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this=that: a life-size photo guide to food serves
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More than 300 life-size full colour photos clearly illustrate serve sizes. Simply place your food on the photos to reveal any differences in serve size. You can easily see which foods to have more or less of for better health and body shape. The result is a quick no-fuss approach to great nutrition by enjoying everyday foods.

Winner of the President's Award for Innovation in 2005. Updated in 2008. Featured on TV, in magazines and newspapers.

Everyday foods. Your choice. Your health. We photographed real foods without any packaging or branding. The images in this book are timeless. Updated in September 2008, this guide has stood the test of time since being originally published in 2004. That shows how useful and sensible it is.

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Food for Gastric Banding: nutrition and lifestyle solutions
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Published April 2009. Written by Trudy Williams.

This book is a total revision of the original, long standing "Food and nutrition guide for gastric banding" which was used and recommended by surgeons, bandsters, and dietitians.

This new book will help you reshape your eating style and lifestyle, and take you well away from the dieting/exercise minefield that has possibly tortured your life for far too long.

Includes bonus information sheets about fluid and puree stages after surgery.

Fresh new look. Excellent content.

Beautifully produced and presented in full colour. It has six key sections and is crammed full of smart, easy tips for people with a gastric band. It includes...

  • the top 10 ingredients for success
  • a kitchen and eating 'toolbox'
  • food and nutrition essentials
  • drink and fluid checks
  • meal planning solutions
  • lifestyle advice that goes beyond exercise
  • 12 guiding worksheets

Since gastric bands first appeared in Queensland in 1996, Trudy has coached thousands of people with a gastric band to maximise their weight loss and health.

Proudly and professionally written, designed and printed in Australia.

  • Environmental credentials: paper made from elemental chlorine free bleached pulp from well-managed forests and controlled sources, and manufactured by an EMAS certified mill.

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Dual combo
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Buy these books together to save time and money

"The band controls how much you eat. You choose what to eat. These books guide the choices made." Trudy Williams

The books complement each other perfectly and help you see why small serves don't always produce weight loss.

What you get?

  • 1 copy of Food for Gastric Banding: nutrition and lifestyle solutions
  • 1 copy of this=that: a life-size photo guide to food serves
  • option to have bonus information sheets for fluid and puree phases included - just click the box

Rethink your portions for gastric banding.

Your family can also use this=that to rethink their portions and food serves for the best of health.

Gastric Banding Double Deal
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Save on this double deal.

Buy these two great gastric banding resources as described in their separate listings:

Food for Gastric Banding: nutrition and lifestyle solutions

+ The Pocket Gastric Band Guide

These resources are written for people with any type of adjustable gastric band or lap band.

The Pocket Gastric Band Guide
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This compact 58-page guide addresses some of the most common questions asked by 'bandsters' (those people with an adjustable gastric band or lap band).

This guide is a special selection of advice and information shared between thousands of 'bandsters' and our dietitians at Wesley Nutrition Centre. It is an advanced guide.

Tips and quotes from fellow 'bandsters' are merged with practical smart advice that addresses everyday issues such as:

  • what to do when foods get stuck
  • impulse eating
  • knowing when to have an adjustment
  • what to do when weight loss stalls
  • belching, burping and tummy rumbles
  • guarding against sabotage
  • breakfast solutions
  • smart choices when eating out

Feedback and comments from both our experienced and novice 'bandster' clients has been positive

  • "It's like you've been watching me and been writing about me! It mirrors and helps explain what I feel sometimes"
  • "...insightful. Are you sure you don't have a band as well?""
  • "confronting in parts, reality can be tough"
  • "...the quotes make me realise I am not alone. To see other people have the same thoughts and problems is reassuring."
  • "Every now and then I read this again because it makes it easier for me to understand my band"

Proudly designed and printed in Australia.

