I'm not a fan of the 5-day pouch test because after 5 days you can revert right back to where you were!  I recently started going to OA (Overeaters Anonymous) to help me re-gain control over food and eating.  My eating plan includes no sugar, no snacky foods (pretzels/popcorn/chips), no fast food, no second helpings.  I have 24 days of abstinence, and it feels wonderful.  It took me a long time of trying different things to finally admit complete defeat.  I'm a huge supporter of 12-step programs.  I thought GBS would "cure" my food addiction, but it did not.

I'm with Trish I've not heard of having to be a % overweight except that my surgeon wanted me to be 100% overweight to do surgery on me. In my case my goal weight would be about 150 lbs and 100% of that would be 300 lbs which I made with no problem. As for my insurance they just wanted a certain BMI. I agree with Trish the best thing to do would be talk to your doc or the insurance co. and have them explain it so it's more understandable for you, cause I don't quite get it either. Best of luck to you and so glad to see you over here with us Christian folks, we're all pulling for you!

Don't worry about not posting the devotion, you just take care and rest up that foot! If you'd like I'll be glad to do it for the next week so you can relax and visit with the kidlets. That's what's great about our forum we all are more than wwilling to help out!

Thanks ladies. The book is at Barnes & Noble & I have printed the plan from the website. Giving up sugar probably will help also. Again many, many thanks!!
Bless you all!

I never heard of that.  It would be best to talk to your surgeon to find that one out.  I know that when you are post-op, the surgeon sets goals for percentage of excess weight lost at each visit.

I thought the insurance compainies looked at BMI and co-morbidities more than anything.