Good Morning. WLS for Dummies

MajorMom
on 3/21/12 8:09 pm - VA

No, this isn't an insult, it's a book recommendation. It may not be as thorough as we DSrs and Sleevers would like but it's a pretty good reference none the less. It has good info on how to get through the insurance hoops, general pros and cons of the more popular WLS types, and decent recipes at the end.

Do you have some good references you'd like to recommend?

--gina

5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny

italianspice
on 3/21/12 9:23 pm - Eastlake, OH

RNY on 07/29/10

Barbara Thompson, Finding the thin person within. She writes about life post surgery and I think she gives a very accurate account of the changes we face.

Mandy R.
on 3/22/12 9:02 am - Callahan, FL

RNY on 11/07/11

I also enjoyed WLS for Dummies :)

HW-298 SW-251 Loss/Month post RNY(1)-23.5,(2)-23.3,(3)-9.9,(4)-10.6,(5)-8.9,(6)-7.7,(7)-4.2,(8)-7.5,(9)-1.7,(10)-10.8*first goal reached*,(11)-6,(12)-1.3,(13)-0.3,(14)+2.9-*changed scales that weigh 2lbs heavier*,(15)-0.3(16)-4.7(17),+5.8(18)-1.5,(19)+4.4,(20)-+4,(21)-1.2,(22)+3.5,(23)

lerkhart
on 3/22/12 10:10 am

RNY on 08/03/09

I purchased WLS for Dummies and enjoyed it. I still use it ocassionally to look at some recipes.
I also purchased Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Patt Levine and Michele Bontempo-Saray it is mostly a recipe book - I don't use it as much anymore - I should pull it out and look through it.

I bought two of Geneen Roth's books - Why Weight - A guide to Ending Compulsive Eating - it is a workbook - I don't think I ever got very far in it.
Breaking Free from Emotional Eating - it was good and had some good tips in it.

Linda

14.5 lost pre-surgery 5'1 1/2"

paranoidmother21
on 3/22/12 11:38 am - Lake Zurich, IL

RNY on 12/16/09

I found The Thin Commandments to be full of good ways to deal with the head hunger... the diet plan is all wrong for us, but the head stuff was valuable enough that I bought 3 copies, and keep loaning them out.

Rebecca
Circumferential LBL, anchor TT, BL/BR, brachioplasty 12-16-10 Drs. Howard and Gutowski
Thigh lift 3-24-11, Drs. Howard and Gutowski again!

Height 5' 5". Start point 254. DH's goal: 154. My guess: 144. Insurance goal: 134. Currently bouncing around 130-135.

Thenewme55
on 3/22/12 2:33 pm - WA

VSG on 01/12/12

Eat It Up! by Connie Stapleton. I read it before surgery and have gone back to it several times since. I gave it to a friend who had surgery today, she said it really helped her get her mind and soul in the right place.

HT 5'1"~HW 224~SW 212~GW 124 VSG 1/12/12
-8 lbs pre-op Month 1 -30 lbs, M2 -8, M3 -9, M4 -6.5, M5 -6.5, M6 -6, M7 -3, M8 -4, M9 -6, M10 -6, M11 -2 , M12 - "You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one."

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