Weight Watchers has gone digital. Now not only can any one join the popular point counting club- but it’s online and can be accessed anywhere. Traditionally Weight Watchers is used by older generations –or digital immigrants- now that it has gone online Weight Watchers is becoming more and more popular among younger generations who are more comfortable with the internet. There are many forums people can go to talk on. The natives of the site call these chat spaces “going to the boards” and refer to it often when talking about having stress or needing to talk. There are specific chat boards such as mothers of the bride to be or more general ones for college kids.
So often I noticed that people weren’t even talking about their diets they were just talking about their days. So much of good dieting is emotional. So many people have a problem with emotional eating, so therefore having an outlet for emotions other than food could help the diet without the person even knowing it. For example- say I have a really horrible day at school. I come home and none of my roommates are there and there is plenty of food I could just sit and eat until they got back (which less face it- most of us would do). However being part of the weight watchers community I can go straight to my room and hop online to talk to the people I have established friendships with and vent to them. Because they are all going through the same experience of dieting as you, the out crying of support is overwhelming when you are having a bad day. One quote I saw the other day on one of the boards was “being thin feels better than anything tastes”. This little quote came in handy when I was ready for my night time snack and the salt and pepper kettle chips were looking much better than the fat free popcorn next to it.
It is hard to get through a diet with out the help of others. The net is constant form of communication. Weight Watchers is so huge that there will always be someone on the boards. Starting a thread showing concern or expressing oneself will be answered in seconds. It is more effective than waiting for a weekly meeting or waiting for a friend to get out of work so you can call him or her. Of course one shouldn’t rely solely in the weight watchers website. There are so many boards to choose from that your topic might get over looked for a few hours- and if you need help right away this can sometimes be frustrating. Boards, although very fast, are not instantaneous.
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