Getting Ready For Surgery

After the decision was made to have Bariatric Surgery, many thing must be done. First a letter from your Primary doctor explaining your weight loss history. For me as I said earlier was five years worth of Jenny Craig, WeightWatchers, fad diets, over the counter diet pills, Acupuncture and many other things. Second a few medical test including a blood test, Venous Doppler test and stress test. Third was a letter from a Psychotherapist that states that you are ready for the surgery. The last letter is from a Nutritionist. All the test and the letters go to your Medical Insurance Company for approval for the surgery.

The waiting for the approval was very stressful. This was my last hope to loose this weight. But the surgery was just the beginning. After talking to the Nutritionist I realized that there was more to this then the surgery. The food in take was different, the type of food were going to different the rest of my life. But with all that it still was the right thing to do.

My last meeting was with an Exercise Physiologist. One of the most important step in this weight loss was exercise. He explained to me that once you have the surgery you should start walking. Not just 20 - 30 minutes but get out there and do 30 to 60 minutes. He said you must crawl before you walk, take baby steps. He also said that at some point the weight loss will plateau at this point some people will gain weight and give up but that is the time when working out helps a lot and pulls you through and the weight loss stays consistent.