Back in February I wrote about a Times article which quoted weight loss advice offered by a few professionals in the field. I took exception to one of the experts:
Hala El-Shafie says: Diets set you up to fail; they should be banned. Eat small amounts of the right food. Eat regularly and well. Get moving: exercise helps. Think about why you eat. Accept your body shape and who you are; size 8 (4 US) jeans will not necessarily make you happy.
Essentially I thought what she was calling “not dieting” was, for most people, a diet. Other than that, I absolutely agree with all of the above.
Recently, someone who has used and benefitted from her services commented that I was being unfair. If you’ve got this far, you might as well read the whole thing.
It all sounded good until Jenniferjelly posted another (nice) comment with a link to the the clinic. A quick look at the site seems to say that it’s all about bariatric surgery. What?
Learning to eat smaller portions? Yes!
Because my stomach is itself a tiny portion of what it was? Um, No!
The sad thing is that I think Hala El-Shafie probably really does help people like me deal with food issues but her website is almost all about bariatric surgery. Sheesh. I feel like I’ve been used for advertising something I don’t like.
Anyway – I’ll keep the comments at least until we see how the “nutrition rocks” website pans out. It could be great. It could be a further ploy to sell the services of an expensive private bariatric surgery clinic.
(And I DO know that bariatric surgery is the final life-saving answer for some. I also know that plastic surgery is life-saving and life-giving for those who have been disfigured but I don’t approve of marketing it to the general public so they can have bigger breasts.)
Looking forward to seeing if this turns out to be positive or negative in the end.
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