Considering starting a local IOWL Support Group

[Guest guest]

I dropped off the podcast wagon, but am back at it again.. ' keeps

mentioning to start your own local IOWL Support Group, and I am thinking that is

a SUPER idea! I am so sure that this is the way to go for the long term (I

personally have 100 lbs to lose and have tried all the diets including WW many,

many times) that I want to do it myself and support others to do the same. As a

matter of fact after doing extreme soul searching, I have decided that this is

my life purpose. WOW - what a revelation! I would want to do this at no charge

to the group members if I can get a free place to have the meetings. Since I

cannot set any kind of example at this point I have no expertise whatsoever

other than reading various books on the subject and watching The Inner Weigh

Movie (which ' is in) once... I just have a passion for the subject.

Especially the part of love and acceptance of one's self no matter what weight

we are at this time.

What I want to offer is a different way at approaching weight loss that others

have never heard of. I am fairly certain not many people have considered this.

We have a WW meeting once a week in the area, and I think the same with TOPS

(who still talks about margarine on their website - ugh!)but that is it.

I am in an area (Galena, IL) that is a smaller city of only 3,000, but can draw

from some neighboring cities that are a bit larger.

So, sorry for the long post, but do you know of anyone who has had a group of

this sort? Just looking for some guidance, tips and tricks to make it

successful.

Thank you all!!

Judy