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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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BluebellsareBlue · 18/01/2022 17:33

Cooo cooo is actually a pigeon noise, toowhit toowoo is an owl noise.

So to clarify you went all pigeon on her ass!

Yabu - it's a very aggressive thing to do

RememberToLookUp · 18/01/2022 17:34

20 pages in and we are still on owl houses?! Grin.

Muller Lights are shite. Any ‘diet’ that tells you to eat them is shite.

RememberToLookUp · 18/01/2022 17:35

Houses = noises Grin

Unsure33 · 18/01/2022 17:35

It’s not about the calories . The syns are worked out on sugar and fat content . But if you are doing SW you can look it up to check . So I think you were rude and SW works for a lot of people . ( mainly as you wint go hungry with free foods)

I would be upset if I was her .

HelloFrostyMorning · 18/01/2022 17:36

No sign of the OP since half one this afternoon then! Grin

MonaLisaUC · 18/01/2022 17:37

I am crying here. This has T-Rexing and Snapped and Farted written all over it.

SomeOwlsCoo · 18/01/2022 17:37

@HelloFrostyMorning

No sign of the OP since half one this afternoon then! Grin
She's sleeping. Owls are nocturnal and they do say coo
TolkiensFallow · 18/01/2022 17:38

Owl noises? In her face? At work? Yabu.

AutumnLeaves21 · 18/01/2022 17:41

Op, I think you made a mistake in your OP and said owl when you meant cuckoo.
Then I think when you realised people would call you rude, doubled down and pretended you gently “coooed” in her face the distract her (???) to avoid looking rude/twatty but instead have made yourself look fucking insane.
I really hope this is the case for your sake, everyone in the office will think you’re a nutter.

SynchroSwimmer · 18/01/2022 17:41

….are we talking Barn Owl….or European Eagle Owl?

WorkHardPlayHard1 · 18/01/2022 17:42

@saturdayhelicopter

Well this thread is a hoot.
Lol 🤦🏻‍♀️ brilliant!!
heelforheelandtoefortoe · 18/01/2022 17:42

Its not just the calories you need to look at.

My DH thinks anything marked 'low fat' is okay.

Which one of us lost weight? Yes, the one doing SW (me)

ClawedButler · 18/01/2022 17:42

SW works by limiting what you can use to make a meal. So you struggle to make meals (at first), and lose weight. Then you get to know the "tricks" and lo! your weightloss slows or stops. But it can't be the plan, as it worked before, so you keep going to the meetings and buying the magazine, and learn more tricks, and so it goes on.

If any diet/eating plan worked consistently, we'd all only have to do it once and we'd be slim for life. Their business model depends on repeat failure.

I know this because I am wise. Wise as an....

Skeumorph · 18/01/2022 17:43

@MonaLisaUC

I am crying here. This has T-Rexing and Snapped and Farted written all over it.
yeah, that's the idea.

OP fancies being the new Sistine Screamer. Bore off owly!

pictish · 18/01/2022 17:44

All I can think is how horrible, synthetic and unfulfilling Muller Lights are.

miltonj · 18/01/2022 17:44

Honestly this is only the 2nd ever post that has brought me to tears, Im trying to put my sleeping baby down to bed but Im laughing uncontrollably.

SarahBop · 18/01/2022 17:45

I feel like Owl Noises is the new Snapped and farted...Grin

Dixiechickonhols · 18/01/2022 17:47

No tie in with muller lights there’s no recommendation to eat them on sw. It’s like a weird urban myth. In 3 years my consultant has never mentioned them (I still go as a target member)
Only Yoghurt that gets mentioned regularly at ours is Isey skyr baked apples - high protein and delicious. It’s only sold in M & S £2 so people buy it for each other. 1.5 syns 450g. kvarg (high protein flavoured quark) is popular too.

grapewine · 18/01/2022 17:50

@Pikaso

I didn’t screech at her, it was just a coo coo type thing
Rude and utterly bizarre. Of course, you are bloody unreasonable for that. I hope you're winding us up. Otherwise, cop on.
Howshouldibehave · 18/01/2022 17:50

I did owl noises in her face

Can I ask what on earth for?! Is there some social convention where people don’t believe others so make owl noises?! I messed that memo!

grapewine · 18/01/2022 17:53

@REP22

Perhaps OP is frustrated because she never got her Hogwarts letter.
Grin Grin
shouldistop · 18/01/2022 17:53

Do you coo at people a lot? Why? Why do you think it's a normal thing to do?

Nousernameforme · 18/01/2022 17:54

Haven't read the full thread but is everyone agreed that this never happened?
As has been said a new member to SW wouldnt be calling muller lights free as they haven't been for years.
Sw basically tries to package calorie counting in an easier way banking on the fact that there is only so much lettuce you can actually eat in one session. It works for some doesn't for others. Live and let live.
I do have to agree that the Issy baked apple skyr is amazing.

FinallyHere · 18/01/2022 17:55

SW is a money making franchise akin to MLM outfit. Of course they brain wash people to insist on the brand they have deals for.

YABU getting involved.

CovidForChristmas · 18/01/2022 17:55

@Pikaso

I didn’t screech at her, it was just a coo coo type thing
No wonder she lost her her coo-l with you.