Lap Band Weight Loss Diet: Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook, Bariatric Cookbook

By Richard P Russel

Do you worry that you will eat the wrong foods post weight loss surgery? Just because you had the operation doesn't mean you can't have tasty meals? Do you need a change in your mind and mood? Do you feel stagnant, stuck in a rut, and ready for perfect recipes? 

Lap Band Weight Loss Diet: Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook, Bari

• Language: English
• Publisher: Urgesta AS
• Release date: Sep 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9788293791553

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Table of Contents

Book 1 - Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook

1 - Introduction

2 - An Overview about the Gastric Bypass Surgery

3 - The Healing Process

The Mindful Eating Technique

Helping Yourself Heal Faster

Here are some important points that you need to remember

Here are some of the nutrition considerations following your gastric bypass operation

4 - Dietary Stages after Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery

5 - The First Period: The Fluid Phase

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3 Onwards

6 - Liquid Consumption

Preparing Your Own Smoothies

7 - Allowed Vitamins and Medicines

Physical Activity

Other Diet Tips for this Phase

Meeting the Daily Protein Requirement

Sample Meal Plan

8 - First Phase Recipes

Wild Berry Boost

The Hulk

Pumpkin Pie Shake

Mocha Proticcino

Cinnamon Roll Protein Shake

Apple Cinnamon

High-Protein Pudding

9 - The Second Period: Soft and Moist Protein Diet

Liquid Consumption

Allowed Vitamins and Medicines

Physical Activity

Other Diet Tips for this Phase

Meeting the Daily Protein Requirement

Animal protein sources:

Sample Meal Plan

Second Phase Sample Recipe

10 - The Third Period: High Protein, Low-Fat, Low-Sugar Diet

Here are the foods that you may find hard to tolerate this stage

Liquid Consumption

Here’s a list of the allowed drinks to take in this phase:

Here are the drinks that you ought to avoid:

Allowed Vitamins and Medicines

Physical Activity

Sample Meal Plan

11 - Bariatric-Friendly Breakfast Recipes

Breakfast Pancakes with Peanut Butter and Jelly

Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

Yogurt Popsicles

Tuna Sandwiches with Apple

High-Protein Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Protein Loaded Pumpkin-Ricotta Pie

