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Obese weight loss consultants

27 replies

Happypie · 27/10/2018 11:45

Over the years I have been a member of WW and SW. I have had 5 different consultants and they were all fat. My current consultant is obese. Am I BU to think that you should be a normal weight to be a consultant?

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Blondebakingmumma · 27/10/2018 11:49

Tricky one. The consultants may have all the knowledge but don’t apply to their own lives? Or they may have already lost weight and still on their own weight loss journey?
I don’t think it means they are not going to do a good job, but I get where you are coming from

minniemummy0 · 27/10/2018 11:50

Been a member of both WW and SW over the past 18 years. I’ve never ever had a leader/consultant that was obese.

I did have one that put on weight and became overweight, she had a Pcos and then a hysterectomy and was very honest about her weight struggles surrounding this. She was really quite ill at one point. Should she have been sacked because of this? Surely that would be discrimination?

Tbh, I’d rather go to a meeting with someone who understands the struggles.

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 27/10/2018 11:50

Never had this- I’ve done many a diet, Sw, WW, Cambridge etc and they’ve all used the programme and we’re slim. I on the other hand are not!

Bombardier25966 · 27/10/2018 11:51

On your reasoning shouldn't all healthcare professionals also be of a healthy weight? No, because that would be ridiculous.

Judge them on how well they do their job.

shoofly · 27/10/2018 11:53

I thought WW weighed consultants and they had to be within healthy BMI ? Had one ww consultant who apparently left because she wasn't. Have known SW consultants occasionally a little overweight and working on it, but certainly not obese.

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Happypie · 27/10/2018 11:54

Bombadere shouldn’t doctors and nurses who give advice about healthy eating be a healthy weight?

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araiwa · 27/10/2018 11:55

I wouldnt want a driving instructor who couldnt drive either

JacquesHammer · 27/10/2018 11:55

I went to see a dietician briefly at my GP’s surgery.

She was morbidly obese.

I’m afraid I couldn’t take her seriously as she had a wastepaper bin full of junk food wrappers.

Lokisglowstickofdestiny · 27/10/2018 11:57

Do these consultants need have been at a target weight before they start the job? If they do then I'd not think much of them as a example of how effective these plans are. My only experience of SW is my MIL who has been going on and off for decades losing the same few stone.

Bimgy85 · 27/10/2018 11:59

No.

I had a nutrition teacher who was obese. Some people are happy to stay overweight. Yabu.

Do you think all doctors don't smoke? Or have cancer?

I used to be a chef, do you think I cooked a fresh home cooked meal every night?

IAmBeyonceAlways · 27/10/2018 12:00

@JacquesHammer I’m afraid I couldn’t take her seriously as she had a wastepaper bin full of junk food wrappers

oh goodness that just made me snort!!! Grin

YANBU - they should be a healthy weight I agree, not skinny but appropriate to their frame

sunshinewithabitofdrizzle · 27/10/2018 12:01

My mum was a WW leader for years and had to be a healthy weight, she got weighed monthly. That was many years ago though so maybe they've changed their rules since.

StuntCroissant · 27/10/2018 12:01

I agree, OP. For the same reason I would want a lawyer who wasn't a criminal, or an art teacher who could draw, or an AA leader who was sober.

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Happypie · 27/10/2018 12:02

Jacqueshammer I think people fail to take the Belgian Minister for health seriously for Simon Larisa reasons. www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/fat-health-minister-critics-attack-4435156.amp

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Happypie · 27/10/2018 12:03
  • Smilar not Simon Larisa
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IAmBeyonceAlways · 27/10/2018 12:09

Shock that link!!!! That is ridiculous

PussGirl · 27/10/2018 12:20

WW & SW don't want you to lose weight & keep it off - they'd go bust if that happened.

The consultants you mention are probably just following their own advice about fruit & veg containing "empty calories" so you can eat as much of them as you like.

You could get fat on lettuce if you could manage to munch through enough of it.

OrdinarySnowflake · 27/10/2018 12:25

It's not a very good advertisment of their product, is it?

But then, those diet group businesses need people to be shit at eating a healthy way for their body size/lifestyle.

Foxyloxy1plus1 · 27/10/2018 12:26

I do actually think hi I that people who give advice about healthy eating should not be obese. I believe that medical professional should not smoke too. What’s the point in trumpeting that the hospital is a no smoking one, when there are clusters of people in uniform smoking outside.

I don’t think that people are talking about someone who is a little overweight, but being obese compromises lots of things and must be unhealthy.

hidinginthenightgarden · 27/10/2018 12:31

I think you have to be close to your target weight when you become a SW consultant. I have known a few and can say one is amazing and lives her life by it. Pactice what you preach etc, one is just starting out but has lost loads of weight on the programme and one was doing the opposite of the plan she was pushing!

OftenHangry · 27/10/2018 12:36

It is imho as a dentist with rotten teeth.

They don't need to be skinny, but they should be a healthy weight inspiration for customers.

Cherries101 · 27/10/2018 12:43

Ww and SW doesn’t teach about calories or portion control for maintenance: they are both absolutely only designed to work while you pay to be a member. If you struggle to maintain weight then you need to follow a calorie (not points) controlled diet.

eloliphant · 27/10/2018 12:43

I'm in the process of becoming a SW consultant, I've lost 4 stone in under a year but I'm still overweight, a size 18 and have 3 more stone to go until I'm in a healthy weight range but I don't think that means I'd be a bad consultant.

If the person giving advice is not following the plan or has a bin full of chocolate wrappers however, then that's not okay

chocolatecoveredraisons · 27/10/2018 12:45

Applying that logic you could say a man can't be a gynaecologist or a midwife or those who haven't had kids shouldn't be a midwife. They may be an expert in the field but have no self control

peonysandhotcrossbuns · 27/10/2018 12:46

It's tricky because you really need inspiration when you're in a rut with your weight so for me I couldn't take advice from someone who wasn't walking the talk.
I'm like this in all areas of life e.g. I don't take life advice from people who make poor decisions in their own.
Would you go to a bankrupt accountant?