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- People who interrupt you when you're talking and people who won't listen.
Yep, course it was LOLI think I would take my blood records with me and demonstrate the downward trends, and spikes you have seen from carbs. I mean; isn't that why you ate a few yesterday? In preparation for today?
There's always a silver lining, if you look hard enough.
Ugh! I remember!good luck with the dietician
i saw one and she did nothing for me
I know, I understand what you're saying...and that's what I intend to do every time...but then I get in there and I just want to stab their eyeballs outI think that arguing with them thinking that they are going to change doctrine (even if they wanted to) is a waste of time. I just smiled at mine and accepted her action plan. When she asked me if I wanted another appointment I indicated that I had the gist now and didn't need another appointment. We parted friends.
My DN was mildly outraged when I showed her the action plan with "Eat carbs with every meal" on it.
I vote for smiling and nodding.
Go girl.I know, I understand what you're saying...and that's what I intend to do every time...but then I get in there and I just want to stab their eyeballs out
There's a few reasons:Could I ask why you are having to see a dietician when you are happy with your diet and I take it you would not want to change it whatever the dietician says You are doing so well on what you are doing so that is really good
Yep, except he said I don't need to go back. So that's good - one less appointment@Loobles He sounds like a keeper! So pleased that you were honest with him. Sounds like you have a great team helping you and, together with your own efforts, will crack this. Delighted for you x
Ok, so on to what actually happened in the appointment. Well, it was like a breath of fresh air...
He started by asking what I was eating and instead of going for the confrontational LCHF approach, I said I'd been a bit scared to eat carbs in any great quantity and I'd been making up for it with some extra protein and fats...and then since he hadn't bitten my head off by that point, I thought "in for a penny, in for a pound" and I told him that logically-speaking a diet higher in fat and lower in carb made more sense to me,
To my surprise, he said the NHS advice was all wrong, that recent studies are saying a lower carb, higher fat diet is better for BG control and weight loss, both in the long and short term. He says he can't understand why things haven't changed in the NHS yet, but seems to think they will as more and more studies with larger sample groups are being published. He said the eat well plate was a load of tosh! He also said fats have been demonised and we should all be eating more of them...yay, I'll go get me some cheese
Result!
He gave me some ideas on how I can tweak my diet to give me more energy etc, and says I'm doing everything right, just tweak and carry on. No need to go back
So, guys, it looks like things may change at some point. This guy isn't an NHS dietician, he's recently qualified and works for a consultancy occupational health service that my employer uses. It's like Bupa, but not Bupa...if you know what I mean LOL.
Oh...and as if things couldn't be any more positive, he said test regularly and eat to your meter. Ignore what your GP says LOL