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Help, I am having trouble with this part of the application. I need to cfill out a diet history for the last 5 years.....my life since I was about 25 has been nothing but one failed diet after another.... how do I do this? I don't want to mess up my chance of getting approved...... Sharon

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I listed 10 years of diets from Jenny Craig, south beach... If you name it I tried it and I put it all to show my failures. It was embarassing and made me feel horrible.

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They want dates and weights.....like I remember when I started and when I fell off

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Make it up as you think you remember. I can't remember last week never mind 10 years of failures. I do know that as I dieted I always gained more weight in the end than when I started.

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That is my story exactlly.....What is the purpose of this anyways. My family doctor has been after me for several years to do this and now I have to jump thru hoops for the insurance company? The doctor could just send them a list of my weight thru the years.

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No, it is just another hoop for you to jump thru to prove commitment. Good Luck. It was worth all the bs in the end. I have lost 50lbs since surgery on 7/31 and feel better than I have in years.

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By the way thanks for listening to my gripping. Is this the worst part of the process? I saw the psychologist last week and have my nutrition visits scheduled for November.....this silly diet history is like a monkey on my back. All the insurance needs to do is contact my MD and he has 25 years worth of my ups and downs.....mostly ups.

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