Planning ahead is going to be really important...

Oct 17, 2012

My first day of Optifast went really well yesterday, even though I had a completely unexpected evening meeting I had to attend right after work.  I thought, uh oh, I'm going to be absolutely starving.

But I wasn't.  Well, I was starving ALL day, really, but not because of my unexpected after work meeting.  I had planned ahead and asked the cafeteria at work to prepare SF jello and my optifast shakes for me.  I brought a whole box of Optifast to work, so I just had an extra package of it around 4 p.m.  I brought a box of Blue Menu broth to work, so I was able to "snack" on that.   So even though I didn't get home until 8:30 p.m., I was just fine.

Today, my second day, should be an even bigger challenge.  Today I have an all-day meeting at a hotel across town from me.  So I won't have a blender available to me (although I should have lots of ice and ice water available), no microwave to heat up my broth, and no fridge to store SF jello (since I won't have a hotel room).

So, today I'll bring two packets of Optifast (just in case the meeting goes late) plus a couple of those little flavouring extract bottles, a few bags of my favourite flavour of tea, and I'll see if I have any bouillon cubes in the house to bring along since the room will likely be equipped with boiling water for tea.

At one point yesterday, I had this overwhelming craving to bite into something.  I had a momentary feeling of panic after that, worried that if I was feeling like that on the first day, how was I going to survive three weeks of this, plus another two weeks of liquid diet after surgery?  I got a hold of myself and told myself that five weeks really isn't that long in the grand scheme of things, and that I can do this.

And now, I'm off to drink my first shake of the second day.

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