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I need some help, please. I have done everything required before surgery. My doctor now wants me to lose 30 lbs before he will even submit paperwork to my insurance for approval. My insurance DOES NOT require weight loss or a doctor supervised plan, this all my surgeon. I am getting frustrated because I cannot lose weight. In the last 3 weeks I have lost about 10 lbs. Usually I can lost 10-15 then I regain, it doesn't matter what I eat, how much I exercise, etc. That is the whole reason I am even having surgery to begin with. I am pretty much on all liquids at this point, and I will occasionally have some baked chicken when I get too weak. I don't know what else to do short of going to Mexico. I really don't want to do that since my ins will pay 50% of the procedure. Does anyone have any suggestions? TIA!

ETA: This is BEFORE I even start the pre-op diet. So I have to lose the 30 lbs, then I will get submitted to ins for approval and start the pre-op diet.

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make sure you are not putting your body in starvation mode.

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When you say your doctor wants you to lose, do you mean your primary physician or your bariatric surgeon? If it's the surgeon, have you considered meeting with a different surgeon to see if they would have the same plan for you? And I def wanna echo @Conroy3917 and say make sure you're eating enough, especially Protein.

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