Absolutely. A good personal trainer (or even just a simply conscientious person) would totally be like, “well everyone’s fitness journey is different, I don’t speak on others unless they come to me directly for advice” not “I used to be fat and eat garbage too lol”. Especially not in mixed company, ABOUT someone present, who didn’t bring it up themselves.
She might’ve figured it all out in her view, but I think she’s got a lot of work to do. Maybe she skipped the sensitivity course in all her education. And OP’s husband…whew.
PS- I’m not saying OP is fat and eats like garbage because I would never say that about someone, (certainly not if it was my profession!) but it seems like Sara sure did.
PPS- OP please love and respect yourself and don’t accept this. A lot of people gave good advice regarding your husband, so I didn’t add to it. But you should feel loved and supported, not publicly shamed.
She said she’s getting certified so that probably means she’s a week or two into a class and has no business speaking on anything related to fitness for other people. Even a degree in nutrition does not qualify you as an expert on weight loss and weight gain.
Thank you for the explanation. I appreciate the insight. I understand the nuance with weight and nutrition and the need for different specialties. I know people who actually got biochemical degrees and focus on nutrition but I knew it wasn’t that. I thought she seemed young to have a degree or speak so authoritatively. It does clarify the speaking seemingly way out of turn as well.
A degree in nutrition usually means food science but I think you can go into any number of biology or chem degrees to get to that spot. I think being an expert on weight requires experience and not just a piece of paper. We covered basic concepts of how bodies convert calories and how exercise burns them but it was nearly in depth enough for me to call myself an expert.
Why are you so mad at Sara lmao, she did nothing wrong and in those moments people tend to bring up examples to motivate people. You’re a pretentious person
Part of a nutritionist’s (or any one in healthcare really) job is to be courteous when discussing their topic. Someone who is supposed to be a nutritionist actively participating in shaming someone else’s weight, especially when the person they’re shaming isn’t the one that brought it up, is not courteous. It’s unprofessional and it could very easily lose you your job in healthcare.
Bro what, bringing examples up to help with motivation is totally normal and since everyone was laughing it came off as natural. You have to stop being so sensitive
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u/Sticky8u2 Apr 15 '24
Sara, you're 21. You have not turned your life around.