Did the Doctor weigh you with clothes on?

The surgeon's office has a fancy scale that you have to weigh with shoes and socks off. 

I had to request to have my height taken.  At 54 years old, I was fairly sure I had shrunk from the last time my height was taken.....like in high school !  I was correct. By an inch.  Both of my parents had lost height.  My mom was always taller than I at 5'5" but in the years before she died, I recalled that I was "catching up" to her height.  My dad now is 85, and has shrunk about 5". 

If I weigh myself first thing in the morning with no clothes, I don't QUITE meet a BMI of 35. So for my consult I bulked up on liquids, wore more layers than usual and left my shoes on for the weigh-in. They took two pounds off for clothes, so it's probably good I did that. I had them assure me they wouldn't kick me out of the operating room if I showed up with a BMI under 35.

All the same, I'm trying not to lose weight for right now just in case I have to go to another doc for self-pay and they use my current weight. Still waiting on my appeal!

My doc has me get buck naked and run around the building twice.  It gets real ugly on that side of the town each month.

"Did the Doctor weigh you with clothes on?"

My doctor always had clothes on every time I saw him...bwaaaahahaha!


I had clothes on, shoes off.  Eat and drink a lot because most doctors use that initial weight for obtaining authorization.  Good Luck!

I did make weight by 2 oz. The doctor looked at my blood work and said I was a walking heart attack, so this surgery will probably save my life.  Now just waiting for approval.