what flavours should I buy of The DaVinci syrup for opti
When I was on Optifast I was on it for three weeks and chose half chocolate and half vanilla. I was not a fan of vanilla but used the sugar free cinnamon dulce syrup from Starbucks so I could get it down. I often drank the chocolate plain or with sugar free cherry syrup by DaVinci which made it taste like Black Forest cake (yeah I know, it's a stretch but after 21 days that's what I thought it tasted like). Other than the first few days, I only managed to get in three shakes because a) the gagging the vanilla caused and b) I just wasn't hungry. I have to say that having beef or chicken broth really helped me out to balance the sweetness of Optifast. Funny enough, the shakes I still drink at almost 9 months post op taste similar to Optifast (not as sweet though). Good luck to you on jazzing them up - ice and a blender help too.
Patricia
on 3/26/13 12:56 pm - Oshawa, ON, Canada
I had a lot of options, but also enjoyed the plain vanilla. My favorite add in were the pineapple, coconut and banana for a pina colada kind of flavour and the raspberry. You can also add the lemonade crystal light and the raspberry together for a sweet raspberry lemonade and the raspberry went well with chocolate too.
Initial Referral: Feb. 17/12 - Orientation (St. Joe's): Oct 1/12 - Orientation (HRRH): Nov 26/12 - Meet Surgeon (Dr. Hagan): Nov 28/12 - Dietitian (Michelle): Nov 28/12 - SW (Jackie): Nov 28/12 - NP: Dec 20/12 - Bloodwork: Dec 20/12 - Medical Internist (Dr. Glazer): Jan 10/13 - Surgeon (Dr. Hagan): Jan 17/13 - Optifast: Jan 28/13 - Surgery: Feb11/13!!!
I liked the peppermint and the hazelnut in the small bottle - the big bottle tasted more of caramel than hazelnut - in the chocolate Opti, and I liked gingerbread, pumpkin pie, and orange in the vanilla Opti, I didn't like the caramel quite as much in the vanilla.
The peanut butter tastes and smells an awful lot like the hazelnut, and the toasted marshmallow is so sweet, it's sickening (don't buy that one), and it doesn't taste 'toasted' either.
Good luck, the Low Carb Grocery has lowered their prices from $12.99 a bottle to $10.40 a (large) bottle and usually have 50 different flavours, so you could also try raspberry or banana, or Kahlua, or other flavours.
Jenn. :)
it depends on what you like as flavouring..anything that you would have in a regular flavour prior to surgery tastes just as good in SF format. JMO
prior to surgery 323lbs....4 years post-op maintaining between 108- 114 lb loss.
life is AMAZING when you continue on the right path~!. Use your surgeons gift to the fullest~!
Mary
surgery done in Duluth, MN