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Just got off the phone with the dr office! My insurance has been approved! Woohoo! And I already filled out health history so I now have my first appointment which is Jan 15th at 2:15. I have a bmi of 56 and some conditions so the lady I talked to said that's all I need for approval! I'm so excited! I'm nervous too! I wish I didn't have to wait till the 15th though! It seems so far away!

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Good for you!

The time leading up to surgery is well spent on researching and planning. I would advise setting goals and strategies in the exercise department as well as the acquisition and consumption department of food intake. The sleeve is a permanent decision, it needs permanent plans to go with it. It is so much not a diet, it is so much a new way of living.

I determined to be in training like an athlete ...permanently. My goal was optimum shape for the rest of my life. So far I have been true to that promise.

These are the days of self-advocacy. Regardless of how you treated yourself in the past...this an opportunity to be a real friend to yourself. I have found that when I made that a reality I became a much friendlier person to everyone else. I have fun being me and folks like to be around it.

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Good for you! It wouldn't hurt to get a head start by making one dietary change......to eat 60 + grams of Protein a day......eat Protein at every meal......eat your protein item first. I think that is where we all started, even though our other program requirements varied. The time will pass quicker than you think. Just think of where you will be a year from January. :)

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can.....begin it! For boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."

Wolfgang Von Goethe

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