| Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: Is This for You?
Chapter 1: The Ins and Outs of Weight Loss Surgery.
Chapter 2: Voting for Surgery: Are You a Candidate?
Chapter 3: Incision Decisions: Your Surgical Options.
Chapter 4: Understanding the Risks of Surgery.
Chapter 5: Drafting Your Dream Team: It’s More Than a Surgeon.
Part II: Preparing for Surgery.
Chapter 6: Paying for Surgery: No Assurance of Insurance.
Chapter 7: Making the Grade: Testing Prior to Surgery.
Chapter 8: Preparing Yourself Physically and Mentally: Getting in Tip-Top Pre-Op Shape.
Part III: The Hospital Experience and Beyond.
Chapter 9: Checking In and Out: Your Hospital Stay.
Chapter 10: Knowing What You Can Eat for the First Few Months.
Chapter 11: Starting on Solid Food.
Chapter 12: Home Sweet Home: Returning after Surgery.
Chapter 13: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s Back to Work You Go!
Part IV: This Time I’m Going to Make It: Ensuring Success.
Chapter 14: What Is Success Anyway?
Chapter 15: Food for Thought: An Eating Plan for the Rest of Your Life.
Chapter 16: Getting It in Gear: Making Exercise Part of Your Routine.9
Chapter 17: Enlisting Outside Help.
Part V: Changing Outside and In.
Chapter 18: Avoiding Potential Pitfalls: Physical Challenges.
Chapter 19: Dealing with Post-Op Emotional Issues: What’s Eating At You?
Chapter 20: Me, Myself, and I: Your Relationship with Yourself.
Chapter 21: Working At Relationships: Family, Friends, and Everyone in Between.
Chapter 22: Now That I’m Thin, What about the Skin?
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 23: Ten Weight Loss Surgery Myths.
Chapter 24: Ten Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery.
Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Stay on the Straight and Narrow.
Index.
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