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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I almost don’t believe this story. I just can’t imagine a doctor saying this to a normal weight woman.

I gained 15 pounds due to SSRIs (went from thin to average BMI for my height), and every time I expressed concerns, the doctors would point out that my BMI was in the healthy range. They were like, you might prefer to be at a lower weight, but you are still at a healthy weight. (I lost the extra weight so I didn’t have to buy a new wardrobe, but from a health standpoint, a doctor should be focusing on actual health factors not whether you look a certain way.)

Like others have said, the doctor should have at a minimum explained why he wanted you to lose this weight. [/quote]
10 years sgo, I was 5'7 and 142 and a male doctor casually said, during a physical, "You could lose 10-15 pounds!". I was stunned and actually gained 10 pounds in 2 months after that. Some male doctors are a holes and I think ops doctor is one of them.[/quote]

I actually had a similar experience.  I needed a physical for something work-related and it wasn't my regular Dr.  I was within a healthy BMI range but he made a similar "you could lose 10lbs" comment.  Didn't give any medical reason, I honestly felt like he was just saying "you could be hotter".  He was an immigrant and English wasn't his first language so I kind of wrote it off at the time as cultural/language mismatch.  But it was very jarring and made me feel gross[/quote]

I also had a similar experience--from a female doctor. This was a couple of years after the birth of my second (and last) DC, I was 5'9" 150 lbs, as the result being up about 10lbs from my previous weight.  I think she also suggested I look into losing 7-8 pounds.  It made me feel like crap, especially since I was aware of the sentiment expressed by PPs (incorrectly it seems) that doctors [i]never [/i]bring up weight, so I was wondering if I looked like a whale or was on the verge of blowing up in pounds or something. I still have no idea why it came up--perhaps she saw in my chart that I had previously been around 140?--but I have no health issues & did not raise the topic. So yes, doctor's do bring it up out of nowhere...

Coda: Its 5-6 years later, still haven't lost that weight, still excellent health. [/quote]

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