Essential info for the quarter million people a year adjusting to life after weight loss surgery . . . With an increasing array of weight-loss procedures to choose from, more and more are opting for it. But once patients return home, they need guidance for keeping the weight off, while nourishing themselves. Included here are the challenges they face, how to overcome them, meal plans, and 150 recipes tailored for them.

A practical, empowering guide to maintaining your weight after weight loss surgery Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook For Dummies is a book about food and maintenance: what foods to buy, how to prepare them, and how to enjoy a nutritious post-surgery diet. It helps you solidify new eating habits and enjoy some new recipes, as well as better understand nutrition and your food intake so that you can maintain your weight long after surgery. Features simple, delicious meals that conform to post-weight loss surgery requirements Offers easy-to-prepare recipes that are high in flavor and low in fat and calories, that you can eat immediately after your surgery and beyond Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook For Dummies makes it easy to shed the pounds and keep them off!

Shed those pounds the healthy way. This brand-new edition of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Healthy Weight Loss not only gives readers critical information on nutrition and health—it also delivers everything they need to know about the mental and exercise pieces of the weight-loss puzzle. In addition, it presents a comprehensive overview of today’s most popular diets, chapters on such major diet types as low-fat, low-sodium, low-carb, and low-cal, as well as chapters on dieting for kids, dieting for diabetics, dieting for heart health, and more. Best of all, readers will find five unique diet plans to help them lose weight—and keep it off—starting today! • Features new research on how nutrition and certain foods affect body weight • Expanded information on surgical and pharmaceutical options for weight loss, plus the skinny on supplements and over-the-counter remedies • Upload exercise chapters with more fat-burning exercises and updated charts for calorie burning (including suggestions for meeting the U.S. Government’s new exercise recommendations)

Eating well and keeping the weight off after bariatric surgery is easy with this comprehensive guide! Undergoing weight-loss surgery doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to your favorite dishes. Take control of your new life and build healthy habits with recipes crafted to meet your needs after bariatric surgery. Inside the pages of this bariatric cookbook, you’ll find everything you need for post-bariatric surgery recovery and lifelong weight management. It includes: • 100 delicious, satisfying recipes for each stage of post-bariatric recovery with specific portion sizes and complete nutritional information • A six-stage post-op guide to successfully transition from clear liquids and protein shakes to general foods • Expert advice on what to expect pre-and post-op, and how to make small, sustainable changes to maintain your health and weight From green tea shakes and slow cooker yogurt to apricot-glazed chicken and cedar plank salmon, this healthy recipe book is packed with easy-to-make dishes that are high in protein, low in carbs, and low in sugar. Learn about portion control and how to use the most nutritious ingredients, so your food is as good for you as it is delicious. Let bariatric surgeon Dr. Matthew Weiner guide you through your bariatric journey and help you make your transition toward healthier living as smooth as possible. He shows you how to eliminate processed foods and pivot from a protein-first diet to a produce-first diet that prioritizes vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans, and seeds. With The Bariatric Diet Guide and Cookbook, you can enjoy your favorite foods while staying on the path to better health and weight loss!

At 278 pounds, Susan Maria Leach couldn't lie in bed without gasping for air, wasn't able to fit into a restaurant booth, and could barely buckle the belt in an airplane seat. It would have been easier to allow life to pass her by than to continue fighting her weight problem, but she made the difficult decision to take back control. In 2001, Susan underwent gastric bypass surgery and started on a journey that would not only cut her body weight in half but would change her life. Before & After is both a memoir and a cookbook—an intimate account of Leach's own transformation as well as a guide for those who have undergone or are considering the procedure. As Leach has learned in the six years since her operation, weight-loss surgery is not an event with a finish line or a goal weight—it is the beginning of a new way of life. This edition of Before & After has been updated with all that Leach has learned on her post-op journey. It includes a foreword by Leach's surgeon, advice from a nutritionist, answers to more frequently asked questions about weight-loss surgery, a whole chapter on meal plans for different post-operative stages, suggested menus for early food stages, additional questions and answers affecting longer-term post-ops, and new information about products that have entered the marketplace. Most notably, this edition showcases a wealth of new recipes that utilize the latest in light and healthy ingredients for smart and savory results, including everything from Asian Meatballs with Peanut Sauce and Turkey Tenderloin with Apple Chipotle Chutney to sugar-free Pistachio Gelato and Lemon Almond Sponge Cake. Each recipe makes about four servings, but includes a measured serving for WLS people along with a calorie/carb/fat/protein count. Leach has recipes for every step of the way, from tastes-like-the-real-thing milk shakes for those first post-op days to an entire Thanksgiving menu. Before & After is a journal of Leach's own inspirational story, where she shares her ups and downs, her tips and techniques, but mostly it's a book of hope for anyone who has a serious weight problem.