Accelerometer Omron HJ 113

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Get fitter this summer!
A fabulous tool to help you keep on target with your walking program whether it's for weight loss, diabetes management, blood pressure control, improving your heart's health, or to stay fit.

What's an Accelerometer? It's a pocket-sized sensor that counts your steps and a whole lot more. Amazingly it works out the calories burnt during walking and it tells you the burned fat volume in grams. It has a 7 day memory, 24 hour clock, shows the distance walked and the duration of the walk. Unlike a standard pedometer which needs to be worn on the waist, this little beauty can be worn in your pocket, around you neck, or in your bag! The Omron HJ 113 uses sensor technology to work out your aerobic steps, not just the number of steps walked. It gives a better indication of fitness walking.

BandFood Recipe Book
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Dinner for one with a gastric band
An Australian recipe book for SOLO diners who have an adjustable gastric band or lapband, by Helen Toouli from South Australia.

This recipe book includes single-serve recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and desserts. Helen wrote this for the person who has a gastric band and who cooks for one and dines solo.

If you are one of many in a household, we recommend that you do not cook separate meals for yourself. What is good for you, is good for the family!

Each recipe has a 'nutrition panel' showing energy (cals), protein, fat and carbohydrate content.

There are loads of dishes to choose from to nourish your tastebuds as well as your body. Open 'extra images' to see a sample index page that shows some of the many recipes included.

Gastric Banding Triple Combo Pack
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Value combination saves you time and money.

You'll receive three great guides:

  • The Pocket Gastric Band Guide
  • this=that: a life-size photo guide to food serves
  • Food for Gastric Banding: nutrition and lifestyle solutions

The triple combo pack is an excellent collection to help you achieve good health.

"The band controls how much you eat. You control the quality. These books guide your choices." Trudy Williams

Yamax Pedometer Digi-Walker SW-700/701
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Rated number 1 by Australia's leading consumer magazine, CHOICE.

Includes a safety strap to protect it from falling to the floor or worse still, falling into the toilet! Plus a bonus reminder postcard.

Counts the number of steps you take and the distance walked.

Improve the fitness and health of your heart and lungs by building up to 10,000 steps daily.

Fructose Malabsorption Guide (Low FODMAP Diet)
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This pocket guide is a dream for anyone who has trouble digesting fructose or who has a history of irritable bowel. This is from leading Australian dietitian Dr Sue Shepherd whose PhD involved research to investigate and finally formulate FODMAPÔ.
Compact for your handbag and filled with pictures of product labels, this guide will make shopping for groceries easier when you need to reduce your fructose and fructan load. If you have symptoms of irritable bowel than you may be fructose intolerant. It is best to seek expert dietetic and gastroenterology opinion before you start any dietary change like this.

Acceleration Pack after Banding
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A summer saving to get you moving
Boost your results after banding with an Omron Accelerometer and our popular Pocket Gastric Band Guide.

What's an Accelerometer? It's a pocket-sized sensor that counts your steps and a whole lot more. Amazingly it works out the calories burnt during walking and it tells you the burned fat volume in grams. It has a 7 day memory, 24 hour clock, shows the distance walked and the duration of the walk. Unlike a standard pedometer which needs to be worn on the waist, this little beauty can be worn in your pocket, around you neck, or in your bag! The Omron HJ 113 uses sensor technology to work out your aerobic steps, not just the number of steps walked. It gives a better indication of fitness walking.

The Pocket Gastric Band Guide fine tunes your banding knowledge and may help solve any problems you are experiencing. For more detail, refer to the individual listing for the Guide elsewhere in this list.

Irresistibles for the Irritable
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A fabulous recipe book for those with gluten intolerance, coeliac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, fructose intolerance, or a sensitive tummy.

Written by Dr Sue Shepherd, a leading Australian Accredited Practising Dietitian who specialises in food and nutrition advice for people with gastro-intestinal problems.

This is not aimed at people wanting to lose weight. This recipe book is for people with a sensitive tummy.