Disappointed with Dietitian appt.

[Anonymous]

I scheduled my first appointment with a dietitian at a well known university medical faculty office. This time I had great expectations because she was recommended by my primary doc. While waiting for my appt, I set my mind to get serious loosing the 12 pounds that have been keeping me from wearing my swim suits and favorite elegant Ann Taylor dresses. When I finally got into the dietitian office I found an obese person, seating on her chair, ready to lecture me how to loose those 12 pounds. The same afternoon, I saw her munching a hot dog in the middle of the city while I was driving to get back home.
Have you ever follow up with an obese dietitian?

[Anonymous]

Try another one. Easy.

[Anonymous]

A dietician/doctor/trainer/etc may have their own struggles - it doesn't mean their advice or recommendations aren't sound.

You're not doing as they're doing (smoking, eating crap, etc) - but you can still follow their suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Jeez. She's a human being just like you are. I would think you'd have more compassion and understand that sometimes weight gain happens when you're doing the right things 90% of the time, sometimes it happens because there is too much else going on to focus 100% on health and fitness, sometimes it's the side effect of medication or illness.

But the fact that you were seeing a dietician in the first place should have made you a little less judgmental and realize knowing how to tell someone else what to do that will work for them and actually doing it for yourself aren't always the same thing.

Doctors and nurses smoke - LOTS of them. You think they don't know it's bad for their health? or they don't advise patients to stop smoking? They're all just human beings.

[Anonymous]

So was the appointment useless, did she give you generic or inapplicable advice? Or was the only reason that you are disappointed is because she is fat?

[Anonymous]

You’ve never heard the adage about teachers?

[Anonymous]

People who work in the field of nutrition overwhelmingly have eating disorders themselves.

[Anonymous]

I'm a dentist and I have root canals and crowns galore. Better steer clear of me! I obviously can't do my job.

[Anonymous]

I went to a dietician/nutritionist at a hospital about 6 months ago. I have a lot more than 12 pounds to lose. She told me I "needed to make some changes" and "needed to eat more vegetables" (i.e., nothing that I didn't already know). I was hoping for a little more help in making those changes and incorporating more vegetables.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I left the dietitian’s office with no new advice. I feel I was the one giving useful information to loose weight and sticking to the diet. Theory from a dietitian doesn’t really help. Leading by example is what health practitioners should do.
The ob/gyn doc in the same building had advised me to keep my daily exercise routine. I was motivated to do so because she told me she woke up at 5 a.m. to sweat on her elliptical bike and she is still thin at her age (60’s)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I left the dietitian’s office with no new advice. I feel I was the one giving useful information to loose weight and sticking to the diet. Theory from a dietitian doesn’t really help. Leading by example is what health practitioners should do.
The ob/gyn doc in the same building had advised me to keep my daily exercise routine. I was motivated to do so because she told me she woke up at 5 a.m. to sweat on her elliptical bike and she is still thin at her age (60’s)

No...your health practitioners are not your mommy and daddy.

[Anonymous]

Troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I left the dietitian’s office with no new advice. I feel I was the one giving useful information to loose weight and sticking to the diet. Theory from a dietitian doesn’t really help. Leading by example is what health practitioners should do.
The ob/gyn doc in the same building had advised me to keep my daily exercise routine. I was motivated to do so because she told me she woke up at 5 a.m. to sweat on her elliptical bike and she is still thin at her age (60’s)

This is exactly why I won't go to a male OBGYN. How can he tell me what to do when he's never pushed out a 9 pound baby?!?

Just kidding. What a dumb comment.

[Anonymous]

Is like the current president lecturing how to bond with your kids.

[Anonymous]

I have never heard of a nutritionist offering useful advice, unless it was with regards to a child with a feeding issue.