Okay so I have lost like 65lbs since January, and I have been busting my butt doing so. I eat around 1200 calories a daya nd I work out in the gym on a treadmill for an hour everyday. I think that I am doing really well, and I am so proud that I have done it on my own without anyones diet or agenda. SO..I had to go to this specialist appointment for something completly unrelated and he asked me how I lost the weight, so I told him and he asked me what I was eating, I said an example of a daily menu would be fruit and yogurt for breakfast, lean cuisine for lunch and grilled chicken breast and rice for dinner. So he turns to me with a straight face and says..."Id cut out the rice if I were you" I could have rammed that scope right up his nose. Like geez louise..Im no rabbit and I love to eat, so I am pretty proud of myself and my new found love of vegetable and healthy lifestyle. I dont know maybe I am just frustrated with everyone having something to say or havinga comment on how and what I should do with my weight, I guess I just expected more encouragment...on the brighter side everyone at my GP's office comes into the room when I weigh myself and cheers at my loss! they are great. Anyone else run into this problem too? Or am I being overly sensitive?
Specialists/MDs can be SO RUDE - it's like some of them get their common human interaction gene surgically removed on graduation. Sorry you had to hear that comment -- use it to your advantage and stick with what is working for you, and when you are down to your happiness-weight, go back and yell IN YOUR FACE! Clearly you are committed to success and are doing quite well. As for the specialist, well, he's probably an unhappy person all around and the easiest way for him to feel good is to bring someone else down.
Keep it up!
One thing to realize: doctors do not (generally) get any specific nutritional education. More people eat rice as a daily staple of their diet than not on this planet, and the vast majority of them show no deficit in health because of it. If I visited a doctor who said similar to me, I'd probably have started looking for the red "A" somewhere in his office.
The main thing: are you healthy? Do you have enough energy? Enough nutrients? If he really has a specific concern about your diet, then he should give you a referral to a nutritionist or consult with your gp. But just stating "cut out the rice" without any specific reason is unhelpful at best and dismissive at worst. And possibly dangerous if you had followed him to his word and reduced you caloric intake to under 1200 cals/day while exercising.
I wouldn't let it ruin your day, and I'm glad your regular gp is supportive. You're doing a great job, and as long as you know it, that is all that matters!
Jaime, I can so relate. I saw my dietitian last week. I told her that despite a major bout of depression, I'd had a very good week eating-wise, and was feeling very good about myself.
She looked at my food journal and said, "Oh. You're putting brown sugar on your oatmeal. You could gain up to 5 pounds a year doing that you know."
I explained that I don't normally use brown sugar, but that I just NEEDED it that week.
Then I hop on the scale, and I've lost 2 1/2 pounds. She says, "Oh, you've lost too much this week!" Like you, I felt like shoving something up one of her orifices.
You're NOT being over-sensitive, hon. You're doing so well, and you deserve encouragement!! Big hugs... ... keep up the great work!!
You should be extremely proud of yourself!!! Don't listen to the words of those who are not in your shoes. I know my doctor says I shouldn't eat anything "white" meaning bread, rice, etc., but as long as you do it SENSIBLY, who cares. You are obviously doing the RIGHT thing!
Allison
You are doing a great job and keep doing what is working for you. My specialist has been great but my GP is stupid as far as I'm concerned. I saw him after 3 months of starting my weight loss and had lost 31 lbs. He accused me and my 13 yr. old of taking diet pills. Which I haven't touched. I thought he'd be happy I had lost weight, not act like a jerk. Oh well, I only see him if I need a refill on my meds and it's inbetween times to see my specialist. I'm gonna just do what works for me and not listen to him at all. Sometimes, I wish I could just say "if I wanted your advice , I would have asked for it". I have had other people try to act like the food police with me and noticed they aren't the ones losing weight, I am. So, obviously we know what we're doing.Good luck.
I totally know how you're feeling!! Doctors can have NO tact, and sometimes really don't know what they're talking about when it comes to nutrition! My doctor actually told me I should *NEVER* snack if I wanted to continue losing weight... UH hello... eating 3 huge meals a day never helped anyone either. OY. I'm so sorry he said that to you!!! you'll never reach your goal by completely depriving yourself, you'll just fall apart! Hang in there!
