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Shannon lee
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Has anyone reading this lied about your weight just to get the surgery done?
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Yes. The week of my initial appointment I was either 39.7 or 40.3 BMI depending on my weight for the day. The days before the appointment I had high sodium meals and threw on 5 lb ankle weights under my boot cut jeans. My "official" starting BMI at the clinic was then 41
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