS 5/1/13

Looking forward to busting through my next 2 goals - losing 100lbs and then getting below 200!!

Can not wait to be under 200. Nice job!

I have a very large frame for a woman and 8lbs of silicone implants so at 195 I'm really 187 at this point I'm just focusing on toning up not necessarily losing anymore weight. I wear an XL top and a size 11 jeans that's a good size for me

Oh to be a size 11 again. I think that's where I want to be long term.

Dang it...I looked at the chart and I'm small boned!

I've been discussing this same thing with my trainer. I'm very numbers driven (which has been great for my weight loss journey) but he doesn't believe in the whole BMI chart fixation. He's a body builder and according to the BMI chart he's overweight...maybe even obese...but the man is like 10% body fat. SO...while I would love to hit that number on the scales to be a "normal" weight' date=' (I'm only 10 pounds away) I'm actually more focused on my body fat percentage now. When you're building muscle you need to factor that in to your goal. I also think you need to be comfortable and feel good about where you're at and not focus so much on the actual number on a chart.[/quote']

That's a great way to look at it. I assume that is something you look at when you are close to your goal! Good luck.

Everyone is so different' date=' from bone structure to lean body mass etc... I have seen some posts/pictures where they started size 24/26 and now they are quite small 4/6 and the first thing they say is "I never thought I would be this size" that has always been my thought. Even at my lowest in high school I was still a 10 maybe 12 so I have never thought I could get below 150-160. I have a friend who is 5'4" and her goal weight is 117, I have always thought she was crazy but after this forum I told her the other day that I won't doubt her, that if she wants to make her way to that goal I will support her, granted I have always known her heavy, she has an Asian ancestory and her grandmother is quite tiny, who am I to say or think that because she seems like 117 would be way too small that she couldn't do it?[/quote']

As long as she is healthy, that's great. I could make my goal 135, but honestly I don't think it will be a realistic goal for me. But who knows, if I do everything right I may end up there. However, I don't want to be disappointed if I lose 115 pounds ( which outs me in healthy range) and not 150 to put me at the lowest end.

Actually' date=' it's something that's true, which it why people say it. I know that I'm fat, but I also know that at my lowest (and unhealthy) weight at about a size 8, my calves are still so big that I can't wear tall boots, even the ones for "larger calves."

So it's not just something "fat people say to make themselves feel less fat."[/quote']

I didn't say all fat people, notice the (myself) in there. And btw, I just measured using the link that's posted and it turns out I'm in the big boned category. Who knew!

I agree. However' date=' I think a lot of heavier people think they are big boned when they aren't. For my 0.02 I suggest you pick a number in the middle and see how you like it once you get there.

Personally, I have hit a thin weight a number of times in the past (I'm a yo-yo). I found that I look OK at 140, even better at 135, and terrific at 125-130. That's when I discovered that I'm not big boned [/quote']

Lol at the big boned thing. I think it's something fat people (myself) say to make ourselves feel less fat.

I do have questions about the goal weight too. I randomly picked something. But the BMI range for me is 115-165' date=' since I'm 5'6.

I've been 115--but I was 20 years old then! I didn't look too skinny, I looked just fine. I just can't imagine me, at 47, being able to get back to what I weighed before kids and just general living, to my weight when I was 20! Is that even reasonable or achievable?

Do people achieve that?[/quote']

Omg I just said the same thing before reading this. It would be great to look like I did before kids but don't see that happening. Waiting to get started is killing me!!

My BMI is 22.6 - that is at 5'7" and 144' date=' I do go up and down a pound a pound or two, but 144 - 144.5 is about normal for me. I've been 11 pounds lighter and it was waaaay too low, although I didn't see it at the time. Everybody else around me was freaking out. I look at pictures now and know why, I looked gaunt. If you go strictly by the 'healthy BMI' range, I could have gone done to 118 pounds, but I'd have been a walking stick. I'd have looked like a cancer victim. I purposely gained back up to 145 and I stay within 143 - 146.5, it is an easy range to maintain for me and I look and feel healthy!!! I think we use the chart and then use common sense!![/quote']

How is the maintenance game??

I chose 160 because it is one lb less than my husband. That's my goal' date=' to weigh less than him just once .[/quote']

Lol my husband quit smoking and has gained some weight. He has no clue what I weigh now, so when I am less than him I will shout it from the rooftop!!

I was looking at that too' date=' for my height 5'7" I could weigh 119- 159 literally the ends of both extremes... Realistically tho I can't picture 119 as a healthy weight for me without looking sick...I'm sticking to my goal of 137. why did I pick that #? It's the middle of the normal bmi chart[/quote']

That's exactly my thinking. I remember being like 135 in high school and yes I looked great but I'm a mom of 4. Not sure that would really be healthy.