Medically Supervised Weightloss before surgery

Hi everyone... Did you have to do a Medically Supervised Diet/Excercise Plan before surgery?? If so, what did you do? Did you go to your PCP? Did you have to go to a specialist for Diet/Nutrition? The reason I am asking is because, my insurance BC/BS of IL has a mandatory 6 months before they will finally approve surgery. And everyone is telling me to go to this one Dr who will do it...but he also is pushing his own liquid diet, and only wants you to do that if you will be seeing him... which I know that I will not be faithful to 6 months of liquid diet (#1.. the cost is HUGE) (#2.. I would cheat) (#3.. I would gain it all back as soon as I put real food in my mouth) I have an appt with my PCP tomorrow afternoon, and I will see if she will let me do my diet and excercise with her instead of going elsewhere. Any input you might have would be GREAT. Thanks Susan

It has been a little while for me, but my insurance just took documentation of all the different "diets" I had been on in the past - Weigh****chers, phin-fin (sp), etc. I have seen different ones on here that had to actually go to a doctor for this. I would NOT go to one where I had to pay for expensive stuff because you are right, you would probably not do well once off the diet and just be out the money.....I would think just going to your primary doctor and work with him on a "medically supervised" diet plan for six months. Dr. would just work with you on a healthy eating plan, take your weight and document everything. It does not have to be any radical liquid diet or special foods. Sorry, not a lot of help, but at least while you are playing the "waiting game", you could be getting that documentation from a doctor. DeAnna