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Hi all!  I just had my surgery on 10/10/11 and as of yesterday I was down 19 lbs at my doctor's appt. I love this website and all the support . I was having trouble with getting my protein in and when I posted about it,I was so thankful for all the recommendations and support I found here  Please feel free to add me, I need all the encouragement and inspiration I can get!

Hey Everybody!!!!

Have some wonderful news: I have secured a room at Piedmont Fayette Hospital for our meetings!!!
And...I guess I won't be able to keep my WLS secret anymore, they have put my name and phone number on their website about our support group. WOW!! Wasn't expecting that. Here is the link if you want to see it: http://www.piedmontfayette.org/support group

Also, heard from Joann, her surgery was the 10th; and Scott should be recuperating from his VSG as he had surgery yesterday, haven't heard from he or his wife as of yet. I wish them both the best and can't wait to watch their progress!!

Hope everyone is doing well, getting fluids in, protein, exercise? Keep it up!!

Any questions or suggestions, please send them my way. If you have a topic you would like discussed please let me know. Otherwise, I will see less of each one of you on November 12th at 9 a.m. @ Piedmont Fayette Hospital 1279 Bldg. 3rd floor!

Below is an article from Self magazine that I found interesting:
Pile your plate with foods that contain healthy-hair essentials. Protein is the building block of every strand (it makes up 95 percent of hair's weight); zinc (found in meats and nuts) bolsters natural oils that coat the hair shaft (for extra shine!); vitamin B derivatives (biotin, B6 and B12) promote new cell growth within the follicles.

Most important is iron, which facilitates the activity of enzymes needed for hair growth. Deprive yourself of nutrients (e.g., by crash dieting) and "your body fast-tracks vitamins and minerals to vital organs as opposed to hair," says Hugh Rushton, D.Sc., visiting lecturer in trichology at the University of Portsmouth in England.

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~Brenda Ludecke

"Live by faith, not by fear."

I live in north ga.  I attended my meet your surgeon seminar this weekend and submitted all my paperwork today.  Now I am waiting on my consultation for gastric bypass.  I look forward to getting to know you all!