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Hello all! Patty from Minnesota USA here.
I've been thinking about joining Weight Watchers, but I'm a little cautious in terms of price. It would cost about $10 a week for the meetings. I've never been to a Weight Watchers meeting before. I was wondering what to expect. Is there nutrition education or is it just a support group? I'm sure there will be other things I can buy at the meeting--are they worth the money? It says on WW's website that the first meeting is free and I can just walk in--is that really OK? (I'm nervous when it comes to meeting new people.) I just unsubscribed from an online weight loss group. I lost a little weight, but I didn't find their community support to be very supportive. I'd like to lose quite a bit, and I think face to face contact might be more helpful. I'm looking forward to your input. Thanks in advance. Patty |
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"Patty" wrote in message ... Hello all! Patty from Minnesota USA here. I've been thinking about joining Weight Watchers, but I'm a little cautious in terms of price. It would cost about $10 a week for the meetings. I've never been to a Weight Watchers meeting before. I was wondering what to expect. Is there nutrition education or is it just a support group? I'm sure there will be other things I can buy at the meeting--are they worth the money? It says on WW's website that the first meeting is free and I can just walk in--is that really OK? (I'm nervous when it comes to meeting new people.) I just unsubscribed from an online weight loss group. I lost a little weight, but I didn't find their community support to be very supportive. I'd like to lose quite a bit, and I think face to face contact might be more helpful. I'm looking forward to your input. Thanks in advance. Patty Meetings vary by the leader. I've been to some great meetings with lots of helpful information and support. Most of the time it's education based with support thrown in. I've been to the occasional meeting where it's simply a whining session. The first one is normally free so go try one in your area and see for yourself. -- the volleyballchick |
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Thanks for the reply. There's a meeting tomorrow that fits my schedule.
Wish me luck. Patty "Nunya B." wrote in message ... "Patty" wrote in message ... Hello all! Patty from Minnesota USA here. I've been thinking about joining Weight Watchers, but I'm a little cautious in terms of price. It would cost about $10 a week for the meetings. I've never been to a Weight Watchers meeting before. I was wondering what to expect. Is there nutrition education or is it just a support group? I'm sure there will be other things I can buy at the meeting--are they worth the money? It says on WW's website that the first meeting is free and I can just walk in--is that really OK? (I'm nervous when it comes to meeting new people.) I just unsubscribed from an online weight loss group. I lost a little weight, but I didn't find their community support to be very supportive. I'd like to lose quite a bit, and I think face to face contact might be more helpful. I'm looking forward to your input. Thanks in advance. Patty Meetings vary by the leader. I've been to some great meetings with lots of helpful information and support. Most of the time it's education based with support thrown in. I've been to the occasional meeting where it's simply a whining session. The first one is normally free so go try one in your area and see for yourself. -- the volleyballchick |
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Good luck!
"Patty" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply. There's a meeting tomorrow that fits my schedule. Wish me luck. Patty "Nunya B." wrote in message ... "Patty" wrote in message ... Hello all! Patty from Minnesota USA here. I've been thinking about joining Weight Watchers, but I'm a little cautious in terms of price. It would cost about $10 a week for the meetings. I've never been to a Weight Watchers meeting before. I was wondering what to expect. Is there nutrition education or is it just a support group? I'm sure there will be other things I can buy at the meeting--are they worth the money? It says on WW's website that the first meeting is free and I can just walk in--is that really OK? (I'm nervous when it comes to meeting new people.) I just unsubscribed from an online weight loss group. I lost a little weight, but I didn't find their community support to be very supportive. I'd like to lose quite a bit, and I think face to face contact might be more helpful. I'm looking forward to your input. Thanks in advance. Patty Meetings vary by the leader. I've been to some great meetings with lots of helpful information and support. Most of the time it's education based with support thrown in. I've been to the occasional meeting where it's simply a whining session. The first one is normally free so go try one in your area and see for yourself. -- the volleyballchick |
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Hi Patty,
You should go to a meeting and see what you think. Some leaders are inspirational and very motivating and others can be negative and boring as hell......The same goes for the people in the group. What you need to do is maybe try going to a few different meetings and see if you find one with a leader and members that you will enjoy being around. YES, you can really just walk in and tell them that you're thinking of joining and they will let you sit in on a meeting. If you don't like that particular meeting, then ask them when there will be another meeting with a different group and leader. One thing...........what ever you do, don't just pay to step on the scale! That's not what going to WW is all about! Good luck! Eddie Weight June05-359lbs Current Weight-282.2lbs Loss to date=76.8lbs Goal Weight-180lbs "Patty" wrote in message ... Hello all! Patty from Minnesota USA here. I've been thinking about joining Weight Watchers, but I'm a little cautious in terms of price. It would cost about $10 a week for the meetings. I've never been to a Weight Watchers meeting before. I was wondering what to expect. Is there nutrition education or is it just a support group? I'm sure there will be other things I can buy at the meeting--are they worth the money? It says on WW's website that the first meeting is free and I can just walk in--is that really OK? (I'm nervous when it comes to meeting new people.) I just unsubscribed from an online weight loss group. I lost a little weight, but I didn't find their community support to be very supportive. I'd like to lose quite a bit, and I think face to face contact might be more helpful. I'm looking forward to your input. Thanks in advance. Patty |
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On 7/19/06 8:26 PM, in article ,
"Eddie-Type2" wrote: Hi Patty, You should go to a meeting and see what you think. Some leaders are inspirational and very motivating and others can be negative and boring as hell......The same goes for the people in the group. What you need to do is maybe try going to a few different meetings and see if you find one with a leader and members that you will enjoy being around. (snip...) I second what Eddie said! I went to several different meetings with different leaders until I found the right fit. Now I've been going to the same meeting consistently for a couple of years...and its helped me lose 91 pounds! The most awesome experience of my life. Go for it! Lynn |
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Lynn!!!!! 90 lbs!!!!!!!! that's totally awesome!!!!!!! good for you
.......you must feel great eh? YES, finding a good meeting is key to being successful in my opinion........ 90 lbs!!!!! absolutely fantabulous!!!!!!!!! Eddie Weight June05-359lbs Current Weight-282.2lbs Loss to date=76.8lbs Goal Weight-180lbs "Artgirl Lynn" wrote in message ... On 7/19/06 8:26 PM, in article , "Eddie-Type2" wrote: Hi Patty, You should go to a meeting and see what you think. Some leaders are inspirational and very motivating and others can be negative and boring as hell......The same goes for the people in the group. What you need to do is maybe try going to a few different meetings and see if you find one with a leader and members that you will enjoy being around. (snip...) I second what Eddie said! I went to several different meetings with different leaders until I found the right fit. Now I've been going to the same meeting consistently for a couple of years...and its helped me lose 91 pounds! The most awesome experience of my life. Go for it! Lynn |
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Thnaks everyone. I'm seeing some impressive numbers from you. I hope this
works out. "Eddie-Type2" wrote in message ... Lynn!!!!! 90 lbs!!!!!!!! that's totally awesome!!!!!!! good for you .......you must feel great eh? YES, finding a good meeting is key to being successful in my opinion........ 90 lbs!!!!! absolutely fantabulous!!!!!!!!! Eddie Weight June05-359lbs Current Weight-282.2lbs Loss to date=76.8lbs Goal Weight-180lbs "Artgirl Lynn" wrote in message ... On 7/19/06 8:26 PM, in article , "Eddie-Type2" wrote: Hi Patty, You should go to a meeting and see what you think. Some leaders are inspirational and very motivating and others can be negative and boring as hell......The same goes for the people in the group. What you need to do is maybe try going to a few different meetings and see if you find one with a leader and members that you will enjoy being around. (snip...) I second what Eddie said! I went to several different meetings with different leaders until I found the right fit. Now I've been going to the same meeting consistently for a couple of years...and its helped me lose 91 pounds! The most awesome experience of my life. Go for it! Lynn |
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On 7/20/06 11:22 AM, in article ,
"Eddie-Type2" wrote: Lynn!!!!! 90 lbs!!!!!!!! that's totally awesome!!!!!!! good for you .......you must feel great eh? YES, finding a good meeting is key to being successful in my opinion........ 90 lbs!!!!! absolutely fantabulous!!!!!!!!! Eddie Thanks Eddie! I was stuck in a terrible plateau, doing the up and down thing for quite a while. It was taking me 3 months to lose 5 lbs. I finally got the guts up to try Core and I'm so glad that I did. I am really loving the Core plan. It has gotten the scale moving in the right direction again and I'm never hungry. Why didn't I try this sooner? My meeting buddy has lost 170 lbs. Quite remarkable, you know. Looks like you have done quite well yourself! Lynn |
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friggin' amazing!!!!!!! 170 lbs and you 90 lbs!......I have a friend in our
meeting that has lost 132 lbs doing strictly CORE. I tried it for 3 weeks and it worked, but I felt totally out of control.........It seems points keeps me in control of my portions. Please extend a congrats to your meeting buddy Lynn! Thanks for your comments - nice to hear that you are losing again! Keep up the good work! Eddie Weight June05-359lbs Current Weight-282.2lbs Loss to date=76.8lbs Goal Weight-180lbs "Artgirl Lynn" wrote in message ... On 7/20/06 11:22 AM, in article , "Eddie-Type2" wrote: Lynn!!!!! 90 lbs!!!!!!!! that's totally awesome!!!!!!! good for you .......you must feel great eh? YES, finding a good meeting is key to being successful in my opinion........ 90 lbs!!!!! absolutely fantabulous!!!!!!!!! Eddie Thanks Eddie! I was stuck in a terrible plateau, doing the up and down thing for quite a while. It was taking me 3 months to lose 5 lbs. I finally got the guts up to try Core and I'm so glad that I did. I am really loving the Core plan. It has gotten the scale moving in the right direction again and I'm never hungry. Why didn't I try this sooner? My meeting buddy has lost 170 lbs. Quite remarkable, you know. Looks like you have done quite well yourself! Lynn |
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