Recipes For Weight Loss Surgery Success: Starting Your Journey Step-By-Step

Who knew the best tasting food could come after weight loss surgery? Chef Dave and Vicki that's who! We know it can be downright confusing trying to figure out what to eat those first few days and weeks after your surgery. Our easy to prepare recipes have been created to take you through the beginning diet stages from tasty protein shakes to flavorful smooth foods and finally, satisfying soft foods. You know these recipes have to taste good because they come from Chef Dave's kitchen. And Vicki has made sure they are nutritious and will work for all types of weight loss surgery. As you move on to regular healthy foods, you can still come back and enjoy recipes from this book. They're that good! Cook Smart . . .

Chef Dave Fouts, "The World's First Bariatric Chef" and clinical dietitian, Vicki Bovee, MS, RD, LD, founded Simply Smart Food, a culinary and nutrition company specializing in weight management and bariatric, weight loss surgery, services and programs, in 2007. They have worked with major companies such as Allergan Canada, Obesity Help, JourneyLite, Kellogg's, and PepsiCo. Both are Advisory Board members for WLS Lifestyles and Obesity Action Coalition. Chef Dave Fouts received his culinary degree in 1994 from the Florida Culinary Institute. In 2002 Chef Dave had weight loss surgery and is maintaining a 270 pound weight loss. These days you can find him performing at cooking seminars across the country, writing for bariatric publications and his website, www.chefdave.org. Chef Dave lives in Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife and two sons. Vicki is a registered dietitian with over 25 years experience in weight management, specializing in bariatric nutrition since 2003. In addition to working with Chef Dave, she works with weight loss surgery patients before and after surgery, conducting classes and individual counseling sessions and developing patient education materials. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Obesity Action Coalition. Vicki received a M.S degree from Montana State University and a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Vicki lives in West Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband.