Hello all!! I am required to do a two week liquid diet, optifast!! Yuck!! the shakes are OK, and the protien bars i can handle, but the chicken soup is not happening!! ha ha anyone have any advice!! please im hungry and its only day one!!!! What to do! What to do?!>?!?!?:sad:

I havent got my band yet but I got a pre op diet and I think it just depends on if you eat those things already to how you'll go on the diet, mine says I can have a cup of vegetables I think once every 3 days which is great for me, just ring your dietician and ask if you can have some vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, squash etc. If you can't really tolerate the shakes they'll definetly help, also maybe add a little soy sauce if your allowed, but remember to ring your dietician first, they'll probably say it's ok but just in case they don't at least you'll know

Hey Eliz,

I am on Optifast liquid diet. Here are few suggestion if it helps.

1. Soups - Add garlic salt and pepper to the soup. It would taste much better. I too hated it initially but now it's okay. Also you can try other soups - you can find choices at Whole food Market. Ensure similar Protein and cals levels.

2. shakes - I was so bored with optifast's two flavors (chocolate and vanilla) Didnot like it's strawberry one. You can try Adkins they have caramel latte and mocha flavors.

3. Other - I am actually taking semi solid egg (70 cal / 6.5 g protein) . I have a small microwavable egg boiler and I microwave it for 4-5 min.

4. I am also having - Diet Green Tea (0 cal 0 protein).

I think let 3 days pass you would be okay. Having said that even after 8 days of diet - I still get so tempted by - hearing "food", seeing yellow boards of fast food rest. and seeing someone eating. :-) . I am trying to find distractions.

Edited May 28, 200818 yr by realme

I had to do Optifast and it was not my favorite thing either. Funny though...the chicken soup was probably my favorite. I added spices to it and it kind of tastes like gravy. Like someone above said...garlic salt, pepper. Two weeks seems like forever but it will go by in no time. Good luck!

Hi, I was on the optifast shakes only!! (no soup or bars or nothing) This was for the two weeks prior to surgery. The first three days were hard but then it wasn't bad. I didn't cheat. The surgery was very easy, very quick, short time on general anesthesia. I lost 20 pds pre op! I love my band, I'm down another 25pds in 9 weeks post op.

I just finished my optifast diet yesterday. It was pretty rough, BUT, like everyone has said, the first three days are the worst. Stick through those and the rest will fly by. Trust me!!

I am so glad to get some pointers on how to make things taste better! This is day 3 for me on the preop diet of Optifast. The first day the shakes were horrible...but funny how on Day 3 they aren't nearly as bad. I can drink them now. The bars are ok and taste better if I put them in the refridgerator for a little bit. I haven't tried the soup yet. I haven't really been hungry though and I am grateful for that.

I will have to do Optifast for my pre-surgery diet too. But I was on a modified Opti fast diet diet for the 6 month diet so I am very familiar with Optifast! (I ate one meal a day, along with the shakes). Best to make the shakes in the blender--add plenty of ice and it does mix up thicker. I used to mix the vanilla powder with coffee, splenda, sugar free vanilla syrup and ice in the blender and it tasted like a frozen latte (sort of :-)). Think of it as a means to an end.

Thanks for all the helpful hints!! its day three, its getting better, but im wanting to cheat too much!! im trying my best though!! i like the shakes, i got the pre-made ones! they told me they were better!! the chocolate protien bars are good!! actually. i called my dietitian about a substituition for the soup, and he said add a chicken boun cube! aint tried it yet, still trying to get that taste out of my mouth. but i did eat some more tonight and boiled the water, much much better. i may learn to like it!! :wink2: