TracyinKS

Sorry I've been MIA today......... I've had about ohhhhhhh 100 back and forth emails today with my son's teacher and then my family..... long story that would be boring to all of you... Also, Charles came up and took me to lunch..... OK..... So I ate 2 beef tacos, and some Beans..... I think the PA took out more than .3cc's BUT........ this was ONE meal, Breakfast was: WC oatmeal So technically I'm STILL ON PLAN day 3 but I have yet to start my Water... so I'm going for my 1st liter in a minute (as soon as I hit submit) scale was back down to 196 today...... whooohooo can we get a 192 please? pretty please!

HH: YOU LOOK GREAT!!!!!!! and ..............

LOL Tracy!!! :tongue: Terry: good idea about the plates! Jenn: is the married guy the same one that wanted a 3way? Haydee: I would go for high protien liquids..... if I NEVER see chicken broth again it will be too soon :biggrin: I AM ON PLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So far today: Coffe w/ sf creamer WC oatmeal leftover cubesteak and mashers.... 2 liters of water...... NO SNACKS!!!!!!!!!!! SO FAR SO GOOD!!!!!! Baked chicken (I hope) for dinner.... otherwise I'm having leftover echilada bake... Trying to stick with 3 meals per day ONLY. I know it sounds crazy.. but I am almost ready for a fill........ (trying like hell to NOT succumb to one before the honeymoon) Trying to go for at least 1 more liter today........

How exciting!!!!!!!! watching all your progress :tongue:

Do a search of common and uncommon co morbities...... its all in how the doc submits it.

My insurance BMI requirements are: BMI over 40 OR BMI of 35 w/ 2 comorbities (diabetes, sleep apnea, pcos, etc...) Call your insurance and see if your employer allows WLS to be covered. (I have bcbs and my employer has the provision for it) GOOD LUCK

Thanks hon............. I am searching high and low for a way to get my mom banded...... :tongue:

OK..... Go to your HR department and ask if they have hard copies of your medical SPD (Plan Document) In that book, look for the words: BARIATRIC or OBESITY and find out what the plan covers. YOUR EMPLOYER DICTATES WHAT THE INSURANCE WILL COVER! I have also found that each doctor has their own program.... some only require you to attend a seminar while others make you go through THEIR diet and nutrition program..... I found out that my requirements were: BMI Nutrition Eval (letter from Nutritionist saying that I was a good candidate for surgery) Psyc Eval (letter from a shrink saying that I was of sound and stable mind to make my own medical decisions) That was IT. However what I found was... several psycologists offices wanted me to go through THEIR long and expensive program with sleep studies and all other kinds of crap........ I actually argued with the office manager of one such place because I told her exactly what I needed (a letter) she got pretty rude with me and told me I was wrong and that "I would be back" when I found out I was wrong.............. this totally ticked me off.. I simply told her that I would just go to the next provider in my bcbs directory thank you very much.. click. I did find a very nice doc... I had to take a 532 question personality test, but in one afternoon I was done and it took him 2 weeks to get me the letter............ When dealing with insurance, doctors, whomever........... YOU ARE NOT STUPID! Stand up for yourselves.... THEY WORK FOR YOU. (end of rant)

CONGRATS TRACYK!!!!!!!! LOL.. I remember that line :frown: Laura: AWESOME on the tax return! (I'm skeered about mine since I have to file married now) plus I claim high exemptions all year so that I keep my money. Jenn: LOL funny NSV! Good luck tomorrow! Suzie: I will TRY to get in 3 liters today... Haydee & Terry: Confession is good for the soul!!!!! Michelle: I don't know HOW you are keeping the secret!!!!!! Strong Strong woman! Judy: We are set for another winter storm tomorrow!!!!!!!!! BTW great job on the ebay outfit fitting!!!! woot woot! Kat: How are you today? Who am I missing??????? OK............. I STAYED ON PLAN!!!!!!!!!!!! I did make some instant taters to go with the DELISH crock pot concoction.. (its my lunch too) but I stuck to 3 meals yesterday and NO Snacks...... and nothing touched my lips after 7:00p.m. my stomach was growling and by 10:00p.m. I was getting the whoosy hunger pains that used to attack me pre-band... but I was strong and stayed OUT OF THE KITCHEN.... scale bounced back down to 197 so...... my next little mini goal is 192 which will be -80 lbs. Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE THE NEW AVATAR Gina!~ Congrats for staying on plan too :frown:

DANG OL NASTY CARB LADEN BALLS OF FIRE!!!!!!!!! They are full of ecoli!!!! Someone used SALT instead of sugar! DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM! Whoooooooohoooooooo Michelle! NSV alert! OK.. gotta go 2 liters of water and ON PLAN....

OMG Pamela!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFLMAO I just went to the wendys website to see the damage of a large chili w/cheese Calories: 390, Net Carbs: 28, Protein: 29! Not as bad as I thought it would be. OhYeah: Calories: 210 puts me at 600 calories for the day (excluding coffee and creamer) STILL ON PLAN and its 3 p.m.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TODAY I WILL STAY ON PLAN!

Suzie: YES that crazy commercial!!!!! LOL IT JUST STOPPED SNOWING IN LEAVENWORTH! So much for 60 degrees we had yesterday! blech I had a Wendy's chili for lunch........... (a large chili and I ate 90% of it) I'm half way done with my 2nd liter of water........ guess I should go see how many calories I've had so far. Terry: Your welcome.. OhYeah's are suprisingly good. Judy: that sounds yummy...... Haydee: so does a burito in a bowl.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW THATS A VISUAL! "Just so you know" :rolleyes2:

I just spent the last hour online at mycigna dot com trying to figure out if my moms plan covers the band..... I finally called them and found out the employer has an exclusion.. RATS! My question, has anyone ever had any luck with purchasing a "Rider"??????

congrats on the jeans Laura............ oh and I LOVE chickeninabisquit crackers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm with Denise.. I can (and have) eaten an entire box!

