Hi there,

I was researching Bariatric Surgery online and ordered a book "Getting the Skinny on Weight Loss Surgery by Scott A. Cunneen, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Director of Bariatric Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles and Nancy Sayles Kaneshiro."

I found it short and sweet, and very motivational!

Well worth having on your bookshelf and for showing to others who may be questioning your decision to go under the knife...

I'd appreciate any other folks book ideas, as my surgery is another whole 11 months away and I want to learn as much as I can! Especially about risks or pitfalls related to certain surgeries and tips for post-op food and preparation etc...

Cheers Guys, Grover

I found one on the kindle app for one called My Sleeved Life. It was cheap and informative.

Awesome! I'll d/l it!!!

I also just recommended an anti-diet book in another thread, it is a great help for me!

If Not Dieting, Then What?

by Dr Rick Kausman

'For anyone who's unhappy about their weight, confused about food and fed up with diets that don't work: finally someone making sense!'

Kaz Cooke

If Not Dieting, Then What?, is the winner of the Australian Food Writers Award for Best Nutrition Writing.

The book explores how to:

- enjoy food without feeling guilty

- increase your eating awareness

- improve how you feel about yourself

- fit some sort of activity into your day

- achieve and maintain a healthy, comfortable weight for you, without being deprived of food or quality of life.

"The Power of Habit" by Dughill

Read, reread, take notes....

and avoid the twelve steps from overeater annonymous, in my opinion...

Oh yes, Ive heard rave reviews about this book! Ill def. buy it!

Thanks Pookeyism!

When I went for my psych evaluation, the Dr. suggested 2 books: Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with food and The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person. They also have this on CD and there's a workbook you can buy that goes with it. He said they are both good since they don't focus on a specific diet but on changing the way you think about food and yourself. I have both but have only started reading the first one yesterday.

I also have The Sleeved Life and that was a good book, depending on how much research you have already done. If you are far into the process, you may not learn too much but it's still a good read.

I also ordered recipes for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery, Revised and Updated: Delicious Dishes for Nourishing the New You and the Latest Information on Lower-BMI Gastric Banding Procedures. I reviewed it and have begun to mark recipes that I'm going to test. The best part of this book is that it associates each meal with which phase you are in. So it has liquid, puree, soft, mechanically soft and regular meals. It also gives you eating tips for the type of bariatric surgery you are getting. This is one of the few that specifically discussed The Sleeve.

Hope this helps.

I have WLS for Dummies; Everything guide to post wls cookbook; Changing Our Food Changing Ourselves by Karen Burke; Passing for Thin: Losing Half my Weight and Finding Myself; and Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than we Think by Brian Wansink.

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