Hi everyone!! This is my first post & I'm looking for October surgery buddies. I'm very excited about the surgery. I've gotten my psych clearance, scheduled my sleep study, nutrition classes and upper endoscopy. My date is October 14th. Btw, anyone here from Jersey? Look forward to making friends w everyone!

Edited August 21, 201411 yr by Marielbx

@@Jen - a work in progress

I can't figure out how to add. Mine is shmeyers13.

I can't figure it out either. I sent you a message in MFP tho. Hopefully you get it and it let's you add me.

@peek..

I have only lost 21 since surgery (10/8) - was 116 . (almost six weeks out now). As mentioned I have been eating alot so I need to exercise more I guess. My nutritionist said just keep thinking about your TOTAL loss - to keep you encouraged. It's a long road ahead.

I added you as a friend on MBP..

• @trvlgrl

Glad to hear I am not alone in my struggles with hunger and food!! I hear that most people don't even think about eating in the first 3 -4 months. If you are on My Fitness Pal - and want to share info my user name is estipo.

I still haven't been added to the FB group. My email is shmeyers13@sbcglobal.net

Is anyone else in here on the fb group? I feel like I'm missing out...am I?

I've been wondering the same thing! I deleted my Facebook (gave it up for lent) and then reactivated when the Facebook group was mentioned. I never received an invite, so I deactivated it again.

I've been wondering the same thing! I deleted my Facebook (gave it up for lent) and then reactivated when the Facebook group was mentioned. I never received an invite, so I deactivated it again.

I almost gave up all electronics for lent...almost...

Edited November 18, 201411 yr by VSGPapi

That would have been brave!!! And nearly impossible.

Is anyone else in here on the fb group? I feel like I'm missing out...am I?

I'm not. Nothing on Facebook is guaranteed to be private. I don't want their IT errors to let everyone know my personal business. I use FB with caution lol

I'm not. Nothing on Facebook is guaranteed to be private. I don't want their IT errors to let everyone know my personal business. I use FB with caution lol

I agree, however all of our posts in here are searchable by Google. I noticed that the other day. Just search your name in quotes followed by bariatricpal. Quite intrusive if you ask me. I'd prefer it to be more private.

Wow, nothing is private I guess.

That's scary.

It's ok, I'm here for support. I appreciate all of you. If that means my post are on the inter webs then so be it.

@ I'm in the FB group and it's a lot of the same on here. I'm not worried about the FB group being hacked b/c frankly if anyone wanted to find out anything, it's all open and so is the forum here. And my hospital support group is on FB too, also a private group, so I figured in for a penny in for a pound.

@@es fatBgoned I, too, can eat most things & I am hungry pretty quickly after breakfast but I realize I may not be eating enough. Typically I have breakfast, lunch, Half a premier protein shake midafternoon, and dinner . I don't have a morning snack and I don't count calories. This could potentially be why I'm hungry. I have to be better about counting calories or at the very least the amount of protein I get.

@, I am part of the Facebook group as well. I don't believe that everyone in the Fb group is a member of this group. Sometimes questions or suggestions are mentioned in that group that I don't see Here, Since I'm so early in this weight loss journey, I'll take all the help I can get. Honestly, it does get a bit much going from Facebook to BP but at the end of the day it's worth it