What is Tina’s record book of successes I wonder. How many meds has she gotten patients off? How many total lbs lost and kept off?
@$#% Dietician
rslaughter1960
(Renee Slaughter)
#23
How about this for my next visit.
Me: I’m not happy with with my fasting insulin results. 11.5. I think I will intermittently fast for better results.
Tina: head explodes
LMAO
Saphire
#24
I have a bedridden friend in her 50s in the same situation. Her endocrinologist said that to her, eat what you want and cover it with insulin. I tried to get her to go LC but if it is not doctor’s orders, then she does not listen to me. I wish I lived near her so I could provide her meals but I am an hour away and she is constantly in and out of the hospital and busy going to doctor appointments
rslaughter1960
(Renee Slaughter)
#25
Tina and the conversation about food:
Tina: Do you have your food diary?
Me: Yes here on my phone.
Tina: You didn’t write it down on paper?
Me: There’s an app for that. Besides Mary and the other dieticians were cool with my app.
Tina: Maybe that’s why Mary isn’t here anymore.
Well hows that for throwing shade.
After reviewing Sundays stats.
Tina: where’s dinner?
Me: I was done with lunch. Didn’t want dinner.
Reviews lunch
Tina: you had a 6 oz steak for lunch a side of veggies anf salad?
Me: yep 3 cups of salad with blue cheese dressing.
Tina: blue cheese?
Me: yep remember high fat
Tina: your steak portion was over the portion size. It should be this size.
She shows me a piece of rubber chicken the size of your palm.
Now me that small piece of steak wasn’t even big enough to call a steak. But back to Tina.
Tina: You need to spread your calories out more between lunch and dinner. Its not good for your digestion to eat such a big meal.
Me: polite smile
Madeleine
#26
ummm… wow
And the rest of it is hilarious. Try to picture some of our lean, fit, fierce ancestors sitting down over a freshly- caught animal, eating a tiny portion and then saying “oh, no, really I shouldn’t have too much. Hard on the digestion.”
I don’t think so 
Does she know about insulin responses to food?
akirby83
(Adam Kirby)
#27
lol she’ll actually know a bit about nutrition by the time you’re done with her.
akirby83
(Adam Kirby)
#28
this is hilarious, and there are a bunch of websites like this!
https://www.precisionnutrition.com/calorie-control-guide
good god it’s no wonder people fail so miserably at losing weight. Use the old hand measuring system and never mind if you’re starving and shit from all the heart-healthy carbs you eat.
also, women are only supposed to eat half the food of men???
L1nd4
(Linda Miller)
#30
Similar thing happened to me, was ordered a dietitian from my Dr. after my cholesterol numbers came back high. I screened for a Keto dietitian before setting up appointments. She was trying to understand my diet, but kept pushing her agenda, after 3 appointments (& her not getting it) I told her I was canceling the future appointments. Believe or not I got a full refund!
rslaughter1960
(Renee Slaughter)
#31
Great Linda
I think I’m gonna have some fun with Tina if shes still there.
Saphire
#35
I guess I do not understand why you need to ever go back. Are you paying to see her?
Are you required to see her by your job or your insurance company?
Personally unless you are legally required to see her I would stop and send a letter to her supervisor explaining why you will not be returning
Mglasbrener
(Mike Glasbrener)
#36
I love this thread! For Tina to advise a keto diet is to take on significant professional risk. She could lose her license if for some reason out of anyone’s control a bad outcome happened. Add to that the fact that this goes against all her hard fought and paid for “education” and you could see where she’s coming from. If she’s older it is even worse. She’d have to come to terms with the fact that she’d been giving poor advise to diabetics her entire career. That’s a tough one to swallow.
I am currently working on educating my local dietician who is the head distician at the hospital/medical group here. I talked to her as I was beginning keto and she advised more meals/carbs. I asked her why and got a pretty silent response. All my health markers looked pretty good a couple of months ago and I shot her an email using the app. She wasn’t really negative but said “what about cholesterol”. My previous numbers weren’t bad. However, I have a follow up visit with a new primary care doctor in about a month. I’m going to get him to run a bunch of tests and then I’ll share results with her again.
Change the world one mind at a time… They are people after all with the best of intentions. They’re just ignorant in the purest sense of the word.
rslaughter1960
(Renee Slaughter)
#37
See. This is what I’m saying. Plus having a little fun with Tina. She may be in her mid 30’s. And you are very likely correct about her job because Mary isn’t there anymore. She was pro keto and encouraged me to keep at it.
PaulL
(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?)
#38
I don’t know about the dietitians in OZ, but a NZ dietitian was silenced by her professional association for advocating a ketogenic way of eating to her clients, and Dr. Gary Fettke has been silenced for life by the Australian Medical Association for treating his surgical patients with a well-formulated ketogenic diet instead of cutting their limbs off. He is forbidden from recommending keto for the rest of his life, even if a study someday proves keto to be scientifically valid. He was also censured for “inappropriately reversing” several patients’ Type II diabetes.
So Tina does have reason to worry. 
rslaughter1960
(Renee Slaughter)
#39
Yeah I understand now. She has to advocate what her company says even if it doesn’t work. I’ve been going to this office for about 18 months. O have tried their advice to the letter but it didn’t work for me. But I understand she may not have s choice. Thank you for the reminder
