[Lady Jewel]

Im going to reiterate the purpose of this thread. We have had a weight loss support group that has met weekly for five weeks. It has been a core group of people that are committed to weight loss and also supporting one another on that journey. These people have CHOSEN to join the group and collectively decide what we are going to do to support one another and what tools we can use that will help us. The meetings are confidential and members agree not to divulge any information or details that are discussed at the meetings. No one has been forced into going and those that do, have decided that this is the support they need. There have been comments that this is group is too rigid and not what some people would be comfortable with. The sad thing is, the comments were made by people that have never attended a single meeting and have no idea about what happens in them. Most of us in the group feel very lucky to get the unconditional love and support we get from one another in the group. ALL decisions are made collectively. One of the things we decided in the meeting this evening, is that in order to be "green" and save on paper, we would collect recipes in a thread here, as opposed to collecting them, printing them and mailing them out to people. Another COLLECTIVE decision that was made, was that everyone wanted nutritional information for each recipe that was posted. There are many more threads here where you can post your recipes and not include the nutritional information if that is what you choose to do. Please respect the guidelines set up by the WLS community. Thank you.