I can't manage the 4 Optifast shakes :(

I am having so much trouble getting 4 shakes into me ... I have only managed 3 once in the 6 days I've been doing this.  This Wednesday is my for real start date - as my surgery is July 20/16.  Suggestions?  What will happen if I can only manage 3?  I'm sorry, please help.  This process is much harder than I thought.

Are you supposed to be having just 4 shakes? Or a meal as well?

I don't think it will be a terrible thing if you cannot get all 4 shakes in. I would ask the dr though.

you might just want to split them up and do 1/2 every 2-3 hours - then you can get them all in.

3 shakes only provide 45 gr of proteins. Is taht the only thing you can have oir you also can have a meal? 

beside losing some weight - this also makes us increase our protein intake - so our body have "savings" for healing after surgery.  

the question is "why can't you get in 4 shakes? "

if now you can't - you may be in real trouble post op... 

Actually nothing is going to happen.  If you are satisfied with three shakes you will be fine.  You are allowed four.  If you are heavy enough for weight loss surgery, you will not starve to death with less shakes.  You body will burn more stored fat to make up what it needs.

Why can't you get four shakes in?  Is it because you are too full and can't physically drink four shakes?  Is it because you hate the taste and 3 is all you can get down?  My program required shakes two weeks before and two after.  The one they recommended was disgusting to me, so I spoke with the NUT and proposed a few other brands that I could get down.  She reviewed the nutritional info on them, and I was approved to use the alternative.  I never enjoyed them, but I was able to drink them.  If it is taste, you might try something like that.  I also know people tha****ered down the Optifast shakes to cut the sweet.  That worked for them.

Thanks for all the supportive ideas! I hate the taste and texture.  By the time I finish the 2nd shake.  I feel sick just seeing the container and gag when drinking!

Pre-op, I could only get 3 of 4 in. I gagged horribly until I found a DaVinci sugar free syrup that could mask the taste and smell. Extracts didn't work for me. I did 3 wks of Opti before surgery. Everything went fine with surgery. I have started back on Opti under a doctors care at four years post op. Funny enough, they taste very similar to the protein shakes I was using post op. I have a 20 lb regain I'm trying to take care of. I never felt energetic after surgery and always thought of food and had such horrible cravings. This is the one benefit I have found using Opti now. I feel like I have much more energy and feel satisfied with the shakes (suppose to do 4 shakes a day with no other food but still only drink 3). Once I hit my weight loss goal we will slowly introduce foods again. Remember - use a cup with a lid that will help block the smell. Super cold water. I used 300ml and about 4 ice cubes. I used a blender to mix it and break up the ice. Add a little flavouring and make sure you drink it while it's still cold. 

Good luck. You can do this!

I have my surgery in 8 days and havent been able to drink a whole 1 shake o drank 1/2 of a half if that will I still get my surgery I am so worried