My insurance requires a 6 month medically-supervised wt. loss program and I started it on Friday (Optifast). It was actually easier the first few days but now I'm having hunger pangs and cravings. I've lost 22lbs so far, so I guess that's good, but our scale stopped working today and I feel a bit of panic - that number on the scale was kind of getting me through this thing. It struck me as odd. I had no idea how much I wanted to see that number every morning. Does this mean I won't be able to stick to the post-surgery eating plan? Arrgh.