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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780972805025 ISBN: 0972805028 Label: BP Publishing, Inc. Manufacturer: BP Publishing, Inc. Number Of Pages: 252 Publication Date: December 01, 2003 Publisher: BP Publishing, Inc. Studio: BP Publishing, Inc. Accessories: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Eating Well After Weight-Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months Years Excellent recipes, not expensive, and something for everyone's taste. Also an excellent base to build your own versions of the author's presentation. Rating:  - Worth every pennyI decided to buy this book Exodus from Obesity, as I had heard about it from a friend. Once I started reading I found I was unable to put it down. It was very clearly written and helpful in so many ways. It gives you very specific actions to follow both before and after weight loss surgery. After reading Exodus from Obesity I felt a whole lot better about my own decision to have this surgery. This book is a must read for those people who are considering gastric bypass surgery, have ... Read More Rating: - Fat Gone, Feelings OnApplause to Paula Peck for a valuable guide that completes the journey toward whole person wellness. Her Guide completes the intangible spectrum of our relationship to food and feelings that many of the profit-making, medical systems leave out. Paula addresses the big-hit surprises and potentially destructive manifestations of body image change, sexuality, and resentments toward fat prejudice, just to name a few. She emphasizes what's possible and how to handle the range of "surprises" on going ... Read More Rating: - A very thoughtful read for pre-op I have been trying to gain as much information and insite to the Gastric Bypass I am going to have and how I got here. This book is very good. It has assignments at the end of chapters to do things like "write a "Dear Me" letter" pre-surgery to read later and see how far you have come. It does deal with a lot of pre-op. Not a whole lot post op. But maybe since I'm pre-op I am not picking up on the post op so much. She's very candid and this being the 3rd book I've read on the topic has ... Read More Rating: - AwesomeI would reccommend this book to anyone thinking about Gastric Bypass surgery. I had it 3 years ago and have lost 303 pounds. I would do it again in a heartbeat. This book is very informative about all the questions that you will have and ways to use them through out the rest of your journey. Kema 
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