Your overweight dr tells you to lose weight...respond ?

donyellemoniquex3
donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
edited December 19 in Motivation and Support
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  • famousa88
    famousa88 Posts: 22 Member
    Just because he is overweight doesn't make it less true for you....
  • s_jane
    s_jane Posts: 18 Member
    A lot of doctors are overweight. It's hard to get to a gym when you work 70-80 hours a week. My dad's a doctor and the only reason he has time for cycling is that he only sleeps about 4 hours a night.

    I know what you mean though. The pot calling the kettle black and all that.
  • Erihppas
    Erihppas Posts: 121 Member
    agree 100% with famousa88
    yep!

    i mean, he/she is not wrong if it's true.
  • Microfiber_wechange
    Microfiber_wechange Posts: 640
    I've seen a lot of diet club consultants overweight :laugh: How they manage to sell their slimming products is anyone's guess :laugh:
  • StarkLark
    StarkLark Posts: 476 Member
    Just because he is overweight doesn't make it less true for you....
    THIS.

    I also don't judge my mechanic by how his car looks. I'm sure he is busy enough fixing others' cars that he has little time to work on his own.
  • donyellemoniquex3
    donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
    I've seen a lot of diet club consultants overweight :laugh: How they manage to sell their slimming products is anyone's guess :laugh:

    :drinker:
  • crazy8ts
    crazy8ts Posts: 360
    How about this... several years ago, when I felt my weight was starting to get out of control, I did what you're supposed to do... I went to my doctor... told him what my plan was and the little things I had started to change, but wanted his professional advice...

    Me: Hey doc... I'm starting to work out... cut the whole milk and now I'm drinking 2%... cutting down the red meat... what else would you suggest I do to get my weight down...

    Doc: Close your mouth.

    Me: Huh?

    Doc: Don't eat so much.

    Uh... thanks.
  • Qatsi
    Qatsi Posts: 2,191 Member
    I had a doctor once who was about my height and weighed almost as much as me. It was hard to take him seriously when he told me I should lose 10 or 15 pounds (especially since I knew I was about 75 pounds overweight at the time).

    My CURRENT doctor also happens to be about my height, but HE is probably at what I would consider the right weight for me.
  • Aranda7892
    Aranda7892 Posts: 20 Member
    I seen a nutritionist who weighed more then me. Her advice seemed great but since I never tried it, I wondered if it even worked.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    Why do people post questions like this and then offer no opinions of their own? Seems like baiting to me or trolling...
  • katydid25
    katydid25 Posts: 199 Member
    Why do people post questions like this and then offer no opinions of their own? Seems like baiting to me or trolling...

    Have you seen any of the other threads she's started?

    You've pretty much hit the nail on the head.
  • theladyy
    theladyy Posts: 176
    I also don't judge my mechanic by how his car looks. I'm sure he is busy enough fixing others' cars that he has little time to work on his own.

    That's actually not a very smart thing to do...
  • KristalDawnO
    KristalDawnO Posts: 154 Member
    They're telling you to lose weight for your own health. What they're saying isn't to make your more aesthetically pleasing, although if you followed advice it wouldn't hurt. Doctor's are people too. They have many challenges, and often struggle with the same problems that we do in our own lives. What they recommend professionally is what they know will benefit your health. They know that is true for themselves too. Because they're overweight doesn't mean their professional advice should be taken lightly or ignored.
  • MinkyMoo13
    MinkyMoo13 Posts: 354 Member
    ask him for his diet tips :laugh:

    Seriously i know someone who was overweight and referred to an overweight dietician! Apparently he gave her more good advice then she gave him!!
  • lowry12
    lowry12 Posts: 74 Member
    Why do people post questions like this and then offer no opinions of their own? Seems like baiting to me or trolling...

    Have you seen any of the other threads she's started?

    You've pretty much hit the nail on the head.


    lol is all i gotta say on that
  • bigdogc23
    bigdogc23 Posts: 66
    I've been told by a doctor to quit chewing while he has a huge chaw hanging out his lips lol. Facts are fact, he may know best but doesn't mean he practices what he preaches. he is human also...
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    i'd gain weight to spite him.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    Just because he is overweight doesn't make it less true for you....

    I agree. I know some doctors that smoke too. Should we all take that up?
  • delco714
    delco714 Posts: 229
    this is why I lost weight. So i wouldnt be the hypocrite! (well a big part of my original motivation at least)
  • delonda1
    delonda1 Posts: 525 Member
    Im very particular about my doctors because of this...studying to be a nurse i feel strongly about being healthy and taking care of myself if im going to tell someone they need to do it..


    I dont take the advice seriously even if its true because well...they should help themselves..there are gyms in the hospitals and they are walking all the time. they know what they should do 90% just dont do it...

    Just my personal opinion because I dont want to be an overweight nurse telling someone to lose weight..seems hypocritical
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    The New York Times did an article or blog post on the reluctance of some overweight doctors to tell their patients to lose weight because they knew it looked hypocritical. (Can't locate it quickly.) Still, if you're at an unhealthy weight, you should take the advice.

