progress is a beautiful thing
i haven't been here in awhile...i was just going through my favorite links and came across this journal. i had actually forgotten all about it until this moment. anyhow...i am very happy to post that i have gone lower than my goal weight in order to undergo wls. i suppose i should state that the hospital (emory in atlanta, ga) where i am having the surgery requires one to have a bmi of 55 or less before they will perform wls and my insurance (aetna) requires that one go through a 3 month multi-disciplinary program (for wl, exercise and behavior mod). in the beginning when i first found this out, i was very angry, i thought it just wasn't fair and that the whole world was against me. but now after having been through it, i am pretty happy about it. i feel like i have learned a lot and have jump started my wl. the last time i wrote, i said that i had gained 2 lbs. at the dr. visit following that gain, he put me on Diethylpropion which has helped a great deal in reducing my appetite and boosting my metabolism and therefore aided me in losing the excess weight that put my bmi over the hospitals limit. so it looks like i am on my way. the next step is getting in to see the dr. one last time before they will submit the paperwork to my ins. co. wow i just can't believe it is almost here!