Thanks for the Warm Welcome!

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for making me feel at home. I am still mystified

as to what happened with BCB - I tried e-mailing, but of course it

bounced back. Duhhhhh.

, I am glad your father is doing better. My mother went through

something similar in October, and it was rough on everyone.

Paradoxically, this is what recommitted me to WW - I didn't want to

end up with heart problems that I could have prevented by lifestyle

modification.

Tory, you don't know me, but best wishes for a speedy recovery.

As for the Great Meeting Debate, I have to " weigh in " and say that

the only meeting that was convenient for me was so horrific in terms

of group dynamics that I couldn't take it. The cliques, the in-

fighting, the lack of results in members and the unwilling to take

things seriously were all factors.

The one good thing that ever came out of it was my coining the

term " food porn " , which means any discussion of OffP foods that leads

to cravings and/or eating-disordered behaviour. For example, my

leader's confessions about how she used to fish food out of the trash

and eat it, or the time one member spent five minutes discussing her

ex-Nutella habit. I don't think you'd go into an AA meeting and

discuss how much you love drinking Stoli from the bottle at 9:00

a.m., would you? Anyway, I am doing much better with on-line support.

Sorry for the novella. But I had to vent. Whew that feels better.

Happy Friday,