To expect a Nurse lead by example?

[shouldacoulda]

And practice what they preach.
Have just clocked the overweight nurse that did my recent health check, smoking like a chimney and munching on a chocolate bar!

This is somebody who sat there and lectured me on cutting down on carbs, eating oily fish once a week, not smoking and to drink in moderation.
It's a bit rich!

We expect fitness trainers to be fit and lead healthy lifestyles.
So, surely somebody who's job it is to advice people on healthy lifestyle choices should also be fairly fit, of a decent weight and not be puffing away like a chimney.
How can we take their advice seriously otherwise?

Or am I being unreasonable? (I know they work long hours and there's a lot of stress), but surely the ones that are doing the health checks and doling out 'healthy living advice' should be an advertisement for what they're saying?

If you find even the words
rats ass crude on MN, then I think you are in for a bit of a shock!

I don't care what they look like.

And nor should I, unless I'm perfect, which I am definitely not.

I've been here for eight years, shoulda, you sound as if you haven't actually been a grown up for a whole eight years.

Goady fucker is goady. But ends up being patiently told they're being a bit of a twat by lots of posters who don't actually get cross.

I think I'd go to bed too. Epic fail, as my eldest would say...

Ah goady fucker - was wondering how soon before somebody wheeled that old chestnut out!

My brain isn't working enough to form a reply - I know! - lets call them a goady fucker.

Original not

Raven

Well she isn't going to listen to us when she didn't listen to a HCP who clearly thought that she warranted some health prom. Either the HCP was misguided or the OP is remarkably insightless as to her real state of health and health needs.

Based on this thread I am inclined to think the latter.

And not a fail. This thread has been really interesting and enlightening

Think I might stay up a bit longer!

makes cuppa tea and a pile of biscuits and settles down for a nice discussion

Since you have returned.
I will reask one of my questions.

How old are you?

Phantom, does it make you feel big to be ganging up on one poster?

You didn't answer the question about whether a mental health professional needed to have always been in possession of perfect mental health. You have avoided all the (perfectly reasonably requested) questions that challenge your point of view. It is good to see that you are enlightened- maybe you will acquire some of that insight others have pointed out you seem to lack. Good for you op- never too late to be humble.

That's a bit rude of you! How old are you?

Ganging up = asking challenging questions in the OP's book it would seem. You seemed so robust in the rightness of your opinions and now you are playing the victim card. Oh dear....

It's starting to get a bit strange on here now -- Should I be worried?

Maybe you lot should stay away from the AIBU topics if you are so easily 'riled' by them.

I call a bunch of posters banding together against one poster Bullying.

and YOU have the cheek to ask ME how old I am?

Knew I wouldnt get a proper answer!

So I will answer.

If you are in your 20s, then your question is a bit understandable
If in your 30s, you ought to be starting to know better
40s, you really should know better
50s, oh dear.

If you are a teenager, everything then makes sense.

This is still going? Why are we feeding it? Are we fattening it up?

oh dear. same as mignonette. I will leave you alone.

You sound awfully riled OP because you appear unable confused by perfectly reasonable questions and interpret any rational question as an attack or evidence that we are riled.

I ask you again- do mental health professionals need to have always had perfect mental health to have credibility in their advice and work?

I will assume that your argument is so weak that you cannot answer this without a) looking like even more of an ignoramus or b) undermining your own theory.

settingstitting,

I wouldn't dream of giving you my age, just as I wouldn't dream of giving you my address on a public forum.
What is difficult to understand about that?

(frankly I find the constant probing as to my age just a little bit disturbing)

Rather easily disturbed aren't you?

Oh we don't really care about your age- it is all kind of rhetorical because of course you could say any old number. Just as you are probably a little bit over your fighting weight shall we say and deeply resentful that a nurse has called you out on it.

I'm more disturbed that a bunch of people are obviously trying to goad me and find out my personal details.
Not sure what MN would make of that?

Do you feel you are being reasonable and leading by example OP?