Weight-Loss Support Groups
The Metabolic & Weight Management Center recognizes the changing needs of weight loss patients. To ensure quality care, we offer a free monthly support group for patients, a free patient-led monthly support group open to both patients and the public, and a closed Facebook group for patients.
Benefits of Support Groups
Encouragement and support from your peers is an essential element to your success. Support group meetings can help with addressing the many variables you may experience in your weight-loss journey. Sessions have been shown to directly increase the chances of short and long-term patient success.
Following weight-loss surgery, you not only face new eating and drinking behaviors but also difficulties in making sense of the role food plays in your life. Facilitated by a behavioral health coach, support groups provide a chance to connect with others who understand and have similar goals. Group participants get up-to-date weight-loss information and have the opportunity to discuss personal issues associated with bariatric surgery.
Our support group focuses on developing a new relationship with food. Group topics center on dealing with nutritional and physical health as well as emotional, mental, psychological and spiritual well-being.
A typical support session includes a presentation and discussion on topics or a specific topic. Time is always set aside at the conclusion of each meeting to allow patients who are at the beginning of their bariatric surgery journey to ask questions of the group.
Support Group Schedule
Each month, we offer a support group meeting for both patients and the public. Dates and times vary per month. The meeting format (in person or virtual) will change based on the topic. Meeting details, including Teams ID and password, will be posted in the Weigh2Focus Facebook group. If you are not a bariatric patient, or do not have access to the Facebook group, please call Melissa Risk at (910) 235-2801 for meeting details.
Weigh2Focus Facebook Group
