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To have laughed at her Slimming World advice?

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Pikaso · 18/01/2022 13:04

Woman at work has been doing Slimming World. She’s obsessed with it and goes on about it constantly armed with her books and Muller Lights at every meal.
I told her last week I was going to give it a go. I didn’t buy Muller Lights but instead bought some asda own yogurts which had almost identical calorie, fat and sugar content. Sat down to eat lunch yesterday and she came in and said “I thought you were doing slimming world?”. I said “I am” so she said “how many syns in those yogurts?” So I said “none, they’re the same as muller lights”. She replied “no, you’re meant to eat Muller lights!” And looked really concerned and worried!! I did owl noises in her face and told her the calories, sugar and fat etc were exactly the same so why would it matter??! She actually left the room muttering about how it won’t work if you don’t do it properly.

I did slimming world a few years back and stopped because of the cult like behaviour of the members and leaders. I thought I’d give it another go but she has totally put me off again! Nothing has changed!!
She’s been off with me ever since. WIBU to have laughed at her muller light concerns?? Common sense tells you it’s the calories etc that matter, not the bloody name on the pot!!

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Beautiful3 · 18/01/2022 16:42

I'm laughing so hard at your owl noises!! How funny! I remember being alot younger and following ww. I was so confused by the whole points system! I literally ate the same things or had food branded by ww, as I wasn't sure what they were, without the calculator! 😄 I was so shocked when a friend reeled off a list of equivalent snacks I could have instead. It blew my mind! Haha!

CiaoForDiNiaoSaur · 18/01/2022 16:43

@Bypassed21

T-Rexing at the supermarket

Bitzandbobsbitzandbobs · 18/01/2022 16:43

Yeah, two voting options don't seem to cover this scenario.

We all know people lose the plot a bit with SW, but it's an anxious thing , this losing weight business, so I can forgive her for getting the heebie jeebies if a disciple seems someone go a bit rogue by having own brand alternatives to the ones SW obviously have shares in.

And, whilst making noises like an Owl ..or a pigeon as it transpires - is a bit mad, if someone did it to me I would probably stop talking which is what you wanted to happen.

steff13 · 18/01/2022 16:44

@DisappearingGirl

Is the owl noises a typo like "then I snapped and farted"?
Snapped and farted was not a typo.
Allycott · 18/01/2022 16:47

@JolkienRolkienRolkienTolkien

What sort of owl noises did you make? A gentle 'twit-twoo' or a full on screech?
Lol.
Mojoj · 18/01/2022 16:48

It's all a load of mince! Sins etc. What an unhealthy attitude to food. Eat less, do more. And stop funding the billion pound diet industry!!!!

Changechangychange · 18/01/2022 16:48

@mongoosebaby

I'm just here for the Gruffalo comments. Fingers crossed for the deletion message 'goodbye little mouse'
Reported, not because I want your post deleted, but to ask MNHQ to please do this.
MajorCarolDanvers · 18/01/2022 16:50

You were incredibly rude

JustJustWhy · 18/01/2022 16:51

I'm afraid the OP won't be back. I'm sad to report that Barbara decided to give her a taste of her own medicine.

It was a violent coup.

JeshusHChr · 18/01/2022 16:51

YABU. If only for going all owl on her arse

I know I am late to this thread but this is the most excellent reason for giving someone a YABU I have ever seen Grin

Hemingwayzcatz · 18/01/2022 16:52

I lost 7 stone a few years ago in a year without any sort of group like this at all, just off my own back. I did it by healthy eating, portion control and a lot of exercise, simple really. My friend at the time was doing slimming world and she couldn’t fathom why I was eating things as calorific as a banana when I could eat a slimming world bar for half the calories…

She did not lose anywhere near as much weight as I did so I was happy to continue eating fruit and left her to the dodgy overpriced ‘diet’ bars.

XioXio · 18/01/2022 16:53

OP is ridiculous. Who makes owl noises at someone! I've never heard of such a thing.

Also, only free yogurts are the plain fat free ones. And they aren't compulsory! It's great to have as a topping for fruit or to add a little extra to lunch etc but eating Muller lights or Asda version is not what makes slimming world work at all.

londonrach · 18/01/2022 16:56

Owl noises...you five? You vvvv rude on this. Re the other bits yanbu. But be nice op

BatshitBanshee · 18/01/2022 16:56

Your friend sounds conditioned but you sound fucking nuts and rude for "owl noises in her face".

And an owl doesn't even say coo you daft wagon. That's a cuckoo.

Musmerian · 18/01/2022 16:56

I stopped going when the team leader insisted I wasn’t losing weight because I wasn’t eating enough. She had no logic or understanding of the plan and eas hugely frustrating. Plus Muller Lights are crap and bad for you Syns or no Syns.

PupInAPram · 18/01/2022 16:57

@Pikaso

I didn’t screech at her, it was just a coo coo type thing
This is a pigeon, not an owl.
XioXio · 18/01/2022 16:58

@Hemingwayzcatz that's what I don't get about people with Slimming World. They sell the bars but it doesn't mean you HAVE to eat them. I find them too sweet and too small so I'd just munch my way through the whole box undermining my weight loss. Therefore I don't buy them.

PupInAPram · 18/01/2022 16:58

@JustJustWhy

I'm afraid the OP won't be back. I'm sad to report that Barbara decided to give her a taste of her own medicine.

It was a violent coup.

😂😂😂😂😂
BABAHOTEL · 18/01/2022 17:00

So she is obsessed with it, goes on about it all the time, so you then decide to use her knowledge and books and hoot in her face when she corrects you.

If you want to do, which you don't because on this one person you think it is OTT, then pay for the meetings and get correct advice.

Beyond rude and a total user.

Cailleach · 18/01/2022 17:03

This is so going in Classics, so I just wanted to prove I was here for, y'know, posterity.

Allycott · 18/01/2022 17:04

OP - I am interested in the comments you make about SW being a cult. I thought this when I went a few years ago. I got sick of the automaton-like behaviour every week and down playing of the importance of exercise. I did manage to lose half a stone but now I follow a more balanced diet and exercise more using cardio and weighs and the results are much better. And I only have to be accountable to me.

firstimemamma · 18/01/2022 17:04

Really tempted to change my username to 'justacoocootypething' in honour of this brilliant thread. Owl noises wtf?!

DrCoconut · 18/01/2022 17:05

But on SlimmingWorld bananas are free and the bars aren't? So it makes more sense to eat bananas based on the rules. I follow it roughly as I find it helps but I also allow myself some flexibility.

PupInAPram · 18/01/2022 17:06

Please stop people. I'm laughing so hard I can't catch my breath!

CiaoForDiNiaoSaur · 18/01/2022 17:07

Owls do say coo.
I mean OP is batshit, but they do coo.

To have laughed at her Slimming World advice?