slimming world has made me want to starve

Getawayfromthecake wrote: »

Getawayfromthecake wrote: »

skinnyfitmella wrote: »

Maybe if you structure your post in parts with some distance between new thoughts I could read it.

Sorry skinnyfitmella I wrote this post with one hand and a crying baby in my arms as i stated at the bottom. I know it's long and erratic but I'm very emotional and upset. It's difficult to type with one hand on a touch screen phone or at least i struggle.

I'm also really depressed and at rock bottom so comments like that just make m,e think what's the point in reaching out

I get the distinct feeling that even if your post had been grammatically perfect and set out in a flawless essay, you'd not have got a lot of empathy from that direction, hon. Don't let it get to you.

goodasgoldilox wrote: »

There are some comedy sketches about a slimming consultant like yours. The British comedian David Walliams (who performs with Matt Lucas) created a character called Marjorie Dawes. She is insensitive and foolish in equal measure!

Thanks - found more info, dear #OP , this should help:
"The FatFighters diets Marjorie promotes are generally counterproductive to her group. One diet used by FatFighters is the "Half-the-Calories" diet. This involves cutting food in half, therefore giving it half the calories and because it's half the calories a person can have twice as much.[5] Marjorie is also a great believer in diets that involve eating dust, as dust, of course, has no fat in it, so someone can have as much dust as they like.[6] In the Little Britain script book for series 2, there is a FatFighters diet sheet that includes meals involving dust such as 'Dustburger', 'Full English Dust' and 'Pain au Dust'. The sheet includes a message at the bottom that says "It's not easy, but good luck and remember - you are fat, loathsome scum".*[7] As a result of such dietary advice, the group members often find other methods to lose weight much to the disgust of Marjorie who regards them traitors.

Another aspect that challenges Marjorie’s suitability for her job is the fact she is overweight herself, although she does claim to be at her target weight, despite being approximately 15 stone and 8½ pounds (99 kg). This is easily explained when Marjorie's own eating habits are shown, often doing exactly what she tells the FatFighters not to do. During sketches, she will occasionally try to hide from the group and eat large amounts of food in the mistaken belief the group cannot see or hear what she's doing."