Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies

Introduction 1
Part I: Is Weight Loss Surgery for You? 7
Chapter 1: The Ins and Outs of Weight Loss Surgery 9
Chapter 2: Voting for Surgery: Are You a Candidate? 19
Chapter 3: Incision Decisions: Your Surgical Options 33
Chapter 4: Understanding the Risks of Surgery 53
Chapter 5: Drafting Your Dream Team: It's More Than a Surgeon69
Part II: Preparing for Surgery 79
Chapter 6: Paying for Surgery: No Assurance of Insurance 81
Chapter 7: Making the Grade: Testing Prior to Surgery 91
Chapter 8: Preparing Yourself Physically and Mentally: Gettingin Tip-Top Pre-Op Shape 103
Part III: The Hospital Experience and Beyond 115
Chapter 9: Checking In and Out: Your Hospital Stay 117
Chapter 10: Knowing What You Can Eat for the First Few Months133
Chapter 11: Starting on Solid Food 155
Chapter 12: Home Sweet Home: Returning after Surgery 171
Chapter 13: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It's Back to Work You Go!181
Part IV: This Time I'm Going to Make It: Ensuring Success189
Chapter 14: What Is Success Anyway 191
Chapter 15: Food for Thought: An Eating Plan for the Rest ofYour Life 201
Chapter 16: Getting It in Gear: Making Exercise Part of YourRoutine 233
Chapter 17: Enlisting Outside Help 249
Part V: Changing Outside and In 257
Chapter 18: Avoiding Potential Pitfalls: Physical Challenges259
Chapter 19: Dealing with Post-Op Emotional Issues: What's EatingAt You? 269
Chapter 20: Me, Myself, and I: Your Relationship with Yourself281
Chapter 21: Working At Relationships: Family, Friends, andEveryone in Between 293
Chapter 22: Now That I'm Thin, What about the Skin?307
Part VI: The Part of Tens 319
Chapter 23: Ten Weight Loss Surgery Myths 321
Chapter 24: Ten Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery 327
Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Stay on the Straight and Narrow 331
Index 335