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Thread started 01/06/12 7:41am

daPrettyman

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Charles Barkley calls Weight Watchers a "scam"

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Reply #1 posted 01/06/12 9:56am

RodeoSchro

He called them paying him to lose weight a scam, not Weight Watchers itself.

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Reply #2 posted 01/06/12 10:02am

Timmy84

RodeoSchro said:

He called them paying him to lose weight a scam, not Weight Watchers itself.

Yeah I can see why. I bet they're paying Jennifer Hudson to lose her weight. She's losing more weight faster than the Energizer Bunny.

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Reply #3 posted 01/06/12 10:24am

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I can't see the video but is he saying they are paying him to lose weight? They are paying another fat multi-millionaire to lose weight and get healthy? I think Weight Watchers has it all backwards. I can only speak for myself, but I would better relate to them featuring the average joe in their commercials rather than some big shot celebrity who probably has personal chefs preparing their meals and personal trainers helping them with their workouts.

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Reply #4 posted 01/06/12 10:24am

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Duped response.

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Reply #5 posted 01/06/12 10:56am

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Did anybody really think they weren't paying him?

Also, it doesn't actually make any difference because it still shows that their weight loss plan works.

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Reply #6 posted 01/06/12 12:18pm

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I honestly don't believe that J-Hud lost all her weight through Weight Watchers...nor do I believe that any of the celebs that endorse other weight programs actually lose on the program itself. They are just paid to do these commercials while they have their personal chefs and personal trainers to help them to really lose the weight. Either that or they do the surgery.

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Reply #7 posted 01/06/12 12:19pm

Timmy84

missfee said:

I honestly don't believe that J-Hud lost all her weight through Weight Watchers...nor do I believe that any of the celebs that endorse other weight programs actually lose on the program itself. They are just paid to do these commercials while they have their personal chefs and personal trainers to help them to really lose the weight. Either that or they do the surgery.

Exactly! Though I can believe Charles lost it on his own merit (and not by WW). But Jennifer... something screams surgery to me. Her head bigger than her body now.

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Reply #8 posted 01/06/12 12:32pm

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Timmy84 said:

RodeoSchro said:

He called them paying him to lose weight a scam, not Weight Watchers itself.

Yeah I can see why. I bet they're paying Jennifer Hudson to lose her weight. She's losing more weight faster than the Energizer Bunny.

He's calling it a scam because he feels that it is something easy for him and it is like he is scamming them out of their money. He also referred to his TNT gig as a "scam" because he got paid to watch and talk about sports. So, it's not a bad thing.

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Reply #9 posted 01/06/12 12:35pm

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daPrettyman said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah I can see why. I bet they're paying Jennifer Hudson to lose her weight. She's losing more weight faster than the Energizer Bunny.

He's calling it a scam because he feels that it is something easy for him and it is like he is scamming them out of their money. He also referred to his TNT gig as a "scam" because he got paid to watch and talk about sports. So, it's not a bad thing.

See I didn't even watch the video. lol But if he's saying it like that then he's right.

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Reply #10 posted 01/06/12 12:38pm

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By the way, you embedded the video wrong or posted the wrong link or something, this is why no one could see it...

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Reply #11 posted 01/06/12 12:48pm

Vendetta1

missfee said:

I honestly don't believe that J-Hud lost all her weight through Weight Watchers...nor do I believe that any of the celebs that endorse other weight programs actually lose on the program itself. They are just paid to do these commercials while they have their personal chefs and personal trainers to help them to really lose the weight. Either that or they do the surgery.

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Janet Jackson needs to stop lying and so does Mariah. rolleyes

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Reply #12 posted 01/06/12 12:48pm

daPrettyman

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Timmy84 said:

By the way, you embedded the video wrong or posted the wrong link or something, this is why no one could see it...

That's strange. I guess the link won't embedd. I put the link above also.

