Kaiser yelled at me
So, I called Kaiser yesterday because when you're on a liquid diet you are supposed to be monitored by a doctor. I haven't done that because Kaiser uses the optifast system and I don't have $3000 to spend on the program. The program I have been using is through Sharp but you don't have to be a memeber to do it. The upside is that is is way less expensive. The downside is that because I don't take the classes I don't have the monitoring or support system. So, I called Kaiser to schedule an appointment and get some advice and blood work done.
Well, I left a message for my doctor and a nurse called me back today. Well, I ran down stuff for her and I guess her brain to mouth filter broke because she yelled at me. So, I have an appointment tomorrow to get checked out. The nurse's reaction kind of caught me off guard because people do liquid diets all the time and, yes, it's hard and all the rest of it but I didn't expect such an extreme reaction.
She told me I'll need to bring my product with me so the doctor can look it over. I sat down with it today at lunch and did the math. I told the nurse that I consume around 600 calories a day. After doing the math I realized that I acutally only take in 480 calories a day. Damn. No wonder I've been going crazy. And, it's no wonder I've been seeing such erratic results. At 480 calories my body is actually in starvation mode and it is storing what little nutrition it has been getting. So it is all stuff to talk about with the doctor tomorrow. I'm hoping that she and I can come to a common ground about this diet and I hope that I have done any damage to my internal organs with my own ignorance.
So, if she gives me the ok to stay on the diet I'm going to increase my calorie intake to 800 and MAYBE start adding in an L & G Meal. Which is 2 ounces of lean meat and 2 cups of green veggies with no kind of sauce or dressing. But I'll follow what the doctor says. I just really really hope she doesn't tell me to stop. I know this is working for me and I want to continue, I just can't afford the optifast program.
Well, I left a message for my doctor and a nurse called me back today. Well, I ran down stuff for her and I guess her brain to mouth filter broke because she yelled at me. So, I have an appointment tomorrow to get checked out. The nurse's reaction kind of caught me off guard because people do liquid diets all the time and, yes, it's hard and all the rest of it but I didn't expect such an extreme reaction.
She told me I'll need to bring my product with me so the doctor can look it over. I sat down with it today at lunch and did the math. I told the nurse that I consume around 600 calories a day. After doing the math I realized that I acutally only take in 480 calories a day. Damn. No wonder I've been going crazy. And, it's no wonder I've been seeing such erratic results. At 480 calories my body is actually in starvation mode and it is storing what little nutrition it has been getting. So it is all stuff to talk about with the doctor tomorrow. I'm hoping that she and I can come to a common ground about this diet and I hope that I have done any damage to my internal organs with my own ignorance.
So, if she gives me the ok to stay on the diet I'm going to increase my calorie intake to 800 and MAYBE start adding in an L & G Meal. Which is 2 ounces of lean meat and 2 cups of green veggies with no kind of sauce or dressing. But I'll follow what the doctor says. I just really really hope she doesn't tell me to stop. I know this is working for me and I want to continue, I just can't afford the optifast program.