HOW MUCH DID YOU LOSE BEFORE GETTING APPROVED?

[pleezeSleeve 50]

Hello Pals!

Today is my LAST nutrition visit. I have been struggling with losing weight this whole time. My weight has fluctuated up & down but I am 7 pounds down from my initial consultation. honestly, I feel like a failure. I tried REALLY hard but only got 7 pounds down in the end?? smh. Nervous if they will still approve me. Idk what to even say when I step into her office today lol. I guess it is what it is! & proof that I really do need this tool. The struggle is real.

How much did your surgeon require you to lose? How much did you end up losing by your last nutrition visit. Thanks for any responses! I will update this thread later with what happened at the last visit.. & if they approve me or not. STAY TUNED!

[hayleyf3706 150]

I was required by my surgeon (not insurance) to lose 50lbs. This Tuesday I weighed and am down 51! That's in three months.

[pleezeSleeve 50]

amazing!!! way to go!

[hayleyf3706 150]

@@pleezeSleeve Thank you! It was NOT easy! Especially considering how much happened in all that time! Car wreck, broken arm, surgery to repair that, loss of a family member, my wedding, my honeymoon.... Goodness! But it was totally worth it! (*correction, took 4 months)

[Aggiemae 739]

Neither my insurance or surgeon required pre surgery weight loss of anyone under 350 lbs. The NIH issued a report about pre surgery weight loss. Discuss the findings with your Dr.

READ THIS:

https://asmbs.org/resources/preoperative-supervised-weight-loss-requirements

After years and years of yoyo dieting ( I'd lost 100 pounds 7 time in 20 years my body rebelled and this January it took me 6 WEEKS to lose 4 pounds on a strict 1200 calorie a day diet. My surgeon told me that this was what made me an ideal candidate for WLS.

[LittleBill 2,231]

I was not required to lose anything but money. Haha, seriously, I did have to "make an effort", and I suppose they might have turned me down if I hadn't lost anything, but I lost 67 lbs from Day One to B-Day. Losing weight has always been easy. Keeping it off is a different story.

[Tommy910 14]

For me it was 400 lbs loss , but my starting weight was 910 lbs. Yes, 910 lbs was my highest at the hospital check in. At 510 I rolled in to the or to finally have my surgery. I am now currently just under 470 lbs and all in just one year.

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[Middus 491]

Hello Pals!

Today is my LAST nutrition visit. I have been struggling with losing weight this whole time. My weight has fluctuated up & down but I am 7 pounds down from my initial consultation. honestly, I feel like a failure. I tried REALLY hard but only got 7 pounds down in the end?? smh. Nervous if they will still approve me. Idk what to even say when I step into her office today lol. I guess it is what it is! & proof that I really do need this tool. The struggle is real.

How much did your surgeon require you to lose? How much did you end up losing by your last nutrition visit. Thanks for any responses! I will update this thread later with what happened at the last visit.. & if they approve me or not. STAY TUNED!

It depends on your Surgeon's requirements and your Nutritionist's recommendations. My surgeon required 'some' weight loss.. Nutritionist said 10 lbs (cos she thought I'd gained weight since my initial consultation, whereas it was terrible Water retention after switching HBP medication)

All the best!

[pleezeSleeve 50]

thanks everyone for the responses! so i went in for my final nutrition weigh-in and she was still very happy for me. she was very encouraging and commended me on my lifestyle change. (which is true). i have totally changed the way i think about food and have adapted better habits. i am proud of myself regardless. luckily for me, my surgeon is super nice! the amount of weight he set for me to lose was not a REQUIREMENT by him nor the insurance. he just wanted to see some effort. so now.. i wait. she said it could take 2-4 weeks for approval. is this true? how long did it take you to hear back? lol the anticipation is killing meee. im super excited and anxious & grateful!! i cant believe im finally here at this point. seemed so far away when i first made the decision to ask my PCP for a referral.

[hayleyf3706 150]

@@pleezeSleeve They told me it would take about 15 days, but it only took about ten. Call and check on it in a few days! Bug them!

[pleezeSleeve 50]

loll. okay. you know i will !!

[scipiobabe 24]

Well like my surgeon told me it's not the Weight he is worried about so don't stress it's how well your liver has shrunk he says the weight is why the surgery and shrinking of the liver is to get to your stomach. I was so mad because when I went in for first visit I weighed at 284 they had me in the computer at 270 yeah maybe after the pre op liquid diet but when I was weighed it said 274 well HELL that was still 10 pounds down and the nurse spazzed on me so I told the doctor he needed to check her ass because I was mad as hell so that's when he said it's not the weight it's the liver size so good luck boo 7 is better then gaining or none at all keep us posted by the way I'm 13 days in

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[ladydt0607 2]

My Dr asked me to lose 10 lbs I lost like 4 and still got approved

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[pleezeSleeve 50]

GUESS WHAT!! I GOT APPROVED!!!

SURGERY DATE IS 2/27!

omg i cant believe it! still feels so surreal. i was sooo worried! but super proud of myself.

[SarahSleeve 170]

Mine requires a percentage - for me it was about 22lbs. I've been done all the other program requirements since October (started in May) and I'm still working on that stupid 22 pounds. I'm only about 4 pounds away now though so I'm hopeful that my January appointment in 2 weeks will be my last pre-op appointment before I meet the surgeon.

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