    I think you're allowed to say, "And what about you, doctor?" :laugh:
  • Aerohead21
    Aerohead21 Posts: 333 Member
    Duplicate post
  • doubglass
    doubglass Posts: 314 Member
    stay with him or her. many doctors have given up telling their overweight patients they need to lose weight.
  • Aerohead21
    Aerohead21 Posts: 333 Member
    From what I have heard from doctors, nutritionists, and reading, most doctors don't take more than a few credit hours of nutrition classes. I would not criticize an overweight doctor for telling me I need to lose weight. Although I would switch doctors who lacked bedside manner in requesting I lose weight, I wouldn't be taken aback by one who doesn't have the gentle, human touch when making this request. Doctors aren't immune to the same problems. Lastly, a lot of medical professionals are reviewed and scored for licensing, accreditation, quality, and insurance - both as blind surveys and not - to discuss issues that need to be addressed, i. e. weight, smoking, drinking, illicit drug use, and other behavioral things that people have within their control to improve their health. It's getting to be that if a doctor DOESN'T do these things and ask these questions he/she could lose out on many things they need for a successful practice. Could you imagine going to your doctor and them no longer taking your insurance because they failed to tell people smoking can cause cancer and weight can lead to many preventable health problems? I wouldn't. I'd rather take the doctor who feels like a hypocrite each and every time they tell their overweight client to lose weight when they know darn good and well they need to lose weight too. Just my two cents, anyway.
  • ShrinkRapt451
    ShrinkRapt451 Posts: 447 Member
    I had a doctor once who was about my height and weighed almost as much as me. It was hard to take him seriously when he told me I should lose 10 or 15 pounds (especially since I knew I was about 75 pounds overweight at the time).

    My CURRENT doctor also happens to be about my height, but HE is probably at what I would consider the right weight for me.

    Full disclosure: I'm a doc. Does it embarrass me that I weigh as much or more than patients I'm counseling to lose weight? Why, yes. Yes it does. Am I fully aware of all of the long-term health risks I take by being overweight? Yes. Do I struggle with many of the same personal and life issues that everybody struggles with when it comes to maintaining healthy habits? Why, YES. I work long, unpredictable hours at an extremely stressful job, I have a long commute and two small children, and dammit, high-carb, high-fat foods do have this bad habit of tasting really, really good.

    So what did it finally take for me to get my fat *kitten* moving toward being healthier? I had to approach my health and my eating in the same way I got through medical school and residency: getting the rest of my life working in something that resembled a regular pattern so that I could give my attention and sheer determination to it, and get it DONE. Everybody has their own point when it finally becomes possible for them to devote internal resources to this effort. Not every person who is overweight, physician or not, is in that place. (Related example: one of my anatomy profs had a smoke break at 4 PM daily. He's seen the lungs of dead smokers for 30 years. Doesn't stop him from smoking.)

    As to the above poster that I quoted: the reason your doc tells you to lose 10-15 lbs and not 75 is two-fold:

    1. 10-15 lbs feels like a much less overwhelming task, and one you're more likely to commit to.
    2. A loss of 10-15% of your body weight has substantial health benefits (more than you'd think, really) when it comes to how your body handles cholesterol, glucose, etc.

    So it's not silly advice, really.
  • beautifulblac84
    beautifulblac84 Posts: 193
    How about this... several years ago, when I felt my weight was starting to get out of control, I did what you're supposed to do... I went to my doctor... told him what my plan was and the little things I had started to change, but wanted his professional advice...

    Me: Hey doc... I'm starting to work out... cut the whole milk and now I'm drinking 2%... cutting down the red meat... what else would you suggest I do to get my weight down...

    Doc: Close your mouth.

    Me: Huh?

    Doc: Don't eat so much.

    Uh... thanks.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Tzippy7
    Tzippy7 Posts: 344 Member
    lol this is assuming that doctors are the ONLY people who know the difference between a healthy lifestyle and an unhealthy one. How many people here gained weight because they thought eating fast food and living a sedentary life was good for them? Doctors deal with high stress every day, that is why there are so many doctors in AA.
  • crazy8ts
    crazy8ts Posts: 360
    lol this is assuming that doctors are the ONLY people who know the difference between a healthy lifestyle and an unhealthy one. How many people here gained weight because they thought eating fast food and living a sedentary life was good for them? Doctors deal with high stress every day, that is why there are so many doctors in AA.

    I didn't eat the junk 'cause I thought it was good for me... I ate it 'cause it was goooooooood! :tongue:
  • delco714
    delco714 Posts: 229
    2. A loss of 10-15% of your body weight has substantial health benefits (more than you'd think, really) when it comes to how your body handles cholesterol, glucose, etc.

    THIS. and can't wait for JNC8!
  • sagetracey
    sagetracey Posts: 607 Member
    The only overweight doctor who told me to lose and who I took seriously was the one who shared her personal experience with me and empathised with how difficult it could be. She told me what had worked for her, what hadn't and why it was a constant battle. She made me feel like we were on the same page.
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