My Favorite Post-Op Things: Helpful & Healthy!

Hello All!  I posted this on main forums and wanted to share here =)

High Protein Foods:
I was fortunate that my surgeon's bariatric program had foods and vitamins from these sites available at the clinic (check with your doctor as needed):

https://store.grandhealthpartners.com

http://www.healthwisefoods.com

http://www.celebratevitamins.com

Post-Surgery Cookbook:
Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery
Available at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Well-After-Weight-Surgery/dp/1569244537/ref=cm_cr-mr-title

~my review of this book on Amazon~
"Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery is MUST-HAVE for post-op nutrition! I had gastric bypass recently and not only does this book have easy and delicious recipes, but also a wealth of helpful advice, hints, and tricks for eating in this new lifestyle! After trying many others like this, I found too many focused on the word "diet" instead of the healthy lifestyle change that really occurs with bariatric surgery, and many others had hard to find ingredients for strange recipes. This book was written by a woman who had one of the weight-loss surgeries and can offer first-hand knowledge of what to come in nutrition post-op, with all info advised by a registered dietician. No need to shop around like I did - this book is all you need!"

My Fav Recipe Site with Nutrition Panels:
http://www.sparkrecipes.com

Daily Diet Calculator:
http://walking.about.com/cs/calories/l/bldietcalc.htm

Fun Way to Exercise:
Xbox 360 with Kinect (game console)
I used the following Dell site to order with a payment plan, as I cannot aford full amount now:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A4049257

DANCE GAMES are great fun and exercise. The most highly rated dance games for the Xbox Kinect are:
Just Dance 3
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Dance-3-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B0053BG26C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329855080&sr=8-1
Dance Central 2
http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Central-2-Xbox-360/dp/B0050SYYEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329855088&sr=8-1

     WOW!!!!  Thanks for all the great info. Do you know if I can done load it to my hard Drive? I surly want to keep this handy. Thanks for joining BB. You are a real asset.

    Mag

Glad you find it helpful and hope others will as well. At 7 weeks out, I have a lot to learn yet!  What did you wish to download?

 The book on amazon that you reviewed, do you think it would be appropriate for DSers as well, or is it geared more towards RNYers? Thanks for sharing all these links!

The great thing about that cookbook is that every recipe has a box that lists the different bariatric surgeries and what the portions sizes and other suggestions are for each type AND they have full nutrition panel for easy ood logging. "Normal" portions are also described for people eating with you who haven't had surgery.  Let me know what you think if you get it =)

Thanks for the shared post.  Always looking for more ideas.