Harsha

Wow! Great... I am two weeks out and I really hope I fall in the category of those of you that feel this great right after!! I want to only take one week off of work. Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

I'm on day 3 of my 2 week liquid diet. It sure is harder than I thought! The 1st night I cheated with some cheese.. I felt so guilty 5 min later. When I feel hungry I drink some Water or juice and remind myself that not controlling myself is what lead me to this. Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

I LOOOOOVE my Protein shake... I mix it normally with soy milk. Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

I will call her if needed. Hopefully I'll get through the milk part.. I did ask if it could be skim.. she said 1% was better but skim would be okay. Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

Wow!! You look great! Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

I know everyone is different, but.... I'm having my surgery on the 21st, I have a client going out of state on the 23rd and I'm staying at her house to pet sit her dogs. Luckily, I don't have to walk them, they just play in the backyard. I'm really hoping I'm not in a lot of pain. All I really do is sleep over night there, I'll be home during the day (with my dogs). I'm just really nervous that I'm going to be in pain and uncomfortable staying at someone elses house the first week after my surgery.

I hope that's my case ^^^^^ Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

Thank you! Recliner might be a good idea too so the dogs wont try to sleep with me. Although, I don't mind it... I know it'll be hard to get comfortable for a while.

I'm in Milwaukee Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

I love triple zero yogurt! What flavor has that much Protein? I think mine is around 16g. Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

What helped me was drinking Protein shakes for Breakfast vs eating food (healthy or not) and that lowered my calories and boosted my protein. It was one small change that really helped me mid way in my 6 mo supervised diet phase. Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

I also think people say things that are trying to be supportive, but are hurtful. Like, wow.. you'll be so beautiful after you lose the weight. What, am I troll right now? I'm already beautiful, I want to be healthy! Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

My insurance didn't require weight loss pre-surgery. I just made a few changes though to help me, for example I started drinking my Protein shakes months earlier for Breakfast. Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

It seems so far away though I hope these six weeks go by fast.

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I have BCBS in WI and I was approved in less than a week

Exciting!!!!!! Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

Has anyone done medifast with their bypass? My friend lost weight using this program and she has been talking to me about it. Her "mentor" said that I could do it along with my bypass... but I'm wondering if the food would even be what I'm needing? She said they also have a shake program... but I can do shakes at home on my own. Just curious if anyone else has done this before/during/after surgery.

I think they make money if people join :/ Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

I had to do the 6 months of doctor visits before submitting to my insurance for approval. But then it took almost two weeks to get it scheduled Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

Thanks, that's why I was curious if anyone else has used it. She said that people that had the bypass used the program, but it wasn't making sense to me why? I thought maybe I was missing something. Sent from my SM-G925V using the BariatricPal App

I was also torn as my surgeon said both would work for me. I decided on the bypass finally. Mostly because of the years of data to back it up. Also, my insurance only will cover once. If I decided to go from sleeve to revision to the bypass it would be out of my pocket.

July 21st here. I'm excited... yet I wish it wasn't so far away. I guess I've waited since Nov.. what's another 6 weeks lol. I'm in Wisconsin.

Right... still waiting for scheduling to call me... it's killing me!! Don't they know how anxious I am!!

I had the same dilema.. only my surgeon told me either surgery would be equally successful. I wish he had said one would be better than the other. In the end I decided I'm going to do the bypass because my insurance will only pay once, so if I had sleeve and wanted to later get the bypass... it would be out of pocket. Also, the bypass has more of a history than the sleeve. If the sleeve had another 10 years or so of data/history I may have gone with that.