Hey fellow OHers, I'm not from North Dakota (but how many of you could there possibly be who are? just a joke ) , but I am an OHer just like you. I've just entered a contest for women size 14 and up and I need your help! Could you please visit this website http://bluebutterfly110.monique.blip.tv/ and vote for me? I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your help, Amy

Hey all - I am a 7 month post op patient - and my surgeon was Dr. Lederer - an awesome awesome person - and one that is so supportive - that when I chose to start a support group in Western Wisconsin - he offered to come speak at one of our group meetings - but instead has gone one step above that - HCMC and Dr. Lederer - SPONSORED THE SUPPORT GROUP!!! He will be speaking at the FIRST OH - Western Wisconsin Bariatric Surgery Support Group's REGIONAL CONFERENCE on June 4th - 2006 - to be held at the Best Western Hudson House from 8 am to 6 pm!!!!!!!!! So - not only do I want EVERYONE to show up at this conference - but lets have a show of hands of those that are Dr. Lederer's patients as well - to come and share in this experience with me!!! HUDSON IS ONLY 35 minutes outside of the Twin cities......and as fast as this town is growing - it's a time you'll enjoy - right on the St. Croix River......so come share some time at the conference - and then enjoy this awesome town!!! So come check the Event page out - http://www.obesityhelpevents.com/june2006-hudson.htm and then go register!!!!! http://obesityhelpstore.com/?pagename=DisplayEventDetails&EventID=134 and lets make this a great turnout - ok...so how many of Dr. Lederer's patients (besides myself) are out there.... P.S. Jennifer Peterson and Susan Wolters will also be there.....also from HCMC!! We also have a Plastic Surgeon coming - as well as some others - and hey - YOU GET TO MEET Dr. MONICA GANZ............the Director of Events and Chapter Leaders from OBESITY HELP................can you believe that Monica has lost over 200 pounds - and what an inspiration she is!! We have a Buffet lunch planned - and door prizes......so come join us!! Carole S. OH HTML VOLUNTEER CHAPTER LEADER - HUDSON, WI 345/222/160

Aloha To All My losing Buddies: Here is the list of Articles you all may choose from to help you along on your weight loss journey. If you could like me to email you a copy. Please email me and tell me which article(s) are of interest to you. 1. Combat Constipation 2. Copy of my Insurance Letter 3. Liquid & Pureed Diet Guidelines 4. Post Op Diet #2 The Pureed Diet 5. Post Op Diet #3 The Soft Diet 6. Post Op Diet #3 Guidelines of Soft Diet 7. Protein Shake Recipes 8. Sample Weekly Liquid Pureed Menu 8. Sample Weekly Liquid Pureed Menu 9. Sample Weekly Soft Diet Menu 10. The Power of Protein I hope all these articles will be of help. Love and Hugs, Kemalani

Aloha, Don't forget to sign up for the Hawaiian Cruise. It is going to be a blast. I would love to meet all of you. The Dates are November 5th-12th 2006. With a Land Conference November 4th. http://www.kemalani.com/HawaiiCruise.pdf Kema

Hi Everyone :wave:

Over the weekend Obesityhelp had an Easter egg hunt. Those who missed it or never did find the egg, I'm going to tell you what it led to. We have been working hard to bring a more feature-rich experience to all our dedicated members and are pleased to announce that the BETA version is publicly available for you to browse and use! Keep in mind the site is not 100% complete, which means we are still adding and changing things. This rollout focuses around implementing a new navigation, customizable homepage, bookmarks and a few other neat items that we know you will enjoy; however, our job is not complete. We are also in the process of adding more requested features to the site including: a new profile system, blogs, photo albums, private messaging, and much, much more. Stay tuned for more updates on these specific items.

In the next few days there will be some changes to the message boards. We will be converting the boards to our new system, which you can see in action now in the Emotional Eating and Magazine forum. We are going to start with the main message board and work our way through all the boards. Some features in the new boards include: the ability to edit your own posts, delete a post, have signature lines, and font selections.

Check out the BETA site here:
http://beta.obesityhelp.com

We are anticipating the full launch of the site sometime next week, so one day you will come to the site and it's going to be totally different, so make sure you check out the beta site and familiarize yourself with it now :jump:

Moving forward to better things!

Amy