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World's largest man suing NHS for letting him get overweight.
At his heaviest Paul was eating 20,000 calories a day.
they told him to exercise more, sent him to a dietician(he requested an eating disorders specialist), and he had the "life saving" gastric bypass.
I'm sorry, I know weight problems are difficult, I've had both ends of the spectrum. I was overweight for a time, and then spent 7 years battling anorexia. I watched my sister hit over 400 pounds. She was told she "needed" a gastric bypass or she'd never lose the weight. She's under 300 after two years. It takes time, sadly we live in an instant gratification world and no one wants to wait for anything. Yes after gastric bypass the weight comes off in a year or so. But that's a pretty drastic measure, and doctors are starting to recommend it for kids! I remember watching a discovery channel program where a nurse was having it done(she was over 350), and singing it's praises, while her overweight 12 year-old daughter was eating a super size value meal in the hospital room.
from the mayo clinic
so it only works with diet and exercise-what does it do then, limits your ability to eat more than a half cup of food(seriously they tell you you can't have anymore than that-so not even a full container of yougurt which is 180 calories per 8 oz), plus you need to take vitamins for the rest of your life, due to removing the body's ability to absorb any nutrients from food. Why is this seen as a "medical breakthrough"? Or a "life saving treatment"? I'd rather see a three step approach:
Step one-some sort of psychological evaluation and treatment, if nothing else I know for some people weight gain leads to depression which leads to overeating...etc...treat the underlying problem first not the symptom.
It would also catch eating disorders before they get out of control
step two: a comprehensive dietary class.
One that focuses on healthy and good tasting foods/meals*
step three: physical therapy
get help getting people doing things they can, without injury, so they can get strong enough to exercise.
*at my last job, most of the women were overweight, and gave me hell for always eating but still being thin. Yes, I was eating fruits and veggies all the damn time. As in you normally didn't see me NOT eating, it was a rareity to see me not chewing on something. I normally brought a tupperware container to work with me containing for my 8-12 hour workday:
3 manderin oranges(clemintines)
2 apples-
2 cups of cantalope-
10 strawberries-
1 cup of pineapple
1/2 cucumber sliced
2 carrots
20 sugar snap pea pods
now that's a lot of damn food-I usually didn't finish it all
total calories for all that food....take a guess.....about 655 calories, that's 100 calories less than a starbucks White Chocolate Crème Frappuccino @ 760 calories per 24 oz, or about the same as a Mc Donalds supersize fry. so one order of fries-vs all that.....
yes all the women I worked with drank starbucks coffee-usually the frappuccinos, and went for the "100 calorie snack packs" of oreos, crackers, etc. These women could not understand that although I was eating MORE food, it had LESS calories than their daily coffee, this is how damn clueless people are about food, it's sad. And the few times I tried to explain, I got, "oh you're just one of those women with a high metabolism", um no I'm borderline hypothyroidism, just high enough that I don't need the meds yet. I had a mother-in-law that was a dietician-she helped me coming out of my battle with anorexia and subsequent diagnosis of hypothyroid-I was given the choice of meds or watching my diet-the doctor was convinced I'd be back for the meds in a few months once I, in his words, "ballooned up", because watching your diet is just too hard, just take the pills. This is why I generally call BS on people blaming a thyroid condition for weight gain.
World's largest man suing NHS for letting him get overweight.
At his heaviest Paul was eating 20,000 calories a day.
they told him to exercise more, sent him to a dietician(he requested an eating disorders specialist), and he had the "life saving" gastric bypass.
I'm sorry, I know weight problems are difficult, I've had both ends of the spectrum. I was overweight for a time, and then spent 7 years battling anorexia. I watched my sister hit over 400 pounds. She was told she "needed" a gastric bypass or she'd never lose the weight. She's under 300 after two years. It takes time, sadly we live in an instant gratification world and no one wants to wait for anything. Yes after gastric bypass the weight comes off in a year or so. But that's a pretty drastic measure, and doctors are starting to recommend it for kids! I remember watching a discovery channel program where a nurse was having it done(she was over 350), and singing it's praises, while her overweight 12 year-old daughter was eating a super size value meal in the hospital room.
from the mayo clinic
Originally posted by mayo clinic
Step one-some sort of psychological evaluation and treatment, if nothing else I know for some people weight gain leads to depression which leads to overeating...etc...treat the underlying problem first not the symptom.
It would also catch eating disorders before they get out of control
step two: a comprehensive dietary class.
One that focuses on healthy and good tasting foods/meals*
step three: physical therapy
get help getting people doing things they can, without injury, so they can get strong enough to exercise.
*at my last job, most of the women were overweight, and gave me hell for always eating but still being thin. Yes, I was eating fruits and veggies all the damn time. As in you normally didn't see me NOT eating, it was a rareity to see me not chewing on something. I normally brought a tupperware container to work with me containing for my 8-12 hour workday:
3 manderin oranges(clemintines)
2 apples-
2 cups of cantalope-
10 strawberries-
1 cup of pineapple
1/2 cucumber sliced
2 carrots
20 sugar snap pea pods
now that's a lot of damn food-I usually didn't finish it all
total calories for all that food....take a guess.....about 655 calories, that's 100 calories less than a starbucks White Chocolate Crème Frappuccino @ 760 calories per 24 oz, or about the same as a Mc Donalds supersize fry. so one order of fries-vs all that.....
yes all the women I worked with drank starbucks coffee-usually the frappuccinos, and went for the "100 calorie snack packs" of oreos, crackers, etc. These women could not understand that although I was eating MORE food, it had LESS calories than their daily coffee, this is how damn clueless people are about food, it's sad. And the few times I tried to explain, I got, "oh you're just one of those women with a high metabolism", um no I'm borderline hypothyroidism, just high enough that I don't need the meds yet. I had a mother-in-law that was a dietician-she helped me coming out of my battle with anorexia and subsequent diagnosis of hypothyroid-I was given the choice of meds or watching my diet-the doctor was convinced I'd be back for the meds in a few months once I, in his words, "ballooned up", because watching your diet is just too hard, just take the pills. This is why I generally call BS on people blaming a thyroid condition for weight gain.
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