I was a member about 3 years ago. It’s an absolutely vile toxic group with no support at all.
I have struggled with BED my whole life because of a parent who restricted my food, used to use our dog to chase me around a field to exercise and berated me constantly for being overweight.
I’ve never successfully lost weight as emotional overeating always wins. I once asked for help in the group and Richie made me the subject of one of his rants. Using my full name. Calling me lazy and pathetic. Told me I was going to die. Told me I will never lose weight because I am weak and I actually don’t deserve to be thin or deserve his help.
At the time I was working 40 hours a week in my main job, then building a business which was another 30 hours a week - I tried to explain to him I didn’t have time to get 15,000 steps in but it was just pathetic excuses apparently. He set me back years. I’ve still not made any progress on my weight loss as in the back of my mind I hear his voice and my dads about how I’ll always be fat and lazy.
Im glad people have mentioned Preece - I always liked him and was aware of the fallout and the poor woman who was getting legal letters etc - I hope she stood her ground and stood up to them. Maybe I will have a look at Preece today and see if it’s time to make some changes.
That is absolutely disgraceful. I'm so sorry he's done that to you. He's set up that company where he allegedly helps people to lose weight for a monthly fee. What he's actually doing is taking the money & offering nothing but insults & abuse if you ask for help? The app doesn't work. It's a really cheap nasty version of mfp which is free. He's mentally and emotionally abusing anyone who asks anything of him.
The "you don't deserve to be thin" comment stands out. That's what it's all about. The aesthetic. He clearly doesn't give a sh*t about anyones wellbeing or mental health, as long as you're thin it doesn't matter how mentally or physically damaged you become in the process. It's the be all, end all. He's created such a negative, toxic environment. It's the opposite of health & wellbeing. Preece is such a lovely guy, I joined after he was mentioned here. It's everything RH isn't.
That post about counting calories of medicine! Good lord. If you disagree with him you somehow lack intelligence & you've to f**k off. What a child, he's embarrassing. It is too far and when you're tracking things like medicine to help you recover from an illness, that's one step towards an eating disorder. He shouldn't be encouraging that. Is he really expecting someone who is ill to avoid medication or even food because it would mean they wouldn't be in a deficit?
He's not in a position to call anyone thick. We've seen enough of him to know that. He's ultra sensitive & can't handle being challenged, even if it's indirectly. He comes across as such a sweetie wife who loves drama, squabbles and gossip.
It needs shut down now. There's obviously numerous instances of bullying & shaming people publicly. That kind of thing isn't on.