A bit of Tradition (we do it this way because we always have) and a bit of Club Rules (hand the money over first).
> I will assume that this ritual Weighing in is one
> carried out by
> your Heroband (the group of people on your diet
> program) and is thus
> intended to garner community support allowing you to
> resist temptation to indulge in second helpings...
Something like that. Also access to more accurate scales, and an impartial observer with less of tendency to wishful thinking and cheating.
> You presumably consider
> that following the Rituals will have some benefit in
> helping you
> stick to the diet, otherwise why bother with the
> program at all and
> just lose weight without invokeing it's magic?
If only! This is more like "let's try out yet another ritual, this one might work".
But no magic. A bit of psychology, I expect, but no magic.
The "do these exercises to this tune mimicing the instructor's steps" ritual that follows the Weighing In probably has a more practical result.
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