Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
escribió:
I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has. Is
it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or some
other things, or not?

No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)




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Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
escribió:
I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has. Is
it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or some
other things, or not?

No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)




--
bicker®
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/D...ry_040602.html

Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

On 8/3/2004 11:35 AM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:
In article , *bicker* wrote:

A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
escribió:

I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has. Is
it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or some
other things, or not?

No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)


Thanks Bicker. I submitted my application.

i
I thought that you started maintenance last October? If so, you have
not maintained for one year and therefore you do not qualify.

--
jmk in NC

Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

On 8/3/2004 11:35 AM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:
In article , *bicker* wrote:

A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
escribió:

I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has. Is
it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or some
other things, or not?

No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)


Thanks Bicker. I submitted my application.

i
I thought that you started maintenance last October? If so, you have
not maintained for one year and therefore you do not qualify.

--
jmk in NC

Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

On 8/3/2004 12:31 PM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:
In article , jmk wrote:

On 8/3/2004 11:35 AM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:

In article , *bicker* wrote:


A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
escribió:


I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has. Is
it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or some
other things, or not?

No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)


Thanks Bicker. I submitted my application.

i

I thought that you started maintenance last October? If so, you have
not maintained for one year and therefore you do not qualify.



I started maintenance last September. I lost 30 lbs by August 3, 2003,
so I do qualify, since I maintained my 30 lbs weight loss for one
year. My total weight loss though, is 50 lbs.

I'm pretty sure that they mean one year of maintaining your total weight
loss.

--
jmk in NC

Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

On 8/3/2004 12:31 PM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:
In article , jmk wrote:

On 8/3/2004 11:35 AM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:

In article , *bicker* wrote:


A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
escribió:


I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has. Is
it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or some
other things, or not?

No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)


Thanks Bicker. I submitted my application.

i

I thought that you started maintenance last October? If so, you have
not maintained for one year and therefore you do not qualify.



I started maintenance last September. I lost 30 lbs by August 3, 2003,
so I do qualify, since I maintained my 30 lbs weight loss for one
year. My total weight loss though, is 50 lbs.

I'm pretty sure that they mean one year of maintaining your total weight
loss.

--
jmk in NC

Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:42:13 -0400, jmk wrote:

On 8/3/2004 12:31 PM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:
In article , jmk wrote:

On 8/3/2004 11:35 AM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:

In article , *bicker*
wrote:


A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
escribió:


I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has. Is
it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or some
other things, or not?

No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)


Thanks Bicker. I submitted my application.

i

I thought that you started maintenance last October? If so, you have
not maintained for one year and therefore you do not qualify.



I started maintenance last September. I lost 30 lbs by August 3, 2003,
so I do qualify, since I maintained my 30 lbs weight loss for one
year. My total weight loss though, is 50 lbs.

I'm pretty sure that they mean one year of maintaining your total weight
loss.


That's a pretty ridiculous criterion, in my opinion. For those of us who
gained almost 100 pounds, it takes a while to lose that amount of weight.
While I've lost almost 60 pounds, I still have a lot to go. Based on that
criterion, I won't be able to join this for at least two more years.

--
Bob in CT
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Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:42:13 -0400, jmk wrote:

On 8/3/2004 12:31 PM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:
In article , jmk wrote:

On 8/3/2004 11:35 AM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:

In article , *bicker*
wrote:


A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
escribió:


I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has. Is
it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or some
other things, or not?

No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)


Thanks Bicker. I submitted my application.

i

I thought that you started maintenance last October? If so, you have
not maintained for one year and therefore you do not qualify.



I started maintenance last September. I lost 30 lbs by August 3, 2003,
so I do qualify, since I maintained my 30 lbs weight loss for one
year. My total weight loss though, is 50 lbs.

I'm pretty sure that they mean one year of maintaining your total weight
loss.


That's a pretty ridiculous criterion, in my opinion. For those of us who
gained almost 100 pounds, it takes a while to lose that amount of weight.
While I've lost almost 60 pounds, I still have a lot to go. Based on that
criterion, I won't be able to join this for at least two more years.

--
Bob in CT
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Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

If you have been losing for over a year and are still losing it seems to me
that you are maintaining your original weight loss.

In ,
jmk stated
| On 8/3/2004 11:35 AM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:
|| In article , *bicker*
|| wrote:
||
||| A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
||| escribió:
|||
|||| I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has.
|||| Is it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or
|||| some other things, or not?
|||
||| No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
||| follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
||| directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
||| inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
||| Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
||| IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
||| doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
||| of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)
||
||
|| Thanks Bicker. I submitted my application.
||
|| i
| I thought that you started maintenance last October? If so, you have
| not maintained for one year and therefore you do not qualify.
|
| --
| jmk in NC

Anyone joined National Weight Loss Registry?
 

If you have been losing for over a year and are still losing it seems to me
that you are maintaining your original weight loss.

In ,
jmk stated
| On 8/3/2004 11:35 AM, Ignoramus7404 wrote:
|| In article , *bicker*
|| wrote:
||
||| A 3 Aug 2004 14:44:42 GMT, Ignoramus7404
||| escribió:
|||
|||| I am thinking of joining, and am curious if anyone else here has.
|||| Is it a hassle? Will I be bothered all the time by researchers or
|||| some other things, or not?
|||
||| No hassle at all. We receive surveys every so often, and
||| follow-ups if there is anything that didn't go through
||| directly. In two years we've gotten only three press
||| inquiries (one of which led to our appearance on Good
||| Morning America), and of those, only one wasn't well-vetted
||| IMHO. (It was a stringer, who really was a college student
||| doing a paper, rather than contacting the NWCR as a member
||| of the press on assignment as originally claimed.)
||
||
|| Thanks Bicker. I submitted my application.
||
|| i
| I thought that you started maintenance last October? If so, you have
| not maintained for one year and therefore you do not qualify.
|
| --
| jmk in NC