Money Making Scheme?!?!?

People (and from what I've read in the comments here http://bit.ly/ccRsRd it's not just in the UK) seem to think that instead of wanting to help millions of overweight, obese and morbidly obese people all over the world lose weight, achieve their weight loss goals and reach healthy BMIs, WeightWatchers are launching the ProPoints plan simply to inveigle money out of everybody.

Seriously?!?!??!

Firstly, let me point out that EVERYTHING you need as a member to follow the ProPoints plan (apart from your Leader and your meeting support!!) can be found in the little blue folder you receive on week one, including the (admittedly a little fiddly, but much better once you're used to it) ProPoints Finder wheel. And think yourselves lucky, because the WW members in Europe who have been following the plan for a year now, didn't even get one of those.

There is NO obligation to buy any new tools at all. You don't need them, they are a really nice thing should you WANT them.

I understand that some people will have bought all the POINTS tools available to them, but this new programme has been in the pipeline for many YEARS now, and as a result the POINTS tools were sold off (AT HALF PRICE I MIGHT ADD) MONTHS ago. So even if you were the very last member to buy a set of POINTS scales at £19.95, you have had at least 5 months use out of them, and they are a REALLY good set of scales and they still weigh things. Just weigh your food and then look up the ProPoints values in your guide books. The POINTS pedometer still counts steps. Then you just find out how many ProPoints you've earned by looking in your guide books. The tools are not a necessity, just a luxury.

Having said that, there is 20% off most of the tools available to you - Track, Eat Out, Shop, Pedometer, Calculator, ProPoints scales and there are some amazing discounts on bundles too.

As for the cookbooks, WeightWatchers have ProPointed the values (at least in the UK for 100% definite) of all the recipes in the cookbooks released this year.

I can't understand the problem. If you don't want to spend your money, then don't! You don't have to!

Just follow the plan, enjoy it, LIVE, LOVE, LOSE WEIGHT!

Training!! Has it REALLY been almost a month?

Okay, I didn't realise it had been so long since I posted!! Good job this blog isn't live yet!

So we had training for the new Programme this weekend. It was GREAT!! (Not least because we were given LOADS of lovely new products to use too!! Weigh and ProPoint Scales!!! WOO! And the new pedometer!)

Anyway, I am panicking about getting my members to COME and then actually to stay in the meeting on launch night!

Worst Kept Secret....EVER!

There are a lot of emails flying around between leaders at the moment, about how all the members seem to know about the new innovation coming into effect. Some are mentioning the date, some even mentioning it by name!!

It seems everybody is doing very well at feigning innocence and ignorance, but it still makes one wonder how all these members know so much already?

I guess I'm quite lucky that nobody has asked me yet.... I've been asked about the guide books, pedometers, scales etc being out of stock, but I've just said that they're being re-branded and re-marketed - only a little white lie really!

However, we're all going to be "teasing" our current members soon enough (after the training in October") so I say let them think whatever they like!