Hands up if you hate the current Weight Watchers advert
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Russiandoll
Carpe diem
I hate it too .... pass the sick bucket!
flirty40greeneyes
Busy busy busy!!
Neither have I .....
canireallydothis!!
Gold Member
Oh, I havent seen it, cant get to see the TV for mini's!!!
Why is it soooo annoying?? Tell all!
Why is it soooo annoying?? Tell all!
Barb
Gold Member
It is so annoying because it is! Oh, I don't know, it's just the way they have this guy talking about how he has got ' the girl he married back' - puke puke. I mean honestly, has she got the man she married back? Do we all have to have guilt piled on us by bloody advertisers telloing us we are not good enough because we are not thin/smart/trim/well dressed/made up enough? I defy anyone to be 'the girl he married' after 4 kids(including a set of twins), 28 years of marriage and all the fun and frolics in between!
Gosh, do you think I am taking this ad too personally?
Yours worriedly
Gosh, do you think I am taking this ad too personally?
Yours worriedly
Russiandoll
Carpe diem
No - that's EXACTLY what ticked me off about it Barb. This idea that we somehow should lose weight simply to be 'someone' who fits a mould. He got 'the girl he married' back as if what she had become was somehow inferior.
Instead of heaping on the guilt about how we've 'failed' by gaining weight (I think it's called 'living'), what companies such as WW should be promoting is how losing weight and getting healthy moves you FORWARD into a new more fulfilling life instead of trying to recapture a time past.
I don't want to be 'the girl' my husband married ... she was sweet but insecure and had little confidence. I want to be the woman he married - more confident, wiser and complete with stretch marks!
Instead of heaping on the guilt about how we've 'failed' by gaining weight (I think it's called 'living'), what companies such as WW should be promoting is how losing weight and getting healthy moves you FORWARD into a new more fulfilling life instead of trying to recapture a time past.
I don't want to be 'the girl' my husband married ... she was sweet but insecure and had little confidence. I want to be the woman he married - more confident, wiser and complete with stretch marks!
flirty40greeneyes
Busy busy busy!!
oooooooooo I soooo want to see this advert now!
kazz
Gold Member
I'm glad you all seem to hte it for the same reasons as me!! The whold ad implies that he didnt love her as she was....eh I thought losing weight was for ourselves, yet not once did this magical woman say anything about how good SHE feels!!
On the topic of WW, I got a thing thru the post from them (again!) to 'come back'...apparently you can by a season pass now so you dont have to pay weekly anymore..wat a cop out! I can see the reasoning behind it but I still wouldnt go!!
On the topic of WW, I got a thing thru the post from them (again!) to 'come back'...apparently you can by a season pass now so you dont have to pay weekly anymore..wat a cop out! I can see the reasoning behind it but I still wouldnt go!!
AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
I can't wait to see the advert. I usually put the sound off adverts and read or do anything else to avoid them.
georgiasmum
Regular Member
I agree. I'm still me even if I'm fat!!!
AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
I've just seen it!
Well,most of it, anyway. I suppose he (the husband) means well, but I am not losing weight for anyone else except myself. My husband has supported and accepted me whatever my weight. He is supporting me doing LL too, even though it is expensive.
I wonder whether WW is capitalising on magnifying the lack of confidence women will feel anyway, and suggesting to them that they need to lose weight so everyone (husband, kids, friends) will be happy, and everything in the garden will be lovely again.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall during the 'brainstorming session' at the advertising agency!
Well,most of it, anyway. I suppose he (the husband) means well, but I am not losing weight for anyone else except myself. My husband has supported and accepted me whatever my weight. He is supporting me doing LL too, even though it is expensive.
I wonder whether WW is capitalising on magnifying the lack of confidence women will feel anyway, and suggesting to them that they need to lose weight so everyone (husband, kids, friends) will be happy, and everything in the garden will be lovely again.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall during the 'brainstorming session' at the advertising agency!
Diva
Cambridge Diet Counsellor
Oh my word! I thought it was just me!!! 
Not only is the husband annoying (and an extremely patronising bar steward) ....he's not exactly blessed in any department really is he?? ..... but also the fact that you never actually get to see this "success story"!
Drives me round the flaming bend!
Not only is the husband annoying (and an extremely patronising bar steward) ....he's not exactly blessed in any department really is he?? ..... but also the fact that you never actually get to see this "success story"! Drives me round the flaming bend!
kazz
Gold Member
I tell you wat annoys me most about it??
The beautician, who says 'it takes half the time' and 'she eats healthily and still can have a cheeky chinese'....
And the neighbour who 'as a man' has noticed....cant pinpoint exactly WHY these annoy me but they do...as someone else said the whoe thing is patronising!!
The beautician, who says 'it takes half the time' and 'she eats healthily and still can have a cheeky chinese'....
And the neighbour who 'as a man' has noticed....cant pinpoint exactly WHY these annoy me but they do...as someone else said the whoe thing is patronising!!
Russiandoll
Carpe diem
LMAO!!!!
