I don't mind people knowing how much I weigh - it doesn't bother me. As the previous poster has said, it's confidential. And I usually say if I think I'm going to have a gain - and have a bit of a giggle about it with the ladies and that maybe I had a bit too many nice things that week. I find everyone really friendly, and am happy to have a bit of humour to go along with my ups and downs.
At my group, while people are being weighed, the consultant gives the new member talk to any new members - once we've been weighed and waiting for image therapy to start, it's a good chance to chat to other members - tips, etc - and have a look at the magazines or books. I usually copy a recipe down every couple of weeks.
Image Therapy does consist of going through losses and gains, but is usually followed up with talking to the individuals - either asking if they need help with anything, or sometimes prompting the group to discuss something as a whole. In some weeks we talk about an issue first, then go round everyone with their weigh in results and people talk about the topic at that time.
Common topics include talking about our favourite SW meals, recipe ideas, favourite non-SW meals(!) and how to make them low syn, dealing with events like birthdays, Christmas, alcohol, etc. Other times we'll talk about setting targets, play games about guessing the syn values of common snacks, trying new foods that are in the shops, and occassionally members who've been there for a while will say how much better they feel on SW, what they like best, etc etc. The word for the web sometimes gives us something to talk about too - how many things can we think of making using that ingredient!
If members say they're struggling at a particular time of day/week, we all try and suggest our ways of managing the problem - snacking after dinner, for example.
This is just a selection of things we chat about - I've picked up loads of tips, ideas, and tried new things because of what we cover in the groups I go to.
However, I've been to one bad group that just goes through the gains and losses, doesn't prompt any chatting (only asks if everyone's ok), does the raffle, SOW then is gone. I left after a few weeks - there's plenty of good consultants out there - you just need to find one!
Oops - this turned into a long one!!!