Agree! I stopped going to the meeting, and only weigh in. I had a leader who was terrible, and did not even celebrate my 50lb charm. Every time I had an accomplishment, or an idea she always shot me down. I also agree with the fat shame as well. It wasn't a fit for me. The weigh in girls have asked me to try different meetings, but I have been doing WW since 2010 so I know the program inside and out. I know what to do, I could give a dang workshop on altering food to lessen points and how to stay on track, but I just lose my motivation. I am still down 50 lbs and I have kept it off for 2 years.
I did go on an intense hike this afternoon ad tracked all my foodage so far, yay!
UOTE=Medusa;558788]I'll make a confession.
I have done WW online for a year now and LOVE it but about 2 months ago, I thought it would be a good idea to go to the in person WW meetings that are available here at work.
They do 12-week sessions with a leader who lost about 100 pounds. The leader herself was fabulous but in all honesty, I quit going to the in person meetings after about 5 weeks because there were an overwhelming number of women in the group who were eaten up with fat shame and it was so triggery that I had to stop going.
I think if you find a good group that it can work!
The triggery part itself wasnt that bad but I was super frustrated hearing things like "I need to lose 20 pounds or my husband won't have sex with me again!" or "I don't want to be one of those beached whale women in my bathing suit".
I would check a lot of the comments and try to offer up suggestions for being more positive as did one other woman in the class (who also quit going for the same reason) but it was just a hinderance to my process.
The online program is self-driven and pretty insular but I actually love that. It has helped me to learn accountability to myself.
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