Insurance Question: What does this requirement typically mean?

[jess9395 5,450]

I have had the same PCP for 20+ years and he has seen me diet and lose and gain for most of that, on plans like WW, on meds he prescribed for me, etc, so my insurance company was happy with his word.

[sophie'sChoice 269]

I had to fill out a form where I was instructed to list every diet I have been on for the last ten years. When I was on it, for how long, how much weight I lost etc etc. Wow was that a long list! I not only gave it to the Surgeons office but when the insurance company wanted the same information I made a copy for them as well. There was no way I wanted to try to think of all that stuff again. In terms of the monitored plan, I had to do 6 months for my insurance company. It was monitored by my PCP's nutritionist. I went once a month. I was told by the insurance specialist in my surgeons office that whether I lost weight or not during the 6 month monitored program really didn't make a difference in terms of whether I got approved or not.