Opti question

 I didn't have a problem drinking it and did a few things to add some zing to it, but I sure wouldn't recommend doing it any longer than one is required to.  But, if I hadn't been required to drink this pre op I would never have touched it.  Just my opinion.  I am hoping the longer stints on optifast are doctor required as its ingredients don't look very healthy to me.  

Ingredients (Vanilla): Nonfat Dry Milk, Fructose, Calcium Caseinate, Canola Oil (BHA/BHT to Maintain Freshness), and less than 2% of Salt, Potassium Phosphate, Magnesium Oxide, Mono- and Diglycerides, Choline Bitartrate, Potassium Chloride, Ascorbic Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Niacinamide, Copper Gluconate, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Vitamin D3, Color (Beta Carotene, Turmeric Oleoresin), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Chromium Chloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin K1, Vitamin B12.  

WOW!  I haven't looked at OPTI yet, but these ingredients ARE very surprising to me.  Nope, I won't be doing it any longer than required based on the ingredients alone.

Thanks Ian,
Kerry

 It will depend on weight, or if you had any surgery on your stomach before and your doctor. I was on it for 3 weeks not due to my weight but because of previous surgery. Your doctor will let you know and really it is not that bad.

At beginning of optifast i weighed 426 i was put on it for 4 weeks but i chose to do it for 6 weeks. They will let you do it longer if you want. I wanted to lower my bmi and weight to give me a head start. I lost 44 pounds in 6 weeks.

Hi Kingston guy, see that's what I was 'thinking" about doing too....until I just read the ingredients of OPTI just posted by Ian (above)....those disturb me.

Yeah but just think about all the crap we have already put into our bodies. A few weeks of optifast will be ok