Hi, Beth! Welcome. As others have said this is a safe and supportive space. Post as much or as little as you like. I have experience with the diet your doctor gave you. My Doc gave me the same diet (aka Dr Westman’s pg 4). I lost 110 lbs following it. So it’s a good one. I am surprised though that your doc would let you go 3 months without support. I saw my doc every 2 weeks until I lost 10% of my body weight and then went to monthly visits until I reached goal weight.