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11-18-2010, 01:22 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maine
Posts: 49
Weight Statistics
5' 3"
Height:
226 lb Start Weight:
158 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
68 lb Weight Loss:
33 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.0884955752 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index40.0297304107 BMI Start:
27.9853867473 BMI Current:
22.1403376165 BMI Goal:
|  How did you track all weightloss attemps pre-op
I have been asked before what are some of the diet programs I had attempted in the past. I am sure that it is going to come up again during my classes and dr visits. I have started to put some of my attempts down on paper and boy am I having to rack my brain because there have been so many. Did any of you have to actually document these and what was expected for information. Thanks in advance for your help. 
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11-18-2010, 02:10 PM
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| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Janesville, WI
Posts: 455
Weight Statistics 11/2009 for the last time! Start Date:
04/28/2010 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
412 lb Start Weight:
261 lb Current Weight:
171 lb Goal Weight:
151 lb Weight Loss:
90 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.6504854369 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index62.6375432526 BMI Start:
39.6805795848 BMI Current:
25.9976211073 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I had to document this for my initial dr's appt. They wanted to make sure that this wasn't my first attempt at losing weight. Surgery is very serious and they want to make sure you've tried several times.
Some insurances also require the documentation - luckily, mine didn't. I gave rough estimates - I was able to tell them my Weight Watchers attempts pretty well as I still had the books, but the rest was pretty much an estimate.
Good luck!
Aimee
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11-18-2010, 03:08 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Idaho
Posts: 3,952
Weight Statistics Jan 2009 Start Date:
Dec. 22, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
317 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.8012618297 % % Lost:
May 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.1595500459 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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No documentations here either..as everyone else WW was one and you can track that, but you just name off all new diet fad of the week that we tried lol...good luck, most companies know we try, I mean how many just do nothing about their weight ever hugs !  annie~
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11-18-2010, 03:11 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Blaine, Minnesota
Posts: 745
Weight Statistics 3/29/09 Start Date:
11/22/10 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
114 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
116 lb Weight Loss:
-26 lb Lb Left to Lose:
50.4347826087 % % Lost:
11/22/11 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.0629552549 BMI Start:
20.8485952133 BMI Current:
25.6035379813 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My Dr. just asked me what were the different WL attempts that I had tried and they wrote them down. They even named a few that I had forgotten about | |
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11-18-2010, 03:24 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maine
Posts: 49
Weight Statistics
5' 3"
Height:
226 lb Start Weight:
158 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
68 lb Weight Loss:
33 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.0884955752 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index40.0297304107 BMI Start:
27.9853867473 BMI Current:
22.1403376165 BMI Goal:
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Thanks everyone. I just want to make sure that I have all my ducks in order. LOL
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11-18-2010, 05:49 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Georgetown,TN
Posts: 2,278
Weight Statistics way to long to remember!! Start Date:
12-09-09 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
282 lb Start Weight:
125 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
157 lb Weight Loss:
-25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
55.6737588652 % % Lost:
I just want to be healthy Goal Date:
Body Mass Index48.3999023438 BMI Start:
21.4538574219 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I had to document all attempts over 20 plus years to my surgeon then had to do a six month medically supervised diet per insurance requirement 
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11-18-2010, 05:53 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,729
Weight Statistics 1/1/2010 Start Date:
August 3, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
208 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
84 lb Weight Loss:
58 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.7671232877 % % Lost:
December 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.1248852158 BMI Start:
33.5684113866 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I started in high school and put it all in a spreadsheet with what I did, how long and what my results were. Needless to say, I had several pages of tries.
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11-18-2010, 06:12 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,445
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 June 18,2012 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
137 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.741046832 % % Lost:
When I get there again Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
32.4240816327 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Ok honey. If they reqire it...... and if your Dr has it down they have that on record. Now as far as your attempting it....... you can write it down as a rough estimate or even if you attempted it at WW or what ever they even have records of it. Now i didnt have to go get a record of me ever going I give them a rough estimate of it and they took mine as to as I did it. Now when they review it....... Most (smart) people are gonna know you didnt put on this weight in just a couple month or 6 months or even the last 2 years. Its been put on over a series of years. Its all in regards to your insurance company and how they have your policy written.
My suggestion is this...... Call your insurance company. Ask them if you have coverage to cover the surgery. Then.....ask what requiremtents you have to meet to have it done. Write them all down so your not suprised later so you can get all your ducks in a row. I have seen some be shocked when a Dr tells them your insurance requires you to do a diet for so long or they require this or that....... and they get so upset but if its in the policy its gotta be done so your not shocked ok? If they are familuar with the insurance more than likely they already know what they are facing and tell you ahead of time before they even call for a authrozation to have it done.
Upon calling Make sure you get a name of the person your talking to. If they dont seem nice when they anwser the phone just hang up. Wait a couple mins and call back 99 percent of the time you will get another person . Yes I have did that. It depends on the time of day you call also belive it or not on how willing they are to help you. I like calling about 10 am they are at work and have been there a bit and in routine. Wends - Fridays are good days to call and talk. I never call anyone on a Monday LOL. I hope it helps. Dont stress yourself out over this ok. Just make the call write it down and go from there. Any thing you can get on your side is a great help and then again you may not have to do anything what so ever......its all gonna depend on your policy and how its written. GOOD LUCK!
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11-18-2010, 07:38 PM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 262
Weight Statistics 25 years ago after birth of first child. Start Date:
09/02/2009 Surgery Date:
5' "
Height:
194 lb Start Weight:
124 lb Current Weight:
126 lb Goal Weight:
70 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.0824742268 % % Lost:
09/02/2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index37.8838888889 BMI Start:
24.2144444444 BMI Current:
24.605 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I worked for a managed care organization and we just required a statement from the doctor with what attempts had been made, but every insurer is different. I had to go through a 6 month "coaching" program prior to my surgery...It was called " I Can Change" and all it did was hold up my surgery as they don't promote GBS, they like lap band, so none of the coaching was geared towards my surgery, and then of course they try to talk you out of it after you finish.
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11-19-2010, 08:07 AM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,116
Weight Statistics December 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 30, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
312 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.5128205128 % % Lost:
July 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.0693131695 BMI Start:
25.1018693552 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My biggest advantage to providing some form of documentation was having the same wl doctor see me 10 years later after I did not go on his program, give me a letter of recommendation for the insurer to have the surgery done.
Kind of a neat move if you ask me. I see a wl specialist and don't go on his reduced diet / medication program and then 10 years later see him when I weigh more and he recommends me for surgery at my request after once I again refuse to go on his program.
Be creative.
If you don't ask, you won't receive!
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