I look forward to “meeting” all of you.
Most of the stories I hear are from people who say they’ve struggled with weight their whole life. This is not me. Growing up I ate whatever I wanted and didn’t even think about it.
This all changed after I started having children. Each pregnancy I gained 30 pounds and then lost 20. Which was a net gain of 10 pounds each pregnancy. I had eight babies so that’s an extra 80 pounds! Also I used the depo shot for a bit and that added another 15.
I have tried so many things (I’m sure everyone here can relate)
A few years ago I had a coworker mention that they had Bariatric surgery and that our insurance paid for it. I had no idea that was a possibility! I researched what was required and realized that I would probably qualify, so I did everything required and was pre authorized in 2019. My pre authorization was good for a year and I didn’t have enough PTO so I decided to wait. In the meantime, I tried one more thing and was able to lose 40 pounds. I thought “oh, maybe I can do this myself” wrong! I couldn’t keep it up, I gained back 35 pounds. Last year I did a program called Calibrate. It was amazing, they did labs that my pcp had never done, I found out that I am insulin resistant so they prescribed metformin. I had a one on one coaching call every two weeks. They also prescribed Wegovy. They had classes on all the pillars that affect our weight, sleep, emotional health, stress, food, and physical activity. I almost got to onederland, but the program ended and on top of that, my insurance started doing strange things with my Wegovy prescription so I was without it for almost 5 months. In those few months the weight all came back plus some UGH.
This year my husband has had to have some procedures and our deductible is already met, plus our out of pocket maximum has almost been met, so I decided that it is a good time to get this done.
Right now I am just waiting for my insurance pre approval and then I’m ready
thanks for reading all of this!
Most of the stories I hear are from people who say they’ve struggled with weight their whole life. This is not me. Growing up I ate whatever I wanted and didn’t even think about it.
This all changed after I started having children. Each pregnancy I gained 30 pounds and then lost 20. Which was a net gain of 10 pounds each pregnancy. I had eight babies so that’s an extra 80 pounds! Also I used the depo shot for a bit and that added another 15.
I have tried so many things (I’m sure everyone here can relate)
A few years ago I had a coworker mention that they had Bariatric surgery and that our insurance paid for it. I had no idea that was a possibility! I researched what was required and realized that I would probably qualify, so I did everything required and was pre authorized in 2019. My pre authorization was good for a year and I didn’t have enough PTO so I decided to wait. In the meantime, I tried one more thing and was able to lose 40 pounds. I thought “oh, maybe I can do this myself” wrong! I couldn’t keep it up, I gained back 35 pounds. Last year I did a program called Calibrate. It was amazing, they did labs that my pcp had never done, I found out that I am insulin resistant so they prescribed metformin. I had a one on one coaching call every two weeks. They also prescribed Wegovy. They had classes on all the pillars that affect our weight, sleep, emotional health, stress, food, and physical activity. I almost got to onederland, but the program ended and on top of that, my insurance started doing strange things with my Wegovy prescription so I was without it for almost 5 months. In those few months the weight all came back plus some UGH.
This year my husband has had to have some procedures and our deductible is already met, plus our out of pocket maximum has almost been met, so I decided that it is a good time to get this done.
Right now I am just waiting for my insurance pre approval and then I’m ready
thanks for reading all of this!
