diet plan approved by United Healthcare for the 6 month pre-surgery period.
on 9/20/14 1:51 am
Pat, I think it is less about the actual food plan, and more about the fact that you have 6 months of a "supervised" plan for the insurance company.
To jump start, you could look towards a South Beach type of eating plan, which is primarily low-carb ...... Eliminating simple carbs such as traditional snack foods and sugars.
When I decided to have WLS, I was self pay, so did not need a supervised diet.
I cut back on carbs, ate a protein centric diet, cut out all liquid calories, and lost 18 pounds in 6 weeks.
I also started using smaller plates, using smaller utensils, cutting my food into tiny bites, eating small bites and completely chewing and swallowing before the next bite.
Those behavior changes were as important as the food changes in preparing me for eating after my WLS.
Best of luck to you!!
A little more than 2 years after this post so hopefully you will see this! I have been a member of WW for more than 6 months but I have not weighed in often as the meeting schedule conflicts so much with my work schedule. Do you know if they look specifically at the weekly weigh ins or just the amount of time and the total weight lost (or not lost)? Thanks for you help!