Talking to Doctor about Weight/BMI

In my book unfortunately doctors are becoming increasingly weary about discussing a patient’s need to lose weight with the patient themselves.

In my recall not so long ago there was a case that came to the newspapers and television news about a woman who was trying to sue her doctor because he said she was fat and needed to lose weight.

So from that side I understand his caution. From the other side sadly it would appear that many medical practitioners can offer no further advice to somebody who is already successfully losing weight possibly because they know that the advice they’re about to give them just doesn’t work.

So if you’re already losing weight why spoil it? The fact that he went on to talk about cholesterol medication even before you had a blood test just makes me wonder if he either A -Hasn’t got a clue what he’s on about or B- He’s following another agenda.

If were in your position I’ll just keep on doing what you have been doing and let the weight come down with diet and exercise. It seems to work for you so far.

All the best,

Mark

This is a copy of the comment I made on a forum post about weight loss