aaah optifast...

i'm 3 days in to my pre op diet - i'm really struggling.. and i've left it so late to start...

i'm keeping to under 900c per day.. oks that okay? or too much

i can do this can't i?

Not sure about the number of calories but under 900 is not much is it. I am doing Optifast too and am on Day 8 today. Okay up to today and suddenly feel really hungry most of the time - tried the water etc but nothing last for long. Making a huge soupy type stew with tomatoes, eggplant cauliflower( and its stalks cos I've just about run out of vegies) to see if that will fill me up for the evening. Yes we can do this. Good luck.

Hi Ladies,

You are both doing great - I know cause I've been there:wacko:

800-900calories is just about right - just make sure that if you do 'lapse' that it is lean Protein - NO CARBS. If you are finding that the shakes don't fill you, try adding a little less Water (makes the Optisludge a bit thicker) then freeze for about 1/2 hour then smash it in the blender again. It makes the shake a lot thicker and I found it to be more filling that way. I also tended to snack on my vege's so that I was able to have something when I felt really hungry. Don't forget that you can also have diet jellies - I also made these a little thicker than they say on the packet.

There's not long to go now and I know you can both do it - you will be so pleased by the time you have surgery that the next 2 weeks of liquids will feel like Christmas has come again.

Danna:whoo::clap2:

Thanks For That... I Think I Might Go Snack On Some Veg Right Now...

You're A Champion! Really Aplpreciate The Support

Hi there thinner-or-bust,

I too am on Optifast, I am on day 3. It has been very hard and I have felt like giving up, but luckily I haven't! I found today that if you mix the shake powder with Water and 3 or 4 ice cubes and crush it all with a stick mixer it turns it into a thickshake - quite yummy. Also if you have vanilla optifast shakes you can add chocolate, strawberry or caramel DIET topping, making it even yummier lol.

I too am being banded on 14th January, only 10 days to go.

Keep in touch about how you are going.

Josh.

so... its like day 4... the scales say i've lost 2.7 kg as of this morning.. is that even possible> i don't think so!! but i like the numbers!!!

bring on rockhamton, dr russell, and a lap baned.. 14 01

Yes it is perfectly normal to lose that amount of weight in 4 days. I am hoping to lose up to 10kg in the two weeks that I am on Optifast pre-op.

Josh.

Well its day 9 for me today. When I started I was 147 kilos, I weighed myself today and was 142.8 which inspired me to keep going. I am being banded on Jan 16, i voluntarily have been doing Optifast since Dec 27th as I thought it would give me the edge........It was hard at first and I have had a few setbacks.

The hardest thing was the other night making spag bog for the family and had to control a desire to eat the lot. I gotthrough it though, which is a positive......

So all you gals and guys on Optifast, keep it up, we can do it

Try adding coffee to the chocolate optifast, with ice cubes and blended - kinda like a mocha thickshake. Makes it bearable, anyway!

On Optifast you can also add any diet cordials to the shakes to change the flavour or the flavoured essences you get at the supermarket. In a vanilla shake try adding pineapple and coconut essences for a Pina Colada taste. Cherry essence added to the chocolate tastes similar to a Cherry Ripe and orange flavouring will give you a Jaffa shake. Helps to get through the days if you can have different flavours. If you have the chocolate dessert I added mint flavouring and froze it - Choc mint icecream (well, sort of anyway).

Danna

On Optifast and due to have banding on 14 Jan have failed terribly. I find it very hard to cook meals for hubby and kids and not have any. Was not aware that we could have anything other than optifast. I love the idea of a choc mint optishake, mmm might make one now.

I have not opted to go with a nutrionist as money is tight. Maybe I should have Dr just gave my a book re lapbanding and I have just gone from there. Hopefully things will get easier now that I have found this site. Heaps of great info Thanks

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Just make sure that the flavourings are "diet" or sugar free. Any of the diet icecream toppings work. I also love the coffee/chocolate blend (but can't stand the plain chocoate) and using strawberry flavouring (topping or 1 tspn of cake flavouring) in the vanilla one makes it bearable. Other tips include using crushed ice - the colder the better - and making it a little thicker by using less water (going just under the cup marker instead of over). While the drink may not be as big, I found it really gross when all thinned out by too much water. Add the ice to your shaker first, then top up to just under the cup marker, then add the powder and flavouring and shake.

okay i'm on day 7, i've lost 6.1 kg with this Optifast thing! about 5 more and i think the doc will be happy for surgery on MONDAY! EEK

i haven't really really struggled but today i WANT TO EAT.. but i won't.. i won't i wont..

wanna know something else... FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal is addictive... and i did my housework wearing my pedometer today, walked over 5 km and burned 570 calories... how cool is that...

peace out.. *lol*

xoxox

Well everone as hard as Optifast is and as much as I have complained about it - I just weighed myself at the doctors office and I have lost 8.9kg from being on optifast for 6 days. I am so excited you can't wipe the smile from my face!

Its very very hard but totally worth it!

EEEEEEEEEEEEK i broke tonight i had a mouthful of steak (bbq grilled) and a mouthful of tomato Pasta (home made) but i think that added enought to bust my cal limit today.. eeek i've been going so well..

disappointed, and cranky at me.

x

EEEEEEEEEEEEK i broke tonight i had a mouthful of steak (bbq grilled) and a mouthful of tomato Pasta (home made) but i think that added enought to bust my cal limit today.. eeek i've been going so well..

disappointed, and cranky at me.

x

Don't worry too much I actually did the same thing on Sunday night. I won't do it again though it was enough carbs to take me out of ketosis and make me feel like crap and have headaches for 24 hours. Lesson learnt for me lol. Although if I had known I had lost 8.9kg I don't think I would have done it! Feeling a lot better now though.