Hi! New to the forum and all that. I don't know how it worked for everyone else but no matter how hard I try to lose weight I gain. I look at celery and can pack on 10 pounds, it sucks! It took my insurance almost a year and a half to go through by the time I was done with the dietician and everything even with the correct BMI and (fortunately in my eyes) 2 minor co-morbidities. I have a surgery date for the end of January and start the clear liquid diet on the 12th.