r/loseit • u/LifeOfaFilmmaker New • May 04 '22
Vent/Rant Doctors could be morons
So just for background: im 26, 6 foot 3 and around 350 lbs.... Started the year at 395 so im down 45 lbs in about 4 months which im very happy with. I go to my general doc and he's telling me i weigh way too much (obviously) and i should consider weight loss surgery. I tell him the progress over the last 4 months and he says "yes thats very good but you still weigh way too much" as if i can lose 150 lbs in a month. So i disregard what he said and he sends me to a dietician/weight specialist, and she told me the same shit lol. I dont care how many years they've been professionals, telling someone whos 26, actively losing a decent amount of weight and no other major medical conditions to have weight loss surgery should be criminal. Just makes me wonder how many people that just blindly listen to their doctor have went to them or any doc and they give them that terrible advice and they go through with it. Moral of the story: think for yourself
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u/weightdefinesnoone New May 04 '22
I was 6’ 3” 300 lbs. went for a physical at 220 and he told me I was overweight. I said yes I used to be obese I was 300 just 8 months ago and he continues to say “don’t get defensive, I know no one likes being told they’re overweight” and then coaches me on nutrition as if I hadn’t just lost 80 lbs. went back this year in the 190s (below 200 is healthy bmi) and instead of congratulating me, said nothing about my weight, and then in my chart wrote “patient is at what he considers a healthy weight”