What do I do with the 6 mo dr. supervised diet?

I am 5'4" tall, have a BMI of 39.6 and insurance wants me to have a 6 mo supervised diet? What does that mean and can I shorten it at all? If I loose to much weight will I qualify still? anyone got any ideas? What did you do? Anxious and concerned.

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