mjenkins0344

My doctor requires me to be on 4 protein shakes and one small meal for 4 weeks and then 5 protein shakes with no food for 6 weeks. I am going insane. I am still in the 4 shakes a day with one meal and I am dreading 5 shakes a day with no food for 6 weeks. Yikes!!!!

I have a surgery date of December 10th and I am very excited! I started the medifast diet early because my insurance requires a bmi of less than 50 and I am slightly above that. So inorder to qualify I started medifast on September 16th. I have been on the diet for two weeks now and have lost 15 pounds! I am happy about the weight loss but I am afraid I will not be able to stick to the medifast for three whole months. Right now I am on four shakes a day with one meal. Soon I will be on five shakes a day with no meal! I pray I have the willpower to stay on the medifast. If I don't, I wont lose enough weight to have my insurance pay for the surgery. I need words of advise on how to make it through. Did anyone else get frustrated on the medifast diet?

MVP requires you to lose 5% of your weight before surgery. Also they will not cover a band for any patient with a BMI of 50 or higher. If you fall in that category I believe they will only cover a bypass.