Doctor Said NOTHING!!

The same thing happened to me at my last doctor's appointment. At last year's appointment, they told me I should lose some weight, but then this year when I weighed 30 lbs. less, nothing was even mentioned.

You look great. Congratulations on your success. It's unfortunate that your doctor didn't say anything but rest assured you are still doing a great job.

I was just thinking last night what my doctor is going to say the next time I see her ..

Well it doesn't seem like he was paying very close attention....I hope he wasn't like that the entire day. Congrats on loosing the weight.....

You don't need them. Congratulations! You go girl!

some doctors dont know what its like. they've been thin their whole lives and dont understand that an overweight patient needs ENCOURAGEMENT! not only acknowledgement of them being fat and then none when they're healthy. go you! good for you! you are awesome! wow look how much you did all on your own! thats what they should have said because its allll true!

ignore that silly doctor and their nonunderstandingness. boo on them. yay on you!

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Well, we are proud of you!!!

No doctor or health care professional has ever said anything to me about my weight at all. Ever. My last appointment I weighed 230 pounds (I'm 5"5) and nothing! I went in because I was having foot pain (probably plantar's fasciitis) and the doctor didn't even mention that my weight could be contributing to the problem. He just suggested icing it and stretching.

I really wish a doctor would have said something to me about my weight a long time ago, I probably would have been receptive. But nobody has ever tried to ask me about my weight gain or loss, so I've been able to ignore the problem.

I think American doctors need to start telling their patients they need to lose weight. Maybe that would help the obesity epidemic we are going through.

Dr's can be the smartest people in medicine but the dumbest in the world!...Dont let this Dr discourage you...it doesnt matter what they think...its what YOU feel inside...This is all about YOU what YOU are accomplishing!!! Congrats to you!!! Keep it UP! Like Your Smile! :happy:

You are rocking it! Don't let it get you down!

Honestly, and this is cynicaly, but I feel like many doctors don't look at it because they are rushed or because then they can't try to sell you on weight loss drugs/surgery/quick solutions that in the end make them money because they are so deep into the pockets of the pharmaceutical industry. My doctor was quick to write me a script for Meridia, get me signed up for lap band surgery, go do the crazy 500-800 calorie a day programs. But diet and exercise? That would not be profitable for him!

You are doing great! Keep it up!

Don't feel bad...I saw my Dr a year ago, and she spent 20 min lecturing me on my weight loss. I saw her a year later OVER 100 lbs lighter, and got NOTHING.....same thing happened to my husband...he lost 140 lbs, was totally healthy, and his dr told him....I think you should lose 6 more lbs....wtf? No encouragment of any kind......you deserve to be recognized for your hard work girl....congrats!!!

Don't feel bad...I saw my Dr a year ago, and she spent 20 min lecturing me on my weight loss. I saw her a year later OVER 100 lbs lighter, and got NOTHING.....same thing happened to my husband...he lost 140 lbs, was totally healthy, and his dr told him....I think you should lose 6 more lbs....wtf? No encouragment of any kind......you deserve to be recognized for your hard work girl....congrats!!!

wow. that's really sad.

Guess I'll say the other side of it, then. Some doctors and nurses are trained to not say anything. Yes, you wanted to hear something, but a lot of people do not, and will either get embarrassed or angry if a doctor says anything about their weight loss. Next time try bringing it up yourself, which will give them the okay to mention it, but don't expect them to say something, because often times, they can't.

Isn't that their job though????

You be proud of yourself! Good for YOU!! I had the same thing happen to me several years ago. I had lost 50pds and the whole visit the dr. said nothing and, I see the same dr. every year for many years, at the end of the visit I said to her that I had lost 50 pds and she looks at my file and says oh ya thats good. It is really frustrating when the dr, that tells you to lose weight doesn't even notice it when you lose 50ps. So I hear you, it is kind of maddening. My internists ALWAYS comments on my weight even if I'm only down a couple of pds so I don't understand why a dr, isn't suppose to comment on a pt. weight, isn't that their job????? Our health?????

Guess I'll say the other side of it, then. Some doctors and nurses are trained to not say anything. Yes, you wanted to hear something, but a lot of people do not, and will either get embarrassed or angry if a doctor says anything about their weight loss. Next time try bringing it up yourself, which will give them the okay to mention it, but don't expect them to say something, because often times, they can't.

Isn't that their job though????

Yes, it is, but at the same time they have to look out for the company (hospital) and themselves. You anger a patient because you mention that they lost weight, and they could turn around and sue the hospital or yourself because of your words. Really sad, but does happen. That's why so many people are taught to not bring it up now. Really, I think the sue-happy environment just makes it harder for them to do their jobs, but it isn't their fault that this happens, it is the patients who overreact.

I think you need a new doctor, too! I once lost 30 pounds and when my doctor didn't say anything about it, I pointed it out. He said, "Well, you're still fat." Do I need to mention he's no longer my doctor?

My new doctor is wonderful! She notices every little loss, makes positive suggestions to me, and cheers me on. When I was feeling down on myself, she said, "well, you don't drink [because of a medical condition, not 'cause I'm some kind of saint], you don't smoke and you don't take illegal drugs. You're doing quite well! You only have one thing to work on!" She referred me to a counselor when the two of us decided together that it would be helpful for me to get my mind in the right place.

Any doctor who doesn't acknowledge the INCREDIBLE, WONDERFUL, POSITIVE thing you have done for your health is not worth the paper their degree is printed on! (Boy, I'm not opinionated at all, am I?)