I do eat hot dogs a couple times of the year but I make sure to get the best I can which for me are Hebrew National All-Beef that are only 50 calories each and very low in fat and they are only meat - no byproducts and organ meats.
What do the kids eat at home? If its not a healthy diet, I'd sure be giving them one at my house.
The Grandsons eat very well, they love all veggies and are crazy about fish and seafood. I do not have a problem with hot dogs, and I do not have a problem with organ meats, being we eat them themselves. I guess it comes from coming from a farm...lol. I do not like Beef wieners myself, so we have a good quality chicken, turkey or veggie Weiner here. The night in question we had chicken wieners. I do not believe in any food being bad for you when eaten occasionally and not to access....but that is just me.
Wow, really? I feel sorry for these people who really had to put you down for being a "bad grandparent" for simply wanting to give them hotdogs? Better than candy or junk all the time or whatever. That is just ridiculous.
SallyannbSorry you were treated so badly. I found a lot of negativity there and at my meetings. I quit but now have joined the home WW. I like the tools but do not use the message boards anymore. I do miss meetings but the idea of the meetings not what they actually were. Anyway, you were posting for support and got crap. How awful. And the premise of WW is that you can eat what you want in moderation but eat healthy most of the time. And a hotdog know and then will not kill anyone. lol
Looking for a good turkey dog. Anyone know of any? I do eat veg dogs but find them rubbery. I was vegetarian for 20 plus years and vegan for 6. I now eat fowl and fish.
There are a lot of them out there...Oscar Meyer makes one, Jenny-O makes one, Lilydale, and Butterball makes one. I think Oscar Meyer even makes a lite option also.
I posted once on that forum and had some rude people as well. You can get that anywhere online, but it just turned me off that forum and now I just post here.
There is absoltutely nothing wrong with kids having treats like hot dogs once in awhile, and to say otherwise (IMO) is ridiculous! Too much unhealthy food is bad, absolutely. But it can also be bad to make all unhealthy foods "forbidden".
Like others have already said...it's all about moderation.
I have been a member there for many years, but I NEVER post anything, be it a way-to-go or a comment in general, just due to how many times I have seen people personally attacked for ridiculous things. Some folks posting on the boards are sort of emotionally fragile and I feel sorry for them - it must make the people posting nasty things to them feel better about their own miserable lives. Online bullying really bothers me. Unfortunately, the ww board is chock full of them. Not to mention many of them spend their days adding new topics which are obscene and useless to someone looking for tips on weight loss or support. The moderators either have absolutely no idea what is going on or they are told not to care because the offenders are money-paying members. I prefer lurking here.
I actually find it depressing to go on there and see how other's treat people. I"m looking for support not to get on the defense every time I post a topic where i need support or answers. I've even given it the benefit of the doubt and that site fails me EVERY single time
I'm a payer too, which is even more disheartening!!
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I have access to WW Online, but I've only ever asked technical questions there, so I can't speak to how rude people can be there. 3FC is the only place I've ever posted with any regularity. I do have to say that I've come up against some rudeness here (mostly people making comments on things that were none of their business/that I asked for no input on) but I have learned that, hey, not everyone in the world is worth dealing with or paying attention to, and that extends to the online world. I take the good advice I get here, and I completely ignore those who make my choices their business.
I have to say, though, I'm not surprised some people decided that what you choose to feed your grandsons (occasionally, at that!) is any of their business. Some people are just like that...they think that if you're posting on a weight loss forum, it gives them license to comment on what you choose to eat.
The Trader Joe's uncured chicken hot dogs are what I buy for my little one for an occasional treat at home, but if we're at a cookout elsewhere, I never tell her she's not allowed to eat what's there.
I was terrified when my daughter started eating solids and had a major freakout with my therapist when I found out that my ex husband was giving her fruit punch, processed foods, and sugary cereals. I used to be so black and white about "good" and "bad" foods. Now I aim for 80/20 for her, while I like to aim for 90/10 for me.
While I choose to buy foods that I feel are healthy for us, I recognize that my daughter doesn't need to be 100% prohibited from any foods. I don't want to put her in a negative mindset with food, but instead provide her with tools to make good decisions.
Yes, we have heard many complaints about other Boards. I don't know if they have MODerators or not but here on 3FC, our MODs pop in on threads that look like they are going the wrong way and either delete posts, close threads, make a post to diffuse a bad situation and, in worse cases, ban the user. We also make user notes on folks who constantly are negative or about whom we receive many complaints.
If you see SPAM or a really negative post, please use the report feature beside each post - the ! to the left of the post. That generates a report seen only by the MODs and they can action it. Please don't just PM a MOD. Remember we are volunteers and are allowed to go offline.
Hope this helps if you ever run into that situation on this board.
I am a Weight Watchers member and I go to meetings. I don't post on the WW boards because I find people there not only rude, but they seem to feel the need to "egg" people on. I will readily admit that I am not a person to keep my mouth shut and not say what I think, but I don't feel that attacking someone about their weight, or what they choose to eat or anything else for that matter is productive. What I understand the very least is what they think they are accomplishing. I write a blog where I can say what I really feel without worrying about someone disagreeing because that blog is truly for me. I would be extremely upset if someone told me that I was a bad grandparent and I can understand how you feel. I think people forget (I just wrote about this on my blog too) that when people lose their weight and have been on maintenance for a while, or even lifetime, how they felt, what drove them and the struggles they had. I have first hand experience with this since someone close to me lost 110 lbs in a little over a year on Weight Watchers and she has turned into an extremely judgmental.....um.....person. I'm on my 13th...yes 13TH time with Weight Watchers. I've been really overweight for 21 years, and this person doesn't even act like I have a chance. Maybe I don't, but I feel differently this time and I won't let her shove me down. Its sad. I struggle every single day to put the correct things into my mouth and keep myself under control, but if that doesn't happen and I eat a cookie, I'm not a horrible person. I guess my very long point, in my very first post no less, is that if you know that you are doing the right thing, then it really shouldn't matter what someone who doesn't know you or your situation or the whole story thinks.
Hi - I completely understand what you are feeling. I am somewhat new to WW (joined end of January), and though I go to meetings I felt the need for extra support, and went to their online community. I found the people on the boards to be so judgmental, cold, and not at all supportive. I tried twice and gave up.
It sounds to me that you are a great grandparent, you spend time with the grandkids and enjoy being with them. That's what they need and will remember. And as others here stated, food in moderation is fine, even a hot dog.
I am so glad for this community right here. The folks here are consistently friendly and supportive, and are generous with their good advice.
