Wake up call

Eat a little less, move a little more.

But if you really do eat a little less by using a food scale to accurately weigh and log every morsel and drop you consume while maintaining a comfortable and reasonable calorie deficit for months and months of slow and fluctuating weight loss, you don't really have to exercise. Not really. But, you'll want to.

@britt_2007_89 that is awesome. I was 63 and sinking fast before I answered my wake up call and started changing my thinking, moving and eating lifestyle. Three years later most all of my negative health and lab tests are recovering.

Before Oct 2014 I had lost weight many times only to have a 100%+ regain. Yo-yoing weight was killing me totally.

Many may tell you to do this or that but in the end we all can be different and have to wind up finding the way of eating, moving and thinking at works for us. We can learn from others but just copying the approach of another may never work well for us. In time my body started guiding me as how to eat, move and think. Just do not let the noise of others keep you from hearing what your own body is saying to you. There is not one way that fits everyone.

Best of success and welcome to MFP forums.

britt_2007_89 wrote: »

@cmriverside, it was uncomfortable having the dr be so aggressive and biased as I have perfect lab work: low cholesterol, 3.8 A1c, relatively good health but a large bmi. However he is right that my quality of life would drastically improve upon maintaining a healthier weight so I didn't leave because I'm tired of being weak and having my feelings hurt while being fat shamed when I can and am doing something to improve my situation. If it made him feel better to lecture on something he's obsessed about I really can't take it too personal. Though when it first happened it disappointed me. I'm not doing weight loss surgery though!

I agree that a doctor needs to address obesity. You said, "berate me for an hour" though. That to me means it was done for an hour, and that it was done condescendingly. If he was just educating, then good on him.

I often bristle at corrections and "lessons" but looking back on them I'll discern whether or not the person was right and act accordingly.

Whatever it takes, I say. Someone called me a fat@ss and frankly she was right and that comment helped me get a grip on myself and start to lose weight. Honesty comes in many forms.

Wow what a great attitude you have. I'm sure you'll do it!

U can add me

britt_2007_89 wrote: »

Hi, I'm a 28 year old scientist with around 100lbs to lose, maybe more if possible. I am trying to make permanent lifestyle choices to not only lose weight but maintain a healthy life. I had a DR berate me for an hour and say surgery was my only option. Drs don't always know everything. I want to prove he's only half right as in yes I needed to lose weight but no surgery wasn't necessary. Wish me luck, please!

Surgery is not the only answer. I started on January 11th of this year at 260 lbs and I am down 95 lbs! You can do it. It might not be easy... but it CAN be done without surgery. I changed everything though... what I eat, how much I eat and my activity level went from non-existent to joining a gym and working out.