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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“Well, I Don’t Know How You’ve Gotten To The Size You Are If You Don’t Like Sugar?”
“Well, I don’t know how you’ve gotten to the size you are if you don’t like sugar?” – Midwife to mother who wanted to avoid the glucose drink for gestational diabetes testing and offered to track her blood sugar with finger prick testing instead. Very sugary foods typically caused her to not feel well for days.
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Steph in Lex had this to say,
Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:15 am (Quote)
Um…b****. *walking out*
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1. Thyroid problems
2. PCOS
3. Physical disability making exercise difficult
4. Liking fattening foods that ARENT sugary (mmmm… bacon…)
5. Injury that made usual lifestyle difficult/impossible temporarily
That’s just off the top of my head. And you’d think a healthcare professional could think of a dozen more ways for a person to have gained weight without eating a ton of sugar.
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Jenny Islander Reply:
December 17th, 2012 at 9:40 am (Quote)
6. Former athlete, started new career, hasn’t adjusted eating pattern yet
7. Depression, attempting to self medicate with mood-lifting foods
8. Abdominal tumor (yes this has happened!)
9. Got pregnant and swolled up (check her tissue resilience you nitwit)
10. Is naturally a plushy fat person and will always be naturally a plushy fat person so keep your disgusting neurosis to yourself, what, do you think the baby’s going to come out of her thighbone or something you’re so obsessed with her fat padding?
11. Has big muscles, so medical professionals keep flipping out over the number on the scale even though she is at the minimum body fat percentage considered healthy (has also happened)
0-12-1,000,000. Having a big butt is not a medical issue, so unless you can detect an actual medical problem kindly keep your prejudice to yourself
+1. Perhaps feeling nauseated for days after a large helping of sugar is a medical issue so perhaps you should refer for that
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The Well-Rounded Mama had this to say,
Jan 5, 2013 @ 4:12 pm (Quote)
Typical assumptions that care providers make around people of size. Ugh. The fact that the mother feels sick after having very sugary foods usually indicates reactive hypoglycemia, and should also raise suspicion for PCOS, since many women with PCOS experience this reaction due to high insulin levels.
BTW, folks need to start submitting things like this not only here but to First Do No Harm, the blog documenting fat-phobic treatment from care providers. http://fathealth.wordpress.com/
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I heard a similar comment. Turned out I have PCOS and losing weight is very difficult even though I DO eat healthy.
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Mel M. Reply:
December 25th, 2012 at 6:28 pm Mel M.(Quote)
Exact same situation for me- PCOS is a bugger! And in fact, I actually worked with my regular doctor for about a year on my weight because it turned out that I am such a light eater (and vegetarian, to boot) that I actually had to re-kick start my metabolism. I am so sick of all these crass comments people make about how if someone struggles with their weight, it’s because they sit around, shoveling sugar into their mouths and never exercising. What is wrong with people?!
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