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by Chef David Fouts
Finally, a meal plan anyone can follow. It was important for us to create a meal plan that made sense using every day ingredients, keeping meals simple, and with preparation time that is practical for most families.
Click Here To Learn More About… 90 Ways to Ditch your Diet
by Roberta Larson Duyff MS, RD, FADA, CFCS & ADA (American Dietetic Association)
A lifetime of sound and easy advice on healthy eating from the world’s foremost authority on food and nutrition
Click Here To Learn More About… Complete Food and Nutrition Guide
by American Heart Association
If you’re fed up with fads and want a diet that can provide a lifetime of effective weight control, No-Fad Diet is the book for you.
Click Here To Learn More About… American Heart Association No-Fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss
by Susan Maria Leach
Before & After is a journal of Susan’s own inspirational story, where she shares her ups and downs, her tips and techniques, but mostly it’s a book about hope for anyone who has a serious weight problem.
Click Here To Learn More About… Before and After: Living and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery
by Bob Greene
Divided into three phases, The Best Life Diet gives you the tools you need to change your life. In each phase, you’ll be asked to reexamine the decisions you make on a daily basis and gradually alter your habits to achieve lasting results.
Click Here To Learn More About… The Best Life Diet
by Peter Walsh
“Organizational consultant” and bestselling author Walsh (It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff) brings his less-is-more philosophy to weight loss in a guide that, ironically, proves bloated with unnecessary anecdotes and repetition. Most of Walsh’s tried-and-true advice boils down to simple thoughtfulness, embodied in familiar exercises such as re-organizing your kitchen and pantry, making realistic meal plans you can stick to and “being present in the moment” while eating.
Click Here To Learn More About… Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?: An Easy Plan for Losing Weight and Living More
by Katie Jay
Dying to Change is for anyone who has ever struggled with their weight or with life challenges that are difficult to overcome, as well as for their loved ones. It is a message of compassion and hope.
Click Here To Learn More About… Dying to Change
by Patt Levine & Michele Bontmpo-Saray
Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years After Surgery.
Features special guidelines to help you prepare each dish for every stage of the Lap-Band, gastric bypass, and Biliopancreatic Diversion/DS (BPD/DS) post-op eating programs, as well as for family and friends who have not had weight loss surgery.
Click Here To Learn More About… Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery
by Cynthia L. Alexander, PsyD
Click Here To Learn More About… The Emotional First Aid Kit: A Practical Guide to Life After Bariatric Surgery
by Garth Davis, MD
This book will be released on December 26, 2008.
Click Here To Learn More About… The Expert’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery
by Ian K. Smith, M.D.
Dr. Ian Smith’s Extreme Fat Smash Diet is safe, fast and ultra-effective—taking his proven weight loss system to its hard core. No gimmicks, no denying yourself entire categories of food (like carbs), no nonsense. Instead, Extreme Fat Smash Diet delivers quick, permanent results.
Click Here To Learn More About… Extreme Fat Smash Diet
by Jude Milner
An outrageous graphic autobiography with illustrations by Mary Wilshire-a top Marvel Comics artist-Fat Free is the story of the (formerly) supersized Jude Milner’s harrowing and hilarious adventures.
Click Here To Learn More About… Fat Free: The Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman!
by Ranesa McNally, LCSW-C
This book is for anyone contemplating or for those who have had the gastric bypass procedure for weight loss. It is intended to provide information about various psychological issues that are common throughout the process. It includes areas to explore both before and after surgery, as well as an overview of some true stories of those who have previously undergone this procedure.
Click Here To Learn More About… Gastric Bypass Surgery: The Psychological Journey
by Connie Liakos Evers
How to Teach Nutrition to Kids by registered dietitian Connie Evers promotes the positive, fun side of healthful eating and physical activity. Packed with ideas that empower children to evaluate nutrition information, make smart food choices and creatively prepare food, How to Teach Nutrition to Kids effectively integrates nutrition into multiple areas of a child’s life.
