Need A Buddy/mentor In The Nyc Area

Hi All,

My name is Samantha, I am a 34 years old and I live in NYC. I was recently banded, 9/19, and I am looking for somebody, or somebodies who could help me through this process. Living in NYC, like many places in the world make this process even more difficult because a lot of delicious food is easily available. Personally I am looking for somebody who I can go to when I feel like I'm going to make a bad decision, who can also give me advice for to things to do socially with others where food is not the starring player. Like many who live in NYC, most of my social activities have always revolved around food. At the moment, since I'm still on the pre-op diet, I have not be engaging in social actvities due to lack of energy level and swolleness. But once I'm healed and am able to go out again, I want to be able to socialize and spend time with my friends, but need to find ways of doing that, where food is not the means that gets everybody together.

In an ideal universe, I would like to be able to find a buddy/mentor or buddies/mentors that grow into friendships so that I can have more people in my life who are able to personally understand when I have going through and what I continue to go through.

If this sounds like something that you might be interested in, please respond or message me, sorry I'm still learning how this website works, and I will give you my email address.