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To be irritated by people who say they can't lose weight?

375 replies

BeerSnake · 24/08/2011 17:00

umm just eat less and get out more. Or am I being unreasonable?

OP posts:
hmc · 26/08/2011 19:45

If you have time would love to see the evidence referenced...

rhondajean · 26/08/2011 19:46

Lots of people are teaching something completely different to you rightso. Ive got to be honest and say its the first time I have heard your particular approach to the insulin resistance issue and I have PCOS. It certainly wouldnt work for me.

However, if we all thought the same, life would be very boring, and there would be no debate left. Mumsnet would close!

rightothatsmethen · 26/08/2011 19:46

To be fair, we have just completed a systematic review on this for some NICE guidelines I am on the panel for.

rhondajean · 26/08/2011 19:49

Are they in relation to diabetes?

rubyrubyruby · 26/08/2011 19:49

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rightothatsmethen · 26/08/2011 19:49

pre diabetes

hmc · 26/08/2011 19:50

foodandhealth.com/cpecourses/snack.php this seems broadly supportive of the benefits of snacking - it seems a fairly academically robust source?

rightothatsmethen · 26/08/2011 19:53

Its no cochrane

rhondajean · 26/08/2011 19:55

It does hmc, this is genuinely the first time I have come across a nutritionist advising otherwise. Perhaps its outdated advice, but I am really surprised rightso isnt aware of it even though disagrees with it?

rightothatsmethen · 26/08/2011 19:57

The references are very old in that link tbh. I am aware people advise frequent meals but am also aware that there is no evidence for this. (This is critical review kind of evidence).

rhondajean · 26/08/2011 19:58

Can you point us to some new stuff? I will read with interest.

Also I think your second last post autocorrected?

rightothatsmethen · 26/08/2011 19:59

Auto corrected?

I'll have a look after I get the tea rhonda :)

rhondajean · 26/08/2011 20:04

Thanks rightso you can pm me if you want, Ill read with genuine interest.

You said no cochrane, couldnt work it out lol!

rhondajean · 26/08/2011 20:05
bigeyes · 26/08/2011 20:13

You are what Ive been seraching for since my mid twenties....

rhondajean · 26/08/2011 20:18

Sorry bigeyes - got carried away - genuinely interested in what the guidance is tho. Am hoping its stirfry for tea not beef wellington so I dont have to wait too long.

Want a glass of wine to go with that ricecake?

YouCantTeuchThis · 26/08/2011 20:58

nothing to add, I'm just here to bug the OP Hmm Grin

bigeyes · 26/08/2011 21:20

Thats nice of you rhonda but im pg (but was a bit overweight before) so I'll just nab the nutella spread if you dont mind

However I made grilled pork steaks for tea since being away from thread, in defiance I poured the juices including the fat into gravy and I put flora buttery into mash - we did have fresh veg though.

I did think about this thread a gave it a virtual two fingers!

rhondajean · 26/08/2011 21:26

Aw congrats!

Think rightso must be doing the beef wellington after all.

Xenia · 26/08/2011 22:58

Snacking is to keep fat peopl ehappy who eat all the time in a constant graze. If you want to regulate your eatint to normal meals something plenty of women have totally lots you can easily go 4 to 5 hours between meals. It is very common guidance not just for diabetes but people who cannot control eating and once they start they can hardly stop. However it is a really minor issue compared to what people are eating, whether in 6 or 3 meals a day. I wouldn't let it particuarly worry someone. Except if you're the person who if you start eating in the afternoon your snack becomes a huge binge and then you're not hungry for dinner you'd be better eating like people always did - your lunch and then your other mean about 5 hours later. It won't kill you to wait that long and it's a more normal pattern of eating.

ouryve · 26/08/2011 23:04

So you're a dietician as well as a millionaire, then Xenia? Had no idea that job paid so well.

hmc · 26/08/2011 23:06

There is nothing Xenia doesn't know or profess to be - she is a veritable marvel [awe emoticon]

ouryve · 26/08/2011 23:08

She is so talented. If my arthritic knees (for which surely she has a cure) would allow it, I'd curtsey in her presence.

GotArt · 27/08/2011 01:36

Smells I was genuinely concerned about your rapid weight loss, and after talking to my 3 family members who are medical doctors, they all said that there is a concern for someone with unexplainable rapid weight loss. The second paragraph was not directed at you, just part of the discussion on eating through the day that was on-going to the discussion.

Southern Yes, indeed she is ex, but on my accord due to tiring of her idiotic statements, like electric and hybrid cars will never get made because they aren't profitable enough, (said as she stood beside my tv with a commercial advertising the new Ford hybrid), organic farming isn't sustainable and my favourite, no woman over 35 should be allowed to have children because its unfair on children to have such old parents. And these gems were just from one visit last summer. And she has a PhD in Archaeology.

Cathycomehome · 27/08/2011 02:23

I know it's irritating when people say "I haven't read the thread but..."

I HAVE read lots of the thread but not all, but to be honest I think YANBU, and yet you are! BUT it's not that easy.

I am a recovering anorexic, in the sense that I was really very ill from 13 to 22 when I became pregnant, and the post baby dramatic weight loss thing wasn't great either, but I've never needed intensive therapy since, just an understanding GP.

I am fat. In my mind. I am a size ten in most shops, 12 in a couple, but then I won't buy it Grin. If I didn't drink (I discovered alcohol in my mid twenties) I think I would be very thin again.

I am 5 foot 6 and NEVER weigh myself. Ever. If the doctor does she knows I can't look.
It's complicated, so although the OP is sort of right, she's also wrong.