Weight Watchers New Agenda

 I wanted to take a post and discuss WW new approach to weight loss.

For the record....if you need a weight loss medication or even weight loss surgery to help you on your journey to lose weight; I have no issue with it.  By all means go to your doctor and do what is right for you.  I do not, however, think WW should be prescribing medications...I just don't.  Your insurance company will either pay for the drugs or they won't; so why pay WW for that?  They can't make your insurance company pay.  Skip the extra fee and just go to your own doctor.

I do think it is nice for WW to offer a program for those on weight loss medications.  Go to your own doctor and then just join the regular WW to access the program for that.  It just makes good financial sense.  (You heard that correctly, you do not have to part of the clinical side of WW to access the plan).

I also think it is great that WW offers a program for diabetics or pre-diabetics.  Makes perfect sense.

What doesn't make sense?  Is all these TV specials and YouTube videos shows saying how we need to look at how we view those overweight and judging those on medications to help.

I am so sick of Sima for apologizing for WW as a whole because the program didn't work for everyone.  Guess what Sima?  No program works for everyone, none!  You keep saying you want to be there for everyone and yet you've done the following:

1.    Taken away access to the website for those that use it.

2.    Taken away the majority of in person meetings (even those that were successful and had a lot of attendance) for those that use it.  And the meetings left?  Times does not work for those that work.

3.    Setting up Lifetimers to lose their status (because you can't stay lifetime without an in person meeting).

4.    Changing the plan constantly.  Did you know the original point plan lasted 12 years! Points Plus lasted five years; but since 2016 WW has had 5 different plans - 5 plans in 8 years.  Make up your mind!

So, you're really not there for everyone; just those who fit your new agenda.  Apologizing for the past is a slap in the face to those who use the program successfully.

Shame on you Sima!