Today I learnt a new word, Diabese, which apparently means diabetic and overweight. Which I am no longer. For the first time in my life, a member of the medical profession has told me to stop losing weight. and to eat enough to maintain my weight which is 79.8 kg or 12.5 stone in old money, giving a BMI of 20.3.
Now comes the fun bit, working out how much extra to eat to stop losing a pound a week.
They did give me an estimate of 1796 calories a day which should maintain my weight with my current lifestyle.
Which is about 96 calories a day extra. which works out as a single digestive biscuit and a cup of tea.
I can't believe so little would lose so much weight!
There are apparently new guidelines for health professionals dealing with overweight people. They must not be judgmental and must give encouragement to people to eat to their lifestyle but in a healthy manner. Diet is now a naughty word as it can cause stress. It means you can eat what you like but only in quantities to enable weight loss. or to maintain a healthy weight.
This is from a student nurse so will probably take 5 or 6 years to filter up the general medical profession.
So I am now ex BJ.