SHOULD I JOIN WEIGH****CHERS??

HEY IS WEIGH****CHERS A GOOD THING TO JOIN? I WAS THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME BEACAUSE I HAVE NO LOCAL WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT GROUPS. MY SUREGERY WAS DONE WAT THE OTHER END OF MY STATE SO ITS RATHER FAR FOR ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS AND SHARE STORIES UNLESS IT IS ON HERE.. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR OPINION.

THANX ALL

I think WW would be great to join, i was thinking about it myself after i reach my goal. They have great support groups and local in all area's. Good luck with your choice, and Congrats on the weight loss!

 Check out "Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes"  it's a blog by a leading weight loss specialist.  Do a search for his notes on Weigh****chers.  He has some interesting insights, and his opinions are all based in science.

Good luck to you!  
 

I joined Weigh****chers online several weeks ago and broke a long stall I was having.  

It seems (for some of us) when you eat low carb, you can over eat which is what I was doing. I wasn't gaining, but I wasn't losing either.  With Weigh****chers I can keep track of how many calories I'm taking in throught their points sytem.  It keeps me honest, keeps me in line and I've added some carbs into my diet and am still losing weight!  I eat 8 points less points a day than what WW allows for my weight.  This was approved by my nutritionist.  

Weigh****chers doesn't undertand bariatric surgery so the average person can eat whatever they want, they just have to be accountable for it.  On the other hand, I think it's a great idea (for me, anyway) if you're a bariatric patient because you can still eat low carb and be accountable and lose!  

It works for me!!

 While I think weigh****chers might be a good idea, it seems like it would also be good for you to find a local WLS group.  Your surgeon is in New Jersey, is that where you are?  Even if you had your surgery with a different surgeon, many surgeons will allow you to participate in their group.  I think you will get support more specific to your situation that way.

No, it is NOT a good thing for you.  Their dietary program IS NOT designed for a sleeve, and they will not support the kind of diet that a sleever needs to have.

Weigh****chers is a wonderful program (their original program was designed by the NY City Health Department), but it is not at all designed for anyone that as had bariatric surgery of any type.

I also had no local support group, so I got really active here.

Have you contacted your local hospitals to see if they have a surgical weight loss support group?  Many of them do (we have an RnY group locally and they did not want a sleever involved with their group).

It's a shame you didn't figure all of this out BEFORE you had your surgery done.  My program REQUIRES THAT THIS ALL BE DONE before they will do surgery on anyone.

Please don't misinform about WW.  I'm doing much better on Weigh****chers than I was on my own.  If you know what to eat, then WW should not be a problem.  My nutritionist suggested it as did my surgeon because it keeps me on track!   I am doing great!  No, they're not bariatric friendly, but you don't have to follow their program (if they even have one anymore), I jsut follow their points system religiously.  One can keep track of caloric intake so much easier!  

I've used this group as my support group, and it has worked out really well for me :)  There is always someone here who can answer your questions :)

I wouldn't join after a sleeve.  I have done WW twice, and each time they were very anti-surgery.  Of course they are...surgery is big-time competition for them and they are a business.

The diet will not meet your special needs, and they use a lot of "fakes" to take the place of things like cream and butter.  For example you might cook with fat free heavy cream.  That is not a real food.  Personally, I would just rather eat something else that doesn't need cream.

And, unless you are doing WW with a friend or family, you really don't get much support.  You end up in a big room with people from all over town that don't know you, and there is no good way to make friends.

I really can't see WW being the kind of support that you need.  

Maybe the psychologist at your surgeon's can make a suggestion of some people you could get together with a couple time a month, or something like that.  You could have a "satelite" group.  I was thinking of doing something similar, since my surgeon's VSG support group meets only once a month in the middle of the day.

I can tell you because of my years during WW before VSG, I would get so jealous and mad about all those small women joining WW to lose 10-15 lbs and then after 6 weeks on maintenance,  become lifetime members.  While, I, for 2 1/2 years went to weekly meetings religiously and paid my $11-$12 for each meeting, never reached goal.  Yet, I paid much more than the skinny lifetime members.  So in retaliation, I will be joining WW when I have 5 more pounds to lose, go on maintenance for 6 weeks and become a lifetime member.  All of this, just because. . .