Does anyone know of any bariatric Facebook groups that do not have the name “Bariatric” in them?? I’d love to find a closed group that I can join, but don’t want it to show my friends that I’ve joined a bariatric group. Not because I’m ashamed, just because it’s nobody’s business.

One of my friends joined a bariatric group and it showed me a few times a week that she was in it..... EVEN though it was a closed group.

I’ve only told my husband and kids that I’m having this surgery. Have t told my parents or siblings or any friends. I just don’t want the judgement and stigma that comes with it. They won’t care to take the time to educate themselves and realize that it’s still a LOT of hard work on my part. So with only my husband and kids knowing..... I still want additional support with questions or someone that I can connect with.

My surgery should be in September 2018.

Get yourself a different email address and create a new facebook account and join from there. This is what I have done.

If you join a group on your current account, I think friends can still see you've joined and they may will look to see what the group is about, and even if the there isn't anything related to weight loss or bariatric in the group name, they would easily see what the group is about from the description.

Edited June 16, 20188 yr by 2shea

Good idea! Thanks

Were you a part of that group as well? You shouldn’t be able to see anyone’s participate in a closed group; that’s odd. Maybe the admins of that group need to make it secret

You just have to adjust your privacy settings to prevent your activities being shared with anyone. It's all in the settings.

Also, a "Closed Group" doesn't hide user info, only a "Secret Group" hides user info.

• Public

  Anyone can see the group, its members and their posts.
• Closed

  Anyone can find the group and see who's in it. Only members can see posts.
• Secret

  Only members can find the group and see posts.

Yeah the problem with bariatric groups being secret is that they're secret and thus no one can find them to join. lol

Hope you do find one that works for you. Are we not enough???