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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like me, it sounds like you make weight loss very emotionally complicated.  That's great that you want to change.

I was really helped by Dr. Judith Beck's weight loss books. Helps you get into the mindset of keeping it off forever.

Good luck.[/quote]

Not even sure how to respond. This has nothing to do with emotions. I need to be a certain weight to have surgery. [/quote]

the journey between here (obesity) and there (low enough weight for surgery) is about emotions in large part because it is often emotions that are driving us to eat.

I think your doctor is pretty emotionally insensitive for refusing to record your self-reported weight loss, but, truth be told, your doctor doesn’t really care that you lost 5 pounds.  The doctor only cares when you show up to be weighed in the office at a weight at or below the target for surgery. 
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I don’t care about her or my emotions about 5 lbs. I care about the surgery.
But my doctor is not doing office visits at this time. So I can’t just show up to be weighed. And they won’t schedule my surgery until I show that I lost 20 lbs total. Before than pandemic, there was this huge pressure to get me scheduled. Now, the attitude seems to be that I’m SOL because I won’t be able to self-confirm my weight.[/quote]

OP, you have not lost the required amount, nor anywhere near it. You’re not SOL - you have had since the beginning of the pandemic to lose the weight, have gained weight, and have just now lost 25% of the required amount. Self confirming a minimal partial loss has nothing to do with it, and like PPs have noted, this sounds emotional in nature. Your physical is not there to be your weight loss cheering squad, or to hold your hand through the process unless you are looking for medical advice on how to lose weight. She will confirm your weight loss when you have slot 20lbs from the starting weight that she advised you to lose from, period.

If you feel you need validation as part of your weight loss journey, look into something like WW where weigh-ins are part of the process, or an online group where you post your progress. [/quote]

I didn’t seek validation. We had a telehealth appointment for her to renew my medication and she reiterated that I needed surgery and asked how the weight loss was going. I told the truth, I lost 10 lbs this month. She said it could not be recorded because it was self-report.[/quote]

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