My doctor asked me why I wanted to lose more weight, he said: "I'm looking at you right now and you are small!" He also said if I lost too much more weight, I'd look anorexic. I had a hard time accepting this because I still see my abdominal/back fat that I want to lose but he kept telling me how small I was. It is true, I'm a size 6 but I really wanted a smaller waist. He said if I kept losing, I'd have to lose muscle and I would be in a bad position health-wise all for what? A smaller abdomen? My doctor also said the small amount of fat around my abdomen and back is probably genetic or from menopause (I had a hysterectomy in 2016). I'm very healthy right now and so he wrote a letter for me to give to Weight Watchers telling them that 165 (on the doctor's scale with clothing on) was where I should be and not lower.
It's hard for me to accept this but I decided to and declared myself at goal. It wasn't a huge deal because I have maintained around this weight for 19 months now. I did finally buy my summer clothes since I was unable to last summer because of no income due to my husband's layoff. I had a very exhilarating time buying my new wardrobe that actually FIT! No more baggy clothes and feeling lackluster in summer.
He did say he'd allow me to lose a few more pounds to satisfy my desire to do so - I want to try and work on losing about 10 pounds (he recommended 3 lol). I am however maintaining right now with no tracking and have been doing so for over a month easily.
By the way, WW didn't even want my doctor's letter when I called. They wanted me to pay more each month and then go to meetings for a while to be able to make goal and get lifetime. I decided I was done with the whole WW number-on-the-scale game and decided not to and just use the community as I enjoy my new life at goal.
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