omg..my surgery is 2 wks away!!

So today was my meeting to get my shakes and to my surprise I got two wks worth and told my surgery iso on Sept 1st.

what did everyone use to drink they're shakes in...?

I'm super excited...cant wait...

I love to read all these posts...some thing peak my anxiety as I worry about how much I will lose vs how much I want to lose..but I guess will wait and see.

Wow! That's quick. Amazing!! Congratulations.

What a great way to start the month. How exciting. I bought a small mini blender and took it with me everywhere. I did not add anything to the shakes. I actually liked them. Best of luck.

Congrats!! :)

I used one of those shaker bottles with the wire whisk ball to break up the powder. I found the smaller opening helped with the weird smell.

I didn't mind the shakes at all. Just did ice and water for the chocolate. I added red raspberry SF Torani to the vanilla. I thought it tasted like a viva puff cookie ;)

Congrats!!

Mine is next week! EEEEE

Shakes....merp. I am half way through. I have Opti, Celebrate and Premier. I prefer Premier staright up cold. Choclate opti I put in a shaker bottle with ice and water. Vanilla premier I mix with a spoon of decaf instant coffee, ice and blend in nutri bullet.(think Tims Ice Cap) I don't like the Celebrate vanilla bariatric one. I have also poured the chocolate Premier into popsicle moulds for a "treat" since im having a hard time finding SF popsicles. The sugar free jello has also been lovely, especially on day 3 and 4 was I was having terrible withdrawls (worst headache ever and vomiting).

All the best!

Wow - moving fast ! This is great news. Optifast is a challenge for some but most tolerate it quite well. I just drank mine with ice cubes and made sure it was super cold. I didn't mind chocolate or vanilla but preferred the chocolate. I would add Mio flavors to it, but honestly usually just drank it without anything added

Woohoo; you're at the real start of it all now!

I used a big shaker bottle to mix my opti. I liked it best mixed with almost an entire bottle of ice cold water, plus 4-6 large icecubes (I couldn't fit the entire bottle of water with the icecubes in my shaker bottle but there was only a sip or two left over at the bottom of the bottle.

I liked both flavors but preferred vanilla which was a big surprise to me as most prefer the chocolate.

I tried adding instant coffee and various flavors to the vanilla but preferred it plain.

Congratulations - exciting news.

I'm with Leeann, I bought a personal blender from Walmart (Hamilton Beach, about $13), bought a bag of ice for home and put some in Tupperware for the freezer at work, and added extra water. I switched from vanilla to chocolate and although I bought some sugar free syrups, I liked them on their own. Other than a headache the first couple of days, I was good. You drink them right out of the blender cup that comes with it - easy peasy.

Good luck and remember this is the next major step in the process and you have all of the control. I had no complaints and was just very thankful that I could move on.

Keep us posted.

Linda

Congrats -------------- where? with who?

And.. time will pass so quickly you will be done very soon...yay you!!!!!

Thank you all for the words.

thus page is amazing...

Humber River Hospital with Dr Hagan..who I hear is the chief of surgery and incredible.