Question:
4 months pre-op, not loosing weigth instead gain weigth, worry about medicaid approv

i have a medicaid from pennsylvania im in the 4 month weigth control ck-up, im not loosing any pounds(im gain pounds 2-3 pounds)every month,does any one have an idea if im going to get approved? my nurse give me 1 month more to see if im loosing, and im trying hard to make, can somebody giveme a ligth by the end of the road?    — lanuevaani (posted on July 21, 2011)

July 21, 2011
The only solution I can suggest is to try to at least maintain your weight. If a requirement for surgery is pre-op weight loss then that is what you will have to do. The theory is that if you keep gaining weight now you will gain back any weight loss after surgery. Also, any weight you can lose before surgery will shrink your liver and that makes the surgery safer.
   — Muggs

July 21, 2011
I want you to know you are not alone, I also gained but in my last 2 weeks of normal food just before my liquid diet started. 1st I am sorry you are gaining and stressing. 2nd the Supervised Diet is a 2 fold criteria. 1. To try to and get you down to a safer weight for surgery and 2 the most IMPORTANT PART TO SEE IF YOU CAN FOLLOW THE RULES OF GASTRIC SURGERY. Cause this is only a tool not an answer to all our problem. In 1 of my groups they say things like THEY OPERATE ON YOUR STOMACH NOT YOUR HEAD where there is head hunger and craving. BUT MY DEAR there is HOPE. I say start using some type of food logger/tracker. SparkPeople.com, MyFitnessPal.com. *I am currently using MyFitnessPal and I am just over a month post-op* Just to make you more aware of what you eating and how much exercise you are getting, cause you can log both. Remember eat your protein first then veggies then what ever carb you have on your plate. Start now the pick up spoon or fork and put it down between bites and chew like crazy. Also start using a smaller plate. Lastly, start swapping meats out for healthier types like ground turkey or ground chicken. That is all the advise my clinic gave me. Blessing to you....and remember you are only human...dont beat yourself up.
   — That_816_Princess

July 22, 2011
Sorry but no the insurance wont approve your surg date yet until you meet your weight requirements as well as the other requirements, did your dietitian prescribe PHENTAMINE as part of your weight loss diet? if not ask her to, its an appetite supresant THAT WORKS!!! you have to take it early in the morning due to the fact that IF YOU TAKE IT LATER IN THE DAY YOU WONT SLEEP AT NIGHT YOU WILL BE WIDE AWAKE, BUT it gives you astonishing energy and which helps burn fat as you do 101 things throughout the day...its great it does make you VERY DIRSTY...VERY VERY VERY THIRSTY SO YOU DRINK WATER CONSTANTLY which helps also with your weight loss...the only downfall is that since you are litteraly not hungry you have to fallow your diet and eat even though your not hungry....but believe me it will work...I a 6 months post op and before I had my surg I was on it for a few months and fallowed my diet and I dropped 43 lbs before surgery....I have lost a total of 131 lbs...and still lossing...good luck and kep us posted on your progress
   — Jovanna P.

July 22, 2011
Sorry but no the insurance wont approve your surg date yet until you meet your weight requirements as well as the other requirements, did your dietitian prescribe PHENTAMINE as part of your weight loss diet? if not ask her to, its an appetite supresant THAT WORKS!!! you have to take it early in the morning due to the fact that IF YOU TAKE IT LATER IN THE DAY YOU WONT SLEEP AT NIGHT YOU WILL BE WIDE AWAKE, BUT it gives you astonishing energy and which helps burn fat as you do 101 things throughout the day...its great it does make you VERY DIRSTY...VERY VERY VERY THIRSTY SO YOU DRINK WATER CONSTANTLY which helps also with your weight loss...the only downfall is that since you are litteraly not hungry you have to fallow your diet and eat even though your not hungry....but believe me it will work...I a 6 months post op and before I had my surg I was on it for a few months and fallowed my diet and I dropped 43 lbs before surgery....I have lost a total of 131 lbs...and still lossing...good luck and kep us posted on your progress
   — Jovanna P.

July 24, 2011
I don't know if this would work or not. I'm from PA and for the 6 month supervised diet, I did Weight Watchers. When I followed it, I cut way down on carbs (anything with white flour, potatoes, etc) There is also a group on OH that deal with doing Atkins which stress no/low carb eating. It seems for a lot of people, me included, are really sensitive to surgar, flour, etc. Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!
   — Kathleen W.