I just started my liquid diet yesterday, I had three sips yesterday and about 1/4 of one meal replacement today. I am suppose to be drinking 5 of these meal replacements a day and I can't even get one down, the after tase is making we nausiated. I have been eating sugar-free jello and sugar-free popcicles but I know I am not getting the nutrients that I need from them. Is there anything I can do to get this Opti-Fast into my system so that I can have all the nutrients that I need to have my surgery on October 5th? My Dr. will only let me use meal replacements (opti-fast), jello, popcicles and crystal light. I am not missing food but I know that I need the protein and vitamins so I do not become malnutritioned. I have thought about just drinking broth and taking a multi-vitamin but do not know if that would help my liver shrink or make things worse. I would appreciate any feed back.

I did Medifast a few years ago. I had to doctor up almost everything with either Torani SF syrups, Capella flavor drops or bouillon cubes.

There were also recipes online to do things like make a muffin, pancakes or pudding out of the mixes. I'm not sure how well that would adhere to your nutritional plan right now, but it's worth a shot.

Sorry, I hope it gets better.

~Cheri

i would try a different brand, i cant even smell bene-protein without gagging now.

does have to be opti fast? try something else like clk suggested. I love bariatric advantage protein shakes, vanilla you can throw your own creations into, I take extracts in different flavors and add them to the vanilla shake, or a chocolate shake with cherry, strawberry, or banana extract. . . yummmmyyyyy. . . you can add peanut butter (1 tsp only) into the chocolate shake and have a "peanut butter cup" flavored one. . . anything to make these things taste better. . . i don't know how good adding "stuff" into the optifast would be. . . try one and see. . . good luck