Olympia group - we need one

Jill go for your certifcation.... you would be great and have become very knowlegdable on the whole wls thing. we def. could use a support group in this area.   I'm excited and ready to come to the 1st meeting. 

Got any name ideas??

Go for it, Jill!  You would be a great leader - and it would definitely keep you busy while your hubby is deployed...  I'm not creative with names so don't have any ideas, but just wanted to encourage you to go for the leader certification. 

LOL  Thanks for the support Nancy.

Thin-agins

Hope thru WLS

Hmm I like that.  What about....

Hope and Health thru WLS

Hi there-

This is my first time posting on here, but I would definitely be interested in setting up a support group in Olympia, I'm not sure about a place but am off work by 4:00pm M-F.  Thanks!

I had my first appointment with my nutritionist today.   My nurse case manager at Uniform recommended her because she's in Olympia and she works with a lot of WLS patients and she has years and years of experience as a Nutrition and Eating Disorder Specialist.

Anyway, I told her that we are trying to get a support group for WLS people not affiliated with local doctor or health plan...for ANYONE, in other words.   She thinks it is a fabulous idea.   Then I asked her if she'd be willing to be a guest speaker at one of our meetings.

SHE IS!

Her name is Laurie Schaetzel-Hill, M.S., R.D., C.D.   <-- love the alphabet soup!  LOL

I think it would be fantastic to have someone like her associated with our new group, what do you all think?

That would be cool! I figured on our first meeting we could come up with some things we'd like to do at our meetings, so our list already has an entry!