It really depends on your centre but I'm allowed to have water, sugar free decaf drinks like crystal light, sugar free kool-aid, decaf coffee and tea with no milk but you are allowed sweeteners. 

I also bought some popsicle moulds from the dollar store and make crystal light popsicles nomnom...

Good luck tomorrow!
 

Hey Cyndylw,

I'm on Optifast right now and actually really enjoy the chocolate just by itself. I do add about 500 mls of water versus the 300 it says to. 

For the vanilla, I mix in sugar free syrup. I bought mine from Home Outfitters and Nutrition House (which in the one near me has a mini-low carb grocer selection). I like Vanilla opti with 2tbsp Strawberry syrup and 1 tbs vanilla syrup and 500 mls of water with 4 ice cubes all mixed up. I also am loving my banana ones I make with vanilla opti, 500 mls of water, 4 ice cubes, 2 tbs of vanilla syrup and a dash of banana extract all mixed up.

Hope it goes well!
 

 HI Barb,

I tried the premier nutrition shakes before starting the optifast. They taste pretty good but have a strong smell so after surgery I plan on drinking them right from the container so I don't have to smell it as much from when you drink it out of a glass. 
 

 Hi Karen,

I plan on being there as well.


 

 Thanks Sher1ock, that is a great resource! Added to my binder!  

 The last time I was at GNC (I was window shopping as I haven't had surgery yet) the lady explained to me that all of their protein shakes are returnable. And I said, so if I have a shake or two out of it and decide I don't like it, I can return it. And she said it wasn't a problem. I thought that was great because I was a little worried about buying this big giant jug and not liking it. Maybe it's something to ask at your GNC.

Hope you find something that works!
 

 I found that using a vanilla optifast with a raspberry peach crystal light was okay, not too bad.
My favourite though is using vanilla optifast with a bit of SF vanilla DaVinci syrup and a bit of banana extract and lots of water (450-500mls). I mix that in my blender bottle and then add 4 ice cubes. I find I need the vanilla colder than the chocolate. Hope that helps.

 

 Wow, you look great and have such a wonderful attitude! Good luck with that last 10 pounds! (although I don't see a need to loose any more LOL)  

 Congrats! That's awesome!   

 Good luck! Wishing you a speedy recovery!  

Thanks Dawn for the articles, I'm just reading now.

I'm not sure if it's Sue Widmark's site but the one I found was:

http://arkansasunshine.tripod.com/testimony/testimony.html

Basically, I read this woman had great success, went down a bad road and was in poor health until she found Atkins. Then she described every single thing she attributes to WLS (somethings I had never read before then). I know it's on a site for Atkins but somethings I just don't understand, like increased risk of Stomach Cancer, I've read that surgery can help obese people decrease there risk of cancer?!?
 

 Congrats!   

 Congrats! Such awesome news!