marmotsgrl

There are so many things that I am doing so wrong right now when it comes to the way I eat and the way I don't exercise. I know that in the very near future my life will change in many ways. I will no longer be able to be carefree and gluttonous when it comes to good food. I will have to eat certain things and not eat like everyone else does. This will result in my loosing lots of weight and I will be healthy. It is just that I got a really awesome Kitchen Aid stand mixer for Christmas and now I wont be able to use it. OK I will be able to use it but I will not be able to lick the frosting from the bowl or eat the chocolate chip cookies that I just baked. Don't get me wrong this is a good thing because normally would eat the whole dozen chocolate chip cookies in one night. I love to cook. I don't know if it is because I like to eat what I cook or is it because it is artistic and I like pleasing other people. I think it is a little of both. So I cant eat the cookie dough when I am making the cookies any more. Maybe I should stuff tissues up my nose when I am making cookies for holidays :thumbup: or not. Things will just have to change. I have to realize that this is not the end of the world. Food is not the most important thing in the world. I need to eat to live not live to eat.

Hi there. I just wanted to comment. I am not banded yet but will be in March. I have hesitated telling lots of people because I don't want anyone to bother me with the same stuff. "why don't you just exercise more?" ok you try hefting aroung an extra 100 + pounds while you exercise and see how your knees and hips and breathing feel. "well all you have to do is not eat so much" Ya and you are the expert of me...I don't think so. I guess they just don't try to understand what we are going through. Yes I was successful in the past with dieting but it keeps coming back. I don't think it is anyone's business what we are trying to do to help ourselves feel good again. No matter what we do if we are heavy we can't make them happy, if we are getting surgery to loose weight we can't make them happy. I am doing this for me NOT them. :confused:

well my doctor let me choose whatever plan I wanted. I think she has done this for a few times for other patients. If I want my insurance to pay for the procedure I have to be qualified so I pass all of the qualifications except one which is the 6 months of medically supervised wt. loss program. I chose weight watcher online. My BCBS requires this but not everyone's Blue Cross Blue Sheild does. There are so many different plans out there. I just feel blessed that my insurance will cover it.

I am on my journy to have lap band surgery. I have picked Dr. Snyder in Denver CO. I am excited and nervous. I need to loose at least 100 lbs. I hope everything goes well. If I want my insurance to cover the surgery I have to have 6 months of doctor monitored weight loss plan or something like that. If my insurance says no, I will still get it done if I have to finance it. This is my life. I want to live it again! :thumbup:

thanks for your post. i have my first appointment on November 11th. I also have BCBS. I have to wait until at least March because of the "doctor monitored weight loss program" But after that I will be on my way. I hope everything goes well for you. I am just nervous that something will stop me from getting the surgery. Other than that I feel like this surgery is way better than getting a bypass. At least we will still have our own stomach. :thumbup: