WEIGHT BE GONE! Going, Going, Gone????

Hi Everyone! This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday. If you would like to follow me in my journey you are welcome, and if you'd like to share your own journey feel free to leave your link in a comment and  I'll come visit you, and read your story too! (For the past month I've had a linky, but guess no one else is on a diet lol). 

My journey starts due to the reality of life's threats in that I have much to do & want to stick around to do it.  Okay, so last week in case you weren't here I got this note from the doctor:

Marie
I apologize for the delay. There were several issues that needed to be addressed and clarified by the insurance company and they took their sweet time getting back to me.  Basically Humana will cover bariatric, weight loss, surgery for you as your BMI is above 40. They will only cover the sleeve procedure if your BMI is above 50 which yours is not.  They do require a psychiatric evaluation before surgery to be sure that there are no psychological issues that would cause problems after surgery. I would recommend that you make an appointment in our Psychiatry dept to get this evaluation. I will put in a referral for you to see a surgeon to discuss the bariatric surgeon. Humana requires that you see a "Humana Center of Excellence" for this. Lifeweigh Bariatrics is a center of excellence and they are the group that I send patients to so I would recommend them. If you would prefer to see someone else let me know and I can check, quickly this time, to see if they are a center of excellence.
  MY DOCTOR - MD  (1ST NOTE)

2ND NOTE AFTER I QUESTIONED THE 1ST NOTE:
 Humana will only cover the "sleeve" procedure if your BMI is &50 but will cover other forms of bariatric surgery, ie lap band, gastric bypass, with a BMI&35 Lifeweigh will evaluate you for these other options and the Psychiatry eval is required for any of the procedures. Sorry I wasn't clear on this in my previous message.  MY DOCTOR - MD 

So, what it is if I didn't lose the 38 lbs my insurance would've paid for the operation I wanted!  Now instead I have to do it their way!  So I'm gonna make this week short and sweet because there's real nothing to tell, but I'm having one of these done because I cannot take the pain in my back anymore and it is traveling down my legs.  My shots are the 18th!  Halleluiah !  Now I have two months hopefully to get things in the works.  I made the appointment for the shrink and that's not until October 20 something (gonna have to look that up), and give the other place a call.  So, here's what I'm going to do.  I'll keep you abreast of things as they happen, but I'm sure it won't be every week, but it'll be under this title on Thursday.  Wish me luck my friends and hopefully I'll have an update for you soon.

Have a wonderful day!

Weight Be Gone!

Hi Everyone!  This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday for me.  If you'd like to follow me in my journey you are welcome.  If you'd like to share your own journey feel free to sign my linky below, and I'll come visit you or if you have a great diet recipe that would be appreciated very much. Thank you.  The reason I've started my journey is I had a rude awakening to the reality of life in that I'm not getting any younger, and if I still wanted to lead a fun, and  happy life I had to make some serious changes.

Last week I was 251 lbs. & as of this morning 250 lbs. no exercising until my shots just watching what I eat & getting movement when I can.  I'd like to give this little prayer to you all who diet along with me, and remember it in your heart for every situation.  Love you all & thanks for stopping by. 

 The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

                                                                                   --Reinhold Niebuhr

A friend, Janet from Janet's Book Place put this up last week, and I just wanted to reiterate that if we all live by this wonderful golden rule how much better off we would be. As they say we are all our own worst enemy.  As you all know I have Spinal Stenosis and now I'm fighting with practicing physicians that I wish they would stop practicing on me.  I need me a FOR REAL DOCTOR, and as it were I'm still trying to find one, and still fighting this cellulitis that won't go away, but is getting worse.  My shots are not due until May 11th and I can get back to my exercising, but for now I've gone from my cane to my walker because the pain just won't leave me alone in the morning, and sometimes the whole day.  So until then I watch what I eat and my portion size, and I still lift my 3lb weights at the desk while I read your wonderful comments and Posts.

Here's a recipe from me:  XmasDolly's Baby Spinach Salad.
Baby Spinach, cherry tomatoes, one chopped boiled egg, and one chopped green onion. Two tbls. of lite Ranch dressing (or whatever you like).  A couple of wheat crackers & what a fantastic lunch or supper.  Oh well, I like it.  hehehe  Have a great day!


 

Weight Be Gone!

Hi Everyone!  This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday for me.  If you'd like to follow me in my journey you are welcome.  If you'd like to share your own journey feel free to sign my linky below, and I'll come visit you.  The reason I've started my journey is I had a rude awakening to the reality of life in that I'm not getting any younger, and if I still wanted to lead a fun, and  happy life I had to make some serious changes.

Last week I was 250 lbs. & as of this morning 251 lbs. don't ask me how, but I am.  Want to apologize to you all this will be short post today because I'm very behind on everything.  My Stenosis is climbing to its peak again and my shots aren't until May 11th.  Yesterday was a very bad day.  Today was a bit better and I hope today is good too.

I've been eating Special K for breakfast most of the time, and campbell's soup for lunch, and salads or fish for supper.  One day a week I've been eating meat.  Today was a meat day. I had a small baby spinach salad with mushrooms & cherry tomatoes Lite Ranch dressing and a 95% lean burger on a lite muffin with lettuce and ketchup.  A bottle of water to drink.  Then after I made coffee, Dave's lunch and did the dishes I had some sugar free jello cup.

Thank you for stopping by, and giving me your support that's much needed.  If you check my Pinterest I've been collecting diet tips and recipes if you're interested.  Below you'll find my linky if you'd like to share you're own diet journey and we can travel together.  Have a great day and may your pounds shed away and never find you again. 

Thanking you for stopping by, and listening. I do have a button to the left if you'd like it so you can come back next Thursday. If you'd like to join me in my journey - make a spreadsheet like me and sign my linky & we'll follow this yellow brick road to the wizard and ask him for a new body!

BodyMind Weight Loss Review

Improving Your Self Image is a key to Improving Your Self!

Today's weight begone is going to be a bit different, and I would like to tell you about this product I was sent, and have been using.

Two weeks ago I told you I weighed in at 260 with blood pressure 171/72 * last week was  256 141/58, and as of today I am 253 lbs., which means another three lbs., but I'm still walking around the Park with Baby my Black Lab.  I also have a rowing bike now and I'm up to 20 times every other day.  I am also doing what I call sissy push ups.  I stand back from the counter and lean forward onto the counter and do push ups.  Easy you say?  Guess again.  Do about 10.  I'm up to 15.  So, not bad I guess. Watching my portions.  A lot of fresh veggie soup, salads with lite dressing, fruit and diet tea, lemonade, pink-lemonade & bottles of water.

BodyMind Weight Loss Hypnosis Pack is a set of 3 professionally scripted and recorded self-hypnosis sessions designed to manage and maintain weight loss, healthy eating, and exercise.
Used regularly, these recordings will naturally promote healthy habits and natural, effortless weight loss.

Now, BodyMind Weight Loss these were sent to me, and as far as I'm concerned somebody up there likes me.  Actually, what they are are recording to help you one: relax, and it talks to you in such a soothing voice, and explains to you about your body to help you get it ready for your weight loss journey.  It almost reminded me as a subliminal messaging, but I really don't think it's that at all.  So, let me tell you briefly what it is.  You get four files along with instructions:

• Instructions
• 1st recording is for the first week, "Eating Healthy", and you listen to it once a day.  It's very soothing
• 2nd recording is for the second week, "Naturally slim", and then you listen to that once a day, and also the first recording you listen to it once this week.
• 3rd recording/third week, "Fitness Motivation".  In the third week you listen to this recording every day, and you listen to the other two once this week.
• The 4th week what you do is listen to each of the recordings once.  
• Then after the fourth week you listen to each recording once a month.

And naturally people we do not listen to these recordings while driving or doing something strenuous that needs your full attention.  So, I'm going to use these recordings because as far as I'm concern I'm using all the help offered to me.  OH YES!  Somebody up there likes me.  As they say when one door closes another one opens.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.