The Great HRT Weight Debate

[japple]

which is different from your earlier post to which I had responded.  Radical changes in diet are NOT something that MOST people have to make and the 'eat like a girl' comment was, quite frankly, laughable.   

How about you don't reply to me?  I was responding to a person dealing with weight issues, not a blanket statement or you or the world in general.  I don't appreciate you calling my response "laughable."   It's something that helps me out based on my experience, and my doctor's advice with weight issues and the change in metabolism on HRT.  I DID have to change my diet and I believe that OP has to change their diet.   Laugh if you want, but keep it to yourself huh.

[Ann Onymous]

How about you don't reply to me?  I was responding to a person dealing with weight issues, not a blanket statement or you or the world in general.  I don't appreciate you calling my response "laughable."   It's something that helps me out based on my experience, and my doctor's advice with weight issues and the change in metabolism on HRT.  I DID have to change my diet and I believe that OP has to change their diet.   Laugh if you want, but keep it to yourself huh.

loved how you parsed a comment to the point of treating it like elementary school or junior high for the purposes of the nonsensical reputation slam...but I digress.

There is no 'eat like a girl' convention.  Everyone is different, both in terms of metabolisms and in terms of dietary needs which is what makes a statement like 'eat like a girl' to be, IMO, laughable.  Further, it is disingenuous to apply YOUR situation (which is, interestingly enough, based on advice from your doctor based on YOUR situation) to tell the OP it is all about diet.  To try and apply your situation to the OP and say it is all about diet anytime there is weight gain is a blanket statement.

The OP described having gained nearly a pound a day across a prolonged period of time.  That is NOT what one tends to see with a pure dietary issue and IS something that should be discussed with the treating physician as it can be an indicator of serious health issues. 

[Stephanie]

It is a good idea to consider the intention behind words and phrases.   I consider that Japple was sincerely trying to help me and others in this position so I took her 'eat like a girl' advice in this spirit.

[Stephanie]

Here is the first video in a series of ten in which Gary Taubes lectures at Berkeley about how it is flour, starches, sugars and carbohydrates that cause weight gain and NOT saturated fat.   I have Taubes book The Diet Delusion(U.S. title: Good Calories Bad Calories) and he really makes the case for abandoning Ancel Keys notoriously flawed anti-fat theory.

[MarinaM]

Here is the first video in a series of ten in which Gary Taubes lectures at Berkeley about how it is flour, starches, sugars and carbohydrates that cause weight gain and NOT saturated fat.   I have Taubes book The Diet Delusion(U.S. title: Good Calories Bad Calories) and he really makes the case for abandoning Ancel Keys notoriously flawed anti-fat theory.

I lost 40 pounds eating everything you just mentioned right there pretty much exclusively. HOWEVER: I'm a freak of nature, and I take my metabolism for granted. I'll give the guy a listen!

[japple]

loved how you parsed a comment to the point of treating it like elementary school or junior high for the purposes of the nonsensical reputation slam..

I'm asking you not to reply to my posts.  We don't see eye to eye and I feel like you're insulting me (elementary, junior high) and I don't like it.  Thanks for consideration.