Renee it was great running with you as well. Deb and I are heading up north on Friday to close up our camper. We plan on being at the meeting the following week so if you are up for it and weather is not to cold, maybe we could do  another run.

I changed my insurance from hmo to ppo, in order to have this surgery, not knowing the plan had changed and weight loss surgery is an exclusion , now I am seeking an insurance company that will cover this surgery for  individual, but so far not successful.
Thank you in advance
for any advice and suggestions
TR.

Okay, it's a gorgeous day and I am trying really hard to have a gorgeous day attitude.  However, I still have stuff that hasn't been fixed in my apartment, so I can't put boxes away yet.  Then I went to the clubhouse to workout this morning and I couldn't get in--it was locked up tight.  The sign on the door said it was open at 6am, and this was 7am!  Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I tried both doors and could not get in.  So no workout this morning, which makes me grumpy. 

I'm trying to get my consistency mojo back and things like this get in the way.  It is showing on the scale:

Starting weight:  298.4
Last week: 139.4
This week: 141.0
Gain of 1.6 lbs this week

So over the last two weeks of moving stress, I have gained 3.7 lbs!!  Yikes!

This is a new week, and I'm going to do better.  I will workout tonight, and I have running scheduled for Tues, Wed, Thurs and Sat.   So that should help.

Ran 4.3 miles on Saturday morning before coffee group--it was great having Deb, Allan and Julie run with me!  Same plan up for this coming Sat--anybody who wants to run before Eagan coffee, please join us at Byerly's/Caribou in Eagan at 8am.  Coffee group is at 8:30.  cya!

Hi Cindy... I also had BCBS, however, it was 5 1/2 years ago so I'm sure things have changed since then plus I'm sure it's different for everyone but my experience was this... I thought I had completed everything and had it all turned in by November 4 but it seemed to be taking FOREVER to hear back from them so I called to find out what the hold up was and they said "Oh, didn't someone call you?"... ???? ... They wanted me to jump through yet ANOTHER hoop in order to get approved... They wanted me to go on a 3-month physician supervised diet before they would consider me... My surgeon called BCBS on December 27 basically telling them that was RIDICULOUS, BCBS then called me on January 12 to say I was approved and on January 29 I had my surgery...Good luck to you and if it seems to be taking too long, just call them and bug them every couple of days until you get an answer... Michelle 

has anyone attended a seminar at the st cloud centra care ? if you have could you tell me what its all about and if you ended up have your surgery there. THANKS!