The best-selling bariatric cookbook, with more than 125 low-carb, low-fat, high-protein recipes for patients to enjoy after weight-loss surgery. In April 2003 Patt Levine underwent "Lap-Band" gastric surgery, one of the primary bariatric surgeries being widely practiced today. As a lifelong foodie, she was expecting the worst when her surgeon's nutritionist handed her dietary guidelines to follow post-surgery, and she was right. With her decades of cooking skills, she immediately set out to devise low-fat dishes that would be just as delicious pureed and chopped as they would be served whole. As an added problem, she wanted to cook for her husband at the same time. This first-ever cookbook for the hundreds of thousands who are lining up for bariatric bypass surgery is proof that it can be done. With collaborator Michele Bontempo-Saray, the author has created 125 recipes that contain no added sugar, are very low in fat, and get their carbohydrates almost exclusively from fruits and vegetables. Each recipe includes specific guidelines for preparation of the dish for every stage of the eating programs for Lap-Band, gastric bypass, and Biliopancreatric Diversion Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS) patients, as well as suggestions for sharing meals with those who have not gone through gastric surgery. Creative recipes cover every meal and food-breakfast and brunch, soups, vegetables, main courses, and sweet indulgences.

Shed those pounds the healthy way. This brand-new edition of The Complete IdiotÂ's Guide to Healthy Weight Loss not only gives readers critical information on nutrition and health—it also delivers everything they need to know about the mental and exercise pieces of the weight-loss puzzle. In addition, it presents a comprehensive overview of todayÂ's most popular diets, chapters on such major diet types as low-fat, low-sodium, low-carb, and low-cal, as well as chapters on dieting for kids, dieting for diabetics, dieting for heart health, and more. Best of all, readers will find five unique diet plans to help them lost weight—and keep it off—starting today! -Features new research on how nutrition and certain foods affect body weight -Expanded information on surgical and pharmaceutical options for weight loss, plus the skinny on supplements and over-the-counter remedies -Upload exercise chapters with more fat-burning exercises and updated charts for calorie burning (including suggestions for meeting the U.S. GovernmentÂ's new exercise recommendations)

Get the scoop on weight loss surgery Your authoritative guide to weight loss surgery -- before, during, and after Considering weight loss surgery? This compassionate guide helps you determine whether you qualify and gives you the scoop on selecting the best center and surgical team, understanding today's different procedures, and achieving the best results. You also get tips on eating properly post-op and preparing appetizing meals, as well as easing back into your day-to-day life. Discover how to * Evaluate your surgical options * Understand the risks * Prepare for surgery * Handle post-op challenges * Find sources of support

Eat well and keep the weight off with this comprehensive guide to bariatric surgery. Your commitment to weight loss doesn't end after surgery. Bariatric surgeon Dr. Matthew Weiner has advised thousands of patients in the weeks, months, and years following weight-loss surgery. He understands the eating challenges patients face, and he gives you all the tools you need to eat well, care for yourself, and maintain the weight loss you've worked hard to achieve. His approach to eating focuses on transitioning away from heavily processed protein shakes and toward more a balanced, plant-centric diet to keep you feeling your best. Take control of your new life and build healthy habits with recipes specifically designed for your needs after bariatric surgery. Simple, easy-to-make dishes such as Slow Cooker Yogurt, Apricot-Glazed Chicken, and Cedar Plank Salmon are high in protein, low in carbs, and low in sugar. The Bariatric Diet Guide and Cookbook includes: 100 delicious, satisfying recipes for each stage of post-op recovery with specific portion sizes and complete nutritional information. A six-stage post-op guide to successfully transition from clear liquids and protein shakes to general foods. Expert advice on what to expect pre- and post-op, and how to make small, sustainable changes to maintain your health and weight.

Eating well, and having that perfect post operative diet is very important for the weight loss surgery to have the maximum impact. This book has been written with a view that it will provide you with breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacking options and will make sure that you have well balanced diet.