Wed, Apr-02-08, 21:53
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Senior Member
Posts: 11,822
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Plan: atkins/intermit. fasting
Stats: 166/136/135
BF:
Progress: 97%
Location: Orange, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kurt
I was at work today--a coworker comes up to me, compliments me on my weight loss and then asks me how I had lost weight. I explained that I was on Atkins and had lost 32 pounds so far. By the way, my coworker is a pretty 29 yr old 5'9" supermodel type woman who has never had to lose weight in her life...... Anyway, once I said Atkins, she got very agressive/agitated and somewhat HYPER.
She said "Atkins and Anorexia both cause weight loss, but both are equally damaging and have permanent destructive consequences to both the brain and the body." She then compared my weight loss to bulimia, cancer, and anorexia. I was in shock to say the least.
But then to top it all off she says "People on Atkins should be treated like poeple with anorexia, they need counseling and medical intervention to help them overcome the Atkins disease! I am sure the the medical community will realize this soon."
I found the whole experience demoralizing and irritating. She said all of this in front of two coworkers and a client. At this point I just walked away. How can I ever get through to these people?
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I would have said " Well, I will let my doctor know about your information. I will ask him to double check my lab work because according to you I am quite sick so my lab work must be wrong." I have been on Atkins for 5 years, how much longer is it going to take the medical community to realize that I am dying of cancer. In other words, I would have told her that was the dumbest thing I ever heard. Then, I would have walked away.
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