Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years After Surgery
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A Whole New and Completely Delicious Way to Eat after Weight Loss Surgery After her weight loss surgery in 2003, Patt Levine knew she would have to stick to a very restrictive diet, but there had to be something better than the “totally tasteless mush” her post-op food guidelines recommended. Levine put her cooking skills to work and now, in Eating Well after Weight Loss Surgery, she and collaborator Michele Bontempo-Saray offer over 140 original, low-fat, high-protein recipes that taste just as delicious pureed and chopped as they do served whole, so you can enjoy flavorful, satisfying meals through every stage of your post-op eating program and cook for your family and friends—all at the same time. These mouth-watering d…
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book
Being a cookbook fanatic and just having had surgery, I was on the prowl for a new cookbook that would help me with my weight loss journey.
Boy did I find it.
You know, one of the reasons I underwent a gastric bypass surgery in December was to escape the hordes of diet religionists–those odd folks who have found the solution to their dietary woes and will proselytize until the cows come home!
Enough, says I, of no-carb, low-carb, non-fat, low-fat, this, that and the next! Surgery so altered my body that many of the choices I once made are invalid–out of my hands! I can’t eat the crap that made me fat anymore because now it makes me sick.
And yet, imagine my dismay when, recovering from surgery, I found even more no-carb religionists among my surgically altered compatriots. One woman’s intolerance of my ideas was such that I had to filter her e-mail directly into the trash! Even though I had now an anatomy that wouldn’t tolerate certain foods, she insisted that I had to further subjugate myself to her odd notions of nutrition. No carbs ever again!
And so it was with a sigh of relief that I opened this book to read my new mantra: all in moderation.
After all, surgery means that you can eat what you love. You can have good food and love it. What you can’t do is binge. What you can do is make a meal of fat and sugar. And this book points the way.
Salads, entrees, desserts, it’s all here. And more: suggestions on how to change the contents of your refrigerator and pantry to make eating easier.
After all, life after surgery need not be deprivation. Most of got fat on deprivation and our inevitable gut-busting reaction to that, so a book that tells me how to enjoy what I now eat is a wonder to behold.
Thank you, Ms Levine! And thanks to my friend Laureen who recommended it!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very helpful and informative
This is a great book!! It’s wonderful for those trying to lose weight and even more so for those who had weight loss surgery!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
cookbook for bypass patients
terrific idea to help keep bypass patients eating healthy delicious meals. Bravo to the author
I had lap-band surgery 8 months ago. I wish that I had this book just after surgery. There really are good suggestions of how to fit the recipes into your life at each stage after surgery (liquids, mush food, solids, etc.). The one thing that I didn’t like is that her timeline of when to switch from liquids to mush foods, etc. was different than the one given by my Dr. I think that if one follows the Drs recommendations of when to switch and the cookbooks recommendations of how to adapt the recipes for each stage, this book could be a big help.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic cookbook with great WLS info
I purchased several WLS cookbooks at the same time. (I recommend getting them before the actual surgery and go shopping for the stuff pre-surgery to have on hand afterward.
Potential buyers should know that this book’s usefulness is not limited to those who have undergone weight loss surgery. It is also of tremendous value to people recovering from dental work or jaw surgery, where soft or liquid diets are of necessity for a length of time. As someone who has experienced this type of surgery, I can attest to the desire for flavorful meals, beyond what can be found in typical shakes, soups and purees. This book is the answer.
The recipes are varied, well-written, and most importantly, produce delicious results. Patt Levine has done an amazing job of creating a valuable resource for people who have gone through a trying physical ordeal, and now long to resume a sense of normalcy. Since so much of our lives revolves around what we eat, this book is a must-have!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great recipe ideas
This book is good, it gives your imagination a boost even before you cook. After my surgery I thought I’d have to eat cardboard, tasteless foods forever, or just water.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Book I’ve Found Yet!
I have three recipe books and this one is the best one. My husband loves the recipies as he is a fit man that works out a lot and my son also enjoys the simplicty on the dishes I…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Cookbook for Creative Recipes after Lapband Surgery
My wife and I like this cookbook a great deal. At a time when virtually everything she likes was off the menu, this supplied some very practical menus and some insights on how to…
1.0 out of 5 stars
I did not care for this cookbook
I purchased this book because I just had Lapband surgery. I am from NC and the recipes in this book sound like they are from Turkey!
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Lap Band Chronicles thinks…
This is one of the more sophisticated bariatric cookbooks I have come across. Not only does it contain very bariatric friendly recipes (high in protein, low in carbs and saturated…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great detailed recipes that you know you can eat
I ordered this book right after my surgery, so I had it in hand when I could start eating pureed foods.