Question:
I need to find 3 medically supervised weight loss programs

I just found out today that I have to have 3 medically supervised weight loss programs as required by my insurance. They also require they be in the last 5 years with at least weigh-ins bi weekly with progress notes from the doctor or nurse. they also can't be weigh-ins from a ym or a group like weight watchers (which I do have). So now it's like starting from new. Plus each time has to be 12 weeks long. So the earlist my surgeon with summit the paperwork to the insurance will possibly be 9 months to a year. I need to know of 3 programs, medically suopervised, that won't cost an outragous amount.    — romoa5 (posted on March 24, 2003)

March 24, 2003
My "medically supervised diet" was inexpensive.It consisted of me going to see my doc or doctors nurse and getting weighed.Then I would tell him that I was continuing to eat low fat and excersizing.He would then document it all and I would be out the door in 5 minutes.
   — jennifer A.

March 24, 2003
the previous poster has the same idea i've had for some time. where are people getting the idea that "medically supervised" means expensive? go to the library (free) and get a book on weight watchers, atkins, whatever diet you like. keep a food diary, have a biweekly consult with a doctor or nurse (at my clinic, meeting with a nurse for anything -- flu shots, blood pressure check, weighing) costs nothing and does not require an appointment. do this for 12 weeks, repeat. no cost.
   — Kasey