Optifast in 5 days

deb-t
on 6/2/11 11:24 am - Sarnia, Canada
I start Optifast on June 7, if anyone has any good things they have done with Optifast to make it taste better could you please share with me.  It hit me yesterday that after the 7th I will never be eating the same again.  I can't wait to have energy to chase after my grandkids and enjoy life again. 

Deb T



    
mdolan20
on 6/2/11 12:40 pm - Brick, NJ

Just an FYI, I had to  do optifast and it was so expensive, if you didn't get it yet, check out Amway's meal replacement shakes. I went to a party for someone doing it and the stats were better and it was cheaper :)

Melissa HW:350 SW:333 CW:234 GW:128
    
deb-t
on 6/2/11 7:28 pm - Sarnia, Canada
Thanks for the tip but I have already purchased the Optifast, it is something you do when you meet with the surgeon here and when they determine they are going to do the surgery.
Deb T



    
mdolan20
on 6/2/11 8:50 pm - Brick, NJ
Oh ok, well good luck!! Good things are coming your way!!
Melissa HW:350 SW:333 CW:234 GW:128
    
Winnie_the_Pooh
on 6/2/11 8:59 pm
I have been on Optifast for over 5 weeks.  Just a few more days to go!
I made a "vanilla caramel latte" every morning.

I added vanilla shake powder and Torani SF caramel syrup to 16 oz of coffee each morning. Move over Starbucks!  Tried it once without the Caramel syrup and it was awful.  I added splenda instead.

I add Torani SF raspberry and SF peach,  lots of ice and some water to the strawberry and put it in my magic bullet and make a frozen drink I eat with a spoon.

I added the strawberry to SOBE lifewater berry flavor and ice.

I added ice, water and either sf mint or sf peanut butter syrup to the chocolate and made a frozen drink.

The soups are good but as the weather gets warmer I just did not feel like drinking a hot drink except my morning coffee.

 Winnie

 

Mary Catherine
on 6/2/11 9:40 pm
 You can use sugarfree syrup and crystal light to come up with flavors that you like.  Try Sunrise Orange Crystal Light added to a Vanilla shake for an Orange Creamcicle taste.  I happen to love Cookie Dough flavor syrup in a vanilla or chocolate shake.  You can add peppermint syrup to a chocolate shake.  Raspberry syrup or raspberry drink mix will be good in chocolate.  Rootbeer and vanilla syrup makes a vanilla shake into a rootbeer float tase.  You can mix a chocolate shake with ho****er and add Marshmallow syrup for a hot cocoa drink.  Caramel, Irish Cream, or Hazelnut syrups are great additions to coffee drinks.  

You are only limited by your tastes and imagination.  The syrups will be used after surgery when you will want lots of variety in your protein drinks. 

I also think the Magic Bullet is a great thing to have for mixing drinks before and after surgery.
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