Optifast

Hey Everyone,
I am on day 2 of optifast and going a little crazy...I have the chocolate , but I find it's just awful tasting. Anyone else mind the taste? I bought pepermint extract from the grocery store for a different taste, but it was worse...12 more days!  Basically just opifast and crystal light till the surgery...fell deprived and hungry, but I suppose that's normal.

I just started optifast today and I am absolutely starving.  I had a really hard time today but I am hoping that this is the worst of it.  I don't mind the taste of the chocolate but I didn't like the vanilla.  I tried adding some vanilla extract to it and it works like a charm.  It makes it smell better and the aftertaste seems to have gone away.  Hang in there, it will be worth it in the end. :)

Thanks for the tip...I'll give it a try! Good luck to you as well

 mix a tablespoof of instant coffee to the chocolate.

it helps a lot

Instead DECAF coffee and crushed ice.  Makes it taste like an Iced Capp (from what I've heard - haven't gotten to the Optifast stage yet).

Also, if you go to Bulk Barn, at the checkouts they have a small display of flavouring oils (LorAnn Oils).  Lots of different flavours you won't find at the grocery store.  The bottles are really small, but you don't need very much to get flavour.  Try adding that to the drinks.

I have tried optifast before by this doctor he wanted me on it for 6 weeks but i dropped out in 3 days i got hungry..my favorite was vanilla am not really a chocolate girl..i wont be buying chocolate when my time comes
joan

Hi, I am on day 4 of optifast and all I can say is blend with ice makes it more tollerable.. I prefer the vanilla as I am not a big chocolate person.. but everyone I have talked to said use the extracts what ever kind suits your fancy.. Me personally I am not neccesarily hungry but I get severe migraines since I have been on this.  Good luck with your Optifast

Donna

Thanks again to everyone with suggestions...this optifast has been brutal for me...++hungry, grumpy. and ++headaches. Hopefully in a few more days it will subside!