Gastric Bypass Surgery Support Groups

Adjustable Gastric Band Support Group
Fridley, MN
This group is for people who have the adjustable gastric banding system or who are thinking about having this kind of weight loss surgery.

No registration is required. Simply come to...

• get and give support. We also welcome spouses, partners and other adult support persons.
• get educated. Dietitians from the Unity Hospital Bariatric and Weight Loss Center lead our meetings.

Bariatric Surgery Support Group
Lake Elmo, MN
This group offers patients in the Woodbury area an opportunity to discuss their experience with others who have undergone bariatric surgery for weight loss. Discussions can include ways to stay motivated to continue or maintain weight loss and help our patients achieve long-term success. more

Bariatric Surgery Support Group
St. Paul, MN
This group offers patients an opportunity to discuss their experience with others who have undergone bariatric surgery for weight loss. Discussions can include ways to stay motivated to continue or maintain weight loss and help our patients achieve long-term success.

This group meets in suite 330 of the Ritchie Medical Building, located across the street from United Hospital.

Find Your Weigh
Fridley, MN
This is a program for surgical patients out nine months or more who would like more accountability on the weight loss journey. more

Images Graduate Group
Fridley, MN
This support group is for people who had weight loss surgery more than one year ago. Topics focus on maintaining weight loss, as well as motivation to continue lifestyle changes.

No pre-registration required. Spouse, partners and other adult support persons are welcome to attend.

LAP-BAND
Minneapolis, MN
This group is for people who have had a LAP-BANDŽ (laparoscopic adjustable gastric band) procedure or who are thinking about having this kind of weight loss surgery.

The group meets in the sixth floor classroom of the Piper Building, 913 East 26th Street, Minneapolis, Minn. The Piper Building is located on the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus at the corner of 26th Street and 10th Avenue. more

Men's Weight Loss Surgery Support Group
Fridley, MN
This group is for guys only. Here's a place to discuss the special challenges that men patients encounter, as well as address the "routine" issues of nutrition exercise, fluid intake and lifestyle changes.

No pre-registration required.

Nia Fitness
Coon Rapids, MN
Try Nia, a mind/body/spirit fitness program that combines the functional movements and integrated concepts of the martial arts, dance and healing arts.

Bring your dancing feet and a water bottle. Come early your first time to fill out a medical history and a consent form.

Renewal
Minneapolis, MN
This group is for people who have had or are considering Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Support persons and those having other kinds of weight loss surgery also are welcome.

The group meets in the lower level of the Minneapolis Heart Institute on 920 East 28th Street in Minneapolis, Minn. The building is located on the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus adjacent to the public parking ramp. Please enter the building before 6 p.m.

Weekly Exercise Support Group
Coon Rapids, MN
This group is for weight loss surgery patients who would like support, structure and encouragement in their exercise program. Supervised by an exercise specialist and registered nurse from Unity Hospital's Bariatric and Weight Loss Center, participants can use exercise equipment (walking track, treadmills, upright and recumbent bikes, rowing machines, elliptical trainers) and strength training equipment.

The bariatric exercise program is open to patients who have had weight loss surgery at Abbott Northwestern, United or Unity hospital and who are current with their bariatric follow-up appointments.

Registration required.

Women of Color
Minneapolis, MN
This group is open to all women who are trying to lose weight through surgical or non-surgical means. more