Hot and Spicy Deviled Eggs

Breakfast Egg-Chilada

Egg Muffin

Berry Breakfast Wrap

Quinoa Bowl with Tofu

Crustless Quiche with Cheese

12 - Bariatric-Friendly Seafood and Vegetables Recipes

Healthy Tuna Patty

Broiled Orange Roughy

Cheesy Broccoli with Egg

Vegetarian Pizza with Ranch Dressing

Pureed Cauliflower

French Toast with Stuffing

Vegetarian Chili with Cheese

Broccoli Quiche with Tofu

Ratatouille

Shrimp Ceviche

Black Bean with Pumpkin Soup

Black Bean and Corn Salad

Spicy Peanut Vegetarian Chili

13 - Bariatric-Friendly Meat Recipes

Chicken with Peanut and Applesauce

Chicken Cheesesteak Wrap

Chicken Taco Filling

Baked Chicken and Veggies

Chicken Caprese

Creamy Chicken in Slow Cooker

Brown Rice and Beans Casserole

Chicken with Greek Yogurt

Southwest Pasta Salad with Chicken

Faux Fried Chicken

Super Moist Chicken

Chicken Casserole

Chicken Tetrazzini

Black Bean Verde and Pork Stew

Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

Asian Pork Tenderloin

Whopper Veggie Burger

Ginger Beef Stir Fry Recipe

Turkey Turnover Recipe

Turkey Bean Enchilada Recipe

Zucchini Boat

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe

14 - Bariatric-Friendly Recipes for Sauces, Spreads and Desserts

Squash Apple Bake

Creamy Jell-O

Chocolate Soy

Fluffy Cottage Cheese

Spicy Avocado Spread

Yummy Pumpkin Mousse

Peanut Powder Salad Dressing

Bean Spread

Cucumber with Tzatziki Greek Yogurt Sauce

Balsamic Dijon Mustard Dressing

Protein Packed Pesto

Light Alfredo Sauce

15 - Conclusion

Book 2 - Bariatric Cookbook

1 - Introduction

2 - Understand Your Digestive System before the Surgery

Adjustable Gastric Banding

Roux-en-Y or proximal gastric bypass

Other Gastric Bypass Procedures

Preparation before the Procedure

Costs of the Procedure

Commitment and Complications

3 - Identify Your Weight Loss Goals

Talk with Your Loved Ones

Join a Support Group

4 - Things to do Before the Procedure

5 - Things to do After the Procedure

Understanding your new pouch

6 - Learn the Basic Diet of Post Bariatric Surgery

Calories and its function in your body

Protein and its part of your recovery after surgery

Carbohydrate and its job in keeping you healthy

Fat and its role in your body

Reading Nutrition Labels

How to Handle Nutrition Deficiencies

7 - Supplementing Your Diet

Protein Supplements

Multivitamins and Other Supplements

8 - Meal Planning and its Benefits

Stock Your Kitchen with Nutritious Ingredients

Conclusion

9 - Coping with Complications and Other Health Issues

Stomach Pain, Nausea, and Vomiting

Constipation

Diarrhea

Dehydration

Food Intolerance

Lactose Intolerance

Dumping Syndrome

Reactive Hypoglycemia

Bloating

Hair Loss

Conclusion

10 - Week 1 to 2 after Surgery – Liquid Diet

Day 1 and 2 after the surgery

Sample Clear Liquid Diet

Dinner

Week 1 to Week 2 after the Surgery

Examples of Full Liquid Diet

Tips to Remember

11 - Simple Recipes for Applesauce, Fruit Shakes, and Protein Shakes

Applesauce

Tips to remember

Fruit Shake or Protein Shake

Chai Protein Shake

Tips to Remember

12 - Week 3 to 4 after the Surgery – Pureed Diet

Example of Pureed Diet

How to Puree Food

How to Prepare Pureed Meat

Pureed Beef

Pureed chicken or turkey

Legumes Puree

13 - Week 5 to 9 after the surgery – Soft diet

Examples of Soft Diet

Day 2 – 65 grams of protein

14 - Beyond Week 10 – the New and Healthier You

Learning the Different Cooking Methods

Food Safety is Important

Measure Everything

Conclusion

15 - Simple Breakfast Ideas

Toast and Fruit

Savory Crackers

Fruity Wrap

16 - Easy Lunch Choices

Cheesy Quesadilla

Sandwiches for Lunch

17 - Fast and Easy Dinner Options

Burger and fries

Breaded Chicken

Chili

Stir-fry Seafood

Sample Homemade Burger Recipe

18 - Tips to Keep a Skinny Body

The Order of Eating Your Food

Meditative Eating

Take Note of Portion Sizes

Drinking the Right Way

Eating out, a possibility or not?

Keeping a Food Journal

19 - Conclusion

Thank You

Disclaimer

Book 1 - Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook

Perfect Bariatric-Friendly Recovery Diet After Gastric Bypass (Lifelong Eating, Puree, Maintain Weight Loss, Skinny)

1 - Introduction

I want to thank you and congratulate you for buying this book.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to understand what to do after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. This contains information that will help you in coping with the changes and in learning what to do as the healing process progresses.

This book has a wide variety of recipes that are suited for every stage of the healing process. This teaches you about meals and dishes that you can come up with in order to maintain weight loss and make sure that you will benefit from the process for a long time.

Thanks again for buying this book, I hope you enjoy it!

2 - An Overview about the Gastric Bypass Surgery

Known as the most invasive weight loss procedure, the gastric bypass surgery offers the most efficient technique to losing weight. This is ideal for people who are obese or overweight with above 40 Body Mass Index or BMI. Patients at this rate are tagged as morbidly obese.

They are likely suffering from weight-related health problems, which include sleep apnea, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. If you are at this point in your life, the surgery will not only help you lose weight to look good and feel better about yourself but most importantly, it can improve your health and the quality or your life.

The procedure creates a new stomach pouch that is the same size as an egg or a golf ball. A smaller pouch will limit the amount of food that you can take. With a smaller stomach, you will feel less hungry and would only crave to eat smaller portions. The surgery attaches a part of the small intestine to the new pouch.

This allows food to bypass most of the small intestine. As a result, the body absorbs a limited amount of nutrients and calories. This is the main cause of the weight loss – the food that you eat is absorbed less readily by the body.

Before the surgery, your medical team will ask you to follow a pre-operative diet to reduce the size of your liver. The operation is life-changing. Once done, you will modify your dietary habits to last a lifetime. Your surgeon will advise you to follow a staged gastric bypass diet. You will begin with a full liquid diet and it will gradually progress until you are on a normal diet.

Through the dietary changes, your medical team will guide you and tell you when it is safe to progress. They will also give you supplements and medications to make the process of healing faster. You will also be given vitamins, supplements, and minerals that you can take for the rest of your life.

It is important to remember that since your body will be taking in fewer calories, you have to choose the right food to eat in order to maintain a healthy and balanced diet.

3 - The Healing Process

It will take up to 8 weeks for your pouch to completely heal. Planning your meals is important. Your goal is not only to lose weight but also to keep your lean body mass or muscles. Each meal must contain high amounts of protein and low amounts of sugar and fat.

After the operation, your pouch is like that of a baby and it can only absorb liquid and pureed items during the first weeks. This is the purpose of this book – so that you would know what to eat depending on what level you are in.

As you progress in the diet, you can still eat the food items from the previous stages. Whenever you find it hard to tolerate a food item, eliminate it first from your diet for a couple of weeks before reintroducing it to your daily diet.

The Mindful Eating Technique

You will apply this eating technique before and after the surgery. Be always mindful not only of what you eat but how you do it. Consume your food at least 30 minutes or longer, especially in the first weeks following the surgery. Take your time in chewing your food to