{"id":2324,"date":"2015-10-14T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/for-patients\/weightlosssurgery\/weight-loss-seminars-and-support-groups\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T16:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T20:09:03","slug":"weight-loss-seminars-and-support-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/weightlosssurgery\/weight-loss-seminars-and-support-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Online Facebook Support Group<\/strong>: Join UNC WLS Support Group (Closed group)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>VIRTUAL Support Group <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Support Groups are held online via Zoom (during Covid 19 pandemic) on the\u00a0<strong>1st Monday <\/strong>of each month from 6-7 pm<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.Zoom.com\">www.Zoom.com<\/a>: Meeting ID: 348 693 8360\u00a0 \u00a0Passcode: UNCWLS<\/li>\n<li>Virtual Support Groups are led by Tara L. 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Patients can contact her with questions at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tarazych@med.unc.edu\">tarazych@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 Support Group Topics &amp; Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 6<\/strong> PLASTICS: LYNN DAMITZ (Plastic Surgery)<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 3<\/strong> RD SUSAN STROM (Vitamin topic of her choice)<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 3<\/strong> CATHY FORNERIS, PSYCHOLOGY (Benefits of hand work)<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 7<\/strong> NURSE LISA PRESTIA (maintaining weight loss)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0May 5<\/strong> RD YENSSI WILLIAMS (Vitamin topic of her choice)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0June 2<\/strong> \u00a0NP TARA Zychowicz (Accountability)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0July 7<\/strong> PA Natasha Rosser (Weight management- how to manage weight, set goals, and build skills for long term weight loss)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0August 4<\/strong> \u00a0PSYCHOLOGY CHRISTINE PEAT (emotional adjustment)<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 9<\/strong> \u00a0RD SUSAN STROM RD (Exercise and Recreation)<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 7<\/strong> NP TARA (Emotional eating- guest lecturer Anisa Grantham)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0November 4<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0NURSE LISA PRESTIA (How to measure success and non-scale victories)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0December 2<\/strong> RD YENSSI WILLIAMS (How to challenge negative and self-sabotaging behaviors)<\/p>\n<div>\n<table class=\"plain\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/weightlosssurgery\/benefits\/\">Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery<\/a><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/weightlosssurgery\/candidates\/\">Candidates for Weight Loss Surgery<\/a><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/weightlosssurgery\/procedures\/\">Procedures Offered at UNC<\/a><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/weightlosssurgery\/taking-the-first-steps\/\">Taking The First Steps<\/a><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/weightlosssurgery\/expectations\/\">What To Expect<\/a><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/weightlosssurgery\/weight-loss-seminars-and-support-groups\/\">Seminars &amp; Support Groups<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Facebook Support Group: Join UNC WLS Support Group (Closed group) VIRTUAL Support Group Support Groups are held online via Zoom (during Covid 19 pandemic) on the\u00a01st Monday of each month from 6-7 pm www.Zoom.com: Meeting ID: 348 693 8360\u00a0 \u00a0Passcode: UNCWLS Virtual Support Groups are led by Tara L. 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