Hi there.

There're meeting leaders in the group who may know better than me, and I
don't know if it varies by location, but my leader said our scales weigh
up to 600lbs.  For people who weigh more than that, there's a local
hospital who'll weigh them on larger scales.  And I can guarantee you
*nobody* at any Weight Watchers meeting would consider being too heavy
for their scales embarrassing; all they care about is that you're there
trying to lose it.  Or put another way: no way a group of fat people is
going to poke fun at a person for being fat.

Well, I don't have any stories about males (meeting leader only lost
137lbs on WW, and else all I know are females) but ML insists it makes
no difference: if you want to lose it, and try sincerely, you can,
regardless of weight, age, gender, sexual preference, etc, so I'll throw
these out anyway.

There's one woman who comes to my meetings sometimes, started out over
400lbs, and has lost 200some-odd by now (it was 205 last time I knew a
month ago).  She's nearly (about 40lbs to go) down to her goal, which is
the typical "normal" weight range for her height.  She and I have about
the same amount to lose, and about the same goal, so we keep track of
each other.  It helped me that she was already well on her way when I
joined: being alike, and seeing her progress, gave me a bit of hope.  As
I've said before, for people who only join to lose 20lbs, I'm glad for
them, but it just doesn't translate to someone like me, or her, or, I'm
assuming, you, who have hundreds of pounds to lose.

There's another girl who had serious concern about not being able to use
the WW scales.  She weighed in over 500lbs, and only just started this
summer, but everybody firmly believes she can do it if she tries.  We're
not sure *she* believes she can: beyond the normal cynicism, she just
doesn't try.  But we're hopeful for her, because there's no reason
anybody knows of that says she *can't* do it.  Her lack of effort is the
only thing stopping her.

And I suspect the same thing would apply to you: unless you're on
medications, or suffer some other condition that prevents weight loss,
there's no reason you can't get down to a "normal" weight.  All it takes
is work and persistence.

Hope that helps.

Tay
415.4/372.6/170 lb
188.4/169.0/77 kg

our meeting has a scale that goes up to 650, and yes many have lost, and you
will do fine if you are ready, welcome and best of luck to you, Lee

Yes and Yes.  I truly believe in WW you can eat what you want.  Just count
the points.  Its the best program out there.

I have occasionally read about some in the WW magazine Robert. I used weight
watchers to lose from morbidly obese to "normal", but I am not a guy :) I
don't imagine that it is all that different for men, it is hard for
everyone. I recommend using many different tools, WW is great for support,
and a good way to learn about a sensible diet and portion control. My total
loss is just over 200 pounds from my highest recorded weight, but when I
began going to WW years ago at the highest ever weight their scale would not
weigh me. Ours at the meeting now weighs pretty much everyone.
--
Lesanne
365/162/164