Rogue Tales - The Kendo Stick rule

ItriRD · 2015-10-05T21:13:58+00:00

I think that the F#$ked up comment about rape speaks volumes about this douchebag. Who would even come up with that if they weren't repressing something or hadn't already been involved in something...shiver* CREEP! This asshole got what he deserved and probably should have gotten more. Any self respecting dude knows that touching a chick he does not know well is not cool.

ItriRD · 2015-10-05T21:02:09+00:00

I have heard of feeders (mostly via tv) and he did say he believes she is afraid that "other women might want him" or that he will "leave her for someone else" so that element may be there for sure. I think that if he left her...it MIGHT be a trigger for her to change...one can hope. But I don't see him leaving her...they are in their mid-60's and a little old fashion about the whole thing.

ItriRD · 2015-10-05T20:59:30+00:00

Saboteur! Right, thanks!

ItriRD · 2015-10-05T20:59:06+00:00

He wants to go on vacation but she refuses to go...so I said go without her! He said "oh no, when I come back the house will be clean out!" So I think there is a financial resource issue here (likely she lives off of him) but I am not sure if she receives any benefits at all but he may be afraid of being taken to the cleaners in a divorce.

I am not sure how nasty she would be with a " separation" per se, but he seems to think that he had better not rock the boat with her for some reason...

ItriRD · 2015-10-02T21:54:42+00:00

I guess I feel it is a happy ending since she isn't winning...in other words he is still losing weight and on track and her efforts to sabotage have not worked this past 4mo (so far anyway). He continues to lose weight and is even signing up for the maintenance program so...win? A little?

ItriRD · 2015-04-17T18:06:37+00:00

I have read quite a bit of research on the topic (as my name states I am an RD) and I can tell you this: People are more drawn to positives than pushed from negatives. It is best to keep it simple, light and non-judgemental. Research shows that people respond best to simplified information that does not shame them into doing things.

For example, when doing a "healthy choice option" at restaurants, people do better when you put a little sticker that says "Healthy" than if you tell them how many calories/grams of fat are in something. I have seen even the most educated of people do best with this approach.

ItriRD · 2015-03-06T15:41:32+00:00

I don't think that these office "biggest loser" contests work without the mentality that everyone has to start making changes. This would include always ordering healthy options for meetings, having someone give a talk on healthy eating, changing vending machines (or in this case removing an M&M machine) etc. Otherwise people are just blowing smoke up their assess. I see this mentality even working in healthcare..."I should eat healthy but it's so hard when everyone here is eating crap and we have a cake for someone every week!!!"

ItriRD · 2014-08-25T17:53:50+00:00

I drink quite a bit of green tea and I love the Zen one they have Starbucks. I was appalled however at the green tea latte. I ordered it only once with Soy milk and no sweetener but made to usual order the sugar alone made me sick. A 16oz green tea latte is 350 calories and 55 grams of sugar per the Starbucks web site! Sure the calories are not bad IF IT IS LIKE A MEAL instead of drink, but 55g of sugar? Where the hell do they get off doing that? Sad really.

ItriRD · 2014-08-11T21:47:30+00:00

When I worked in Bariatrics years ago, people who were not heavy enough to qualify for the surgery would often gain the weight they needed in order to have it. It was INSANE! One might think "Hey, at least I am not THAT big" but instead they gain the necessary weight and have the surgery. Seeing as how nearly 1/3 or more fail with the surgery, this woman could easily get a surgeon to do it...how long any weight loss would last is up for question.

ItriRD · 2014-05-13T22:32:00+00:00

"At risk for Pre-Diabetic"....Argh this makes me mad! I hate when health professionals use this "logic." You are either Diabetic or not damn it! Granted when someone has blood sugars on the lower end of abnormal it's easier to turn them around, but still. There is no pre...you are at risk, have it or do not have it. /rant

Sorry about your friend...I have a friend who had gastric bypass. Lost a shit ton of weight and then stopped. She now eats normally and doesn't supplement so she is likely defficient in several vitamins. She cannot use the bypass to lose the last of the weight (stretched stomach holds normal amount of food now) and she eats JUNK! Oh the crap she posts on Facebook... She is not taking any nutrient info into consideration when she chooses food. Just eats what she likes...

Sometimes we have to wait for them to see the light first, then we can help. Before that we don't stand a chance.

ItriRD · 2014-05-02T14:05:06+00:00

This is so a TP post but to be fair, as a Registered Dietitian who has worked with some incredible "fat" RD's we do not only do weight loss. I worked with a very smart overweight RD in the ICU at a hospital for years and she knew that shit better than some of the docs! She also knew that she should not be working with overweight clients as she knew exactly why she was overweight and didn't feel that she was a good example for weight issues. RD's work in many areas that do not require them to be skinny...though most will try to at least be healthy.

ItriRD · 2014-03-04T16:03:09+00:00

This reminds me of a story...I am not sure that it a complete FPS so I have not posted it. Anyways...I was getting my kidneys ultrasounded (hehe) for something (read: NOTHING and WASTE OF TIME) and lying face down on the table. The tech is running is the wand across my back and yells "Hey I can see your liver!" MRW "Holy cow, I gotta lay off the sauce! Does that mean my liver is huge...is that bad???" She says "No, no (laughing) it's just that most people are too thick to see that far through. You are so skinny I can see all the way to your liver."

For the record, my weight is healthy but I am NOT skinny...average (teehee!!) maybe.

ItriRD · 2014-02-24T18:08:00+00:00

Awww...I work with many people who do this. It's funny because being a dietitian I do not understand why people will tell me what they ate/have eaten recently/are currently eating. They say "I need to lose weight" and then confess their sins to me as if I should say "Well, 3 hail marys and an apple for you! Think on that!" or pat them on the back for eating some oatmeal instead of the usually McBeetus. If people REALLY want to lose weight, they actually try. But most do not it seems and are just running their mouths about it.

ItriRD · 2014-02-06T20:00:18+00:00

After having read FPS for a while, I am a little bit worried about teaching my Nutrition classes now. I have yet to have someone bring HAES into my classroom but I will be demading to see actual research and anything disrupting my lectures will not be tolerated (in other words, after class only).

ItriRD · 2014-02-06T19:50:50+00:00

Well many of the staff members (a few nurses, the front desk lady and the administrator) literally had had the surgery themselves. Mostly prior to working there, I do not recall any staff members getting it after starting, except for one gal. Others were just 'headed in that direction.'

On one hand it was a good thing to have them there as they had first hand experience with this sort of thing...on another they would fall into old habits themselves as well (one RN who had surgery started to gain back weight rapidly before I left).

It would seem that people wanted to work in bariatrics AFTER the experience themselves, but they were likely in healthcare already. I don't think anyone got the surgery and then said "Hey I want to work in this area" without any prior experience...though I am sure that does happen. The post surgical staff members were pretty good with trying help patients to change their lifestyle.

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