A few comments that I kept getting when I used to go to meetings especially when I was getting smaller was " but you're so young " or I'd hear people making allusions to the fact that it was so much easier for me to lose weight due to my age (I did WW when I was 22/23). People would imply my success was due to my age. Well to be honest, being young DOES help, but I had to make a ton of changes and get into new healthy habits to lose the weight. It didn't magically happen because I was 23. My mom just got her 100lb ribbon and magnet and she's in her early 50s and is losing at a rate that is slightly slower than I did.
I was at a WW meeting about 4-5 months ago and this woman asked me what I was doing there, I told her I was a lifetimer. She then said "well I guess you didn't have much to lose then?". I don't think she meant to be rude, but I was kind of insulted.
The fact is everyone who walks through the door of a WW meeting knows that their eating habits are not the best and would like to do something about it, even if they only have 5lbs to lose.
Good Luck to All!
Ali
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