Here is a terrific source of recipes for anyone who has had or is considering surgery. It gives the estimated quantities for various people (i.e. lap-band, bypass, and others who have not had surgery like family members), for each recipe. There are some really great ones in here too. It also gives the nutritional info for each recipe.

I got mine on Amazon.com for less than $12.

Here's the info:

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Just FYI I bought this book and I find it does not have a lot of " everyday" type recipes in it

There was not alot of recipes or food in it that I would normally eat.

So you might want to check it out before you spend the money to make sure you will eat those types of foods .

Just FYI

mindy

I understand where you are coming from, but you see, I love to cook and I love variety. So finding this book that gave me great ideas for some wonderful new foods (most of which were really easy to make even though they were out of the norm) was great. Plus it provided quantity guidelines and nutritional information for each dish that I found invaluable.

I guess it is a matter of how you cook/eat in everyday that will determine how much you use it , but even if you only pick one recipe per week to make on the weekends, it breaks up the routine and is well worth the $12 bucks to me.

Another book that is interesting is Eating for Life by Bill Phillips. He also wrote Body for Life (which I believe is more responsible for my weight loss than the band). Both books offer a lot of inspirational stories, some exercises to work your entire body, and Body for Life has some recipes, but Eating for Life is primarily a cookbook.

Most libraries have a lot of these books or you can go to the bookstore and look at them for yourself to see if they fit your life/food style before you buy them.

Happy eating!

I think its a good book if you like to cook , i found the recipes a little much for the Busy type person I am . I like quick simple recipes and I didnt find these to be like that. Maybe I need to go back and revisit them again .

I have 2 kids and own a business so I dont have much time . I like quick easy recipes, If i remeber right this one had recipes like rack of lamb LOL not very quick.

I bought the biggest loser cook book and it has recipes that have 3 or 4 ingredients and take very little time to cook .

I'll have to give this one another look .

Just my opinion

Mindy

Hey Laura,

Thanks for the info on the cookbook. I've been thinking about getting it and your idea about looking at it in a library prior to buying it is a great idea. Also another good place to look if you have one available where you live is Half Price Books where you might be able to find the book even cheaper. I have always found their used books to be clean and in good condition (just an idea).

Donna