Are you in need of a weight loss support group? Need help to make healthy choices? Need encouragement? Want to make new friends? If so, we are the group for you...Our group, * Little by Little* meets the first Tuesday of each month...We meet in the basement of the East Main Church of Christ, 419 East Main Street, Greenville...There is a chair lift for those who have trouble going down steps...The doors open at 5:30, with the meeting beginning at 6:00.
Little by Little* is a Non-profit group...There are no membership fees...Both men and women are welcome...Most members has gone through gastric by pass, or some other form of weight loss surgery...You don't have to of had weight loss surgery in order to attend.
Some of the programs have included : Healthy recipe tips with the sharing of recipes...Healthy cooking demonstrations, which is a great way to introduce healthy and new recipes/ideas to those in the group...Exercise tips...A few times we even kicked on some * Oldie but Goldie* music and did some simple & fun exercises...It's not required to exercise, so don't let that stop you from coming...We've also had open group discussions, allowing everyone to talk freely about their lives, their experiences, good times verses bad times, or just to talk about their daily struggles when it comes to eating...We've had discussions on making good choices at the grocery store, which can get frustrating at times because its hard to walk away from foods that we crave, but yet we know they are not healthy for us...Other topics of discussion has been: menu planning, starting food journals, vitamins, heart attack, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, joint pain, and many other medical issues that we might face due to being overweight and out of shape...
We've had a few guest speakers, including Dr. Stephanie House from Family Health Services here in Greenville...We learned a lot from our speakers, and hope to have more speakers soon...We are not professionals, and do not hand out set diet plans...That is between you and your family doctor...We do offer a lot of knowledge, moral support and great friendship...If interested in more information about our group, feel free to contact Tammy Hoff at tammy9157@roadrunner.com Or by phone at 937-621-5129.
Little by Little* is a Non-profit group...There are no membership fees...Both men and women are welcome...Most members has gone through gastric by pass, or some other form of weight loss surgery...You don't have to of had weight loss surgery in order to attend.
Some of the programs have included : Healthy recipe tips with the sharing of recipes...Healthy cooking demonstrations, which is a great way to introduce healthy and new recipes/ideas to those in the group...Exercise tips...A few times we even kicked on some * Oldie but Goldie* music and did some simple & fun exercises...It's not required to exercise, so don't let that stop you from coming...We've also had open group discussions, allowing everyone to talk freely about their lives, their experiences, good times verses bad times, or just to talk about their daily struggles when it comes to eating...We've had discussions on making good choices at the grocery store, which can get frustrating at times because its hard to walk away from foods that we crave, but yet we know they are not healthy for us...Other topics of discussion has been: menu planning, starting food journals, vitamins, heart attack, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, joint pain, and many other medical issues that we might face due to being overweight and out of shape...
We've had a few guest speakers, including Dr. Stephanie House from Family Health Services here in Greenville...We learned a lot from our speakers, and hope to have more speakers soon...We are not professionals, and do not hand out set diet plans...That is between you and your family doctor...We do offer a lot of knowledge, moral support and great friendship...If interested in more information about our group, feel free to contact Tammy Hoff at tammy9157@roadrunner.com Or by phone at 937-621-5129.