Yea I had someone slam me over a bake potato. The twang in the voice sent chills down my spine as if someone was running their fingers along a chalk board. I got a whole ear full about bake potato + starch + sugar + fat all together with that twang in the voice that echo Na uh uh uh! Shame on you! You shouldn't be having that.
You think getting the oily french fries out of your diet and not drinking soda's and not having very many sweets that people would let you eat in peace with a louzy bake potato but I am talked to like I just got through pouring a 1/2 cup of maple syrup on top of it.
No I did not pile the bake potato with much of anything and I don't think it would hurt to have the very little butter in that tiney tub which I do add a little bit of pepper on the bake potato for some flavor. At least for the day I felt it fit my diet.
Ya know the (Dr's) should sent out a memo! My MD is barking for just the reverse. "Are you getting 1200 calories a day?" Whatever. Like we are all universally identical! Just keep doing what works for you.
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I got a mountain bike to ride when I lost 74 pounds before I had my 1st child...with WW and riding my bike every morning. My mother complained the entire time about me riding my bike alone and getting abducted. I was 25at the time ...
I got a treadmill when Matt turned 2 lost the baby weight walking, but got pregnant again. Had my 2nd miracle (fertility dr. told me I couldnt have kids). My mother complained that I wasn't going to hear the baby if I was walking with music on.
Divorced sold the bike and the treadmill...my mother started complaining that I was gaining weight again. DUH!!
Bought another treadmill...started walking losing weight and my mother tells me every time I get a piece of exercise equipment I get pregnant to be careful this time. If I am losing weight.....I am going to get pregnant or abducted or not hear one of my kids dying for the music or treadmill noise...and if I am gaining weight she is concerned for my health...and I will never get married again if I don't lose this weight.
After 2 years of counseling...I finally heard something that I used. The therapist ask me if he could move into my house and live for free. Pay No rent...no groceries...no laundry....no help at all?? I said of course not...he said then why are you letting you mother live in your head for FREE??
Back when I lost my weight my Dr. was asking me how he can follow my example...he did well,,,he lost a total of 35 lbs also. Not all Dr. know whats going on when it comes to nutrition and diet. Before I was either sent to a nurtitionist or given a diagram of what Canadian Food Guide. Same kinda as the one I was given when I was in grade school.
The Dr. I have now is a rake thin guy, who had at one point a weight problem. The perfect kind of Dr. cause hes been where I am and knows the struggle. He scares me though in some of the things hes told me. A lil too much info. He won't eat his last meal of the day (dinner) if he hasn't had his run.
The Runners in the 3fc,,,would you do that?
I don't think that you are overreacting!! I think I would have been speechless if my doctor told me that - for about 5 seconds. What a PRICK!!!
You should be proud of your weight loss!!
Think about this! How many overweight Asians do we see? They eat rice 3 meals a day. Eat RICE! He doesnt know what he's talking about. Whatever you are doing is working for you and you shouldnt have to cut out everything in your diet. You are working out enough to be able to eat some rice if you want too.
You know what? I think with doctors, etc. it is a POWER trip. You are doing so well on your own, you know what works for you, but they have to put their 2 cents in so they can get the credit. If you keep on doing exactly what you have been doing and go back to that doctor and have lost 15 more lbs, they will say, "See? I told you to cut out that rice, and look--you lost more weight! Aren't I a great doctor for recommending that?" dorks.
Let it go in one ear and out the other. Don't fix what ain't broke.
I have had bosses like that. I take on a project, it turns out exceedingly well and then the control-freak boss comes along and says "Oh, here is my recommendation to make this work".....but I just keep plugging along with the way I have been doing things and it turns out great, but the boss takes the credit because they made some little assinine suggestion. Some people just have to be in control of every little situation. and that makes me sick.
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Clearly you are committed to success and are doing quite well. As for the specialist, well, he's probably an unhappy person all around and the easiest way for him to feel good is to bring someone else down.
... keep up the great work!!
