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[BLERDgirl 6,417]

What does a supervised diet even consists of?

Ideally you should meet with the nutritionist and review your eating habits. She may give you some sample menus, a calorie range and discuss ways to get that. Many programs also encourage you to keep a food diary and begin measuring your foods. These are things you will need to do post op anyway so it's good preparation for that. You can also begin to learn how to handle certain food situations, like what's a safe high Protein, low calorie meal when you go out to eat. How to handle situations like holiday's and parties. Also begin some form of regular exercise. Personally speaking I had an very easy hospital experience and I am fairly certain it was the core strengthening exercises that I had been doing prior to surgery that helped with that. Each month you check in with the nurse or nutritionist and they review your food dairy and check your weight. This is how my program works, it might be good to clarify with your team how their supervised diets work.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

Well the place I had my consultation with basically urged me to gain the 10 pounds so I would be at a BMI of 50 . So idk if they will still make me do the 6 month supervised diet. The rush is that I've been overweight sooo long and so uncomfortable in my own skin and I'm ready to change my life. My health issues are getting worse by the day.

I would be really leery of any Dr office encouraging me to gain weight so they can make money. Think about that. They don't really care about your health.

If you have already met your out of pocket and you deductible, then maybe push for this year.

I don't know with it being September it is unlikely you will make it to surgery before the end of the year anyway. 6 months will take you to March/April. At least you can have cheat days on Thanksgiving and Christmas,

Edited September 18, 2015 by OutsideMatchInside