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Plus! let me just add, if you are going to a wedding there is no doubt going to be people there that your probably havnt seen in a while...dont you want them to see how ravishing you are looking!!!

thanks heaps, i was a bit worried...have had a long talk and weve worked it out, ive just been looking forward to this for so long and been doing optifast religously...so i was just a lil worried - bt thanks heaps!

whos getting excited! i am! plus a little nervous...and anxious...and worried! but all very exciting! pre-op appointment on monday! bloods and ecg....:crying: not too keen on, but then only one week to go!! i have to be @ the hospital @ 5 on surgery day! which means i need to leave home at like 3.30...which means i need to be up at like 2!! :teeth_smile:

this worries me...im 3 weeks in - have a week to go..and there is no way i have lost 7.5kg...and i stuck to Optifast like glue!!! is the pre-op doc going to accuse me of cheating? will they cancel my surgery!? geezzz now im worried... HELP!

i hope not! ive just been having normal miso soup...we have this little japanese sushi shop and they sell it for $1 a cup, and i find it really good when im shopping to have a cup in my hand as im going from store to store.... i dont know if youve tried the deserts yet? i have a week to go :S beginning to get a little petrified actually! anyways i have found that the Desserts have been what are getting me through...i LOVE the choc mousse stuff! YUM!!

haha brandy i wish i had this problem!!! and you get 4 shakes a day!? i only get 3, but i also get 2 cups ove veg a day... im getting there, the hardest thing i am finding is about 4-5pm, too early for tea, but i dont want to have my final Optifast for the day because i just know i will be hungry after tea...ive managed to push lunch out to about 2pm, but it must be physilogically programmed into my, because by 4pm im hungry again...its generally just head hunger and i can push through it with sugarfree gum...but its deffinatly i struggle! but well done to you! and doog luck with your surgery!

add me to that list!! ohhh im so excited....i actually realised just how close it was today...we have this thing here in my town called the crab fest...generally goes off...sounds lame but its really quite awesome...anyway, thats on the 8th and 9th...and my preop appointments on the 10th...and i saw the sign and i was like...ohhh a mnth from then ill be having my pre-op appointment...then i was like, hang on a sec...itll be the next day! and a week after that...surgery!!!! :blushing: I dont think ive ever been so excited about anything EVER before...for the first time in well, ever... im gunna be thinner! (i know not overnight, but you get my drift...)its just hit me...and its just sunk in!!! sorry guys, im just stoked!!

Im being banded on the 17th too!! Cannot wait!! yay!!!

Hey all, I weighed myself for the first time today since i started Optifast (which was a week and a half ago...) and ive only lost about 1.5 kilos...is this normal?? i just feel like i should have lost alot more than that because ive heard alot on here about people losing 15kg plus? I feel almost cheated! ive been working my bum off this week! Will my doctor be dissapointed?? Will i still be able to have surgery??

Thanks for all your help. I've become quite partial to the chocolate mousse Desserts... its the best time of the day now! I made a broth last night like you suggested, using all the vegies on the list, Water and a little bonox, and it was really really good...was enough leftovers for my allowance today too! I love your 'opti-yuk'! My family and friends have quickly gotten to calling it optisludge and optispew (charming i know, thats my 12 year old sister for you!) but we'll have to introduce that one! they'll love it! thanks for everyones help! i keep telling myself that its worth it and ill thank myself for it one day! 2 and a half weeks to go!!! Thanks again! dan

yes very much so. I got the email for this and just opened it and it took a good 4 minutes to open... any ideas?

thanks very much! i tried adding vanilla esscence to the vanilla one today and just made it a hundred times worse :tt2: but ill deffinatly try adding the diet soft drinks instead of Water...ive been trying to stay away from the stuff but maybe if i just do it every couple of days it might work... ive found the jelly to be a god send!! i have been adding strawberry jelly crystals to the strawberry shake and thats been going really well, and today i discovered the desert mousse stuff, and that i think is going to be my saviour - its fantastic! In regards to the vegies, yes im allowed two cups a day, i have been trying to save them for dinner time and just stirfrying them up by themselves, purely for the reason that i have something to eat when the family sits down for dinner... I wonder if you can verify something for me? With the vegies, is it 2 cups cooked or raw? Thanks again - you have been very handy!!

Hi all, I stumbled across this forum last week, and have had an absolute blast reading all of your threads, they have been really informative and i now know a little more of what i am to expect. I am being banded on March 17th and have been on Optifast for 5 days now. I started well, but am unfortunatly already thinking about slipping :tt2:...Does anyone have any tips as to how to avoid 'tempation', so to speak! Also, just went out and bought a 21 pack of the vanilla shakes...and cant stand them! Does anyone have any tips as to how to make them, or any of the foods for that matter, a little more interesting, because at the moment I am barely managing to get through my 'sludge'!:smile: Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!

Hi all, I joined this forum about a week ago and i love it! The only problem Im having is with the speed. I have a good connection and never have problems with speed of other forums or any other websites, but whenever i visit this forum it can take up to 5 minutes to open up a thread! im really enjoying this forum and really want to get stuck into it! but at the moment i can't. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Danni xox

hi teagan! my initial appointment was the 21st of december, but it took me a little while to get the funds together around that time of the year, so i went back and saw him the 12th of feb and my surgery is scheduled for the 17th of march! all very exciting...however he could have done it as early as 3 weeks, but he wanted me on the optifast for 4 weeks...so im trudging through that at the moment! i dont know if it makes any difference, but i am covered by HBF.