This morning had a phone call from my doctor's receptionist. She wanted to make an appointment for me to go and see my GP. I was a bit confused because I'm not having any ongoing health treatments (apart from the shakes!) and asked what it was all about.
She said 'the doctor has received some information from your chemist and would like to see you as soon as possible - are you free this afternoon?'
I went along and my doctor gave me a ten minute lecture on weight loss. She said that VLCDs were 'very dangerous' and that I shouldn't be on Lipotrim. She said I should follow a simple plan of eating low fat, complex carbs and exercise for half an hour a day.
I said that I had tried, and failed in many other weight loss programs - that my BMI was 32 and this made me obese and that Lipotrim was offered my many GPs, some hospital clinics and hundreds of qualified pharmacists. If it was dangerous, I didn't think it would be the case that this diet was so readily available for obese people from qualified health care practitioners.
She told me that there was, indeed, some disagreement on the nature of these diets and that she came down on the side of those who disagreed with the nature and existence of these diets. She was going to tell my chemist to discontinue any LT.
I said I disagreed with her and I would like a second opinion. In a flash, she went next door and brought another doctor from the surgery. She said 'This 27 year old man has a BMI of 32 and has recently started a very low calorie diet consisting of no food and a calorie intake of 550 calories a day. It is designed to put his body in ketosis. I have advised him that this is an unsafe diet and there are more effective and safer ways to achieve weight loss. He has requested a second opinion'.
She left the room - and the next doctor said almost exactly the same, but this time suggested maybe I should give Weight Watchers a try!
By this point I had been in my GPs office for 20 minutes. When I've been ill in the past - I'm lucky to get five minutes with them! I can't believe that now I've finally taken some responsibility for my weight and my health - all I'm getting is grief from my GP!
Eventually I ended up with both doctors telling me they will be instructing my chemist not to give me any further Lipotrim.
Arrrgh! Help!! I have no specific health problems, no diabeties, blood pressure is good etc etc.
Has this happened to anyone before? I didn't even realise that the chemist would inform my GP! I know I gave them my GPs details when I signed up... but I didn't know they would seek permission!
What can I do?!
Arrrgh! I can't stop now! I truly think this is one of the only diets that will ever work for me...
She said 'the doctor has received some information from your chemist and would like to see you as soon as possible - are you free this afternoon?'
I went along and my doctor gave me a ten minute lecture on weight loss. She said that VLCDs were 'very dangerous' and that I shouldn't be on Lipotrim. She said I should follow a simple plan of eating low fat, complex carbs and exercise for half an hour a day.
I said that I had tried, and failed in many other weight loss programs - that my BMI was 32 and this made me obese and that Lipotrim was offered my many GPs, some hospital clinics and hundreds of qualified pharmacists. If it was dangerous, I didn't think it would be the case that this diet was so readily available for obese people from qualified health care practitioners.
She told me that there was, indeed, some disagreement on the nature of these diets and that she came down on the side of those who disagreed with the nature and existence of these diets. She was going to tell my chemist to discontinue any LT.
I said I disagreed with her and I would like a second opinion. In a flash, she went next door and brought another doctor from the surgery. She said 'This 27 year old man has a BMI of 32 and has recently started a very low calorie diet consisting of no food and a calorie intake of 550 calories a day. It is designed to put his body in ketosis. I have advised him that this is an unsafe diet and there are more effective and safer ways to achieve weight loss. He has requested a second opinion'.
She left the room - and the next doctor said almost exactly the same, but this time suggested maybe I should give Weight Watchers a try!
By this point I had been in my GPs office for 20 minutes. When I've been ill in the past - I'm lucky to get five minutes with them! I can't believe that now I've finally taken some responsibility for my weight and my health - all I'm getting is grief from my GP!
Eventually I ended up with both doctors telling me they will be instructing my chemist not to give me any further Lipotrim.
Arrrgh! Help!! I have no specific health problems, no diabeties, blood pressure is good etc etc.
Has this happened to anyone before? I didn't even realise that the chemist would inform my GP! I know I gave them my GPs details when I signed up... but I didn't know they would seek permission!
What can I do?!
Arrrgh! I can't stop now! I truly think this is one of the only diets that will ever work for me...