Firstly , i would like to Thank Mumsnet - if it was not for your threads about concerned ladies and the wording Miss Slinky , i would not be right now trying to stand up for so many that are offended, upset, angry, confused etc about this award wording-
Quick explanation - After joining SW last march in just a couple of months i won woman of the year in my class competition i was delighted. Ok, im the class clown but also as ive been told by class members, i contribute a lot to help others, recipes from my cooking experience, chats to encourage others etc and i appreciated the award - I went on to opening an instagram page to share my SW foods/inventions of foods/desserts galore and have loved it then opened a facebook page too -
Then came the announcement the week before about a certain award called Miss Slinky 😮 Straight away sitting there listening I instantly sank in my chair 🙈 OMG im far from Slinky , this makes me feel rubbish , why have they got an award called this when ladies are trying hard to slim down still and have a fair way to go, not feeling slinky or looking it - But then my consultant carried on with her words, that the award was actually about inspirational people in the class, vote for the person whos journey you admire, for their weight loss etc etc OK NOW im confused ?? Where does slinky come into this ?? So long story shory 🙈 I WON and far from slinky i put my inner emotions to one side for the sake of the class members and respected that lots of them couldnt see my quarm or upset inside me- I fell home that day in tears - I wanted to shout out to the wirld in my instagram and facebook inhad won but knew 😕 I could get sarcastic remarks here from sooooo many non SW people who just look at my food ie “Your still a big lady” “Not Slinky like” - reason i went to SW was to get me back, lose weight but get confidence back 😢 This affected me so i asked around was i being stupid about it ! Everyone agreed that Miss Slinky was probably the wrong word and so i webt further and took to the internet to search for other ladies who had won and had to explain themselves or disagreed with the award wording etc and I found mumsnet straight away going back to 2015 😮 So i took this to Slimming World - last November , Long story short i took this concern to stand up for not only myself but for many other ladies - Ive been ignored by Slimming World , 😡 after many weeks and obviously after their national miss slinky award i approached again and told the customer service lady in my messages that her promise to pass on my upset and concern had been ignored , the team had not got back to me !! This is a very important issue how come? I had a robotic answer and have been ignored by slimming world team still - so ive now written on their facebook page , infront of all their followers - im not keeping quiet anymore, we pay good money and they bat on about members come first !!!!
I ask - is there any ladies here who still feel this is wrong to be labelling an award like this as Miss Slinky ???
I thought i was spitting my dummy out but seems there so many out there has had same experience. Standing up for them too x
Once again Thankyou Mumsnet