Folks:

The Edmonton Bariatric Support Group will host our July monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 17 at 5:30pm in the Jean Hamilton Room in the Community Services Building at the Royal Alex Hospital.  All are welcome.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Fore more information about EBSG, please visit our website at www.edmontonbsg.ca.

Cheers!

- Xcalibur2572

Having lots and gained a lot of weight over my life-time I can say first you have to stop beating yourself up.  The more you negative self-talk the worse you feel and those feelings of failure will cause you to convince yourself  you can't do this.  Well of course you can...you already have!  This isn't about the last 10 lbs.  It's about gaining back weight and going back to your addiction.

If I can offer advice I would say start with routines that you can count on.  If you work take your meals and eat what you bring.  Do that for a couple weeks.  The success of 5 days X 2 meals (if you can eat breakfast at work) and 2 snacks is going to make you feel great. When you start feeling the energy of success start tackling planning dinner.  Then tackle the weekends.  A small goal is easier to accomplish and success breeds success.  Don't forget to keep a journal.  Write down your food, your excercise...as the pages fill up with success you will have a wonderful log of all the good things you are doing.  If you have a bad day then write down your feelings in your journal.  Often I look back on bad calorie days and see that something caused the lapse: travel, life issues, celebrations.  It's easier to forgive yourself if you see that it's not your norm.

My best advice though, if you believe, pray.  Give it to God and let him carry you when you can't carry yourself

I feel entirely calm, and ready to go, met some lovely people stepping onto the path here as well and a veteran loser to help guide us as well as our crack medical team.

off and soon to be running,

Hi everyone.  We are having a fun get together of pre an post op weightloss Surgery people and their families on the August long weekend Aug. 2-5 at Sasquatch Provincial Park just outside Harrison Hotsprings BC. 

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• A camping trip for WLS peeps and their families!!! If you are a whimp.... err I mean not a camper you may rent a cabin or hotel to stay in at Harrison Lake which is 7km from Sasquatch Park . We will be renting a large group campsite at Hicks Lake in Sasquatch Provincial Park near Harrison Lake. On Saturday we will have a big Potluck BBQ and Campfire. There are no hook ups at the group site, and no electricity. This is very wilderness type site, there are 2 pit toilets, a water tap and a picnic shelter with a wood stove. The site is less than 100 ft from the beach on a very warm lake. Cost per Person to attend the BBQ or Camp out is $20. Cost per Camping spot IE per tent or RV $30 for all 3 days. ($10 per night) These charges will include the cost of renting the site, propane for the BBQ and wood for the fire etc. any proceeds left over will go into funding the next years M&G. Please note these fees are NON REFUNDABLE.

Please friend me on FaceBook!!  Lena Sterne.  You may also email me at [email protected] or call me at 778-552-6890

Three months would be AWESOME!!  During the information session they told us that on average, the journey from first appointment to surgery was 8-16 months, which is a huge time span, so I think you're good to assume sometime next year. It sure would be nice for it to be a bit faster, with all of us waiting!