OMG 1st DAY OF OPTIFAST...GOOD LORD

My poor bladder is on overload...who pees this much??????

So I had the vanilla, mixed it with raspberry crystal light...bearable.  I had the chocolate,...much better. 

Coffee, tea, water, water, water, broth and jello......and now headache.

Well this is going to be one wild ride...hanging on tight.

I mixed my vanilla with orange tangerine crystal lite, tasted like a creamcicle and also 2tsp of cocoa, tasted like the chocolate optifast

I am on week 3 and believe it or not the vanilla does eventually taste ok.  What I found is adding a bit of vanilla extract seems to make it taste less chemical.  I tried the crystal lite but it was just a mix of weird chemical and colour.  In the beginning I did pee continually it did ease up but I still get up in the night to pee.  THis is from the person who never once got up to pee in the night with 2 pregnancies.

Take it one day at a time and before you know it you will be looking forward to the fluid diet after surgery!!

Cheers!

I'm on day 7 of 14 days of Optifast.  I thought the same thing last week...what the heck happened to my bladder of steel?? It's gotten somewhat better but not much.  My hunger pains have pretty much subsided but now the severe head-hunger is setting in and I'm seriously lacking energy.

If you like ice-cappucinos, try adding 3-5 ice cubes and some instant coffee in the blender with the chocolate optifast.  It's fantastic. 

Well it does get better. I am on day 6 and I found that if I just put a couple of icecubes in my shaker and made it really cold it wasn't really that bad. But chocolate is wayyyy better.

The headache will likely stick around for a couple of days. The more water you can get in, the better...

also... is your coffee / tea decaf / herbal?

I'm really enjoying your posts.....I am waiting for my surgery date and will be starting opti any day now.  Your posts are really helpful and the advice is so good.  Keep us posted on your opti days.
I ordered more vanilla than chocolate thinking that I could add more flavors to the choc.  Hmmm maybe not a good decision.  Thanks
Linda
Toronto

my fav Optifast drink was Vanilla with 250ml Black Tim Horton's Decaf coffee in the magic bullet. I would still drink that everyday if I had Opti left. Loved it. I also went to Starbucks and bought some SF syrup to add a bit of mix to it sometimes. Good Luck, head down and power though haha.

Just started my two weeks today as well.  Tolerable but the thought of 4 a day for 14 days is a little frightening...shaky and slight headache too...oh yeah...and the bladder thing....soooo annoying.

Enjoy the ride :)

Andrea.

Hi all,

Dont want to be a Debby Downer, but I feel like crap.  Head is pounding.  Eye is twitching for the second day.  I sure hope this gets better.  This is not fun.