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Weight Watchers magazine is no more

esmerelda — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:48:43 GMT

I read today that May was the last issue. Some people are getting Oprah's magazine to finish out their subscription. I think someone else said they are getting a fitness magazine.

Another person said the name is changing.

Poor Oprah...I think she's the kiss of death for things she gets involved with. The movie (not The Color Purple...one she produced or directed or something...Beloved?), and didn't she have something to do with a play that didn't do so well?

She hasn't helped weight watchers much IMO. She can lose all the money she wants...she has enough. But the program means more to people than her money means to her. Again...IMO.

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mom2four0418 — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:53:56 GMT

@esmerelda wrote:
I read today that May was the last issue. Some people are getting Oprah's magazine to finish out their subscription. I think someone else said they are getting a fitness magazine.

Another person said the name is changing.

Poor Oprah...I think she's the kiss of death for things she gets involved with. The movie (not The Color Purple...one she produced or directed or something...Beloved?), and didn't she have something to do with a play that didn't do so well?

She hasn't helped weight watchers much IMO. She can lose all the money she wants...she has enough. But the program means more to people than her money means to her. Again...IMO.

Yes, clearly Oprah Winfrey has had an unsuccessful life.

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sidsmom — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 01:12:05 GMT

@mom2four0418 wrote:
@esmerelda wrote:
I read today that May was the last issue. Some people are getting Oprah's magazine to finish out their subscription. I think someone else said they are getting a fitness magazine.

Another person said the name is changing.

Poor Oprah...I think she's the kiss of death for things she gets involved with. The movie (not The Color Purple...one she produced or directed or something...Beloved?), and didn't she have something to do with a play that didn't do so well?

She hasn't helped weight watchers much IMO. She can lose all the money she wants...she has enough. But the program means more to people than her money means to her. Again...IMO.
Yes, clearly Oprah Winfrey has had an unsuccessful life.

Giggle.

I got whiplash when I read the original post.

First she’s the ‘kiss of death’ ...... then a h.a.r.d right turn of having

so much money she can afford to lose $ because ‘she has enough.’

Which is it, sis?

Giggle, again.

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Katcat1 — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 01:16:27 GMT

The name has changed to WW. Silly, if you ask me.

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Venezia — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 04:23:40 GMT

Interesting that I only this past month got an "offer" to subscribe to WWs magazine. (I had subscribed years ago.) I had no interest in subscribing, as I've had two magaziines I'd subscribed to in the past three years become defunct and was "switched" to other magazines without any choice.

I've just let another one expire because I'm done with all the hassle.

As for Oprah being the kiss of death: hardly. She's helped a lot of companies gain national recognition. Not everything's going to be a success. One or two misses doesn't qualify her for "kiss of death" status!

(She had nothing to do with the other two magazines that folded...I wonder who was the kiss of death for those? Perhaps just the changing times? Hmm.)

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January121 — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 04:26:32 GMT

I think WW is having some problems since the BIG O got involved with it ... it seems like the last changes they made to the program are not working that well .... I don’t know why they couldn’t leave well enough alone ... if its not broken don’t fix it!!!

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MarkeieMark — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 04:30:54 GMT

@esmerelda wrote:
I read today that May was the last issue. Some people are getting Oprah's magazine to finish out their subscription. I think someone else said they are getting a fitness magazine.

Another person said the name is changing.

Poor Oprah...I think she's the kiss of death for things she gets involved with. The movie (not The Color Purple...one she produced or directed or something...Beloved?), and didn't she have something to do with a play that didn't do so well?

She hasn't helped weight watchers much IMO. She can lose all the money she wants...she has enough. But the program means more to people than her money means to her. Again...IMO.

ITA.

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hopi — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 12:07:46 GMT

The Weight Watchers name is gone, so the magazine is no more.

The diet plan is workable for anyone, easy to follow but more so her vision is that weight alone is not the answer for health, happiness and focus.

All the monies Oprah has donated, the school she built, the cars she has given away, the self help nuts she has put on TV does not compare to the life saving, changing, support and success she has given to people with the partial acquisition of WW. Connect is the "instagram of WW", If you could see, the struggles, the progress, the happiness and success of many of these people you would understand.

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Jinlei — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 15:22:11 GMT

Why does Oprah have to have her hand in everything? Surprised she has not come out with a clothing line.

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Trinity11 — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 15:36:16 GMT

@Jinlei wrote:
Why does Oprah have to have her hand in everything? Surprised she has not come out with a clothing line.

Her bestie/girlfriend has now taken over the Channel 2 weekly Morning show. All the other women on the show are now gone from it. Oprah must have quite a bit of clout the way that she manipulates whatever she touches. Got to hand it to her....

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deeva — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:01:21 GMT

I feel the same about Martha Stewart.

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jpie — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 17:20:00 GMT

WW magazine is just another one that is "biting the dust." Many years ago I subscribed the the O magazine, but found it didn't have much that interested me.

