Support-Group Size

[bicker]

A recent message got me wondering about the size of weight-loss / weight-loss maintenance support-group size, and the impact on the quality of support the group provides.

 

[Kabuli1]

You need to add a category! It should also have "WISH is my support group!"

Karyn

 

[bicker]

I took that as a given for everyone, eh?

 

[Kabuli1]

It's a given - but for many of us, it's our only support group.

Karyn

 

[nativetxn]

I don't attend meetings but I have a terrific support group right here on WISH

 

[geetey]

I am doing WW on my own and use WISH as my support.

 

[becka]

I am also doing WW on my own and using WISH as my support group.

 

[WebmasterKathy]

My Weight Watchers meetings are big and pretty rowdy. We have as many as 70 members show up, and as few as 40. Between 50 and 60 is probably the norm.

I find this very energizing, and look forward to seeing my friends there each week. It's fun to have a big group, because you get lots of interaction and tips from different points of view, and it's NEVER boring! Our leader is a bundle of energy, and she does a great job of keeping this mob excited, yet under control.

Because the meetings are near my home, many of the members are people I already know (from DS's school, my neighborhood, work, etc.)

Unfortunately, we found out yesterday that WW has lost the lease at our meeting site. It's a church, and they've raised the rent to an unmanageable amount. We'll have to see if we can find another suitable location nearby... I hate to see such a successful meeting move, and I hope we don't lose members as a result!

 

[mowsie dreamer]

The WW meeting that I attend typically has between 15-25 people present. A few weeks this summer, we have had maybe 10 people there and last week there must have been 30-35 people there. It seems to vary a lot from week to week. We have a terrific leader who has some really good words of wisdom to share with us! And some very inspirational members who have lost a lot of weight!

I wonder what will happen to our group also. The church where our WW meetings are held is building a new facility and the old church is up for sale. I hope we will not have to move.

 

[~Sparkly~Zoe]

My meetings are for those that have had the GBS, those thinking about it and then the family members that support them.