One week down and I'm looking for good WLS websites, cookbooks and/or books

[beckyboop74 1]

Hi everyone,

It has been a bit over a week since my surgery on the 23rd and tiredness is setting in big time now. Maybe its hormones, maybe its the tiny amount of food that I am getting in - compounded by the two week pre-op plus this week and two days? I don't know - ugh. Its hard to be motivated to try and do the research about how I am now going to eat from this point forward PLUS do so soul searching and take this time to really figure out how I got so addicted to food to begin with.

I spent a lot of today going through this forum, doing web searches etc and I found some books that I ordered online and some I requested at the local library on adjustments after WLS and also cooking after WLS. I got the usual suspects found on the lists here at VST but I am also thinking of getting the following books or at least checking them out from the library:

1. TheEverything Post Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook - Jennifer Whitlock Heisler, RN

2. TheBiggest Loser Family Cookbook

3. TheHigh Protein Cookbook - I really don't like this cookbook so I would notrecommend it

4.Cookin For Weight Loss Surgery Patients - By d**k Stucki "The UltimateGourmet"

5.Extraordinary Taste - Shannon Owens-Malett, MS,RD, LD

I think I got some of these from a list online here that I found. Here are the ones I just bought or am checking out from the library:

Exodus from Obesity... by Paula Peck

Before and After Living and Eating Well after WLS by Susan Maria Leach

Eating Well After WLS by Patti Levine

recipes for Life After WLS by Margaret Furtado

I am a big reader so I don't mind trying to read as much of these as possible and to learn as much as possible.

I also found this website for recipes: WLS Journey Recipe Central = http://recipes.wlsjourney.org/. I also found The World According to Eggface blog that everyone here talks about and I think she will be my new best friend when I don't know what to make for dinner. I love the idea of the bites Michelle has on this page. Seems like they would fill my mental cravings in a nice healthy way!

So, from what I can tell with all my research thus far, I think if I try to stick to as much low carb and low fat as possible, I should be okay in the future. I would love to hear from the rest of you on what you have found really helpful in whatever format, meetings, books, web, etc.

Take care!

Becky

BTW I lost 10 pounds my first week. I am so psyched! I couldn't resist weighing myself on Monday. it was a good surprise!