Many magazines are halting their publications. About four months ago I started receiving Vogue. It was sent to me to replace the remaining issues of Glamour. I was getting weary of Glamour anyway. Vogue has fashions that are way too expensive and over-the-top for my relaxed lifestyle, but they do have one great article in each issue that has been better than Glamour ever was.

So many magazines are going away. I still get four monthly publications and enjoy them.

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mom2four0418 — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 17:35:13 GMT

@Trinity11 wrote:
@Jinlei wrote:
Why does Oprah have to have her hand in everything? Surprised she has not come out with a clothing line.
Her bestie/girlfriend has now taken over the Channel 2 weekly Morning show. All the other women on the show are now gone from it. Oprah must have quite a bit of clout the way that she manipulates whatever she touches. Got to hand it to her....

I only watch cable news channels, but the changes at CBS were made when Susan Zirinsky became the president of CBS news. The moves stem from fallen ratings, for both morning and evening news shows. I don't think that Norah O'Donnell anchoring the evening news is considered a demotion. Gayle King has been in the news business for decades...

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reiki604 — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 19:08:14 GMT

@esmerelda wrote:
I read today that May was the last issue. Some people are getting Oprah's magazine to finish out their subscription. I think someone else said they are getting a fitness magazine.

Another person said the name is changing.

Poor Oprah...I think she's the kiss of death for things she gets involved with. The movie (not The Color Purple...one she produced or directed or something...Beloved?), and didn't she have something to do with a play that didn't do so well?

She hasn't helped weight watchers much IMO. She can lose all the money she wants...she has enough. But the program means more to people than her money means to her. Again...IMO.

Even though Oprah’s film(s?) did not enjoy blockbuster success, it provided jobs and income for everyone involved in making it. As you said, the program (WW) means more to people than her money means to her. Aren’t these actions of support

the indicator of true success and understanding of what’s really important? I really don’t get the shade Oprah receives for everything she does or is involved with.

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January121 — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 21:53:41 GMT

@Jinlei wrote:
Why does Oprah have to have her hand in everything? Surprised she has not come out with a clothing line.

@Jinlei I am not an Oprah fan & wish she would retire .... I am so over seeing people kiss her feet !!

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Trinity11 — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:28:18 GMT

@mom2four0418 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Jinlei wrote:
Why does Oprah have to have her hand in everything? Surprised she has not come out with a clothing line.
Her bestie/girlfriend has now taken over the Channel 2 weekly Morning show. All the other women on the show are now gone from it. Oprah must have quite a bit of clout the way that she manipulates whatever she touches. Got to hand it to her....
I only watch cable news channels, but the changes at CBS were made when Susan Zirinsky became the president of CBS news. The moves stem from fallen ratings, for both morning and evening news shows. I don't think that Norah O'Donnell anchoring the evening news is considered a demotion. Gayle King has been in the news business for decades...

Well, I have watched the morning show for years and Gayle King is a very boisterous, over-bearing individual who drowned everyone out on that show since she arrived. Since the first day she was in takeover mode, drowning out all her co-hosts.

If there were falling ratings, one only needs to look to Gayle for why. Expect to see the ratings drop even further. Oh and of course Oprah was her first guest on Day Number One. What a surprise. LOL

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Carmie — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:24:24 GMT

Weight Watchers used to be the best healthy eating plan out there and everyone lost weight on it.

Over the years they have changed it and not for the better. I earned my lifetime member award in the 1980's. Their new plans cause me to gain weight.

I don't think it is a very effectiveness plan for a lot of people. Most of the info that was in the magazines, like recipes can now be found online, so no need to pay extra.

And, speaking of cost...wow, has the cost of WW gone up.

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sidsmom — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 02:14:44 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
I earned my lifetime member award in the 1980's.
Their new plans cause me to gain weight.

I kinda/sorta went into hypnosis when I read this.

A lot to unpack.

Let me get this straight.

You’ve been doing the plan, successfully, since the 80s

and we still haven’t learned anything?

Are they placing food in your mouth when you’re not looking?

A ‘plan’ doesn’t make one gain weight.

Maybe to a newbie, but not someone with 35-40 successful yrs.

It’s just an arbitrary number (points) that is assigned to you.

And if anyone would know how to successfully lose weight

for the long-term, it would be a successful lifetime member, yes?

No one learns anything w/ these diets.

Sounds like it never was the ‘best’ healthy eating plan out there,

then & now. Proof is in the Weight Watcher pudding. 👆

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JaneMarple — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:32:31 GMT

Yet another Oprah bashing thread that has nothing to do with "Wellness".

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10sluvr — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:15:19 GMT

@JaneMarple wrote:
Yet another Oprah bashing thread that has nothing to do with "Wellness".

she attached herself to the WW wellness train, so she is fair game, for criticizm. the loss of the WW magazine, is an acceptable topic, under wellness. This is business for oprah and nothing more.