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Hi there

I live in the UK and just ordered on Amazon:

Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Susan Nuziato Leach

and

Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: The Delicious Way to Eat in the

Months and Years After Surgery by William B. Inabnet

I am looking forward to reading them as a preparation for my operation, which will be hopefully in early spring next year. I need to stay inspired to make the waiting time go faster. Reading this Forum sure helps as well!

I would also love to have some more ideas from those who've been there, especially ideas for food just after the op (liquid diets), as I don't think much of the products you can get in the USA are available here.

Cheers

Mari

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I have those same two books and really liked them. I also have Dr. Ortiz's Lapband for Life and "The real skinny on weight loss surgery" I didn't like the second one as much, as it is geared more toward RNY. Dr. Ortiz's book is really good about some detailed info and basics on living with the band.

I read a TON before my surgery!

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I Also Read Dr. Ortiz, Lapband For Life. It Was A Very Good Read. It Covered What To Expect To Problems With Your Band And Why You May Not Be Losing Weight. I Could Not Put It Down. I Read Cover To Cover In Maybe 48 Hours. I Got If On Amazon Too For About 15 Bucks. I Say Read All You Can So That You Will Know Exactly What You Are Getting Into.

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Is there anywhere else to purchase Dr. Ortiz' book besides Amazon? I looked on his website and it said they were out. I also checked ebay and it's never on there. I might just have to pay the $19.95 plus shipping on Amazon for a used book. But if anyone can post if it's cheaper anywhere.

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I Think You Can Get It Off His Website Brand New At Obesitycontrolcenter.com But I Don't Know If It Is Any Cheaper Than Twenty.

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I bought Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Patt Levine and it's more of a cookbook than informational. But it has some really tasty recipes and they're good for all stages (except clear liquids). I highly recommend that one.

I also bough Exodus From Obesity by Paula Peck. She had bypass so she focuses a lot on that. But I think it did have some good info on how to work on yourself after the surgery: self-image, head hunger, exercise, eating out, etc. I do think it's a bit pricey though.

Have you checked out the library?

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Yesterday, I went ahead and ordered 2 books, Lap Band for Life & Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Achieving Permanent Weight Loss with Minimally Invasive Surgery, from Amazon.

The books combined were about $32. They offer free shipping if you have a combined order of at least $25.

There were reviews of the books on the Amazon website too...

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I have:

Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Susan Nuziato Leach. I bought this one knowing it was geared toward and written by a gastric bypass patient. But, I saw that it had very specific dietary recommendations and excellent advice for permanent weight loss, including a multitude of GREAT recipes. I use the recipes to this day. I've even chatted with Susan on her website. Wonderful woman.

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding by Jessi Ahroni. I bought this one so that I would have something to help me understand the procedure and life after lap banding. It does that and is helpful for those: What if's and What's happening to me now's. I find it's a good resource.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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