my first optifast!

It gets easier as the days go by.  To change up the texture a little, sometimes I ouwld use less water and about 9 cubes of ice to make like an ice cream and then I would eat it with a spoon.  I mixed crystal lite with vanilla and you can make berry or peach flavoured (very good).  Make sure you take the Benefibre or have milk of magnesia on hand because I had a terrible bout of constipation during the opti stage.  Good luck...you are almost there!

So soon for you! Just soldier through! You can do it!

You sound like me after my first optifast, but I soon discovered that if I mixed 1/2 vanilla and 1/2 choc and blended with ice in my Magic Bullet they were pretty good - I actually began to look forward to having one. Good luck! Sherri

This thought terrifies me!  I have an awfully sensitive gag reflex - a wretched smell can have me dry heaving for hours.  I will get through it I'm sure but I really wish there was an alternative!  I guess I'll just cross my fingers that I'm one of the people who enjoys the shakes otherwise I'll just plug m nose and down them!

I hope some of the suggestions made by other people are helpful to you!