Weighing in at the doctor

KimiSteinbach
KimiSteinbach Posts: 224 Member
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Was it stressful? Did your doc counsel you about your weight. Mine did a little.

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  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Nope. The only thing frustrating was when I weighed in wearing jeans and a long sleeve shirt and it made like like 6 pounds heavier than I really am. :mad:
  • csuhar
    csuhar Posts: 779 Member
    Honestly, the main thing I use it for is to check my scale at home. Luckily, I live very close to the doctor's office, so even if I'm going back to work after my visit, it's no problem going home and weighing myself on my scale without doing anything to gain or lose weight. As long as my scale reads the same as the doctor's scale, then I just go with my scale because...

    ...when the doctor weights me, I'm wearing a full, fairly heavy-weight camouflage uniform AND steel-toed boots. The doctor has an arbitrary amount they remove for uniforms and boots, but it's not scaled. So I, as a 6'2", XLG in almost everything I wear AND with size 15 boots get the same deduction as a 4'10" welterweight with size 8 boots.

    Myself, if the doctor wanted to counsel me on my weight, I'd use that as a segue to get the doctors to set me up with bodyfat and metabolism tests. If the doctor cares enough to counsel you, then they should care enough to help you get as detailed a picture as you can.
  • Loralrose
    Loralrose Posts: 203
    Honestly, the main thing I use it for is to check my scale at home. Luckily, I live very close to the doctor's office, so even if I'm going back to work after my visit, it's no problem going home and weighing myself on my scale without doing anything to gain or lose weight. As long as my scale reads the same as the doctor's scale, then I just go with my scale because...

    ...when the doctor weights me, I'm wearing a full, fairly heavy-weight camouflage uniform AND steel-toed boots. The doctor has an arbitrary amount they remove for uniforms and boots, but it's not scaled. So I, as a 6'2", XLG in almost everything I wear AND with size 15 boots get the same deduction as a 4'10" welterweight with size 8 boots.

    Myself, if the doctor wanted to counsel me on my weight, I'd use that as a segue to get the doctors to set me up with bodyfat and metabolism tests. If the doctor cares enough to counsel you, then they should care enough to help you get as detailed a picture as you can.

    Heheh, same here! I nearly flipped when I got weighed at the dr.'s today, till I remembered that my boots weigh about 5 lbs all on their own.
  • HereWeGoAgain7
    HereWeGoAgain7 Posts: 163 Member
    ...when the doctor weights me, I'm wearing a full, fairly heavy-weight camouflage uniform AND steel-toed boots. The doctor has an arbitrary amount they remove for uniforms and boots, but it's not scaled.

    Heheh, same here! I nearly flipped when I got weighed at the dr.'s today, till I remembered that my boots weigh about 5 lbs all on their own.
    \

    :grumble: Lucky! My doctor's don't give flip about whether you are in in full camo and steel-toed boots. What the scale says is gospel for them. :ohwell: I shrug off their numbers everytime.
  • verhunzt
    verhunzt Posts: 154 Member
    ...when the doctor weights me, I'm wearing a full, fairly heavy-weight camouflage uniform AND steel-toed boots. The doctor has an arbitrary amount they remove for uniforms and boots, but it's not scaled.

    Heheh, same here! I nearly flipped when I got weighed at the dr.'s today, till I remembered that my boots weigh about 5 lbs all on their own.
    \

    :grumble: Lucky! My doctor's don't give flip about whether you are in in full camo and steel-toed boots. What the scale says is gospel for them. :ohwell: I shrug off their numbers everytime.

    Well undress yourself then? You can just wear a shirt and underwear, I always do when I weigh in at the doctors.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Nope. The only thing frustrating was when I weighed in wearing jeans and a long sleeve shirt and it made like like 6 pounds heavier than I really am. :mad:
    This!

    If I weigh myself in the morning, why can't they use that number? Instead of in the middle of the day, fully dressed, two meals and one gallon of water in.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    ...when the doctor weights me, I'm wearing a full, fairly heavy-weight camouflage uniform AND steel-toed boots. The doctor has an arbitrary amount they remove for uniforms and boots, but it's not scaled.

    Heheh, same here! I nearly flipped when I got weighed at the dr.'s today, till I remembered that my boots weigh about 5 lbs all on their own.
    \

    :grumble: Lucky! My doctor's don't give flip about whether you are in in full camo and steel-toed boots. What the scale says is gospel for them. :ohwell: I shrug off their numbers everytime.

    Well undress yourself then? You can just wear a shirt and underwear, I always do when I weigh in at the doctors.
    At my doctor's it's in the middle of the hallway, not in the room.

    I guess I could rock a bikini to my appointment and just strut in that! :blushing:
  • csuhar
    csuhar Posts: 779 Member
    ...when the doctor weights me, I'm wearing a full, fairly heavy-weight camouflage uniform AND steel-toed boots. The doctor has an arbitrary amount they remove for uniforms and boots, but it's not scaled.

