I feel so conflicted about Trisha and her presence on social media. I believe that she is struggling so much in her weight loss. As someone who is in the (life-time) phase of weight loss maintenance, I know how hard and relentless it can be when the struggle around weight gain (whatever the reason for it is) is front and centre every day. Whenever I would lose a significant amount of weight, some people would treat me differently. This was probably a combination of interest on their part as to how I was losing it, or a better mood on my part and being more open to engage with people socially. This proved to be disastrous for me in that when I started to gain weight again, I withdrew from those people as I don’t know how to handle the contrast between being congratulated on losing weight and feeling that there was an awkwardness because I was visibly getting bigger. It was really hard to deal with. I feel that Trisha is there now. My heart goes out to her on that level: whatever the reason is for her inability to lose weight, she has brought an awful lot of eyes on her and that must be pressure filled on top of everything else. However, this does not excuse the manipulation and absolute brazenness of her coming on sm every day and representing herself as some kind of lifestyle/weight loss guru and selling, selling, selling. Setting up questions (today’s being about walking) for no other reason than it prompting the fitness app and the watch and the shoes etc. Enough.
The trouble is that she can’t lose (pardon the pun). If she gets back on track at some point and does the things she says she is doing (but is not) then she will look as if she knows what she is doing and her books (please, not another one) will sell. If not, if she goes back to where she started, then she will always have the reason of addiction/ injury/ whatever it is she struggles with and that will be the sympathy getter for her. The majority of people who follow her on insta are not really paying attention. They give her likes and comments but don’t really see her and if they do, still give her the odd generic motivational comment. All I can do is vote with my unfollow and hope that she becomes honest with herself and does the right thing which is to stop lying about her life. Admitting that things were not going well (after the fact) but that she has now “reset” etc., does not help anyone. Weight loss is hard enough without the amount of mis-information and terrible advice she gives. She should not be considered an inspiration to anyone.
The trouble is that she can’t lose (pardon the pun). If she gets back on track at some point and does the things she says she is doing (but is not) then she will look as if she knows what she is doing and her books (please, not another one) will sell. If not, if she goes back to where she started, then she will always have the reason of addiction/ injury/ whatever it is she struggles with and that will be the sympathy getter for her. The majority of people who follow her on insta are not really paying attention. They give her likes and comments but don’t really see her and if they do, still give her the odd generic motivational comment. All I can do is vote with my unfollow and hope that she becomes honest with herself and does the right thing which is to stop lying about her life. Admitting that things were not going well (after the fact) but that she has now “reset” etc., does not help anyone. Weight loss is hard enough without the amount of mis-information and terrible advice she gives. She should not be considered an inspiration to anyone.
