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Post by louisstone on Aug 4, 2018 22:50:20 GMT
Don't y'all dare hate on Beyoncé The Scale™!
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Post by zazzles on Aug 5, 2018 1:36:21 GMT
Beyond the Scale is all well & good BUT the reality is if you want to make Lifetime, you better get that scale to cooperate. If WW wants to go that direction, then they need to have a different way of defining success. Obviously, I never bought into the entire campaign. But there doesn't need to be a single success nor a single definition. If WW defines different successes, such as having a positive self-image of one's body no matter what weight or shape it is in, and if there are members who achieve that, the brav(a/o) to them. My side of the room broke up in raucous laughter... because we recognized that the result would be that NO ONE WOULD EVER REACH LIFETIME/FREE and the income stream would be never-ending. I think the nevereding income stream is their goal.
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Post by 76trojan on Aug 5, 2018 2:13:29 GMT
“they must think they will be more profitable if they help people accept themselves as they are by giving them a psychological tune-up.”
That’s groovy to accept myself as I am, but my doctor won’t be too accepting after he told me to lose weight to try to bring my physical’s blood test numbers down.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 10:25:58 GMT
Honestly, I get more out of this board than any WW meeting. Lots of ideas,knowledge, and support here.
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Post by hallian on Aug 5, 2018 16:43:27 GMT
Honestly, I get more out of this board than any WW meeting. Lots of ideas,knowledge, and support here. I totally agree! I love this board. So much support and nice people.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Aug 5, 2018 17:22:41 GMT
Honestly, I get more out of this board than any WW meeting. Lots of ideas,knowledge, and support here. I joined online in June of 2006 and the old WW boards especially the Newbie and Maintenance boards are what taught me how to do the program successfully. When I started meeting in April of 2007 I felt sorry for the members because they didn't have the knowledge/wisdom I had gotten from the boards. I judged leaders by whether or not they agreed with the attitudes of the boards. “they must think they will be more profitable if they help people accept themselves as they are by giving them a psychological tune-up.” That’s groovy to accept myself as I am, but my doctor won’t be too accepting after he told me to lose weight to try to bring my physical’s blood test numbers down. This. That is what health is about.
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Post by ladymajky on Aug 5, 2018 20:03:08 GMT
“they must think they will be more profitable if they help people accept themselves as they are by giving them a psychological tune-up.” That’s groovy to accept myself as I am, but my doctor won’t be too accepting after he told me to lose weight to try to bring my physical’s blood test numbers down. 76trojan, "groovy" !!! Where's my tie-dyed T-shirt? Where is the lava lamp? And the black-light posters? The current WW program has the same discipline and drive to succeed that was the hallmark of the turn-on-and-drop-out generation of the 70's.
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Post by NatureLover on Aug 6, 2018 15:50:38 GMT
zazzles, very good point. If WW would quit dancing and feinting and just tell us the facts of why they're doing things I'd respect them a lot more. I posted on Connect about my dismay too, and other members said the sticker thing is because members get inconsistent numbers. Another reason is because they don't want us to focus on the number. Another reason is to save money. At my meeting it's to provide more interaction. Yet another reasons is because the weight syncs automatically (which it doesn't, for me anyway). Go figure! That's making things "simpler" LOL.
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Post by fullmahina on Aug 6, 2018 16:42:22 GMT
Another reason is because they don't want us to focus on the number. Oh PUHLEEZE. Once again---we go to WW to lose weight. Whatever else we get from the meetings or online program is a bonus. I fully understand that there are other factors involved in weight loss but the ultimate goal is to LOSE WEIGHT. You can bet that every person who steps on that scale at WW will "focus on the number." If WW doesn't want us to focus on that almighty number then it needs to make the weekly WI truly optional. Register at the desk and either head to the scale or to a cheap plastic chair and call it a day. No marching up to the weigh-in person and gently declining the weigh-in and feeling like a schlump. Walk in and pick option A or B. I think such a practice would actually increase attendance at the meetings. No walk of shame, no murmured excuses. People would come and get whatever they could from the meetings without the weigh-in angst. JMHO.
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Post by NatureLover on Aug 6, 2018 19:02:15 GMT
fullmahina , that is a great concept. It would suit both camps.
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Post by zazzles on Aug 6, 2018 19:50:11 GMT
fullmahina , that is a great concept. It would suit both camps. It would also fit the model the current CEO is trying to get to: have people get on a subscription full time without any hope of something like free Lifetime.
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Post by linda72 on Aug 6, 2018 22:39:20 GMT
It would also fit the model the current CEO is trying to get to: have people get on a subscription full time without any hope of something like free Lifetime. zazzles, for the win! Yes, just pay each month forever. That's their plan and manifesto!
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Post by littlepioneerwoman on Aug 6, 2018 22:47:48 GMT
Lifetime/free eTools are pretty much the reason I continue with WW. When I was in losing mode, chasing the goal kept me motivated.
Once at goal, I tended to slack off because maintenance doesn’t carry that same rah-rah factor I seem to need.
After I got my doctor’s note to tweak my goal weight and made the monthly eTool vouchers my prize, it reenergized me.
And I’m SO not contributing to WW’s bottom line. Clearly not their target market.
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Post by linda72 on Aug 6, 2018 22:50:09 GMT
littlepioneerwoman, Denise, I'm not in their target demographic either. That's one reason I'm worried about Lifetime status and if they will change it in the future. Right now, I've got free etools until September, 2023 but who knows if that will last?
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Post by luanne on Aug 6, 2018 22:59:27 GMT
littlepioneerwoman, linda72, count me in that same group. Lifetime, at goal for 16 years now. I continue to weigh in once a month, but don't attend the meetings any longer. I have free eTools until April 2024, but as you say that could change at any time.
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