Okay so I saw the dietician for the first time this morning since being diagnosed. What a complete and utter waste of my time!! And the woman clearly had issues!
First of all - I've now lost 3 stone since June when I knew they were testing me for diabetes and of my own accord, decided to make a lifestyle change to eat all natural, fresh, healthy produce, nothing processed and cut out the heavy carbs (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes). I now have a FANTASTIC diet that I absolutely LOVE with lots of nutritious and delicious meals/recipes that are high in lean protein and delicious fresh veg, herbs, spices, I have fresh fruit, water and black tea or coffee only, and I feel FANTASTIC! I'm also working out 4-5 times a week. As I say I've lost 3 stone since June and so far, touch wood, since I've been using a monitor, my levels haven't been outside the "normal" range even once, so it's all looking good.
So I see the dietician this morning and DESPITE the OBVIOUS good results and my stressing OVER AND OVER that I ENJOY my new diet and it's NOT a chore or restrictive, she INSISTED it must be too extreme and boring and kept ON and ON about my eating plenty carbs (!), that it's apparently "IMPOSSIBLE" to sustain a diet with no bread or potatoes (erm... YES IT IS!), and she kept pointing to her little picture of the "plate" with the carbs and chocolate etc.. on it, which I looked at... and then looked at her like she had lost her mind. I pointed out the benefits of a low carb diet and she went on about "controversy" - and I was like "I've lost 3 stone in under 3 months, I have a delicious, nutritious diet that I ENJOY, I've got more energy than ever before, I can work out more than ever before, my skin is better than ever, I feel fantastic, and my blood glucose levels are normal - what EXACTLY is controversial?". She wasn't impressed! :lol:
Thing was, the dietician was heavier than I am now, when I told her my goal weight (well she asked!) she looked at me like she wanted to stab me, and I got the distinct impression that she struggles with diet/weight herself and was raging that I, a type II diabetic, should even DARE to THINK of having a healthier diet than her and even worse - have a goal weight that she can't achieve herself. Honestly, she gave me the same looks and condescending comments that I get from people at work who are positively green at my recent very obvious weight loss and the fact that I'm NOT struggling with it! They all want to see me crawling on the floor begging for a crumb of chocolate and I'm like "I'm good, I'm fine, I feel great!" - it's killing them! And the dietician was exactly the same!
By the time I left she was resorting to ACTUALLY telling me how I'd NEVER make it through winter on my diet (just watch me lady! I've got a whole range of healthy homemade soups ready to roll - and that's just for starters!), and how she'd "see me again..." but in a "only when you've gained back those three stone and more and I can say I told you so" tone! So to sum up - she won't be seeing me again anytime soon! :lol:
Dietician my backside! :roll:
First of all - I've now lost 3 stone since June when I knew they were testing me for diabetes and of my own accord, decided to make a lifestyle change to eat all natural, fresh, healthy produce, nothing processed and cut out the heavy carbs (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes). I now have a FANTASTIC diet that I absolutely LOVE with lots of nutritious and delicious meals/recipes that are high in lean protein and delicious fresh veg, herbs, spices, I have fresh fruit, water and black tea or coffee only, and I feel FANTASTIC! I'm also working out 4-5 times a week. As I say I've lost 3 stone since June and so far, touch wood, since I've been using a monitor, my levels haven't been outside the "normal" range even once, so it's all looking good.
So I see the dietician this morning and DESPITE the OBVIOUS good results and my stressing OVER AND OVER that I ENJOY my new diet and it's NOT a chore or restrictive, she INSISTED it must be too extreme and boring and kept ON and ON about my eating plenty carbs (!), that it's apparently "IMPOSSIBLE" to sustain a diet with no bread or potatoes (erm... YES IT IS!), and she kept pointing to her little picture of the "plate" with the carbs and chocolate etc.. on it, which I looked at... and then looked at her like she had lost her mind. I pointed out the benefits of a low carb diet and she went on about "controversy" - and I was like "I've lost 3 stone in under 3 months, I have a delicious, nutritious diet that I ENJOY, I've got more energy than ever before, I can work out more than ever before, my skin is better than ever, I feel fantastic, and my blood glucose levels are normal - what EXACTLY is controversial?". She wasn't impressed! :lol:
Thing was, the dietician was heavier than I am now, when I told her my goal weight (well she asked!) she looked at me like she wanted to stab me, and I got the distinct impression that she struggles with diet/weight herself and was raging that I, a type II diabetic, should even DARE to THINK of having a healthier diet than her and even worse - have a goal weight that she can't achieve herself. Honestly, she gave me the same looks and condescending comments that I get from people at work who are positively green at my recent very obvious weight loss and the fact that I'm NOT struggling with it! They all want to see me crawling on the floor begging for a crumb of chocolate and I'm like "I'm good, I'm fine, I feel great!" - it's killing them! And the dietician was exactly the same!
By the time I left she was resorting to ACTUALLY telling me how I'd NEVER make it through winter on my diet (just watch me lady! I've got a whole range of healthy homemade soups ready to roll - and that's just for starters!), and how she'd "see me again..." but in a "only when you've gained back those three stone and more and I can say I told you so" tone! So to sum up - she won't be seeing me again anytime soon! :lol:
Dietician my backside! :roll: