Nutritionist advice? Mine was horrible..

CharlieBeansmomTracey

HayleyAnne012911 wrote: »

BZAH10 wrote: »

HayleyAnne012911 wrote: »

vinegar_husbands wrote: »

HayleyAnne012911 wrote: »

Has anyone ever had bad experiences with seeing a nutritionist? I went to one yesterday and it was the worst experience i've ever had. She basically wanted me to change everything I was doing (that's working for me to lose weight) She wants me to stop protein shakes and eat more bread? I have PCOS I'm not supposed to have a lot of starchy carbs...She also told me to stop walking my dog, because it's not beneficial for me...wtf?

Are doggies just meant to exercise themselves or something?

Doctors, dietitians, and nutritionists tend to be pretty freakin' stupid when it comes to dietary advice, regardless of their credentials. Keep doing what works for you.

I agree, my puppy is also chubby so I figured why not do this together? We do spurts of running and then walking and alternating because I'm no track star yet, but I almost felt she made me feel guilty like I wasn't trying, and clearly with my results I have been. Here I am on day 19 with no soda and have lost 8 pounds in a less than a month. Thanks for your opinions guys. I'm cancelling my appointment with her for the follow up in 4 weeks and will just keep doing what I'm doing. Just had to vent some.

Good idea. Doesn't sound like she's a good fit for you at all. And, ANY movement we do is good, particularly walking and even better with a dog! Yeah, I'd completely ignore what you were told and just keep doing what you're doing now. Quite disappointing to hear, though. I'm sure you were looking forward to some good advice and assistance.

Thanks you, yes I was looking to get some advice because I was just recently diagnosed with diabetes as well so that's given me more of a motivation to change a lot of things. Some settings on here say I should have like a ridiculous amount of sugar grams a day and over like 200 carbs and I'm just like I'm not trying to gain weight. So I wanted target goals to try to reach and she wouldn't do that.

you can manually go in and change your settings,you can change calories,carbs and protein levels.go to home,my goals and the edit.I know a lot of members with pcos and diabetes eat less than 100g of carbs a day. some go keto which is 20-50 net carbs a day. but you can change your goals.you wont gain weight on 200g of carbs a day unless you are in a caloric surplus. but I dont think 200g would be beneficial for your health issues.you could always try 150 or less at first then go from there. also see an endocrinologist, they deal with diabetes and PCOS as well. they can give you a better amount to go by if you want to go that route

jgnatca

The nutritionist was not a good fit. For PCOS and diabetes see each meal as a balancing act. Work at combining your macros to be as balanced as you can.

Your shake works so keep doing it.

Get a glucometer and test your sugar first thing in the morning and two hours after meals. The glucometer will tell you what meals are working.

http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/planning-meals/create-your-plate/

You do not need a base amount of carbs to lose weight. That is witchy-woo "science". That being said, for my diabetes I portioned out my carbs for every meal.

Timorous_Beastie

msf74 wrote: »

HayleyAnne012911 wrote: »

She also told me to stop walking my dog, because it's not beneficial for me...wtf?

I bet your dog would have been well miffed if you took that advice...

Seriously. But just think of all the exercise you'd get scrubbing poop and piddle out of the carpet!

cbinnd

HayleyAnne012911 wrote: »

BZAH10 wrote: »

HayleyAnne012911 wrote: »

vinegar_husbands wrote: »

HayleyAnne012911 wrote: »

Has anyone ever had bad experiences with seeing a nutritionist? I went to one yesterday and it was the worst experience i've ever had. She basically wanted me to change everything I was doing (that's working for me to lose weight) She wants me to stop protein shakes and eat more bread? I have PCOS I'm not supposed to have a lot of starchy carbs...She also told me to stop walking my dog, because it's not beneficial for me...wtf?

Are doggies just meant to exercise themselves or something?

Doctors, dietitians, and nutritionists tend to be pretty freakin' stupid when it comes to dietary advice, regardless of their credentials. Keep doing what works for you.

I agree, my puppy is also chubby so I figured why not do this together? We do spurts of running and then walking and alternating because I'm no track star yet, but I almost felt she made me feel guilty like I wasn't trying, and clearly with my results I have been. Here I am on day 19 with no soda and have lost 8 pounds in a less than a month. Thanks for your opinions guys. I'm cancelling my appointment with her for the follow up in 4 weeks and will just keep doing what I'm doing. Just had to vent some.

Good idea. Doesn't sound like she's a good fit for you at all. And, ANY movement we do is good, particularly walking and even better with a dog! Yeah, I'd completely ignore what you were told and just keep doing what you're doing now. Quite disappointing to hear, though. I'm sure you were looking forward to some good advice and assistance.

Thanks you, yes I was looking to get some advice because I was just recently diagnosed with diabetes as well so that's given me more of a motivation to change a lot of things. Some settings on here say I should have like a ridiculous amount of sugar grams a day and over like 200 carbs and I'm just like I'm not trying to gain weight. So I wanted target goals to try to reach and she wouldn't do that.

Hi Haley! I wanted to reach out and throw in a suggestion here (as someone who also deals with PCOS). I have spent countless hours researching and experimenting with what works for my body and health since its been almost 10 years of dealing with PCOS. Because everyone is different, especially with this condition, it gets frustrating to not just have an answer as to how many grams of carbs to have in a day, and which ones. What I have found very helpful is recording what I eat as well as weighing myself each morning, or at least being aware of possible bloating. When I eat a carb my body cannot handle I will see a spike of ~3 pounds the next morning, which indicates inflammation. This has helped me be more aware of what to avoid or keep to a minimum. Everyone is different but I thought I would throw that out there. (It is important to note that this works only if you don't get super stressed about the number on the scale. That stress does more harm to your body than anything else as it can cause your body to increase insulin resistance.)

HayleyAnne012911

@shaumom Yeah, I cancelled that appointment and have been doing well on my own.
Last week it rained alot and I was busy doing things for my daughter's birthday party so I lacked in the exercise dept, but still kept calorie goals. I appreciate all the suggestions @rainbowbow. @rigden1992c THAT IS RIDICULOUS. WOW. Any movement for anyone old or young is good and better than them being on the couch. I know some older men and woman can run, but not all. Sounds biased to me as well.