Re: going it on my own

[Guest guest]

For me, I HAVE to have the accountability of the weekly brick & mortar meetings.

If I don't weigh-in one week, I'll probably end up overeating. Sometimes I stay

for the leader talks...sometimes I don't. I prefer to stay if I have time, but

if I have to squeeze it in during my lunchbreak, I usually just weigh-in and

leave.

That's just me. I know when I stopped going to meetings every week once I hit

lifetime last year, I slowly stopped going to meetings at all. Thirty pounds

later, I decided to kick my butt into high gear and I haven't missed a meeting

yet.

166/153.6/130 (all-time high)

going it on my own

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> Hello friends,

>

> I am weighing the decision to continue going to meetings OR quit

> going to

> meetings and become an online subscriber

>

> I'm not sure how to decide.

>

> I like the meetings, but I'm finding it hard to find one that I

> like. I've

> been on program for 5 1/2 months and haven't found a meeting for me.

>

> Should I keep trying meetings until I find one that " fits " ?

>

> I used to be an eTools subscriber, but I quit after 3 months.

> Financially I

> can only do one or the other (local meetings OR eTools)

>

> I LOVED the online tools and the PDA thing would be awesome.

>

> I hated the message boards (have any of you had a good experience

> with the

> message boards?) I used to be with Ediets and they had the most

> awesomemessage boards. I suggested to WWonline that they study the

> way Ediets runs

> their message boards...it would be a great improvement.

>

> Anyway, I'd like some input from those of you doing local

> meetings, those of

> you doing it yourself with online support, and those who use both.

> Whatmethod of support is best for you and why?

>

> Thanks for the help,

> in CO

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[Guest guest]

I've always attended the meetings, so I don't really have any

comparison, but I find that works for me. The reason that works for

me is probably because of my leader, though. She and I have become

close friends during the past three years. She's a great WW leader

and a source of constant support. She lives just a couple blocks from

me (coincidence), and what a powerful motivator it has always been to

know she will call me or drop by if she hasn't seen my smiling face

for too many weeks in a row. Now that I'm lifetime, I don't go to

meetings every week (but usually at least every other), but she still

checks up on me from time to time. If you can find a good meeting

with a good leader and/or good members, it can make a world of

difference. That said, there have been lots of people that have done

it successfully online, so as I said before, I have nothing to

compare my experience to. But, for me, I think I need that " sponsor "

support.

April