Needs to lose weight before doctors will do surgery

Just start out slow and easy. Walking would be the best way to start. You can also get some bands that you can do exercises even from a chair. Best of luck!

hi there, along with the walking as has been suggested, cut out any take away type foods, cut out soda crisps chocolate, and one of the first things i stopped eating altogeter was bread. i reduced my calorie intake to about 1800 cals a day too, MFP is good if you log all you eat as its suprising how easy and quickly the calories add up. i've lost 140lb in 18 months, (and started off at 456lbs).
good luck, it seems daunting but it can be done,

Many insurance companies will pay for a nutritionist for patients like you. Call the insurance.
Whatever you do, do not take diet pills. If diet pills worked, everyone would be skinny. And many reports out there on how people have had heart problems.
I'm on the DASH diet if you want to give it a shot. The DASH diet eating plan is a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, low fat or nonfat dairy. It also includes mostly whole grains; lean meats, fish and poultry; nuts and beans. It is high fiber and low to moderate in fat. It is a plan that follows US guidelines for sodium content, along with vitamins and minerals.

I can think of a couple quick and safe ways to lose weight for a 400+ lb person.
- Go on a liquid diet for a few weeks to the number of calories MFP gives you. Soylent is nutritionally complete. Or you may try Optifast. You will need to be under supervision because you can get dizzy and weak on this diet. Don't pair a liquid diet with a fitness regime. After a few weeks, start eating real food within the MFP guidelines.
- Get a referral for bariatric surgery.

Well, then your options become brilliantly simple.

You don't HAVE to do a liquid diet. Following MFP will do this as well but not as fast.

If multiple tumours are not serious enough for your doctors to care about helping you get fit for surgery, then the only thing I can honestly advice you to do is relocate or at the very least find other doctors. Fast. Because your health depends on it.

Hi billygunn31.

I'm not sure if this will be of any help or not, but just in case it might, I'm leaving this reply.

I started using MFP almost a year ago when I started on the path to Gastric Bypass. I started out at 550lbs. The nutritionist had me stick to 1900 calories of which 35% was protein, 35% fat and 30% carbs. I chose to cut out breads, pasta, rice, cereal, soda, pastries, donuts. I would have an occasional piece of chocolate or a small piece of cake for special occasions, but I would be sure to count it all in my food diary. I used Pinterest to research recipes and tried new ways of making things. I started every morning out with a low carb/ high protein shake. I'm low income and was actually able to use food stamps/EBT to buy the powder I used. (If it says nutrition information and NOT supplement information on the label, food stamps will cover it).

I stuck to this as closely as I could, I admit I had a few slips here and there, but within 8 months I had lost 80lbs. That still with very minimal exercise.

If you make yourself a plan and stick to it, you can do this too!! Joining Bariatric Groups on FB is also super helpful. Lots of information, help and encouragement there.

I wish you strength and luck to start this journey while your Doctors sit back and twiddle their thumbs. Maybe they will see how serious you are and things will turn around or maybe like someone else posted, you can find a different doc.