18 lbs lost
The week returning from vacation and I am sick, sick, sick. I bet employers just love it when we call in sick after a week long vacation. The first thought must be “Sure you are!” Not to whine too much but I really was practically toxic with the bug I gleaned from hubby. I’m sure the multitude of hand rails touched for non fast pass rides didn’t help the incubation period along any. Many apologies to my walking buddy who met me for a trail jaunt directly after vacation. Hopefully my bug wasn’t passed on.
The illness ground my exercise routine to a halt. This is a scary situation since all the years of yo-yo diets and sedentary life style indicative of an at home tele-worker have made my metabolism resistant to diets alone. I do not loose without workouts, period, end of story. This makes me especially cranky since the cost of the good doctor’s program runs around $135 a week. All attempts thus far to lighten this financial burden with my supposedly excellent health care insurance provider has lead to DENIED CLAIM status from my now 2nd appeal.
While we are on the subject of my insurance battle let me digress for a moment. I don’t think I ever discussed the submission of my first claim with the blog. When I started with the good doctor, via a physician’s referral, my BMI was 39.6%. My labs however were my downfall as they came back clean with no signs of heart disease, diabetes or other weight related indicators. No, I am not crazy to say downfall according to my expensive HMO insurance policy. You see I missed the cut off for coverage by .04% BMI and required at least one other indicator of weight related illness such as diabetes. So even though I had more fat than a Jimmy Dean sausage, I didn’t qualify for coverage.
No surprise too many that my HMO coverage really doesn’t cover maintenance or prevention at all. Absolute nuts which is why I have been on the war path ever since. I think they should roll out the insurance red carpet since I will be saving them potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in claims later on. I will stop my rant but stay tuned for upcoming episodes of Donuts to Diva Insurance Battles!
For now I am recovering from the cold and will be back in the gym on Monday.
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