Desperately looking for a cookbook

Can any of the wonderful members can guide me to cookbooks for Lap-Banders? It will help me greatly after surgery (1/18), and cooking for the rest of the family. Please advise. Thank you in advance IrMa

Irma, Here on Obesity Help, under Store, Books, you will find the following cookbook. Each receipe tells you about portion sizes, etc. and applicability for Lap=Band, RNY or other types of surgery. It is for sale on this site and is a good book. Karen ***************************************************** Books Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Patt Levine Price: 16.95 Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years After Surgery Patt Levine Michele Bontmpo-Saray Foreword by William B. Inabnet Foreword by Meredith Urban 1-56924-453-7 ISBN13/EAN 978-1569-24453-1 $16.95 (Canada Yes) Trade Paper 240pp, 7 x 9 1/8 Cooking & Wine Cooking/Health COOKING / Health & Healing/General CKB039000 Spring 2004 Description: In April 2003 Patt Levine underwent "Lap-Band" gastric surgery, one of the primary bariatric surgeries being widely practiced today. As a lifelong foodie, she was expecting the worst when her surgeon's nutritionist handed her dietary guidelines to follow post-surgery, and she was right. With her decades of cooking skills, she immediately set out to devise low-fat dishes that would be just as delicious pureed and chopped as they would be served whole. As an added problem, she wanted to cook for her husband at the same time. This first-ever cookbook for the hundreds of thousands who are lining up for bariatric bypass surgery is proof that it can be done. With collaborator Michele Bontempo-Saray, the author has created 125 recipes that contain no added sugar, are very low in fat, and get their carbohydrates almost exclusively from fruits and vegetables. Each recipe includes specific guidelines for preparation of the dish for every stage of the eating programs for Lap-Band, gastric bypass, and Biliopancreatric Diversion Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS) patients, as well as suggestions for sharing meals with those who have not gone through gastric surgery. Creative recipes cover every meal and food--breakfast and brunch, soups, vegetables, main courses, and sweet indulgences.

Irma, I found a book that was part inspirational and part cookbook, and the recipes appear fantastic. I received it as part of a "starter pack" that included protein shake samples, vitamin samples, etc. The book is called Before & After by Susan Maria Leach. It is available at www.bariatriceating.com Hope this helps. Sonia