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Yesterday, it was time for my semi-annual teeth cleaning.  I really like my dental hygienist – but I instantly noticed that she had put on a lot of weight since I had seen her.  I sat down, and she got right into the topic, telling me she “was so unhappy.”  I asked why.  “I’ve started this awful pre-packaged food diet, and it’s terrible.  It’s all sugar and salt, with this nasty frozen and packaged stuff – I can’t even call it food.”  I knew exactly what it was: one of those national name-brand diet center programs.<\/div>\n
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She explained that the counselor, errrr salesperson had pushed hard to get her to commit to a lifetime scheme, ehhh “program.”  But thankfully my hygienist said no, only week-to-week.  “Norris, it’s awful, the list of ingredients on the packages is a mile long!”  She cried.  “I need help, I just really have to lost 100 pounds.”<\/div>\n
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We got into conversation; not easy to do when my mouth is full of rubber-gloved hand and instruments!  We determined that she’s not eating the wrong things, but too much.  Her portions are too big.  This was the tip-off: “after I eat a meal, I feel so bad I eat much more.”<\/div>\n
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So I asked her about her relationships.  She’s divorced and single, caring for a terminally ill father who lives at home, caring for her mother, who also lives at home. Her son, 25 years old – guess what, also lives with her.  She’s supporting them all.  When I mentioned that her home scenario, and the fact that’s she’s caring for patients all day, and then the whole family the rest of the time, she started to cry.<\/div>\n
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“That’s your weight problem,”  I said.  She agreed.  What to do?  <\/div>\n
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Come back here tomorrow, and we’ll talk more about it.<\/div>\n
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In the meantime, please post a comment and let me know what you think she might try.<\/div>\n
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