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Hi!

I'm looking for a mentor/buddy.. someone I can give my phone number to and text pretty regularly. :) I'm really looking to make a long term friend here!

Here are a couple of things about me:

I'm 23

Female

Married, but separated for 2.5 years... still working on that divorce.ugh.

I work in Elementary schools

Arkansas

Surgery is next week.

I've lost 17 lbs preop

I need to lose about 140 lbs.

I'm really outgoing.. :)

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Hello,

My name is Jessie. Here are a few things about me:

I'm 27

Female

Single

Live in MN but will be moving to IL in April

Occupational therapy assistant and also FT student

I was banded on 1/29/14

My goal is to loose 100lbs

I have started a blog about my banded journey: jessiesjourney22.wordpress.com (check it out)

I would love to exchange emails and see how things go, then eventually exchange numbers. Send me a private message if you are interested :)

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I would also be interested in getting intouch with you ladies. I am 29 I am married have two kiddos 5 and 4. I live in Chicago. I have 100 pounds to loose. I just got the lap band last Thursday I am going to give this my all. I want to lose the weight to be healthier! I'm so young and I have so much to look forward to. I am disappointed in my self that I gave up. But I realized that I could change that I didn't have to be limited on the things I could do like fitting in a seat or going to an amusement park with my family and not worrying if ill fit in the seats and deal with the embarrassment that I cause not only myself but my family too. I need someone to be there for me that is going through the same thing I am because no matter how supportive my family can be they don't really understand what I'm going through. I promise ill be super supportive, active and always there for you. Send me a message if you are interested. Thanks.

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I'm 29, married and have two kids. I was banded jan 22. I need to lose a total of 85 pounds. As of now I'm down almost 17. What about starting a group chat through whatsapp?

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I'm 29, married and have two kids. I was banded jan 22. I need to lose a total of 85 pounds. As of now I'm down almost 17. What about starting a group chat through whatsapp?

I have no idea what WhatsApp is... I am about to search for it though. How do we find each other on it?

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It's an app. I think we need to add each other by phone number. It works better for me because I'm living in Israel. It's free for all of us.

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