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| Sat, 08-07-2004 - 7:53pm |
I came across this website of a woman who lost over 90 lbs doing WW. Go through all the pages. Her weight loss is very inspiring and she has some good advice to share.
http://www.freewebs.com/dimpledn/
~~Linda

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hippolytes
You do have a point.
Come visit my page and say hi!People should not be so negative about it. I really appreciate seeing those success stories. Who would want to try a program that shows failures? Whatever program works is one that I want to try. This may not mean that it works for me, but to see the results these ladies have is an inspiration and worth the time and effort.
Edited 8/16/2004 12:16 pm ET ET by csiraca
I don't follow links posted on message boards, for obvious reasons. But I do have to agree with hippolytes on this one. WW tends to make protracted "advertisements" disguised as "success stories." Of course it is good that the woman in the story (apparently, since I haven't read it) found something (WW, of course) that worked for her. I think the one point, though, would be this.....would WW encourage such "success stories" to be printed, if the "stories" said their product (the business) **didn't** work for them? If the woman, for instance, had said that she tried WW and gained weight, and so opted for good old fashioned commonsense (counting calories, and sensible exercise) and THAT worked? I think not. Really, those WW stories tend to be just advertisement for a weight loss product, that being membership in the WW services.
I've yet to see WW print "failure stories," and surely those exist too! Just a thought.
Forte
On the other hand I wanted to ask if you have a program that works for you. If so that is wonderful! I have not found one yet, but Weight Watchers is my next step. I am hoping it is the right program for me, because I tried counting calories and exercising, but I failed. Probably because I did not have the support backing me up.
Edited 8/16/2004 12:25 pm ET ET by csiraca
Well I did just click on the link, and saw her pictures. The woman does look nice, but it does seem to be just another one of those "success story" websites that WW itself probably puts up to "showcase" the business. We see them all over the place and sometimes I wonder how much these people are paid by WW for their pictures. Maybe it's nothing of the sort, but WW has been posting "success stories" like that and all over the web, at least for many years now and probably for as long as the world wide web has existed. Before that pictures and "success stories," little vinettes like this, were commonly "posted" in Ladies Home Journal, or Redbook, and the like. I think it's all part of advertising, and you see it not only in WW but in Jenny Craig and any of those "programs" geared predominately at women.
Just to back up what Joyce said, these are businesses.
Fear
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