Meetings vary by the leader.  I've been to some great meetings with lots of
helpful information and support.  Most of the time it's education based with
support thrown in.  I've been to the occasional meeting where it's simply a
whining session. The first one is normally free so go try one in your area
and see for  yourself.

Hi Patty,

You should go to a meeting and see what you think.  Some leaders are
inspirational and very motivating and others can be negative and boring as
hell......The same goes for the people in the group.

What you need to do is maybe try going to a few different meetings and see
if you find one with a leader and members that you will enjoy being around.

YES, you can really just walk in and tell them that you're thinking of
joining and they will let you sit in on a meeting.  If you don't like that
particular meeting, then ask them when there will be another meeting with a
different group and leader.

One thing...........what ever you do, don't just pay to step on the scale!
That's not what going to WW is all about!

Good luck!

Eddie
Weight June05-359lbs
Current Weight-282.2lbs
Loss to date=76.8lbs
Goal Weight-180lbs

Hello all!  Patty from Minnesota USA here.

I've been thinking about joining Weight Watchers, but I'm a little cautious
in terms of price.  It would cost about $10 a week for the meetings.

I've never been to a Weight Watchers meeting before.  I was wondering what
to expect.  Is there nutrition education or is it just a support group?  I'm
sure there will be other things I can buy at the meeting--are they worth the
money?  It says on WW's website that the first meeting is free and I can
just walk in--is that really OK?  (I'm nervous when it comes to meeting new
people.)

I just unsubscribed from an online weight loss group.  I lost a little
weight, but I didn't find their community support to be very supportive.
I'd like to lose quite a bit, and I think face to face contact might be more
helpful.

I'm looking forward to your input.  Thanks in advance.

Patty

Just curious on what online support group you joined?

I belong to www.ivillage.com and read the Weight Watcher's board.
Really a bunch of aweseome posters

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/listsf.asp?webtag=iv-fbwwatchers&nav=start

welcome and good luck, I generally don't even like people and I love my
meetings, you get support and education, the items they sell are generally
good quality but you take what you need and leave the rest... read the
response to Eddie that I wrote for my history, it is in my week 195 thread,
again welcome and good luck, oh yeah there are also package deals to cut the
cost, Lee