Doctor Help

As far as weight loss my doctor just told me I need to diet and exercise. He did give me a handout on low fat low cholesterol diet because my cholesterol was borderline.

Yes my Doctor is awesome. I live in Louisville Kentucky and my Doctor is is my diet coach as well as my doctor

I have a wonderful doctor supervising my weight loss. I have several issues and she worked on each one to put me on the right path.

One note: Ask to be referred to a Registered Dietitian rather than a Nutritionist. There is a big difference in the quality of advice you'll receive between the two.

After seeing a new doctor and being in the 360 pound range, he had given me a referral to the hospital's bariatric center. I never went because for me that meant a lap-band or sleeve or bypass or whatever and I wasn't interested in that. The next year at my physical when I was at 387 and looking to get serious about my weight he gave me the referral again.

It really has helped me understand better how my body works and why some things don't work so well for me due to being insulin resistant, pre-diabetic, and having the 5 criteria for metabolic syndrome. I saw her monthly for about 4 or 5 months and it really did help get things on track, especially with getting started right.

I need to get back in again for updates and more info but it has helped take me down to where I am today at 305 pounds.

For me, I never thought I would be able to have the ability to change some of my eating habits (which was pretty much whatever I wanted, as much as I wanted) and with issues with really bad knee pain and chronic lower back pain, I never saw exercise as a possibility. And yet here I am now, walking daily through my Seattle area the neighborhood for 3+ miles each day. Heck, today I got out of work and just started walking and nearly 2 hours and 5.9 miles later I was back at work and in my car heading home.

Personally I don't think I could have got to this point without the help of the bariatric clinic at the hospital. The doctor there has helped me understand things I never would have understood before.

My doctor is pretty useless when it comes to my weight. He's good for Rx refills and bloodwork. Don't worry though; he's no pill pusher. He damn near placeboed me to death when I had an episode of asthmatic bronchitis, so now if I'm sick I go when he's not there and see one of his colleagues.

The good news is you don't need no stinking doctor to lose weight.

After suggesting I lose weight, prescribing glyburide at my request to lose weight, my regular doctor asked me if I wanted a weight loss consultation. I casually said "Yeah" and went to the appointment. Talk about the "Scared Straight" effect. This total obliviot took my measurements, printed out a big old packet of generic boilerplate nutrition stuff and counseled me about eating hummus and almond snacky things then see her in 6 weeks. I could sign up for a support class that meets once a week for $50 a session.

Pretty much nothing useful and charges me for her time and an additional "facilities fee" to pay for the office she uses. If that's what I get signing up for medically supervised weight loss, I figure I'm in trouble.

So I knuckled down and said "I'm gonna make MFP work for me like it has for so many others". I am now a faithful follower of CICO, "Weight loss in not linear." and "It's a lifestyle."

Nothing more expensive than a $139 Fitbit from Walmart and $1.90 per session at the Community Recreation Center gym (and I don't even go there anymore, as I've taken up stair climbing at the local park)

I have/had pain in various joints but it's getting better. Lost 35 lbs since the first of the year. Down two scrub sizes from XXXL to a mere XL.

Crippling pain will eventually motivate you. How much you wanna suffer? Addiction to opioid pain pills? A couple failed back surgeries?