Diet & Exercise: Support Groups
Wednesday, August 28th, 2002 17:57![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittiwakeI have never wanted to join a slimming club. I always thought of them as being based on criticism and humiliation (I may be wrong as I have never actually been to one) and the calorie-counting type of diet isn't for me. I can't be bothered with all that calorie counting and weighing all my food, probably because I don't do much cooking. I daresay it is easier if you make your own meals based on the slimming club's recipes.
However, I am currently a member of two weight loss support groups, one virtual (run from the Weight Training & General Fitness bulletin board on the Motley Fool UK web-site), and one at work. The work one started with a group of friends who have lunch together, overlapping with some people who sit at neighbouring desks to them. It may be a bit embarrassing having your weight charted on a spreadsheet for all the members to see, but everyone is very supportive.
Both support groups have a weigh-in once a week. I think that is enough, as your weight will tend to fluctuate slightly, and weighing yourself too frequently makes you paranoid. One of the Tub Club members said one day "Before I went for my run I weighed X, and when I got back from my run I weighed Y, and the next morning I weighed Z", which is rather too obsessive to my mind.
However, I am currently a member of two weight loss support groups, one virtual (run from the Weight Training & General Fitness bulletin board on the Motley Fool UK web-site), and one at work. The work one started with a group of friends who have lunch together, overlapping with some people who sit at neighbouring desks to them. It may be a bit embarrassing having your weight charted on a spreadsheet for all the members to see, but everyone is very supportive.
Both support groups have a weigh-in once a week. I think that is enough, as your weight will tend to fluctuate slightly, and weighing yourself too frequently makes you paranoid. One of the Tub Club members said one day "Before I went for my run I weighed X, and when I got back from my run I weighed Y, and the next morning I weighed Z", which is rather too obsessive to my mind.
