Hello...new in Clinton IA

Hello Everyone!!

Hope you had a great Christmas!  Mine was wonderful and relaxing!  It was the first of many to come in Clinton IA.  We were transferred here from the west coast and I have to say that I do love the small town life... I do wish that there was a support group closer to me though!  That was one regret about leaving WA...I was in a fantastic group and there was so much support.  Don't get me wrong, my family is wonderful but they can only take so much!  LOL

I would love to meet more ppl out there that have had the surgery and maybe we could start up our own group locally???  I have so much going on inside and I would just love to sit and talk to someone!!!!!!!!  I hate food but then I truly love it!  I know I shouldn't eat somethings but it's that little bird in my head saying..."oh, it's ok just this once!"  then the once turns to twice and so on and so on...  I know that I'm suffering a little from some depression but I'm trying so hard to get out of those blues! 

Anyway...just wanted to say hi.............."HI"  :-)  and introduce myself...I'm Darcy and I'm 38yrs old, had my surgery Apr 06 and lost 130lbs but have put close to 10lbs back on...UGH!!!  For the most part I'm a very happy person and love the changes that are going on daily BUT I really would like to get involved with a group!

Hope to hear from you soon--
darcy

Hi Darcy!

Welcome to Iowa! I'm a transplant to this state too. Good luck with starting up a support group! The closest one I know of to you would be in Davenport, but maybe someone else knows of one that's closer. The Iowa message board here doesn't seem to be very active...I've been learning a lot more over at www.beforeandafterhelp.com 

They're starting a big "get back on track" thing on Jan 5, so maybe that would be a good place for you to drop in and get rid of those 10 pounds!

Hang in there!

Chris

HI Darcy! Im new to this board...ive been "lurking" for a while trying to figure out how to post or reply and for some reason just figured it out!! Im a transplant in Iowa too...although ive been here long enough to call it home. I also like beforeandafterhelp.com. Good luck!!

Jennifer

Well, thank you for that bit of info...I will look into it right away!

Hope you have a Safe and Happy New Year!!