Christa congrats on your weight loss. i am sorry you are having problems sticking to your diet I bet it hard especially around the holidays I am about to find out how hard it is. I will support you any time you need any thing, just let me know. I am going to Salt lake City, Utah for surgery with Dr. Halverson. Where did you have your surgery? well gotta go for now talk to ya later. Tina

Hi Christa, I live in Kemmerer, I am fighting the insurance as of yet. but I still have hopes. if you need to chat let me know I am usually here checking in. Kathy S.

Hi Tina, Sorry I have not gotten back to you in a while. Things have been so busy here. I am not sure which way I am going sometime. Your Surgery is comming up soon. I bet you are very excited! How is your husband going with his surgery. I live over in Buffalo. it has been really hard sticking to the diet and things since there is no support group near me. But I am down about 30 lbs. It is a nice feeling that the clothes are getting bigger and fitting. Did you have a good Thanksgiving? Where are you having surgery at? I am still trying to find a Doctor near WY that will do fills for me. Well have to run. Chat with you later. Christa

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ObesityHelp is proud to announce that we are about to start training the new Chapter Leaders on November 29, 2004 and would like to count you in that group. If you have ever expressed an interest in being a Chapter leader or have just wanted to help people. This is for you. If you are interested in starting an ObesityHelp Chapter please e-mail me back ASAP with you name, address, and phone number to: [email protected] We will be mailing the training packets out with the training schedule right away. All training will be conducted in a conference phone in room. There are three sections to the training. All instructions will be included with your manual. If you responded to this already and did not get a response from me please send me an e-mail to me directly as I lost a number of e-mails. Please feel free to contact me at 866 957-4636 x 385 if you have any questions or concerns. It's a Lifestyle, Monica Ganz, Ph.D.