I Dont Think My Nut Believes In Me

[Arts137 1,811]

you are paying for this? Screw her, and get a more compatable one.

[ms.t 17]

They are suppose to help you not put you down I would just change, if you can with some one you are comfortable with.

[McButterpants 2,846]

I didn't "click" with the first NUT I met with. She was so snarky, she didn't seem compassionate. This was on the initial consult! She put out a 1/4 c. measuring cup and asked, "that's how much food you will get in the beginning, can you live with that?" I said, "I couldn't now, but maybe with 85% of my stomach cut out that won't be such a big deal. I don't know."

I quickly got rid of that team, including the doctor.

My doctor now is a NUT, so I don't have to see two different people and she's a lot nicer!

[Amanda Nicole Hosaflook 65]

My nut comes with my surgeons bariactric surgery package. I have to use her unless I go somewhere else for my surgery. So I just have to suck it up.

[Amanda Nicole Hosaflook 65]

She is my surgeons nut. I have to use her. It's included in my bariactric package.

[Amanda Nicole Hosaflook 65]

Oops didn't mean to post twice

[Sweetbaby1 77]

I absolutely understand where you are coming from. I am in the same boat. I have to do a 6 month monitored nutrition plan with my nutritionist. BEfore she told us she is lookin for some changes in our eating. Once a month I have to submit my food diary. My first food diary I submitted to her she chews me out. I felt so ashamed because I did begin to change my eating. Well the next month I was able to really be on my (a) game.

Just try to do your best! Best wishes!

[cindymg 629]

I'm sorry, but I feel like I am reading a thread from the 1970s. Who doesn't know that shaming, embarrassing and judging overweight people really just has the opposite effect -- usually makes them eat more.

We're all adults, we know what to eat to be healthy. I dare say most of us long-term dieters have been to enough NUTs, dietitians, WW meetings and read enough diet books to be NUTs ourselves!

My NUT is there for help and support. She is a skinny triathlete, very young but totally professional. Probably never had a weight problem herself, but doesn't pass judgement. She went over the pre and post op diet phases, made suggestions and is there at every post op support group --to be supportive. If I have a question about a food or Vitamin, I can call or email and she is very responsive.

If I choose not to follow the recommendations, well then that's on me.

[NothingUpMySleeve 244]

I'm self pay so don't have to do the nutritionist thing, but I've seen three different NUT in the past. They were all supportive, but they never seemed to really **know** their stuff the way nurses and doctors do. I felt as though they were just giving rote responses parroted from a textbook somewhere, and their advice had all the depth of a Cosmo article (whoa, veggies are better snack choice than candy, no way!!!)

I'm sure there are fantastic NUT out there, but I felt like my gastroenterologist was more helpful. YMMV.