Pre-Surgery Optifast question...

How long did you have to do optifast for prior to surgery and how much did you loose?

I was on it for 3 weeks and lost 18 lbs.

Did you have coup broth and non-caloric drinks during your fast?

Yes. I had one cup of broth. No vegetables - I am through Kingston - surgery in Ottawa.

For every 100 lbs you weigh that is one week of optifast - at Toronto Western you were only allowed clear broth and water along with optifast - Opti is not to start the weight loss process , it is to shrink your liver to make it easier to move during surgery .

 

 

I know it isn't to start the weight loss process... but losing weight on optifast is a side effect so I was just curious to know what amount of weight people lost while on it. :) thank you for your input.

I was on it for 3 weeks and lost 25 lbs.

I also had chicken broth, and the green veggies that Humber allowed us to have. I made a soup of it, for dinner. I missed having something hot.

I only drank water and my opti fast.

Hi, I am on Day 10 of the 3 weeks of Optifast, and so far I have lost 11 pounds, I am allowed 1 cup of of broth a day, black decaf tea or coffee and all the water I can drink. 

Glad I asked because I was having 2 broth per day and just realized that my sodium was super high from 2 of them. I will go down to 1 a day staring tomorrow.

Did your clinic not tell you what you could have while on Optifast?