to be wary about an overweight WW leader?

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There's a Weight Watchers meeting not for from me and at time that could suit me. The woman who leads it lives in the area and seems very nice. I know her only very loosely through various neighbourhood events.

Thing is she's quite overweight, quite significantly rather than just a few pounds. From memory, I think she's previously had a dramatic weight loss but it seems as if she's gained it back. It's none of my business and as a serial dieter myself I wouldn't ordinarily judge another woman's body shape. But it doesn't really inspire confidence that she practices what she preaches.

AIBU to think this is probably a bad idea?

Dunno. I had a guy at WW who was overweight but he had lost about 15 stone!

Yabvu

Dont go, weight watchers is supposed to be a supportive place.

That's a really good point, thanks. I hadn't considered that.

I thought weight watchers didnt exist any more?

I go to weightwatchers and the coach is still on her own ww journey. So far she’s lost about 50 odd lbs. She certainly practices what she preaches.

She does practice what she preaches. Restricting herself and losing a large amount of weight and being unable to keep up with that level of restriction, so putting it back on. That’s the WW model or any diet model. As a serial dieter, you know this is the cycle.

Not for me, I lost 8 stone on WW a few years back and havent put any back on.

I never restricted myself, ate nutritious freshly prepared food, healthy snacks and still do.

I dunno. I knew someone who was a WW leader who weighed 14 stone and always said she could lose half a stone in a fortnight if she wanted to. A nice enough lady but she fed her own kids crap out of a packet and now she has type 2 diabetes.

I was in Hospital sharing a ward with a lady who was a slimming world leader and we both gave birth to our children on the same day. She was honest about her weight issues and slimmed down significantly and impressively afterwards.

I think it depends on the person.

You’re the exception, not the rule. Any quick google would tell you that.

No, it should make you wary of WW though. Their business model relies on customers failing to lose weight/keep it off. Statistics overwhelmingly back that up.

not just WW - all of them.

I suppose it depends what you expect from them, if you want inspirational leadership and someone who can speak to their own experience of successful weight loss then it's an issue.

But I think many people who go want someone they can relate to and who is there for advice and support not necessarily a "success story". So it's not inherently bad but maybe not for you.

Never heard of ‘do as I say not as I do’? Or even ‘those who can’t, teach’?
What she does in her own kitchen shouldn’t concern you. As long as YOU follow whatever WW recommends (I’m not familiar with how it works) and she’s supportive then it doesn’t matter what she weighs.

yeah it does?

Guess join and see if she loses weight over the next 3/6mths

and if she gained weight she obv starting again and hopefully will lose it again

This.
big diet will never leave us alone as long as the cycle continues- it’s how they make money.

Have a look at thesallywilkinson on insta. She’s passionate about ditching the diet clubs and is a totally inspirational, relatable lady who gets under your skin. Honestly, she will change the way you feel - says it as it is (in her Lancashire accent with some swearing 😮) but she gets inside your head! @

A slimming world leader who i knew use to take cocaine that kept her slim and everyone thought she was amazing and how great sw was so I really wouldn't put to much thought it into. Its also likely any sw/ww leaders are probably on the jabs now

I don’t know about WW in the UK but I’m in the States and it’s basically an agency for weightloss drugs now, selling them through their website with an added fee for “support”. They had pretty much disappeared before this change over. I assume it will go the same way over your side of the Atlantic.

I lost a lot of weight on WW once upon a time but it did give me an eating disorder. Luckily enough I was able to recognise that and do something about it. I think the WE eating plan is sound but the meetings are not and weekly weigh-ins lead to all sorts of problems. An overweight leader is the least of it.

Why are you wary of her? Do.you think she will almost you fatter by association? It should make you wary of the ww process. Yes for some it works but for most people it's a quick fix and then the weight goes back on.

Well, once I popped into a hair salon. I wanted to make an appointment for a cut and balayage. The hair stylist's own hair was absolutely tragic, fried, overbleached, unevenly coloured; it was truly awful. I left promptly. I'm not going to let a woman with hair worse than my granny's 20 year old faux fur cushion 'style' my hair.

So, the same applies to your OP.

Or she could be starting out again @Abyzou and will lose the weight

I’d expect a group leader to have attained their target weight and sustained it but that’s probably just me.

There used to be a comedy sketch on tv of a weight loss group where the leader was horrible, that was my experience many years ago and I only went for 3 weeks. I’ll never forget the venom of that woman because I said I’d had a banana in a smoothie for breakfast. You’d think I’d kicked a puppy at her reaction, apparently mashed bananas were the work of devil and I hadn’t counted it differently, it was really weird. Years later I still can’t get my brain to understand it.

That would be little Britain

fat fighters
Marjorie Dawes

https://littlebritain.fandom.com/wiki/Marjorie_Dawes

That was the one.

Is it Majorie Doors?
Oh man I love de cake.