Supervised diet?

Hi everyone! I have a quick question that I hope someone will be able to help me with. I have recently gotten a new job with new insurance -- woohoo! I called to find out the policies on WLS and it is an option that is covered under certain conditions.  One of the conditions is a 6 month supervised diet with my PCP. My concern is that I will continue my dieting pattern -- lose weight in the short term, but gain it all back plus some in the end. My BMI isn't too far off from 40, so I am concerned about losing enough weight to disqualify me for the surgery. Is that a possibility that I should concern myself with? Should I not really try to diet?  I know that my preferred surgeon is going to make me lose weight before the surgery, but this has to come first. Any suggestions are appreciated! :o)

No one can tell you not to really diet because that's not really legal and it wouldn't be right to give you that kind of information.   Speak with your doc and see what they say.  If you don't lose the weight then you dont.  I think the diet requirement is dumb, but if they have it they have it.

This is the way it was explained to me: Basically, you go once a month 25-30 days apart, do not skip a month. Weigh in. Have your doc. document BMI & some type of behavior modification. That could be parking further away, adding walking, stop drinking carbonated/ caffeine drinks, lower calories... just do a different one every month. A lot of people won't commit to going to the doc. for 6 months straight so this is another way to see if you are really willing to commit to all of the changes that  you will have to make post-op. Of course you should show some progress, but unless you have co-morbidities, you wouldn't want your BMI to drop below 40. Good luck. Jenifer

Don't know what your policy says, but mine (BC/BS IL PPO) requiresz the six months, too and also says, "[NOTE: The initial BMI at the beginning of a weight reduction program will be the “qualifying” BMI used to meet the BMI criteria for the definition of morbid obesity used in this policy.] "  If that is in your policy, then it addresses your concern about loosing too much.  Good Luck!