Today I start the Optifast

Hi everyone, I'm new here. It's 9:30am and today I start my Optifast. My surgery date is Aug 29th at St Joe's here in Hamilton. Anyone have any ideas on how I am going to deal with this drastic change in my diet, which starts now.

I am going up to prepare my first one now.

 Welcome to the club im day 13 of 21 keep changing flavours and use lots of ice   i chew lots of sugar free gum too seems to help withe cravings  good luck it gets better as time goes on 

Soooo, how was it?   Did you have the chocolate or vanilla flavour?  Did you add anything to it?  Did you add more water than recommended on the package?

come to the coffee meet and they'll all help you thru this step of your journey!!

Congrats on starting your Opti.  There is lots of idea's on the Recipe group you might want to check that out.
I dealt  with  this change moment by moment and then day by day. There might be some ups and downs ( I got really moody in the first week ) Had a good cry once. Now it is old hat and I find it VERY easy. I like it very cold and don't have to add anything to it.  I recommend  going to a coffee chatt or group meetings soooo many ppl there can be of help. Even if you just sit and listen :) 

So how did you like it?
Keep us posted on how things are going.

Good Luck,

Kelly

raspberry crystal light in the chocolate is soooo yummy!
 
I actually have a friend who didnt' use as much water for the optifast and made it like a pudding....said it made him feel like he was eating!  :)

Welcome to the Ontario forum. Good luck with the Optifast stage. I hope you are one of the lucky ones that don't mind the flavour.  All the best.

Thanks for all the supportive comments. I am mostly through day 2. It was difficult to get the shake down this morning but I had to do it. To quote Krusty the Clow, "I don't mind the taste."

I forgot to add, chicken broth with ketchup and hot sauce tastes like chicken wings!

It's now August 19th, I have perservered. It has been hard but I am was down 9 pounds this morning.