HOw much weight can one lose?

My insurance has stated that i need to do the diet thing for 6 months. How much weight should you lose? Is there a certain amount of weight loss that would prevent them from paying for the surgery?? I am confused because whatever weight is lost is only temporary!! It comes right back...even more than you lost. It just wastes time

Hi Debra! I can tell you what I lost on my 6mo diet that I had to have for Aetna.. I lost 22lbs and my 6mo diet was up end of Jan. and I can proudly say I got my approval on Feb 19th...I asked around during my time of 6mo about that question and I got answers of I dont think that the insurance is looking for a certain amount of losing..but if your able to stay with a regimen..and that is the reason why your doing a diet with your DR supervising..my pcp made sure she weighed me every month and talked about what I was eating...what cal/low card diet(i'm diabetic) and at the end she said that even after 6mo of good food behavior and exercise I still think this is medically necess. for me to have this surgery done. Hope that helps a bit.

My insurance company did not care about how many pounds I lost during my 6 month supervised weight loss program. They needed to know that I stuck with a program for at least 6 months. My surgeon requires each patient to lost 10% of their total weight loss before he will schedule you for surgery. I know the more weight you can lose before surgery the better off you will be. It is sort of a catch 22, but there are medical reasons for it. Good Luck, Terry

Whatever you lose will make it that much easier for your surgeon, and for yourself later. They are looking for 10% of your body weight to be successful. They won't deny you for losing less than that. (please read between the lines) Keep your chins up! Roberta

so would they deny you for losing more?