Support Group Topic(s)

Hi everyone,
My friend and I are going to be leading the support group in the Reno NV area. I was wondering is anyone had any good ideas to talk about for this month? I want it to be able to pertain to pre and post lab people as both will be there. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!

this month's topic in our support group meeting was relationships, marriage, friendship, and how our weight loss affects our relationships plus how it makes them feel also.

Also we have talked about fills when to get a fill when not to get a fill , dont be running to get a fill just because you think you are hungry .

We have talked about having self control and will power also through this journey .

Exercise how important that is .

those are the ones we have talked about since I started three months ago :o)

Great Topics !!!  Care to share some of your discussions??? 

On the realtionship ones we talked about how our wife or husband feels during our weight loss.  That they might start to fear that they will lose us , or we will find somebody better then them because our confidence is growing .

Also it was discussed it was us that had WLS not our familys and we shouldnt treat them like they had the surgery also . IE bringing food into the house, not allowing them to have their favorite meals and so forth .

If your husband or wife is overweight dont sit there and brag how much you have lost, or sit there and nitpick abotu what they are eating because till they want to do something about their weight all you are doing is making the situation worse .

If you have a friend going through this also give them support , dont try to degrade them if they are losing slower then you , be supportive,.

If people ask about your weight loss tell them about it but dont sit there and brag and brag about it or talk about it every time you see a person (especially somebody over weight) because they will get tired of talking to you and then in turn you hurt their feelings also .

The fill one we talked about when its really necessary to get fills.  Not to get a fill because you think you are hungry,   When to get a unfill and so forth .

Here's a thread on support group topics from a couple weeks ago:

www.obesityhelp.com/forums/LapBand/4347811/I-need-some-help- please

Tami

Those sound like some gret topics! Thanks so for much for sharing!! I will keep you guys posted on what we talk about!

At my surgeon's support group meetings (which are held twice a month) he starts us out going one by one. The first person says their first name, when they were banded, how much they've lost, what exciting things have happened since being banded, what problems they may be having,then any questions they may have. The questions, he lets the other people there, answer, he may intervene with his opinion, buy usually lets the others respond, too. Our meetings are around 1 hour.
Good luck and enjoy your new group!!

You may or may not know, but you can get trained by OH to be a Support Group Leader.  It's a 3 hour training by conference call.  I did it a year ago and started a band only group here in the greater Seattle area.  We meet once a month but don't have structured topics.  It seems that the group prefers to go round and discuss how we're doing and ask questions of others.  We give each others support and ideas through our own experience.  I have brought topics and handouts to discuss in the past but we always get off topic so I've given up.  If you get trained through OH they have a whole library of handouts, etc. available to you for all sorts of topics. 

That's great that you're taking this on!  I learn more than I give, I'm sure!

Best~
Lisa O.