ALL APPTS DONE!!!!

Well I've finally finished all appts. Was cleared by the NUT and Fitness ladies on Monday.
They were so impressed that I was logging all my food and exercise on My Daily Plate. I've lost 13 pounds so far. Now they will all write their letters in the next 2 weeks and send everything off to the insurance company.  Thanks for everyone's support and motivation!! I love this website and you people are great!!
Pam

Pam,

Congratulations and keep up the good work. You are laying the foundation for not only the weigth loss you seek, but also long-term success in the form of maintenance of the losses you look forward to.

Barb

Thanks so very much for your encouraging words Barbara. Sometimes if I think about it too much, I get really scared about the future and sustaining the mental will power to stick with the new lifestyle and not slip back into the old one.  Getting to share in the lives of people like you that are able to do this is the best thing ever!
Hugs,
Pam

Pam,

You are welcome. I understand your concern. I have it myself. I think it's really important for us to recognize our fears and concerns, then try to find a way to manage them. I got counseling and then I found a program called the "Beck Diet Solution" that is a behavior management program that helps you learn to think thin. I don't think it matters if you use that program, one with a counselor or something else, but I do think that we all have some behavior issues surrounding food that need to be addressed or we wouldn't have gotten to where we are now. I think that recognizing that and taking steps to mitigate those issues along with having the surgery is what will be most likely to see us through to long term success.

I'm wishing you all the best,

Barb

Good luck with your insurance approval, Pam!  Hope you get the green light and a surgery date very soon. 

Thanks so much Shauna!! Maybe I won't be too far behind you

Congrats Pam! It won't be long now!

Thanks Cindy!!!  I sure hope not or I think I'll explode lol

Congrats Pam!  Youll be posting your date before long!  :)

WOOOHOOOOO Thanks little mommy!! I just can't hardly stand it. I don't even want to go to sleep..I just want the next day to start right away..LOL

How's the big belly coming along??  WE WANT PICS!!!

HUGS!!!