'Don't Weigh Me' Cards Aim to Reduce Stress at the Doctor's Office

CNN ^ | Wed December 22, 2021 | Allegra Goodwin

[nickcarraway]

A body positivity website has created free "Don't Weigh Me" cards for patients who find stepping on the scale at the doctor's office stressful.

The cards, created by California-based More-Love.org, are available for free to individuals, excluding the cost of postage. There is also the option for businesses to purchase the cards, at $35 per 100 cards.

The cards read: "Please don't weigh me unless it's (really) medically necessary," adding "If you really need my weight, please tell me why so that I can give you my informed consent," as shown in photographs on More-Love.org:

[Blood of Tyrants]

Just write down “obese” and be done with it.

[Lazamataz]

So...were you born an a**hole

YOU FOUND OUT MY SECRET!

[Lazamataz]

You just judged me

[Rlsau1]

If not already, I’m sure the lefties in Congress will come up with some kind of entitlement program for the weight challenged. You know, an extra stipend for donuts and soda.

[JoJo354]

So that is what you do on FR? Just post stuff to troll and trigger? Maybe you should get a life and use some brains and actually say something worthwhile. If you mean to be hurtful...you succeeded so I honestly hope it made your day. Merry Christmas.

[noiseman]

I intended the comment to point out the absurdity of some people expecting their doctor to honor some type of “don’t weigh me” special designation. Weight and upward or downward trends in weight are important factors in a doctor’s effort to detect and diagnose health problems. Being weighed is certainly a lot less degrading than having your doctor put his finger up your nether region, but I didn’t complain when that became necessary.

[COBOL2Java]

When I was 300 pounds, I dreaded having to get weighed. The only doctor I enjoyed going to was the ophthalmologist because she wouldn’t weigh me.

Then I developed lumbar spinal stenosis, and guess what the pain management doc told me? “I’ll start you with cortisone shots but it’s temporary. After that we can do surgery, or you can lose the weight.” That was the incentive. So far, I’m down 60 pounds and he was right; my pain’s gone WAY down.

Now, I like being weighed, LOL. I like seeing the reactions from my doctors.

My first goal was 50 pounds off. Now my next goal is 75. Slow and steady, maybe 1-2 pounds a week. So far, so good.

[TexasKamaAina]

And put black tape over the ‘check engine’ light.

I did that once. Problem could never be diagnosed. The car ran for years.

[JoJo354]

I apologize...your comment didn’t come across as you thought it should I would say.

[Freee-dame]

Obesity seems to have a major correlation with a bad outcome from COVID-19. I remember Dr. Birx saying this, very early in the pandemic Someone must’ve told her to stop “fat shaming” and obesity was never mentioned again.

[Lazamataz]

So that is what you do on FR? Just post stuff to troll and trigger?

Yep. That is all I do here.

Maybe you should get a life and use some brains and actually say something worthwhile.

Nope. I'm only here to troll and trigger.

If you mean to be hurtful...you succeeded so I honestly hope it made your day.

Another Satisfied Customer™!

Merry Christmas.

[noiseman]

No need to apologize. My comment was admittedly abrasive, but only to direct attention at the point of the article. I would never intentionally insult someone who struggles with their weight, any more than I would do so toward someone who struggles with alcoholism or any other issue. The key word is “struggle.” I have respect for anyone who is trying to do what they can to improve their situation; none of us are perfect, and we all have have some area in which we can improve. Those people who seem “perfect” are just better at hiding their imperfections.

What does irritate me, though, is when people try to make excuses for weight issues, or alcohol issues, or whatever, and expect the rest of society to pretend that everything is normal. I’m not talking about being a few pounds overweight, in this context, or having a weight issue that’s not a result of simple gluttony. But there are people out there who simply don’t want to do what is necessary to reduce their weight, and will instead try to rationalize it by claiming that they don’t overeat and can’t lose it no matter what they do. Except for perhaps some very rare medical conditions, that’s simply not true. Reduce calories enough and everyone will lose weight. That’s after all what bariatric surgery achieves. It just forces people to reduce caloric intake. Surgery doesn’t do anything that people are physically incapable of doing themselves, if they have the will. It’s just a shortcut. I have known many people who have done the surgery, and it has worked 100% of the time (although a couple of them unfortunately went back to eating too much and eventually gained back much of the weight).

My dad, who was in the infantry, said that the military was the best at taking people who were overweight, underweight, or somewhere in between, and getting them all into shape and relatively similar weight (this was long before today’s woke military). It CAN be done, through a combination of proper eating and exercise. But I realize it is not easy.

[Gay State Conservative]

Obesity is a factor in many,many diseases,conditions and disorders.