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Old Nov 15, 2013, 01:07 AM
albrecht86 albrecht86 is offline
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I finally met a nutritionist and have some mixed feelings.

Bit background: been consitently losing weight for four years (used to be very overweight), got underweight as anorexic behaviors and anxieties developed. Recently got really worried and started forcing myself to eat more, leading to some (guilty) binges. Not doing mentally better, but finally gained ten pounds in just a month (yikes). Now just barely on the bottom of the acceptable BMI scale.

My concerns with the nutritionist:
* All she did was plug my measurements into a BMI/BMR calculator, divide by x amount of meals and presto, "meal plan". Umm I can do that myself (and have)...
* She seemed to ignore any of my anorexic tendencies/issues. When I mentioned them she didn't comment much or coach me on coping with them when it comes to enacting the meal plan (should she tho?)
* The meal plan she gave me is to maintain my weight, even tho I only just barely crossed from being technically underweight in the past two weeks and my bodyfat % is also below minimum
* She encouraged me to exercise more (arguably good, but I also have tendency to overexercise)
* Before the meeting she accidentally sent me a pre-filled questionnaire with someone else's personal info and their helth issues. And some of her pre-made pamphlets she gave me have typos

So I don't know... maybe I'm just too negative/mistrusting? I've also been reading a lot of Your Eatiopia blog recently which may be skewing my views, as it goes against most anorexia recovery guidelines suggesting eating a ton (several thousands cal easy), allowing your binges, and cutting out all exercise.

Any thoughts or similar experiences with Ns?