Click Here To Learn More About… How to Teach Nutrition to Kids
by Mark J. Watson, MD & Daniel B. Jones, MD
A comprehensive guide for patients who have the LAP-BAND or are considering having the procedure done.
Click Here To Learn More About… LAP-BAND Companion
byTom Kersting, Ph.D.
Your subconscious mind is like a computer, says author Dr. Tom Kersting. For years you’ve been programming it with eating habits that make you overweight. The Kersting solution for losing weight and keeping it off is power programming,-his method for uninstalling the subconscious mind’s make-me-fat software and replacing it with new programming that will make you want to exercise and eat wholesome foods in moderation.
Click Here To Learn More About… Losing Weight When Diets Fail
by Jessie H. Ahroni Ph.D. A. R. N. P.
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding is an invaluable resource for anyone who is considering laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Dr. Ahroni uses her experience as a clinician and a gastric band patient to guide you through the process of losing weight and learning to live with your adjustable gastric band.
Click Here To Learn More About… Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Achieving Permanent Weight Loss with Minimally Invasive Surgery
by Brian Wansink, Ph.D.
In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you’re eating, what you’re eating–or why you’re even eating at all.
Click Here To Learn More About… Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think We Do
by April Hochstrasser PhD & Forward by S. Ross Fox MD
The Patient’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery is an indispensable guide for surgery candidates and their families. It explains in easy-to-understand language everything you need to know about this increasingly popular surgical procedure.
Click Here To Learn More About… The Patient’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery: Everything You Need To Know About Gastric Bypass and Bariatric Surgery
by Margaret M. Furtado, M.S., R.D., L.D.N. & Lynette Schultz, L.R.C.P., R.T.
Learn how to eat right after weight loss surgery.
Click Here To Learn More About… Recipes for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery: Delicious Dishes for Nourishing the New You
by Katie Jay and Julia A. F. Persing
Introducing a daily reader for weight loss surgery patients. With an entry for each day of the year, this book is a great way to keep your mind focused on creating your best life after weight loss surgery.
Click Here To Learn More About… Small Bites: Daily Inspirations for Weight Loss Surgery Patients
by Colleen M. Cook
These time and people tested principles are the results of years of research of long-term weight loss surgery patients. They work regardless of the particular type of weight-loss surgery you may have had. Whether you are investigating weight-loss surgery, a new patient, out a few years, or a bariatric professional, you’ll find this book educational and motivational.
Click Here To Learn More About… The Success Habits of Weight-Loss Surgery Patients
by Chef David Fouts
The cookbook features exquisite recipes, such as the following:
by Barbara Thompson
This is the first book that puts all weight loss surgery research in one place. Written by an RNY weight loss surgery patient, this 235 page book covers all aspects of the surgery from a patient’s point of view.
Click Here To Learn More About… Weight Loss Surgery: Finding the Thin Person Hiding Inside You
by Marina S. Kurian, MD, FACS & Barbara Thompson
Get the scoop on weight loss surgery. Your authoritative guide to weight loss surgery — before, during, and after
Click Here To Learn More About… Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies
by Merle Cantor Goldberg, George Cowan Jr., William Y. Marcus
Click Here To Learn More About… Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right For You?
by Nina Danielson, MSW
What To Do When Your Therapist Isn’t There brings together all the information you need to break through your mental blocks and master your emotional life in a readable and user-friendly guide. Learn to take charge of your life in and out of your therapist’s office.
Click Here To Learn More About… What To Do When Your Therapist Isn’t There?
by Michael F. Roizen M.D. & Mehmet C. Oz M.D.
For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting—and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now researchers are unraveling biological secrets about such things as why you crave chocolate or gorge at buffets or store so much fat.
Click Here To Learn More About… You: On A Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management
While the holidays bring many wonderful times, we can’t deny the challenges of this season for those of us who are working hard to lose weight or maintain our weight loss.
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