Dr. Julie Gilbert | Oregon Weight and Wellness
Welcome to our Weigh Different Blog and allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Julie Gilbert. I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a family doc. I have been practicing family medicine in the Salem area since 1995. While I enjoyed all aspects of a busy family practice, I particularly appreciated getting to know generations of families and watching them grow.
I sat on the exam table waiting under the bright lights of the room. I felt overly warm, even though I was only covered by the customary thin gown, the kind that opens in the back leaving the rear on display. My bare legs hung over the edge of the table. My feet dangled. Menopause …
It wasn’t a day off. It was an “off” day. I was at my Reach Out Weight and had been there for at least the last week. I didn’t know exactly how long because I stopped weighing myself the previous month since the scale reflected my Refocus Weight. I chose to start this day with …
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon. That morning, Kenny and I had enjoyed a beautiful worship service at a church in Portland we recently started attending, and then a leisurely lunch discussing the challenging sermon we just heard, and then, a luxurious nap. It was now 4:30pm and the sun hung low in the sky …