I Have Started On My Water!!!!!

I have no idea......... its asperiment... :rolleyes2:

I'm seriously thinking of getting a consult for ps...... just to see where I am at. Truthfully if I didn't have this belly, these long saggy boobs and my batwings....... I would be pretty dang happy... I will always live with my legs because... a thigh lift would just be too painful and too much of a PIA to heal........ I'm going to do a search of BCBS surgeons and start calling them.... this is a copy of the Obesity section in my SPD (I posted this on the Cosmetic Surgery Board and Dr. J.LO commented that is was a GREAT provision.. so that gives me hope. I know I will have to be off work a minimum of 2 weeks more likely 3.. which means I will need to save up some PTO, and then dip into my old sick bank that has 55 hours in it (frozen when we went to a PTO system) My thought is...... do boobs and arms first? or the tummy? This is why I need a consult.

Good morning.......... TODAY I will stay on plan! So far: Coffee Oh Yeah Wafers LUNCH: TBA In the crocker for dinner: Cube steak w/onion soup mix NO popcorn today! No Crackers today! NO sonic today! 2-3 liters of WATER

Even Vi's! I think my fill has loosened up... because it is just freaking me out tha I can eat so much... I actually went back for seconds on dinner.. and I NEVER DO THAT anymore! This is what I had today (and I'm going to be brutally honest) 1 pot of coffee 1 package of OHYeah wafers 1 BAG of popcorn w/extra melted butter 1 dt dr pepper in a can 1 liter of water 2 bite size snickers 2 ritz toppers crackers 2 helpings of enchilada bake (I didn't eat the tortilas) 1/2 cup taco rice a few bites of refried beans 1 small strawberry smoothie from Sonic............... Can you see why I am totally freaking out here????????? Is this Tracy in self sabotage mode or what?????????????

This is what I'm HOPING pays for my PS... it is an actual scanned page of my SPD

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Pretty solumn around the office today....... as yesterday was the anniversary of the OKLAHOMA State plane crash that killed my bosses middle son..(who was an up and rising assistant coach)... he is always a wreck and the week leading up to the anniversary and the few days afterward is bad..... this is how he ended up HR at a Convent.... he used to be in high pressure manufacturing plant manager jobs.... He came here after a life changing event....... and so did I. :eek: Have a great day... I need to start on my water

Happy Monday! I woke up to 50 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Windy and 50... back down to the 30's tomorrow blech! Scale bounced up again... blech! Gotta get going on this day!

Kat: your post gave me goosebumps..... Denise: I don't have any sage advice.......... I know I've told you guys my story.... Robbys bio... the pscyo rebound guy from hell after my suprise divorce...... Shrek was abusive, mentally and physically, hell he cheated on me the first week we were together... had me believing that I couldn't even paint a wall without messing it up (from the woman who BUILT TWO HOMES from the ground UP) I was down and spiralling after my ex left and this guy saw me for the victim I was......... I lost friends, my family loved me but just shook their heads at my NONTracy behaviour.. I started smoking, spending every night at the bar (he was a bouncer) I chased him around town after he had FORBID me from coming to town............. he used to hold my head over the toilet and sink and tell me that I wanted a fairy tale........ all things that I NEVER told a soul... I was deeply deeply embarassed, depressed, mortified at the shell of a person I had become... and yet I stayed with him.... I begged him not to cheat or be mean...... I felt lower than low... and like Kat said.. I felt I got what I deserved and that maybe my former life was a lie and this was it.... (again hard to explain) NO one could help me, because I denied it to my family and to myself... I didn't realize the cycle I was in because I KNEW I WAS BETTER THAN THAT......... and then I got pregnant........ Robby growing inside me saved my life........ I put down the ciggy's, I put down the booze, I quit being put down by him....... ( he told me on a quite regular basis.... "Man since you got pregnant you have turned in to a scandelous bitch!") to which I replied............. no, I'm just turning back into TRACY and if you don't like it then get the hell out...... well he told me he would NEVER leave and he would NEVER let me leave ....... Each time I would try to boot his ass 2 things would happen. 1. He would cry, say he'd change, beg to be able to be a dad to this child like he never had the chance to with his others...... 2. Get mad hold me down and threaten me that I was his... and would always be his............ What I ended up doing was forming a plan.......... I sold my large house in the country (that I'm kicking my self for now!) but it was isolated and he ruined a lot of walls by punching them........ I bought a smaller house in town that I could afford on my $15.00 an hour salary..... read: OLD HOUSE, OLD PART OF TOWN, nice block with a bunch of old ladies as neighbors........ the house had a big yard an a security system... that I would get turned on when I made my move........... anyway.. my point is.. that no one could save me.. I had to do it myself... what my family did was support me and I knew they loved me and when I did make my move my dad drove 1.5 hours to get me and robby......... My sister loaned me a car because Shrek had ruined my car and paid me back by getting me a car (in his name) which he took and used as a control mechanism.......... anyway........ when I was done, I was done.... police were involved and I had the love of my family backing me up..... it still embarasses me to admit that I let myself become a victim..... to admit that I was so very low........ but I came out stronger and yes more jaded...... but I am here and he is a closed chapter.... and I thank GOD via prayer every day for my son and my strenght to get out of that cycle.... my prayers tonight will be for you Denise to see your daughter and grandbaby that she may gather her strength and do the same...... HUGS!