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Reply #13 posted 01/06/12 12:54pm

Timmy84

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missfee said:

I honestly don't believe that J-Hud lost all her weight through Weight Watchers...nor do I believe that any of the celebs that endorse other weight programs actually lose on the program itself. They are just paid to do these commercials while they have their personal chefs and personal trainers to help them to really lose the weight. Either that or they do the surgery.

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Janet Jackson needs to stop lying and so does Mariah. rolleyes

Yeah the both of them are pissing me off with their commercials too.

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Reply #14 posted 01/06/12 1:07pm

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Vendetta1 said:

missfee said:

I honestly don't believe that J-Hud lost all her weight through Weight Watchers...nor do I believe that any of the celebs that endorse other weight programs actually lose on the program itself. They are just paid to do these commercials while they have their personal chefs and personal trainers to help them to really lose the weight. Either that or they do the surgery.

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Janet Jackson needs to stop lying and so does Mariah. rolleyes

Indeed !

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Reply #15 posted 01/06/12 2:55pm

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Vendetta1 said:

missfee said:

I honestly don't believe that J-Hud lost all her weight through Weight Watchers...nor do I believe that any of the celebs that endorse other weight programs actually lose on the program itself. They are just paid to do these commercials while they have their personal chefs and personal trainers to help them to really lose the weight. Either that or they do the surgery.

highfive

Janet Jackson needs to stop lying and so does Mariah. rolleyes

nod As far as Mariah's concerned, is it just me or does she not look at that small? I mean yes, obviously she's smaller than she was while she was pregnant, but c'mon she was with baby. I've seen that Jenny commercial and something just smells photoshop to me.

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Reply #16 posted 01/06/12 3:00pm

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Timmy84 said:

missfee said:

I honestly don't believe that J-Hud lost all her weight through Weight Watchers...nor do I believe that any of the celebs that endorse other weight programs actually lose on the program itself. They are just paid to do these commercials while they have their personal chefs and personal trainers to help them to really lose the weight. Either that or they do the surgery.

Exactly! Though I can believe Charles lost it on his own merit (and not by WW). But Jennifer... something screams surgery to me. Her head bigger than her body now.

She's scaring me. I believe that her extreme weight loss is somehow shadowing the grief she's still going through with her family being murdered. While everyone is screaming that she looks great, I think she's gone past her limit. She could've stopped at a size 6 and looked great. Look at Vanessa L. Williams...I believe she's either a size 6 or 8 and I swear she looks immaculate than any size 2 or 0 woman. Not saying that Weight Watchers or any other weight loss program doesn't work, I've seen where WW has worked for folks I know personally, but it hasn't done anything for me. I lose more weight on my own, rather than having someone to tell me how to do it. And I get to keep more money in my pockets doing it as well.

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Reply #17 posted 01/06/12 3:17pm

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Only thing I can think about Weight Watcher is that this is the perfect time to get that second job from them, this is their peak season and they are definitely capitalizing on it.

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Reply #18 posted 01/06/12 3:33pm

Timmy84

missfee said:

Timmy84 said:

Exactly! Though I can believe Charles lost it on his own merit (and not by WW). But Jennifer... something screams surgery to me. Her head bigger than her body now.

She's scaring me. I believe that her extreme weight loss is somehow shadowing the grief she's still going through with her family being murdered. While everyone is screaming that she looks great, I think she's gone past her limit. She could've stopped at a size 6 and looked great. Look at Vanessa L. Williams...I believe she's either a size 6 or 8 and I swear she looks immaculate than any size 2 or 0 woman. Not saying that Weight Watchers or any other weight loss program doesn't work, I've seen where WW has worked for folks I know personally, but it hasn't done anything for me. I lose more weight on my own, rather than having someone to tell me how to do it. And I get to keep more money in my pockets doing it as well.

I can see why you say that. confused

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Reply #19 posted 01/06/12 3:42pm

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I don't think she's gone past her limit, but IMO she's definitely very near it. I had those same thoughts, though, so I hope she puts the breaks on the weight loss and just sticks with cardio and muscle work.

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