[ SECRET POST #2137 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2137 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

You need to tell people on a patient-to-patient basis if their weight is a direct cause of their personal health problems. You also need to be aware of their medical history and what role that plays in their pursuit or lack thereof of a weight loss program.

For example, I am both bipolar and bulimic. Weight loss is a struggle for me on a physical and mental level because I only got off medication that caused me to gain weight (eighty pounds) a year ago and because my battle with bulimia has pretty much destroyed my metabolism and relationship with food. I know I'm overweight. I'm really, really aware of that. But I also know that losing weight is far more difficult for me than it is for the average person, and I get my best results from starving myself and nearly none from a regular, healthy diet. Starving myself spins me into a cycle of binging and purging, which causes my weight to plateau or increase.

I've tried tons of diets, read everything there is to read on health and nutrition, spent several years studying to be a nurse, and know my own body and what does and doesn't work for it. When you, as a doctor, tell me to lose weight, I can pretty flatly tell you that, if I could lose weight, I would, so unless you have some miracle that will combat the damage I've done to my body and give me any results, it's not going to happen.

Ninety-nine percent of overweight people know they're overweight. They know they're supposed to lose weight. Unless you can directly point from their weight to their personal illnesses and give them advice that will work in the context of their medical history, telling them they need to lose weight is being a dick.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

thanks for sharing that with me. i get that the bigger picture is super important and very easy to miss at first look so yeah, this is definitely a good perspective to have.

also i hope you do get better with respect to all of your health concerns. e i can definitely understand how that's a case where things kind of keep cycling onwards and feedback to each other. just, i wish you all the best and, again, thank you for sharing. i always hope that i can get a better understanding from people who can tell me about their experiences and go outside the box of what school and textbooks teach us and every bit helps.