Since joining Weightwatchers 4 weeks ago, I?ve lost a total of 1.6 pounds. Given that WW membership is $12 a week, that means I’ve spent ($48 divided by 1.6 equals?) — well a lot of money for not very much.

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I hate being a beginner. I do like trying different classes and forcing myself to take a risk but I invariably come away feeling rubbish. Beforehand I’ll harbor some fantasy about my latent talent, one which will earn the admiration and astonishment of everyone else in the class - ‘really, this is your first time? well you must be a natural.’ If not that, then I at least hope that someone in the class will be more useless than me, so I can feel some degree of superiority.

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