What a disgusting human being. I immediately burst into tears after leaving her office, and it is NOT easy to make me cry. She prides herself in being "brutally honest", but she has no filter and will strip you of every inch of self confidence. She scoffed and made fun of the food log that I brought for her, making fun of me for eating the same things on different days and even making fun of me for drinking a lot of water...?! She also called me an idiot about ten times, (I kept a tally while I was writing notes down about what she said). She made fun of me for the college I go to, for my major, and then compared her son's far superior plan to mine.
I'm sorry- I thought I was here because I need nutritional advice, and obviously wouldn't be paying for it if I knew what to do... so why laugh in my face about it.
What part of repeatedly being called an idiot, being scoffed at, lectured about my stupidity, severely injuring my self esteem, and being brought to tears is "healing"?
She tried to tell me that I need new friends and to criticize my mother for admitting that I had gained weight, although I repeatedly stressed to her that I prodded them into telling me and that I clearly go into denial and can't see it for myself.
This woman is about 50 pounds overweight herself... How am I supposed to take nutritional advice from someone who can't even keep herself in check? But I thought she was far superior to my 125 pound self in the area of fitness and nutrition? And then the self esteem beatings about how I'm a laughing stalk because I'm not doing it right? I would usually never include the appearance of a "professional" (nothing about this woman is professional, especially the single closet-sized room she calls an office with greasy furniture and peeling walls) as any grounds of critique, but c'mon... a fat nutritionist? That's a red flag.
If you still think she's worthy of an appointment, by NO MEANS should you forget the check or you will ultimately awaken the beast. She flat out screamed at me when I tried to pay with my credit card-- a solid two minutes in the office, all the way down the grimy staircase and into the parking lot. She handed me a note with her address, then yanked it back and wrote "$$$140" in obnoxiously large letters and underlined about 5 times. This was also right after I politely offered to go next door and withdraw the money from an ATM. I remember her telling me over the phone that she "prefers check", however, last time I checked "prefer" did not mean "only", and I also thought she was "brutally honest" so why can't we be clear about the payment method here. She also refused to give me my referral until I mailed her the check.
Save yourself, beware of this horrible woman!! read more