My 600-Lb. Life guests need to make lifestyle changes in order to achieve their health goals, and even though they have Dr. Now to help them, not all of them successfully complete the journey. Redditors have something to say about the doctor not using calorie journals with the guests.
My 600-Lb. Life – Would Guests Use Calorie Journals?
My 600-Lb. Life viewers have noticed that Dr. Now appears not to be using calorie journals with his patients. A Reddit user started a thread about this, asking, “Why do you think Dr. Now doesn’t make them all keep a calorie journal and ask to see it at each appointment?” and then went on to say, “The only way I’ve ever lost weight is by tracking my calories (and being honest about it!)”
My 600-Lb. Life – Fans Weigh In On Why Dr. Now Does Not Embrace Calorie Journals
One user replied them saying, “Probably because they would lie anyway? It’s not like they are going to write down 20,000 calories a day.” Most of the guests on My 600-Lb. Life struggle with food addiction and fans get to watch episodes where they eat this much every day.
Some other commenters suggested that most of the guests on the show either don’t understand how to count their calories properly or they just end up cheating. Someone wrote, “I don’t think most of them even comprehend how to measure calories. Or rather, don’t care to learn how to measure.
Because they’ll SAY ‘oh I’m definitely not going over 1200 calories’ but we see no indication that they weigh or portion out their meals.” Several episodes show many patients say they’re following the doctor’s diet explicitly, but the doctor determines that a lot of them aren’t telling the truth after checking in on their progress. A calorie journal will be useless if people aren’t willing to tell the truth.
My 600-Lb Life – Dr. Now’s Diet Plan
Even though Dr. Now tries his best for his patients, some find it easier than the others. One guest, Lisa Ebberson said during her episode that she found the doctor’s diet really “confusing.” However, the diet is not confusing at all.
All it takes is to not eat no more than 1200 calories daily and to make healthy lifestyle choices such as cutting out refined sugar, limited carbs, and eating lots of lean proteins and vegetables. The patients just need to lose as much weight as they can so that they can qualify for bariatric surgery.
