Patient Resources and Education

We are committed to supporting you in your weight loss journey and helping you achieve better health. Behavior changes, such as healthy eating and regular physical activity, are important for achieving and maintaining long-term weight loss. We are here to help you through the ups and downs that come with making lifelong lifestyle changes for as long as you need us.

In-person support group

Monthly support group attendance helps with long-term weight loss. These 90 minute meetings are facilitated by one of our staff providing expertise in diet, exercise and emotional support, etc. All groups are held from 6:30 - 8 p.m. in the Wistar Morris Conference Center at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. For Legacy patients having bariatric surgery, no registration is necessary.

Questions? Call 503-413-7557

Online support group

LWDI Facebook Support Group — Past and current patients provide a safe and supportive environment for anyone going through our program. This is a closed group, which provides privacy to our patients. Anyone can search for the group and see who is in it but only members can see the posts. Once you are verified as a patient within our program, you will be allowed to access the group.

Surgery resources

• Weight-Loss Surgery Program Handbook 
• Sleep apnea and weight loss surgery 
• Eating after weight loss surgery 
• Alcohol use after weight loss surgery 

Nutrition resources

• Resources for healthy eating – Legacy’s dieticians share insights, tips, and recipes 
• mybariatricdietitian.com - recipes, general bariatric nutrition information
• hungrygirl.com - recipes, shopping lists, motivation
• thecenterformindfuleating.org - learn how to apply mindfulness practices to their relationships with food and eating
• theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com - a blog by a person who had weight loss surgery

Physical activity resources

• arthritis.org - offers a variety of resources for managing arthritis, including exercise videos, apps and pain management tips
• fitday.com - Online food and exercise tracking
• blog.myfitnesspal.com - Articles on nutrition, being active and general healthy living

Informational resources

• Health risks associated with obesity
• obesityaction.org
• weightlosssurgery.thehealthpartner.com/compare-surgeries
• niddk.nih.gov/health-information/weight-management