Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 21:15     Subject: GW healthy weight clinic
Anonymous wrote:Have you considered trying Wegovy/Ozempic? At your BMI you should qualify and it might be the less frustrating route. It has been for me. Best of luck to you, I know how hard it is


I absolutely would- but my bmi is “only” 30. My dr said she would not prescribe it to me. Allegedly weight loss clinics do prescribe it. But not sure if I qualify or if my insurance would cover it. But yes i would totally, 10000% get it if only to stop the “food noise”.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 19:37     Subject: GW healthy weight clinic
Have you considered trying Wegovy/Ozempic? At your BMI you should qualify and it might be the less frustrating route. It has been for me. Best of luck to you, I know how hard it is
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 19:30     Subject: GW healthy weight clinic
Anonymous wrote:I absolutely called directly and made an appointment. My Dr is not affiliated with GW, but before I left the primary care visit I asked her for a referral. She hasn’t given it to me so I’ll follow up with a request, detailing my BMI and other issues. I have no idea what this clinic is going to be like and I’m so scared it will just be some grumpy nurse giving me worksheets about portion control. Then again, I’m not sure what else anyone can do. I just don’t want to be fat forever.


Thanks. I'm going to call and make an appointment tomorrow.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 18:51     Subject: GW healthy weight clinic
I absolutely called directly and made an appointment. My Dr is not affiliated with GW, but before I left the primary care visit I asked her for a referral. She hasn’t given it to me so I’ll follow up with a request, detailing my BMI and other issues. I have no idea what this clinic is going to be like and I’m so scared it will just be some grumpy nurse giving me worksheets about portion control. Then again, I’m not sure what else anyone can do. I just don’t want to be fat forever.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 18:00     Subject: GW healthy weight clinic
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, but I'll follow here closely to see what anyone has to say about this ...

I've tried everything and yo-yo'd myself almost to death. I work in Foggy Bottom, so would be interested. FWIW, Noom did nothing for me either (although I did lose almost all the weight twice with WW -- both times it came right back on, and the last time I started losing hair and almost fainting due to living in a calorie deficit for so long). My BMI is 34. Much of my weight is due to medication. I'm super frustrated.


Sending you hugs. I would ask your primary care doctor for a referral. Fwiw mine didn’t seem terribly interested in my struggle to lose weight and clearly thought I had no self control. I really need to try at least something to make this work.


Did you need the referral? I'm wondering if I could just call them up myself and make an appointment. I'm in VA and my PC Doc (also uninterested in helping me in any substantive way) is VHC affiliated, not GW.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 17:53     Subject: GW healthy weight clinic
Anonymous wrote:No, but I'll follow here closely to see what anyone has to say about this ...

I've tried everything and yo-yo'd myself almost to death. I work in Foggy Bottom, so would be interested. FWIW, Noom did nothing for me either (although I did lose almost all the weight twice with WW -- both times it came right back on, and the last time I started losing hair and almost fainting due to living in a calorie deficit for so long). My BMI is 34. Much of my weight is due to medication. I'm super frustrated.


Sending you hugs. I would ask your primary care doctor for a referral. Fwiw mine didn’t seem terribly interested in my struggle to lose weight and clearly thought I had no self control. I really need to try at least something to make this work.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 17:36     Subject: GW healthy weight clinic
No, but I'll follow here closely to see what anyone has to say about this ...

I've tried everything and yo-yo'd myself almost to death. I work in Foggy Bottom, so would be interested. FWIW, Noom did nothing for me either (although I did lose almost all the weight twice with WW -- both times it came right back on, and the last time I started losing hair and almost fainting due to living in a calorie deficit for so long). My BMI is 34. Much of my weight is due to medication. I'm super frustrated.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 16:38     Subject: GW healthy weight clinic
Has anyone used this clinic? I am barely obese (bmi of 30), but I cannot lose the weight. I don’t have diabetes but I do have hypothyroidism and despite trying noom, counting calories, exercise, etc, I cannot lose the weight. I am scared of going to this clinic and having them tell me I’m not fat enough.