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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am a nutritionist and she is bananas. Seems like she went to school a long time ago because her recomendations are super outdated. Not only do you need fat to feel full and inhibit snacking, but you need it for your brain, mental health, etc. Even if you did lose weight on that diet, you would have dry hair and skin and feel miserable! Try to find someone else - good luck!

Wow. I would love to drop 10 pounds, but even more I would love to get rid of this feeling of hair and skin dryness. I had no idea that what I ate contributed to this. I thought it was simply hormonal and aging.

So - I could see a nutritionist about my skin/hair?? I would absolutely love to do that.

Yes, for sure!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am a nutritionist and she is bananas. Seems like she went to school a long time ago because her recomendations are super outdated. Not only do you need fat to feel full and inhibit snacking, but you need it for your brain, mental health, etc. Even if you did lose weight on that diet, you would have dry hair and skin and feel miserable! Try to find someone else - good luck!

The nutritionist isn't telling her to cut out fats entirely, but to limit her intake of high-fat foods and concentrate on low-fat and fat-free foods.

Also, she is not insisting that OP eat fat free foods. She is just offering them as alternatives to an otherwise strictly low fat diet.

Is she still bananas?

Yes, she is still bananas! Low fat and fat free foods are often high in sugar and are not as filling. It is really hard to lose weight and keep it off with those foods.

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Anonymous wrote:Your nutritionist is bananas... I'm not a health care professional at all but both my husband and I lost a significant amount of weight by changing what we ate and how much we were eating. We stopped buying processed and pre-cooked foods with a few exceptions. And we also seriously started measuring our food intake.

My typical day in food looks something like this...

Breakfast: Coffee (I use sugar & cream), yogurt, nuts or granola, & fruit

Snack: Water & fruit or veggies

Lunch: Water, 1/2 whole wheat bread turkey or chicken sandwich, salad with oil & vinegar

Snack: Water & veggies or cheese & crackers

Dinner: Wine, chicken/turkey/fish, starch, veggie

This sounds healthy! What kind of granola do you get in the morning? I can't find good granola low on sugar.

I usually use the Bear Naked granola mixes. I think the triple berry (my favorite) has either 3g or 4g or sugar per serving (1/4 cup) - and I usually mix it in with the yogurt for some crunch.

Thanks! I will give it a try.

Oh dear. Under 100 g carbs daily, at least 80 G protein, no grains. You will not be hungry. I'm the down 4lbs in 9 days poster---and it wasn't beginning of the diet water loss, because I waited 2weeks to weigh myself. Lift/walk/run daily

Anonymous wrote:But did the OP's nutritionist actually recommend bananas?

Yes she did! She recommended bananas and a plan from the 1990s for the OP who uses dated expressions like "you are bananas!". And then Gwen Stefani stepped in. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. It's all sick. And I mean that in a 90s, good way.

Anonymous wrote:Totally outdated. I lost weight cutting out processed food and sugar and eating avocados, coconut oil and salmon. I'm a lean mean fighting machine

This. Lots of healthy fats, no processed food, no sugar. I promise it will work if you are consistent.

Anonymous wrote:No, what she's suggesting is what we thought about food in the 90's. We know better now. Go to someone else.

+1000

I went to a nutritionist while I was pregnant and she gave me a bunch of sample menus featuring low-salt canned vegetable soup, margarine, dinner rolls, ice tea with artificial sweetener, etc. Who eats like that? And she was young, so it wasn't like she did her training in the 1980s.

Personally, I try to make sure I'm eating a lot of fruits and vegetables, unprocessed or minimally processed ingredients, and I don't really worry about fat.

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Anonymous wrote:Your nutritionist is bananas... I'm not a health care professional at all but both my husband and I lost a significant amount of weight by changing what we ate and how much we were eating. We stopped buying processed and pre-cooked foods with a few exceptions. And we also seriously started measuring our food intake.

My typical day in food looks something like this...

Breakfast: Coffee (I use sugar & cream), yogurt, nuts or granola, & fruit

Snack: Water & fruit or veggies

Lunch: Water, 1/2 whole wheat bread turkey or chicken sandwich, salad with oil & vinegar

Snack: Water & veggies or cheese & crackers

Dinner: Wine, chicken/turkey/fish, starch, veggie

This sounds healthy! What kind of granola do you get in the morning? I can't find good granola low on sugar.

I usually use the Bear Naked granola mixes. I think the triple berry (my favorite) has either 3g or 4g or sugar per serving (1/4 cup) - and I usually mix it in with the yogurt for some crunch.

Do not go back to her.

First, calories matter. Sorry, but anyone who says they don't matter is nuts (or is following a diet that is so restrictive that you can't overeat). Some diets may be easier to sustain with certain types of food, or more nutritious, or help fight a disease, but calories matter. That is not to say that finding the right mix of food won't make it easier to lose weight (you feel fuller, you feel better, you have more energy).

Second, I think its good to look for foods that are naturally low in bad fats, but I personally feel that fat free stuff is not good for you. I did lose weight (in the 90s) following this plan. But I felt like crap and I was always starving.

Aim for naturally healthy foods - veggies, fruits, meats that are lower in fats (if you want to eat meat).

Totally outdated. I lost weight cutting out processed food and sugar and eating avocados, coconut oil and salmon. I'm a lean mean fighting machine

But did the OP's nutritionist actually recommend bananas?