How much wt did you lose prior to surgery?

 Hello all, newbie here!  

I've gone through the Living Well program as OSUMC (12-weeks) and it's been great.  My dedication to the diet has been somewhat lacking.  Now that I just found out that I'm done with the class (I thought I had two more weeks), now I'm kind of freaking out because I haven't lost much weight.  I go for my final fitness eval on Monday, so I don't expect to see much change.  Now that I've completed the 12-wk class requirement for Aetna, my case will be sent to them after my fitness eval for approval.  I'm afraid I haven't lost enough weight, though I know I'm not going into surgery any time soon so I still have time.  Now I'm going to try my hardest to be successful at sticking with my diet but will my minimal weight loss (My highest weight was 413, so I think I will be down to 398ish at my fitness eval) affect my approval from Aetna?  

Relax, you should be fine!  I had Aetna when I had my surgery and I lost less than 10 pounds during the pre-op steps and still got approval within a very short time.  They are looking more at whether you were complaint with the pre-op regimen (which they believe determines how compliant you will be with eating/vitamins/exercise post-op) than how many actual pounds you lost.

Lora

I'll second all that ****rogirl shared -- the degree you can comply with the doctor's pre-op diet is intended to be more an indicator if you are ready to commit to the lifestyle change rather than affect the insurance company approval. I lost 14 lbs voluntarily in a 2 week pre-op liquids and lean cuisine diet pre-op and I did it to be sure my liver was in the best possible condition so that things could go well laproscopically and they did. I still count those 14 lbs in my total weight loss showing on my ticker.

 remember.. if you could easily loose the weight you wouldnt need the surgery.  I busted my ass and barely lost 24 lbs in 6 months

Good Luck!