Fat People are Stupid
And they have less chance of succeeding ….than winning the lottery.
Which rather nasty person said this?
Was it Frankie Boyle? Nope.
Was it Roy Chubby Brown? Nope.
Was it Katie Hopkins? (to be fair, probably at some point but not in this instance)
No it was WEIGHT WATCHERS
YUP.
Their ex-finance director RICHARD SAMBER was responsible for the reassuring revelation:
“Our customers are as likely to succeed as they are to win the lottery”
When he was asked about their APPALLING….
“16 percent success rate after five years”
Read that again please. ^^^^^^^^^
(i.e those that achieved what they set out to do) said: that the business is successful
“because the other 84 percent have to come back and do it again…
that’s where our business comes from”
If we had a 84% failure rate at W&G… we would damn well give up.
We would obviously be hugely completely incompetent and in no position to advise anyone about anything.
…Not brag about it.
Here’s a nasty little campaign they had running in the US
Essentially – the message was:
- Its OK to binge
- Its OK to eat all your childrens Easter eggs
- because we can wipe the slate clean every day!
- Whoo.
- High Five
So go in there – CONFESS (disturbing religious reference) and be absolved of your food sins.
Hallelujah.
And their original spokeswoman Bernice Weston (yay – girl power), was responsible for this enlightened comment:
“When it comes to food, fat people are basically very stupid.”
And in 2013, consumers spent $5 billion on WW products in an attempt to lose weight. That number has risen steadily since then.
This blog is already too long and I have SO much more to say.
Like the fact that WW do not list the ingredients in their DIET food on their Website.
There is a reason for this. It’s just dreadful ‘non-food’.
Here’s an example:
Ingredients:
Tortilla (Water, Enriched Flour [Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Flour, Modified Wheat Starch, Canola Oil, Wheat Gluten, Glycerine, Tomato with Pieces [Tomato Concentrate, Guar Gum], [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Bicarbonate Soda, Cornstarch, Monocalcium Phosphate],Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Sugar, Salt, Granulated Garlic, Citric Acid), Cooked White Meat Chicken (White Meat Chicken, Water, Modified Potato Starch, Salt, Sodium Phosphate), Ranchero Sauce (Tomatoes [Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Calcium Chloride, Citric Acid], Water, Chicken Base [Chicken Meat with Juice, Salt, Cane Solids, Corn Maltodextrin, Chicken Fat, Yeast Extract, Dried Onion, Spice Extractives, Turmeric], Chili Paste [Chili Peppers, Dried Onion and Garlic, Yeast Extract, Salt, Spices, Beef Extract, Citric Acid], Roasted Tomatoes, Granulated Onion, Granulated Garlic, Jalapenos [Jalapenos, Water, Vinegar, Salt], Modified Cornstarch, Modified Cellulose, Spices, Chipotle Chili Powder], Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese (Part Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto [Color]), Monterey Jack Cheese ( Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Bell Peppers (Red, Green), , Roasted Poblano Chillies, Modified Cornstarch.
Yum.
- MSG
- Salt
- Preservatives
- Additives
Utter rubbish.
And this is what they peddle at meetings.
And they KNOW that 84% of people they will fail.
Yes, of course, you will hear success stories. The 16%ers are the ones that took responsibility.
Did some exercise.
Ate fresh food and looked at why they were overeating.
Eating sensibly and exercising isn’t the hard way to lose weight and feel brilliant.
It is the only way.
Not confessing to a BILLION DOLLAR false God – who treats you with UTTER CONTEMPT.
And then brags about it.
p.s. if you bump into Ms Weston can you send her this link: (all women need to read it) sounds like she more than most:
“How to be a Woman”
it’s a good book.