    Heheh, same here! I nearly flipped when I got weighed at the dr.'s today, till I remembered that my boots weigh about 5 lbs all on their own.
    \

    :grumble: Lucky! My doctor's don't give flip about whether you are in in full camo and steel-toed boots. What the scale says is gospel for them. :ohwell: I shrug off their numbers everytime.

    Well undress yourself then? You can just wear a shirt and underwear, I always do when I weigh in at the doctors.

    In military hospitals, the scales tend to be out in the hallway. So stripping down isn't really much of an option.
  • monkeywizard
    monkeywizard Posts: 222 Member
    Well last time I went to the Dr's they said I needed to lose weight.. that was about 30 lbs ago, so I'm actually looking forward to my next trip!
  • Amandawith3kids
    Amandawith3kids Posts: 367 Member
    i went to the dr in dec, at my heaviest, but my complaint was that i was gaining weight, so he didnt yell at me or anything, since he knew i was aware of it. went in mid jan again, and had started to lose a little bit ( i think 3 lbs then) and he said i was on the right track. went again last monday, and basically got a pack on the back. he does councel though. when he did a lung function test a long time ago he point blank told me the results made me look like i had emphysema and that i NEEDED to quit smoking (i did, 5 years smoke free YAY) and then again when he tested my cholesterol levels he said they looked like my diabetic mom's numbers and that i needed to do something. (they are great now)
  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Well last time I went to the Dr's they said I needed to lose weight.. that was about 30 lbs ago, so I'm actually looking forward to my next trip!

    Sweet man. The look on doctor's faces is great when someone successfully loses weight in a healthy fashion. They rarely see it and never expect it these days.
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    I go in about two weeks. When I was there about 1.5 years ago, I was 32 pounds more than I am now. She made a gentle comment that I might want to think about losing some weight, at the very least I needed to make sure I didn't gain any more weight. When I was there 12 months ago, I was 15 pounds heavier than now. When I was there 6 months ago, I was 9 pounds heavier than now. She told me that if I was down another 5 pounds, she'd probably lower my BP med dosage. So, now I'm 9 pounds down....I'm expecting a change in medication! And a big huge pat on the back.
  • krennie8
    krennie8 Posts: 301 Member
    I go in about two weeks. When I was there about 1.5 years ago, I was 32 pounds more than I am now. She made a gentle comment that I might want to think about losing some weight, at the very least I needed to make sure I didn't gain any more weight. When I was there 12 months ago, I was 15 pounds heavier than now. When I was there 6 months ago, I was 9 pounds heavier than now. She told me that if I was down another 5 pounds, she'd probably lower my BP med dosage. So, now I'm 9 pounds down....I'm expecting a change in medication! And a big huge pat on the back.

    congrats! :)

    mine is in 4 months (just had my 4 mo. thyroid checkup). Really hoping my cholesterol is down! It's been high since I was at least 22, probably 20. Maybe younger, who knows. They claimed the thyroid meds would help it, but I've seen no signs yet. So, maybe my weight loss will :)

    ETA: OP, yes I've always had scale-fright. Sad, but I remember in high school I wouldn't eat lunch and drink as little as possible when I had an afternoon checkup. And I was only 120-130! Oy. However since I started this, I'm not feeling it as much. I still don't like the fact that they weight me in about 5 lbs heavier than my scale at home (b/c of the water they make me drink, clothes, & their scale). But I know I'm healthier than I was previously and that's awesome :)
  • Sjarkey15
    Sjarkey15 Posts: 57 Member
    Sometimes it is... Like today it was cold so I was wearing a few layers. Weighed 4 lbs more than I did this AM and I wasn't trying to make excuses but I kept saying "it's not really accurate, I weigh in at home daily and I am losing weight...". I'm on a special program... And if I don't lose 3 lbs by next weigh in I am cut from it :-/
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    A doctor has never talked to me about my weight because I've only been slightly overweight. However, I always find myself weighing exactly 5 lbs more at the doctor than I do at home no matter what scale I have at the time and no matter what doctor I go see. I know my clothes are not 5 lbs. It's always nerve wracking and frustrating to get on their scale and see I'm still over 140 lbs according to them, but I'm 138 lbs at home, consistently, on both my digital and regular scale. Whatever.
  • Amandawith3kids
    Amandawith3kids Posts: 367 Member
    A doctor has never talked to me about my weight because I've only been slightly overweight. However, I always find myself weighing exactly 5 lbs more at the doctor than I do at home no matter what scale I have at the time and no matter what doctor I go see. I know my clothes are not 5 lbs. It's always nerve wracking and frustrating to get on their scale and see I'm still over 140 lbs according to them, but I'm 138 lbs at home, consistently, on both my digital and regular scale. Whatever.

