Posts Tagged ‘support group’

Weight Watchers Online Bullies

February 22nd, 2010
Weight Watchers Bully

Welcome to the Community

We had an interesting forum discussion on iChange about Weight Watchers Online bullies.  One person’s comment:

“Not a reflection on WW themselves, but I was in the online community there and there were a group of bullies that seemed to make it their goal to make fun of and point out the weaknesses of others. They would get kicked off but then make a new user profile and be right back on again. I don’t know if that’s still happening but it was a major reason why it didn’t work for me to do the online program with them.

Community is definitely important. Encouraging folks to lean on each other and form support groups is crucial-especially because some of us are in situations where we have saboteurs in our home environments.”

Others chimed in that this is a problem they also have seen on Weight Watchers Online.

iChange  is structured so that our experts and Group Leaders ensure that the online conversations are productive and encouraging.   As we grow, we will continue to refine our systems to keep iChange a safe place to control weight and stay healthy.  Our hope is that we can keep the bullies at bay.

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New Weight Loss Groups are Killing It

January 19th, 2010

We launched our new nutritionist-led weight loss groups at the beginning of the year, and judging from the weight loss, they are doing really well.  Diana Young, RD, is leading our first three groups of ~10 people each, and across the board, participants are losing > 2 pounds per week, and seem to be feeling good while doing it.  Our goal is to help our members lose weight at a healthy rate and to help build habits to keep it off.  The group goal of 100 lbs in 30 days is definitely within reach.

Over the next few months, we will be experimenting with different size groups to see if we can identify an optimal number of people.  The goal is to get enough people in a group to create the buzz and activity to provide motivation, but keep it small enough to build trusted relationships among members.

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