Insurance requirements?

so my insurance requires that I attend six months of a supervised weight loss program....I will be attending my fourth session, or one month of Weigh****chers tomorrow...i started out at 234.8, second week 232.8, and then last week I was 234.6! Ugh....I was uhm, well, not regular last week and felt very bloate when I went to WW last week but man, what a let down!

Don't be dicouraged. It could be water weight, Just follow the rules and you will do just fine. Be sure you are drinking pleanty of water.

Hugs, connie d

I had to do a year's worth of that stuff. Weekly weigh ins...I hated it. For some of us...diets really DON'T work....which is why we are MO.  It is so hard...but just hang in there. The idea is to have a very healthy surgery.

Dianne from FL

I dont want to scare you but you may want to contact your insurance company and make sure that weigh****chers is acceptable.  Many insurance companies want that supervised diet with a physician -- not your surgeon or a certified nutritionist.  I had to do mine twice because my doctor did not religiously record ALL the information in my chart each month.  If you dont meet their exact requirements, the insurance company will jump on that and use it as a reason for denial.  Good luck and ((((((hugs))))))

thanks all...as far as WW goes, it mentions right in the requirements, something such as weigh****chers or jenny craig....thanks so much for this though....I would have been worried though....so i did go and check! thanks!

Char, Did you clear the Weigh****chers thing with your insurance co? Or is your PCP in charge of it.  I could attend Weigh****chers but it had to be under an md's supervision.  I was just curious, didn't want you to get half way through this thing and your insurance company won't accept it.  I also attended the LEARN Program through our local hospital, it was 3 months long and then I found out their requirements changed to 6 months and I did WW's.  Good Luck.

darn I hope it is okay, I am doing it on my own....I guess I will find out on tuesday...now I am worried...I hope my going on my own is enough for my insurance company....I am going to print out what I found and give them a call on monday...thanks for the heads up....