Mindy on CNBC Today (05/26/20)

I posted this on my WW leader's Facebook group page. She left the post up but turned off commenting.

judy, thanks for sharing! that was very interesting.

ceos always have a way of spinning things to sound better than they are. it's part of their job. our ceo tried to tell the company in a virtual meeting that all of his direct c-suite level employees were going to take a large paycut due to the financial effects of covid on our company. i oversee the payroll in our company. none of his employees took the hit he said they would.

mindy is making it sound like the recent layoff of field staff was done respectfully, but hundreds of the RIF'd employees in that single 5 minute virtual meeting say otherwise. contrary to her statement that there was opportunity for one on one, that is not what a lot of staff have said on social media.

so i don't know. i do understand that mindy has to do what is best for the shareholders, not owning the real story kind of irks me.

Thanks for sharing this, Judy. It's a classic example of CEO-speak (and I KNEW that I'd heard rumors about virtual workshops before COVID-19 forced the issue!).

I've decided not to post it on MY WW coach's FB page although the temptation to share with my WW-blue-chair friends is quite strong.

Our coach has not been able to do VW's because she's a nurse and has been "on the front lines" at her hospital for weeks. She mentioned on the page last weekend that she plans to talk to her spvsr about getting into the VW's with us (now that her DayJob schedule has "plateaued".

The spvsr is also a member of the page and I don't want to screw things up for Debbie (I've seen this woman "sitting silently in the back row" at other VW's, including the one last Saturday when I asked outright if Debbie was still on staff [it was in the context of my NSV]).

While I am fortunate in that I have this board for support, there are many in my regular workshop who are treading water until the studios reopen (we are a studio location, not a traveler/stand alone). THOSE are the people who are struggling.

mac iTrackBites is one, whoosh can’t think of the others right now

My Fitness Pal (MFP) is a good app for counting calories and it includes macros that WW doesn't do (sodium, sugar, fats, carbs, protein, fiber) 

SparkPeople is still around. I do have the app on my phone, but I don’t use it. And there is also LoseIt. The basic app is free, but there is also a premium version.

I’m finally doing well on WW, since they gave us the choice of plan. Regardless what’s going on I plan and sticking with WW at least until the end of the year. Maybe I can get to my goal by then. I can always switch to online only.

Most of the members of my studio workshop were seniors and I wonder if they either don’t know about Zoom, or can’t be bothered using it. My VM started out well, but last week there were only 5 actual members in the meeting. I’ll see what today brings.

mac, I like to double track sometimes on WW and MFP. I can never tell how many calories I eat with WW and it's sometimes a surprise. 26 SP sometimes = 1400 calories, other times it's 900. MFP allows me to see what my nutrition intake actual is. For instance, I find I don't eat a lot of sugar except for fruit. I know there is sugar in fruit but I don't worry as much since I think it's more natural than say, an Oreo! Still, I try not to go overboard on fruits. Also, after doing MFP for awhile I've seen that sodium isn't an issue for me because my intake is pretty low. But, I've also learned I am often low on protein so I'm trying increase that. Likewise with carbs and fat. WW never has any of that information. I use the free MFP app and I think there may be more benefits for the premium version but this one is fine for me.