I think my fiancé is being scammed by well meaning “health coaches”
Background: My fiancé has been overweight almost her whole life according to herself. She just turned 28 and for the last year has come to the point where she wants to make a change to lose weight responsibly and long term
The challenging part is she has had significant health challenges mainly stemming from endometriosis and a historical bing eating disorder. Despite this she has been able to lose and keep off, according to her, 37 pounds since a year prior.
Issue: She has plateaued in her weight loss for a couple months from our last conversation and she wants to break through. She has seen at least four separate registered dietitians and/or health coaches in the last 18 months and based on my conversations with her, none have covered CICO, explained how calories work, TDEE, macros, sustainable weight loss, etc.
She wants someone to coach her through this stuff but they all seem cagey or dismissive.
There seems to be no straightforward instruction from these people. She’s been told in person by a registered dietician point blank that she “shouldn’t want to lose weight.”
She saw a popular Instagram binge eating disorder dietician who gave her no progress.
Now she’s seeing a health coach friend of ours with no specific training. She’s throwing lots of terms like “we have to get your body into homeostasis.”
And that she needs to be “eating more now for her body to be able to be at it’s “natural weight.”
I can tell she’s frustrated because she’s been getting so much conflicting advice, even from clinically trained professionals.
When I asked clarifying questions she feels like I’m interrogating her so I’m stepping lightly right now.
I’m no expert myself but is this health coach talk all bullshit? She’s started paying $80 a month for this.
What are some straightforward resources with no fluff on people that want to recomposition their bodies and lose weight responsibly?
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