    i did weigh my clothes once. it was almost exactly 5 pounds. go figure.
  • jillmarie125
    jillmarie125 Posts: 418 Member
    I dont mind weighing in at the docs. last year the doctor looked at my chart, then looked at me and asked "did you forget to put your purse down when the nurse weighed you in?" I laughed and told him the weight was right. He said "see the scale means nothing." I thought that was cute.
  • KeshiaBanks
    KeshiaBanks Posts: 24 Member
    Lol,happened to me also. And besides,I had a big breakfast. Grrrr
  • Loralrose
    Loralrose Posts: 203
    i went to the dr in dec, at my heaviest, but my complaint was that i was gaining weight, so he didnt yell at me or anything, since he knew i was aware of it. went in mid jan again, and had started to lose a little bit ( i think 3 lbs then) and he said i was on the right track. went again last monday, and basically got a pack on the back. he does councel though. when he did a lung function test a long time ago he point blank told me the results made me look like i had emphysema and that i NEEDED to quit smoking (i did, 5 years smoke free YAY) and then again when he tested my cholesterol levels he said they looked like my diabetic mom's numbers and that i needed to do something. (they are great now)

    I just want to say how amazing you are for following the Dr.'s advice and taking care of yourself. So many people never do listen they're in such denial, or they know but don't have the willpower to change. And also how good your doctor is to bring these topics up in a compassionate way.
  • snapehbp
    snapehbp Posts: 64
    Went to my Dr a week ago and was 1.2 lbs heavier than I was at home. Like others have said, it was mid afternoon, I had two meals in me, was clothed. So that to me meant my scale at home is pretty accurate as I weigh myself first thing in the morning, only in my undies and after a pee.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    A doctor has never talked to me about my weight because I've only been slightly overweight. However, I always find myself weighing exactly 5 lbs more at the doctor than I do at home no matter what scale I have at the time and no matter what doctor I go see. I know my clothes are not 5 lbs. It's always nerve wracking and frustrating to get on their scale and see I'm still over 140 lbs according to them, but I'm 138 lbs at home, consistently, on both my digital and regular scale. Whatever.

    i did weigh my clothes once. it was almost exactly 5 pounds. go figure.

    Interesting. I normally go to the doctor in light workout pants and a t-shirt, so I doubt mine weigh that much. Who knows though. I make my appointments for the early morning before I eat, so I know it's not that I've had a meal.
  • DoctahJenn
    DoctahJenn Posts: 616 Member
    *grumbles*

    I have hypothyroidism, so any time I step on the scale and am down a few pounds the first thing that pops out of my doctor's mouth is, "We should check your T3."

    No pat on the back, no congratulations. Just "Here - let's stick this needle in your arm!"
  • firestation12
    firestation12 Posts: 21
    My doctor didn't really counsel me but said loosing weight would be good for my hip (got a problem).
    He recommended this website and I lost weight after only four days. On my eights day now.
    I checked my weight with little clothing at the doctors office using a scale inside a patient room.
  • MomTo3Lovez
    MomTo3Lovez Posts: 800 Member
    I have learned not to stress about what the scale says at the doctors because it will always be higher then when I weigh myself at home and it's usually about 5 lbs higher at the doctors being I am fully dressed and usually after breakfast, lunch and a snack. It isn't worth it to stress over it honestly.

    And yes I have been spoken too about my weight also about my daughters weight being she is overweight as well, and to me a doctor that notices you are overweight and mentions it, is a good doctor in my books and is just looking to make sure I start doing something to change it. But that's my feelings on it.
  • tabbyblack13
    tabbyblack13 Posts: 299 Member
    I hate the scale at the dr office because I can only go in during the late afternoon. So every time I go there I will flip off the scale. At least the mormon nurse gets a laugh while I'm there.
  • echofm1
    echofm1 Posts: 471 Member
    Well the doctor's visit was what actually spurred me to lose weight. I didn't have a scale at home then, so seeing the number really shocked my system.

    Considering I've lost 80 pounds though and I'm still going strong, if they're going to lecture me about my weight I'm getting a new doctor. I'm already losing weight, and all my tests say I'm a normal, healthy person. They can just bugger off.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    The last time a medical doctor weighed me was 20 years ago during my pregnancy. My current GP just takes my word for it if she bothers to ask. I was weighed by psychology students at one of the hospitals when I signed up for a weight loss study and that was in a dressing gown with just my panties on.

    The scale at every doctors' office that I've been to was in a hallway. I was typically weighed fully clothed.
  • scottjoh
    scottjoh Posts: 77 Member
    When I was heavier I always thought that there is no way I let myself go that bad and the doctors scales had to be wrong. After going to another doctor and them giving my the same weight, it actually opened my eyes and got my on my way to lose weight.

    Before I go to the doctor now, I weigh myself on my scale with the same clothes that I wear to the doctors to see if they are close. After losing almost 90 pounds in the last year, the doctor doesn't need to councel me, he just keeps praising my accomplishment.
  • EllieB_5
    EllieB_5 Posts: 247 Member
    My doctor stopped weighing me shortly after puberty. He counsels on weight when you look overweight but still doesn't weigh you. I can only assume it's due to all the complaints being made in this thread; perhaps I'll ask my doctor today why he doesn't weigh us over-weight patients and see what he says.

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