25/11/2025
What in the world is this NONSENSE 😭
Let’s whack a bit of tax onto milkshakes and that’ll SOLVE EVERYTHING.
Guys, my job is over, stop having milkshakes.. or do have milkshakes. I thought this picture was also quite APT given I was holding a basket of chocolate… ANYWAY.
Literally, milkshakes have sweet FA to do with anything.
How about we start at the part where everyone’s been on a d i e t for years and is constantly on a d i e t….
We’re not talking about people being “lazy” or “undisciplined.”
We’re talking about people who have GENUINELY tried for YEARS and keep blaming themselves for something that was never their fault.
The part where “all d i e t’s” fail because they aren’t actually set up to help people sustainably lose weight over time.
For example, people have tried “everything,” yes because what people try are things like
Shakes… which is literally OVERPRICED protein powder that’s simply a meal replacement. You can literally eat the same calories in whole foods.
So people have tried this, lost weight, and then regained it… why? Because you cannot replace meals for the rest of your life.
There is also absolutely nothing magical in a shake that you can’t get from food.
So you’ve restricted yourself out and now have a fear of food. Decades of failed diets leave people feeling broken, ashamed, and terrified of eating normally and then we’re out here pointing fingers at milkshakes?
People skip their breakfast & have salads for lunch do you overeat at night time and dive headfirst into the biscuit tin about 2–3pm in the office?
Or wandered off WFH to go get a snack? Yeah, because you’re hungry, because starving yourself isn’t the solution either.
You can’t build a lifelong healthy routine on starvation and salad leaves. It’s not sustainable, and that’s why people stay stuck in the same cycle year after year.
People are overworked, STRESSED AF, many women struggling with menopause… so we emotional eat more than ever
And the system would rather tax a drink than actually address the real issues…
NHS pathway in weight management is clubs in the community
Because counting food as sins really promotes a healthy relationship with food… it causes weird weighing behaviours and associates good efforts with scale weight.
How is anyone supposed to have a normal relationship with food when everything’s labelled good/bad and your entire progress depends on a number?
I think the least of our worries right now is milkshakes.
The real problem is the lack of actionable information out there.
Yes, it’s all there but no one is applying an NHS food plate to a real life situation when you’ve got a single mum with two stressed out kids trying to eat a bit better and do some movement.
What people actually need is simple, realistic habits, proper education, and support that fits their actual life…
not another headline blaming milkshakes.
Ridiculous
