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I am guessing it is short for WEI(ght) LOS(s) ? Just a wild guess.

Yes that's right codegeek. Definitely did not intend to have the name sound like "whales"

I'm sure that's the idea. I was just pointing out the first thing that came to mind when I read the name.

Strange, I thought it sounded like Wales...I wonder if they're implying there's a lot of fat people there.

Weilos doesn't sound like whales to me at all.

In addition to "weight loss", it also sounds like "weigh less".