I will never join WW again ( well the ONLINE version at least ). The money I spent up front for a 6 months membership ( $112.00 ) expecting of course to attend meetings for moral support, and their website did NOT indicate anywhere that it wasn't included.
That sure was embarrassing after going to the first meeting with no issue, getting the canvas bag of goodies ( calculator, recipe ideas, journal and restaurant guide ), sharing stories with the other members only to be told at meeting #2 " oh....THIS membership does not include meetings ".
Then they offered to allow me to attend the meetings IF I paid a whopping $22.00 a month to go? HA HA HA!!!!
I guess that is their rate......well I passed on that offer.
I did however get 1/3 of my fees refunded from the 6 month membership for losing 10 lbs ( it was a promo they offered and I jumped at that one ), so although I spent money there, really I did all the work.
Every day I logged in and entered every morsel I ate, entered any and all exercise, recorded my weight.....but the forums were full of glitches, so I stopped interacting there after some time, just continued logging my own progress.
Their Beyond The Scale programme where they now include counting sugar and fat made all the difference in me deciding to join. In the past I could never consider them because they only counted calories, ( and assigned points to them ) but allowed members to choose where they got those calories from, hence, many were choosing and eating terribly unhealthy high sugar and high fatty foods.
The new Beyond The Scale programme I definitely approve of. It does work and you really are not hungry if you are eating the right foods. ( lean meats, veggies, fruits, bla, bla bla. )
So....whoever climbs on board this time, we must remember that we are all in different phases in our lives ( very young, young with wee babies, middle gals with grown kids and good grief some of us are downright OLD! hee hee )
Also the " other life factors " ( poor health, financial stresses, work, ) that can drag so many of us though the ringers each day that we seem to give up before we begin.
With these and the variances in our ages comes particular and individual challenges that many of us forget we used to experience, and others who have not celebrated enough birthdays have no idea how complications from maturity can impact weight loss. ( yeah I am speaking to YOU menopause! )
The losing/gaining/losing-again/gaining-back again cycle that some have weathered through is particularly emotionally tough and anyone in that position also needs encouragement because this is sure not their first rodeo!
So I wish to declare this thread a kind and gentle safe zone where all of us can reach out and confess our worst diet behaviours without feeling like we are the only ones doing it.
We may hop on board here all gung ho and then suddenly slide off with no explanation, and that happened before.
No one should take anyone else's absence personal.
Similarly we should be able to brag with our chests pumped up when we are having a great day/week/month, despite one's weight loss......Any losses are victorious and yes, we ALL could use the cheerleading positive feedback from others whether the victory was a mere pound, or if we have reached the end of our weight loss goal and are maintaining.
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