Anyone here paid to go and see a dietician ? Did it help what did they tell you ? I’m thinking of trying mounjaro

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And I think perhaps I should try harder with my diet
I did try for a couple of weeks after Xmas
made no weight loss

inhave a good stone to lose maybe bit more

then had a couple of very stressful weeks and fell off the wagon

so now I’m ready to restart

I’ve lost weigh before with slimming world and gym
but slimming world polluted my mind with all sorts of disordered thinking around food

and I want to ideally
think about eatting for nutrition rather than cardboard and whatever just because it’s low calories or syns or whatever

a typical day I might have no breakfast
not hungry

i dont tend to eat till lunchtime
then its maybe sarnie, Crisps drink and maybe say a club biscuit or choc mouse

dinners tend to be family type meals
sausage and mash n beans
burgers n chips pea
roasts
omlettes
beef stew
shepards pie

I don’t tend to snack between meals
I tend to drink one or two cans of sugary drink(which I know is an easy fix)
don’t drink enough water or squash

don’t drink alcohol tea or coffee
no drugs no medication
no smoking
active

5ft 4 11.8 stone

No point giving her a hard time for what she doesn’t know. She Started the thread to discuss seeing a dietitian which is literally a way of learning more about nutrition from an expert… what more to you want of her? To absorb knowledge from the ether through osmosis?

@StrawberryJamAndRaspberryPie , I'm not saying it as a personal criticism but as a general observation. was regarding that it was that an adult, not necessarily the OP, didn't know about nutrition.
Is there a generation of people who don't know about nutrition?

Was definitely not having a pop at the OP. I don't think she needs to consult a dietitian when the information isn't hard to find.

Many years ago I did an informal mini-survey with colleagues as to how many calories they thought they ate in a day. Not one said over 2000 cals. When I said mine was probably over 3000 they said things like 'that's way too much', 'that's terrible' etc.

Think about it, you're walking from the station to the office and pick up a fancy coffee and a pastry. That could be about 900 cals. Sandwich and crisps for lunch could be another 900. Couple of biscuits mid-afternoon ... Just granola, takeaway or 'picky bits' in the evening...

That's probably 3000 calories but you've not eaten much.

Always check the labels so granola while it has nuts and seeds may have a lot of honey and dried fruit.

Then there is stuff like fruit juice, the fibre has gone due to the pulping.

It’s a combination of how we are raised, what we actually like eating, those around us habits and societal pressure, will power.

Unless you cook yourself you have no idea how food has been prepped. I doubt Nando’s uses olive oil. Rainbow coleslaw if it’s mayonnaise based thats one of the worst empty calories sauces you could ever eat. It can be 100 calories for a tablespoon.

My parents had a restaurant and take away and I learned how to cook from them and what is healthy. There was lots of steamed fish, lean meat. salads, strong spices added for flavour, very little oil used, no premade or heavy sauces. Not raised with pudding the term ‘Not too sweet’ is complimentary in a lot of Asian cultures to show a dessert is not too sugary. I make homemade soup a lot, not creamy though.

Eat a lot more fibre, look online for a list of higher fibre foods. less processed meat so sausages are a rarity, check table condiments like mayo they really add up. Chocolate, crisps and cakes need to be a rarity and for ever not just for a few months. Also check what your drinking, those bucket sized coffees I see people drinking are a lot of calories especially with syrup.

Good luck.

She has 1 pea with the burgers and chips.