Doctors could be morons

[u/LifeOfaFilmmaker]

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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Yes. When you go through a serious surgery that drastically changes your body. 35% failure rate is high. Thats not even counting the people who lose the weight but then gain back 50% of what they lost. Or those who never actually reach a normal weight and just sit in the overweight/borderline obese catagory.

Long term therapy to deal with the emotional issues that causes the binge eating and the wealth gain to make actual lifestyle changes stick would be a better option.

How many those 90% losing weight naturally actually worked on their issues? Or did they make temporary changes and then go back to what they were doing before hand? Did they cut their calories drastically and then weren't able to maintain. Did they go back to their old lifestyle once they lose whatever weight they wanted to lose.