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  • New thread about diets...Why is WW so successful?

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    05.03.08, 05:14 PM [ Flag ]

    • patented formula for calculating points

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      05.03.08, 05:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • it teaches you how to eat like a thin, healthy person.

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      05.03.08, 05:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • ita. or at the very least, teaches you the right portions to eat to maintain a healthy weight. so, you could eat junky food and stay within your points but you learn how much better you feel if you eat good food.

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        05.03.08, 05:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • you mean why does it work?

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      05.03.08, 05:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • ^^they understand that you are not going to cut out carbs for your entire life, but teach you how to indulge occasionally and stay on track

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        05.03.08, 05:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • ^^and the meetings apparently really help, although i haven't tried them yet

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          05.03.08, 05:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • I've only been to one - just started - but it's nice being in a room of people with whom you have something in common. must be sort of what aa meetings feel like, no judgments.

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            05.03.08, 05:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • i can see how a local meeting would be very helpful, talking about local restaurants and healthy choices, etc... among other things, obviously

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              05.03.08, 05:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • how overweight does one have to be to join?

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              05.03.08, 05:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • I think only 10 lbs or so - I'll look it up if you like

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                05.03.08, 05:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                • okay--so if i weigh 125 and look/feel better at 115, will they let me in? Middle aged spread is starting and I need help/discipline

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                  05.03.08, 05:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                  • if you're not tall, I do believe so ... hold on, I'll look

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                    05.03.08, 05:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                  • I think that this is marginal

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                    05.03.08, 05:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                  • probably, depends on your BMI -- how tall are you and how old?

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                    05.03.08, 05:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                    • 5' 4"; 43.5

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                      05.03.08, 05:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                      • this is what it says when i plugged it in for you: et You are within the BMI range of 20-25 considered by experts as healthy for your height and weight. For most people within this range, the focus should be on not gaining weight. If, however, you have gained weight, you may want to get back to a previous healthy weight. Some health conditions are linked with weight gain during the adult years, even within the healthy weight range.

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                        05.03.08, 05:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                        • by the way, 115 is a bmi of 20 for you, so that's probably not that sustainable as you age... sounds like your focus should be on exercising and preventing weight gain. congrats, by the way. you sound like you're in good shape!

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                          05.03.08, 05:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                      • min joining weight for you is 122

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                        05.03.08, 05:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                      • thanks all. if i could stop drinking wine and start exercising, maybe i could do this without ww

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                        05.03.08, 05:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                        • start exercising first, and you may feel like drinking less. (one glass a night is healthy, though.)

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                          05.03.08, 05:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • i think it just has to be reasonable for you to be losing weight -- like, they wouldn't let someone who shouldn't lose weight lose weight. i know someone who used WW to lose 13 lbs (she went to meetings)

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                05.03.08, 05:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • yes, thank you that is what I meant

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        05.03.08, 05:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • b/c on WW you can still drink wine and eat cheese and go eat a fattening meal every once in a while and go to any restaurant you want -- it allows you to have a life and still lose weight.

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          05.03.08, 05:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Teaches portion control

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      05.03.08, 05:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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