My doctor said I need to lose weight

I knew I was chubby, but, it's the first time I've ever heard it form a doctor.
usually I ask if I need to, and they say 'no, just make sure you don't gain anymore weight and try to walk a few times a week'.
Today, my new doctor at first said I did not need to lose weight, until she looked at my chart and then said I need to lose 15 pounds and she wants me to lose 10 of them ASAP and come back and see her in 2 months.
Bummer man. Guess I am not making cookies tonight anymore ):

 

Ouch

 

your doctors a quack. you dont lose weight "ASAP"..

it should be a gradual thing with 1 to 2 pounds a week coming off.otherwise its unhealthy and almost always is temporary.

 

• When a doctor tells you to lose 15 to 20 pounds, what he really means is you need to lose 50.
--Tamara Merritt, DO, family physician, Brewster, Washington

other good ones here:

http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/41-secrets-for-your-next-doctor-visit/article75920-1.html



luck.

 

Sorry, i misspoke. She didn't say ASAP, she just said to try and lose 10 pounds in two-three months before I come back, which imo sounds like ASAP.
Then she blamed me for Andy being on Mando (mandatory gym time at work) and said I need to cook healthier ):
Why does the military always make me feel like a shitty wife?

 

She said between 15 and 25 and not to lose more than 25 because I have 'dense bones'.
who knows...frustrating. shouldn't have let myself get fat again in the first place and this wouldn't be happening.

 

this is why I NEVER go to the doctor

 

Has it really come to a point where doctors have to prescribe a naturally occurring function?

I know I get off my ass at least twice a week.

 

So, what's there to make a thread about - just lose 100 pounds this week already and be done. Geeze...

 

tell me about it. Maybe I need the kick in the ass though.
She told me to keep a food diary and I told her I kept one and wrote down everythign I ate, but it didn't help me change what I ate or shame me into decreasing the amount I eat.
I just need to tell the husband not to bring me chocolate anymore or yummy stuff.
It does suck though.

 

sometimes I don't get out of my chair for months at a time....

 

I am REALLY sendentary. I walk my dogs, maybe once a week, take a walk around a lake once a week, do some arm weights and sit-ups about twice a week at home and that's it.
I used to be super active and skinny, I also used to be single and wanted a husband though!

 

Sometimes even that is a pain in the ass.

God. I'm glad I have insurance or else I'd be in debt paying for my walking prescription.

 

Hah! All in all, even though I am bitching and moaning and don't liek to hear that I am fat, I am glad she was honest and cares.
I told her how I was trying to get off the rest of my meds and she said she thinks my weight is keeping me from getting off my last one.
I have really low blood sugar too, which I always thought meant I was 'too healthy', but I guess it just means I eat too much sugar and not enough protein.

 

i still love how she looked at me and said 'no, just make sure you don't gain' and then looked down at my huge ass number and called me a fat ass.

 

good luck. the thing about it though, is once you get started and lose your first couple of pounds and start working out and sweating, you'll feel motivated to lose the rest. i find working out is hard to 'get in the habit of doing' but once you're in the habit it's like pie and before you know it all of your jeans are baggy.

I want to lose 10 by Friday.

 

I completely wouldn't mind you bitching. The thing that I do mind is when these skinny little girls complain they are overweight at 110 pounds.

 

Lyns, you lost 10 pounds already I think. Did you tell your new doctor that?

 

I've never had a doctor complain about my weight because they know I'm active. I hate sitting still for very long.

I keep a food journal now....I can see that I still don't eat enough.

 

I eat all the fucking time. I'm a bottomless pit. I'm fat according to body mass index by a bit, but I don't give a shit.