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I'm brand new to the forum and looking for a buddy near or far, who has in the past. Or currently is struggling with weight loss. I've been overweight all my life and am thinking about weight loss surgery, and no diets have ever helped me lose weight. Thanks for reading!

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Welcome, Kimberly! You have found a huge site full of kindred spirits. Most of us have struggled with weight our entire lives.

Look at the various forums and read any threads that interest you. Feel free to jump in with questions. Most people here are happy to help. Good luck on your journey, whatever way you choose to proceed!

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Welcome, Kimberly! You have found a huge site full of kindred spirits. Most of us have struggled with weight our entire lives.
Look at the various forums and read any threads that interest you. Feel free to jump in with questions. Most people here are happy to help. Good luck on your journey, whatever way you choose to proceed!


Thank you for that warm welcome =)
I'm excited to look around and jump into some of the forums. Thanks again!

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Hope you'll hang with us a long while, lots of friendship and advice on here.

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9 hours ago, KimberlyM86 said:

I'm brand new to the forum and looking for a buddy near or far, who has in the past. Or currently is struggling with weight loss. I've been overweight all my life and am thinking about weight loss surgery, and no diets have ever helped me lose weight. Thanks for reading!

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Welcome! Most of us here has struggled with weight our whole lives. Wait, I'm repeating what someone else said... But, the point I'm making is you're not alone. There are so many friendly people here to talk with you, share lots and lots of advice and opinions. And you can always private message me anytime.

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Hi Kimberly

Definitely awesome to have a community like this. Im too new but have been getting soo much info from here.

Im cleared for RNY on 11/15 and its very emotional so I go to this website everyday to read everyones post. I feel like it could prepare me to whats to come good and bad. Its a huge support community I know I don't post much but I know if there was any concerns or questions everyone here is super helpful.

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I am new here as well. I get sleeved on Thursday and am learning so much information from here!

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