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Our local group will be meeting on Saturday, October 10 at the East Greenbush Community Library at 10:30 am. Come over to our FB group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/BariatricPal/ and ask to join! All our into is there!

Upcoming Dates:

November 21 at 10:30

December 12 at 10:30

By request, starting with our JUNE 13 meeting, we will be doing voluntary, private weigh-ins, and I'll be providing a monthly food diary for those interested! See you there!

http://www.albany.com/event/bariatric-support-group-86817/

Hello all. Just moved to Albany will be sleeved in / weeks. How can I get more info on the group?

Hi, Slimdoon1988! Come over to our FB group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/BariatricPal/ and ask to join! All our into is there! There are other links in posts above. Look forward to hearing from you!

Come out to the East Greenbush Library this Saturday at 10:30 am and join us as we continue our series on the Success Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients. During this segment, we will focus on Portion Control. Do you know when you're hungry? Do you know when you're full?

I hoped this group would stay active! I began working at the St. Peter's Bariatric Program with Dr. Trivedi and it's insanely busy! Our office manager left and I'm covering 2 (and a half) jobs, but I still love it. I'm also leading the BariatricPal local chapter support group at the East Greenbush Library once a month on Saturday mornings. Our next group is October 4 and I would love to see some new (and old!) faces!

Thanks, Alex. It appears the link does a local search.

Join us on September 13 as we discuss The Success Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients! These six principles can be the game changing factor between goal setting and goal GETTING! 10:30 am at the East Greenbush Community Library. See you there!

Certification course today! I thought it was 9am - 5 pm, then I noticed that's MOUNTAIN time! 11-7 for me!

Congrats, jonlepel! Welcome to the losers' bench!

Our second Rensselaer/Albany local chapter meeting is fast approaching on August 9! We will be discussing The High Price of Gas... no not THAT gas! It should be a rip-roaring good time!

So proud of you, MommyMeghan!!! Are you home yet?

If you put a cover on it, it should keep maybe a week or so, I'd think.

How did you do?

Things are moving forward YAY! Dr said today my pre-op blood work looked good so no more delays and we're on for July 23rd. Feeling excited & nervous.

I'm so happy you made it to the meeting! And I hope more of us can make it to the next one! August 9, 1030 am, East Greenbush Library!

Our kick off meeting was a HUGE success! A little small, we had 8 people, but it was a beautiful summer weekend and people had plans. Regardless, there was a nice mix of pre-ops and post-ops which made for a ton of great communication and conversation. Can't wait til our next meeting on August 9!

Thanks for checking in! Although my first day was a full day of orientation, it went GREAT! Pretty sure I added you tom the FB group. Was that you?

Saturday's group is open to pre-ops as well as post-ops. We all have something to learn and something to offer!

Starting in Dr. T's office Tuesday! So if anyone stops in, be sure to say hello!

Would there be an interest in an additional SECRET group? I'd be happy to start one and honor requests received here.

Just a reminder that our local chapter will be meeting on July 12 at the East Greenbush Library! Please help spread the word! We will start at 10:15 am with a meet and greet and talk about where we are in our weight loss adventure. Our meetings will include clothing swaps, guest speakers, grocery store outings and MUCH MORE!!! Join us at tiny.cc/bariatricpalgroup on FB! Our group is a closed group, meaning it's private and can be seen only by group members, since many people have not shared their WLS status publicly.

Oh I wish I could make this, my surgery is 7/15 and my daughter's birthday party is on the 12th. I hope to join afterwards, didn't know there was a local group meet up I know closed groups on FB are not accessible to others but I thought you could still see who's in the group (or maybe I'm wrong?).

Yes, people can see who is in the group, but ca't read the posts. I've thought of changing the status to SECRET for this reason.

I'll join if it's secret lol...too many FB friend/acquaintances that I don't feel like sharing with yet...I'm still pre-op. Maybe at some point I'll be more open about it but not yet.

Well, I thought about it and I even changed the group to SECRET momentarily. Then I realized that the business cards I had printed have a link to the group for those who would like to join. A secret group wouldn't be accessible to anyone not sent an invitation, and I wanted people to be able to find us.

Just a reminder that our local chapter will be meeting on July 12 at the East Greenbush Library! Please help spread the word! We will start at 10:15 am with a meet and greet and talk about where we are in our weight loss adventure. Our meetings will include clothing swaps, guest speakers, grocery store outings and MUCH MORE!!! Join us at tiny.cc/bariatricpalgroup on FB! Our group is a closed group, meaning it's private and can be seen only by group members, since many people have not shared their WLS status publicly.

Oh I wish I could make this, my surgery is 7/15 and my daughter's birthday party is on the 12th. I hope to join afterwards, didn't know there was a local group meet up I know closed groups on FB are not accessible to others but I thought you could still see who's in the group (or maybe I'm wrong?).

Yes, people can see who is in the group, but ca't read the posts. I've thought of changing the status to SECRET for this reason.

Ive used SodaStream diet grapefruit flavor mixed with Water and ice. Not quite Fresca, but good!

When I had my surgery back in December, I'd just applied for an admin job in my bariatric surgeon's office at St. Peter's. The timing wasn't good and they had already made an offer to someone else. I had my six month checkup this week and that "someone else" has moved on... guess who got an on-the-spot interview? I received a phone call a couple hours later and should be getting my formal offer on Monday! I'm so excited to be working so closely with bariatric professionals! It can only help my Quest to pay it forward and help others as I've been helped!