So the pharmacist asked me about my diet
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I worked at a Pharmacy. The female Pharmacists single-handedly kept the Slim Fast aisle in business.
They swore the Slim Fast worked. It didn't. They still complained about being fat. I think they just liked the "guilt free" sweets.1 -
deputy_randolph wrote: »I worked at a Pharmacy. The female Pharmacists single-handedly kept the Slim Fast aisle in business.
They swore the Slim Fast worked. It didn't. They still complained about being fat. I think they just liked the "guilt free" sweets.
Its true. I love meal replacement shakes because I find them to be delicious, and often drank them for enjoyment.
Sadly, that's not the route to weight loss and probably caused me to gain a little. Or more than a little. =P3 -
The nurse at my gastroenterologist office was stunned when looked at the records from my family doctor and saw I weighed 186 in 2016 (I'm 130 now). She thought it must be a mistake Then she of course asked how I did it. Apparently they just don't see a lot of people who are successful at weight loss.
Apparently not. I am practically bigfoot around here. I could cage myself and sell tickets for viewings.
It would be nice if weight loss was a boring subject because everyone was successful not because what I did was "boring" to accomplish what I have so far.5 -
My doctor noticed I lost weight, and I explained it as "eat less, move more, count calories, stopped snacking on chips and cookies." She nodded her head and kept going, totally uninterested. I thought she'd be proud lol. But I guess she was just looking for something bonkers like, "I exist on celery and fairy dust, and eat a cube of cheese when I feel like I might faint" so that she'd know if she had to refer me for psychiatric evaluation.1
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You don’t count calories??0
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grinning_chick wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »My dad lost his weight doing Atkins...same thing...he never physically counted anything.
The Atkins I did in 2003 by following DANDR to the letter on the page required calculating and counting the amount of net carbs I ate every day. That is how you found at what custom number of grams/day you lost, maintained, and gained, weight. So a person could figure out how many carbs s/he could eat and stay in one of those groups as Atkins is not 20 grams/day for the rest of ones life.
Maybe Atkins the corporation did away with the foundation of the diet after Dr. Atkins death/publications post-DANDR, but then it really isn't Atkins anymore is it vs. just eating lower carb by avoiding the obviously high carb foods.
My dad did Atkins in '95...IDK, but I know he never counted anything...that was never his bag. He just ate a lot of meat.1 -
fitpal4242 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »Pamela_Sue wrote: »People are still looking for that magical solution - good luck finding it!
I don't think it's so much looking for a magical solution (maybe some people) as it is that calorie counters are a minority in the dieting world. I think for a lot of people, it's just easier to do a prescribed diet...calorie counting can be kind of a PITA IMO.
I know quite a few people who've lost weight over the years, and I'm the only one that ever counted calories.
I think at the end of it all, the only reason those other fad diet works is because it makes people think twice before they randomly eat- they don’t eat from the bread basket or take the cookie being offered at the office, for example. I firmly believe that at the end, it still amounts to CICO.
Nobody said otherwise...2 -
It's amazing how little of what the basics MFP teaches is taught in formal medical education.
Even my endocrinologist who just knows this as common knowledge (he's in his 60s) states that "Well no one ever actually applies this knowledge".
Knowing something is 5% of a solution - implementing and execution is 95% of this and why most people fail and quit.5 -
The nurse at my gastroenterologist office was stunned when looked at the records from my family doctor and saw I weighed 186 in 2016 (I'm 130 now). She thought it must be a mistake Then she of course asked how I did it. Apparently they just don't see a lot of people who are successful at weight loss.
Apparently not. I am practically bigfoot around here. I could cage myself and sell tickets for viewings.
It would be nice if weight loss was a boring subject because everyone was successful not because what I did was "boring" to accomplish what I have so far.
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The nurse at my gastroenterologist office was stunned when looked at the records from my family doctor and saw I weighed 186 in 2016 (I'm 130 now). She thought it must be a mistake Then she of course asked how I did it. Apparently they just don't see a lot of people who are successful at weight loss.
Apparently not. I am practically bigfoot around here. I could cage myself and sell tickets for viewings.
It would be nice if weight loss was a boring subject because everyone was successful not because what I did was "boring" to accomplish what I have so far.
I don't like being stared at so it might end with feces flinging.3 -
Wow. Maybe I should make up a magical story and see who believes that.1
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TanyaHooton wrote: »My doctor noticed I lost weight, and I explained it as "eat less, move more, count calories, stopped snacking on chips and cookies." She nodded her head and kept going, totally uninterested. I thought she'd be proud lol. But I guess she was just looking for something bonkers like, "I exist on celery and fairy dust, and eat a cube of cheese when I feel like I might faint" so that she'd know if she had to refer me for psychiatric evaluation.
This strikes me as projection.
Seems more likely to me the doctor wanted to make a brief comment about your weight loss but was not interested in the details of how you did it
and why would he/she be?
They are not asking you for weight loss advice, just making a passing comment on it.
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