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my 6 month diet is over in april and for some unknown reason i have been gaining and loseing about 5 pounds every month. i think its due to the fact that i have increased my Water intake to 64 ozs a day and im bloating. im worried that my insurence will reject me because of the 5 pound yo yo dieting....so my question is has anyone eles been in this situation? i know all insurence is diffrent. any input would be greatly appreciated!

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I would only think it's bloating if you are consuming a lot of salt. Are you visiting with a Nutritionist; or attending any sessions on mindful eating? I did'nt really have a diet required by my insurance but my doctor required that I loose 30 pounds. As part of my presurgery classes I learned that I did a lot of mindless eating especially carbs of all kinds: crackers, Cookies, low fat baked potato chips, children's Cereal.

You need to really evaluate what you eat. I won't say to journal because I don't. One thing I do is look at my shopping cart and ask myself if I would be embarassed if my doctor saw me at the grocery store! While I would'nt say I'm a low carb person; carbs don't keep you full like Protein.< /p>

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You should only have bloating if you consume lots of salt or retain extra Fluid for some strange reason. Do you workout at all? I could eat "perfectly" before my band but only got real results with the workouts included.

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yes i work out yes i see a diatician i guess the question is how strick are the insurence companies when it comes to the 6 month diet? i live in pennsylvania and have state insurence....

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I personally gained 16lbs during my 6 month diet. I was approved by insurance this morning after only 3 days. So I wouldn't worry to much about. It says something about the fact that you do need the surgery. At least that was my PCP's opinion. She has had pt denied for losing to much weight believe it or not. Good Luck!

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