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(#) - First WW meeting tonight...GRRR
So I went tonight. (Aside: I've gained 13 pounds from my lowest weight, which was one year ago.) I'd gone to this meeting site before (I previously had to quit for $$ reasons), and I couldn't stand the leader. So I went to the other Monday night meeting because I'd seen a different leader at that one. But who did I find tonight...none other than the leader I can't stand.
Seriously, this woman is terrible. I find myself sitting through the whole meeting plotting ways to kill her without getting caught. She has one of those personalities that is just super annoying, but I can't pinpoint exactly why. She also creates some sort of forced participation exercise everyfucking week - like break into pairs and discuss X or let's go around the room and answer Y. I get that participation is part of the meetings, and in the past I have participated, but sometimes you just want to sit in the back and listen.
I'm going to have to try to find another meeting that's convenient because if I keep going, I might get even fatter just to spite this person. Unfortunately, the WW location with a gagillion different meeting times is on the other side of town.
Re: (#) - First WW meeting tonight...GRRR
Oh bummer. I don't know how WW works... do you have to go on Monday night?
Different locations have meetings at different times. This is just the place that's closest to me. If you find a WW location - as opposed to meetings held in community centers or churches - they have many more times. The Y near me has four times, two on Monday and two on Saturdays (ha...8:15 Saturday morning is NEVER happening for me). But MKE only has one actual WW location, so there aren't that many meeting times on my side of town. I looked online and found the next-closest place to me, which I will try next week. Thanks for letting me vent. I have no idea why I hate this woman so much, but I do.
I've used the online points tracker, and I've perused the forums. But like SparkPeople, I haven't had tons of success just doing that. I don't know exactly why, but I need to show up each week to the meeting. Let's just hope that the other meeting I try isn't run by a total twat.
I feel your pain! Hating the leader (and not finding another workable time for me) was one of the reasons I quit WW the first time around. This time, I'm just making myself suck it up.
The lady at my meeting tonight wasn't so bad. I just wanted to wither and die in embarrassment as she kept staring at me and saying, "But I know you from somewhere?"
I was thinking, "Yes, you were the leader when I failed at this the second time. And the third time."
Here's to hoping third time (in HER meeting) is the charm.
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Oh, I know! I started in January 2007 and had a great leader. I moved in August 2007, but my new leader was also good. I lost 40 pounds in 2007! I only went sporadically in the first part of 2008, and a lot of it was that we moved again in March and the new leader was terrible. So 2 out of the 3 I've had have been good. I'm half tempted to suck it up and pay for parking once a week at work (I ride the bus) just so I can drive to the other side of town for the good leader.