The Always Enjoyable Weight Watchers Message Boards
I find it absolutely shocking the level of negativity and hatred on the Weight Watchers message boards. Today, my friend Karen posted a thread about her new goal weight. She wants to lose 40 additional pounds by the end of September - which is 9 months away. Keep in mind that in the last year she has lost 100 pounds, so 40 more could be like child’s play to her.
The first response, after posting, was one that said, “And if you don’t?” I was taken aback and shocked at this response. Instead of support and good suggestions, she is offered this piece of negative trash. Basically this woman, BETH, was saying that her goal is unattainable and unrealistic and she’s doomed to failure. I couldn’t just sit there and do nothing, so I posted an entry supporting my friend.
Once again, there was another negative comment by BETH. She said that she’s been on Weight Watchers for 7 years. In that 7 years, (you can tell by her stats) she’s only lost about 39 pounds. She said that in the 7 years she’s been on those boards that she’s seen everyone fail that set up goals. I wrote that the first you do in a WW meeting is set up your goal weight. I told her that if she is against goals, that she is against WW and should probably choose a new board to post to.
Well, after this, the floodgates opened and her WW pals started to gang up on me. I was called ignorant several times by these fatties. Then something happened that startled me - THEY STARTED AN ENTIRE THREAD ABOUT ME!!! This thread, labeled, "Blackwidow8000", was basically BETH’s friends ganging up on me all at once. I wrote an entry about how my friend came on here for support and all she received was criticism and negativity about her choices. I also thanked them for the "helpful" information they provided.
Karen wrote an entry defending me and describing her journey of weight loss. In the end, we feel as if they were all jealous of her. C’mon, you are on WW for 7 years, wrote 81,000 messages and have only lost 35-40 pounds? It is wrong for someone who is clearly a failure to offer advice to someone who has been successful? She was the one who needed the advice, not my friend.
I’ve heard of addiction counselors who they themselves are alcoholics and addicts. I thought of them as I read all the advice from these failed fatties who believe they know better than someone who was a success and was winning the battle. They are bitter, angry people who are filled with self-loathing. They don’t believe in goals, because they themselves have failed using them.
When I decided not to involve myself in these posts anymore, I received an email from Karen to check the last post. As I checked the threads, I discovered that these fools started ANOTHER thread WITH MY NAME!! Of course, it was BETH and all her fat, failure friends ganging up on me once again. BETH has resorted to labeling me the "Spider Lady" and none of the could figure out if I was a he or a "manly she". I couldn't believe that someone actually used the word, "manly", when discussing me! They all are in support of BETH by telling her that she did nothing wrong. I find it fascinating that one of her friends to us to "shut the hell up" and that she would wait patiently for my friend Karen to return in 9 months to discuss her failed weight loss. That was the final straw and I couldn't read anymore.
The last message posted on the “Blackwidow8000” thread was this one:
BAMFER to BW8000 and Claire.
GLOYJ
Of course, we’re clueless as to the meaning of this. It was directed at my friend and myself. I have to remind myself that this is a weight loss message board and not The Da Vinci Code.
Crossposted to Facebook
The first response, after posting, was one that said, “And if you don’t?” I was taken aback and shocked at this response. Instead of support and good suggestions, she is offered this piece of negative trash. Basically this woman, BETH, was saying that her goal is unattainable and unrealistic and she’s doomed to failure. I couldn’t just sit there and do nothing, so I posted an entry supporting my friend.
Once again, there was another negative comment by BETH. She said that she’s been on Weight Watchers for 7 years. In that 7 years, (you can tell by her stats) she’s only lost about 39 pounds. She said that in the 7 years she’s been on those boards that she’s seen everyone fail that set up goals. I wrote that the first you do in a WW meeting is set up your goal weight. I told her that if she is against goals, that she is against WW and should probably choose a new board to post to.
Well, after this, the floodgates opened and her WW pals started to gang up on me. I was called ignorant several times by these fatties. Then something happened that startled me - THEY STARTED AN ENTIRE THREAD ABOUT ME!!! This thread, labeled, "Blackwidow8000", was basically BETH’s friends ganging up on me all at once. I wrote an entry about how my friend came on here for support and all she received was criticism and negativity about her choices. I also thanked them for the "helpful" information they provided.
Karen wrote an entry defending me and describing her journey of weight loss. In the end, we feel as if they were all jealous of her. C’mon, you are on WW for 7 years, wrote 81,000 messages and have only lost 35-40 pounds? It is wrong for someone who is clearly a failure to offer advice to someone who has been successful? She was the one who needed the advice, not my friend.
I’ve heard of addiction counselors who they themselves are alcoholics and addicts. I thought of them as I read all the advice from these failed fatties who believe they know better than someone who was a success and was winning the battle. They are bitter, angry people who are filled with self-loathing. They don’t believe in goals, because they themselves have failed using them.
When I decided not to involve myself in these posts anymore, I received an email from Karen to check the last post. As I checked the threads, I discovered that these fools started ANOTHER thread WITH MY NAME!! Of course, it was BETH and all her fat, failure friends ganging up on me once again. BETH has resorted to labeling me the "Spider Lady" and none of the could figure out if I was a he or a "manly she". I couldn't believe that someone actually used the word, "manly", when discussing me! They all are in support of BETH by telling her that she did nothing wrong. I find it fascinating that one of her friends to us to "shut the hell up" and that she would wait patiently for my friend Karen to return in 9 months to discuss her failed weight loss. That was the final straw and I couldn't read anymore.
The last message posted on the “Blackwidow8000” thread was this one:
BAMFER to BW8000 and Claire.
GLOYJ
Of course, we’re clueless as to the meaning of this. It was directed at my friend and myself. I have to remind myself that this is a weight loss message board and not The Da Vinci Code.
Crossposted to Facebook