opti fast tomorrow

so i opened a pavck of vanilla opti snd blended it with ice and a tablespoon of decaf.  it was bearly tolerable.  im not sure if i had the right amount of water.  can someone let me know the right concoction.  also what is the bestway for the chocolate.

please help

It says to mix with 300ml of water, but I added more cause it was too thick. 400-500ml It was watery but tasted more like vanilla flavored milk

The only way I was able to enjoy the vanilla was by adding a teaspoon (or two) of pure cocoa powder. I added just over 300mL of cold water, a couple (or three or four if I wanted it thicker**** cubes and tossed in the Nutribullet for 10-15 seconds, or until I didn't hear the ice cubes bouncing around anymore.

 When I wasn't home to use the blender, I still used approximately 350mL of (cold) water in a shaker cup. I even added a couple ice cubes if they were available.

oh tabno1 ! I feel your pain! I start my optifast on Friday.. let be optifast buddies! 

I was also told about using the pure cocoa powder for the vanilla optifast, maybe you should give that a try?

All the best!

-Michelle

I ignored the indication for how much water to add; by following the package directions it was WAY too thick for me. I had about 400-450 mls of water + crushed ice (about 4-7 ice cubes, depending on the size) and tossed it around in a nutribullet until it was like a shake texture. That made it palatable for me. I did the same for Vanilla and Chocolate, but with the Vanilla, I added flavours as well (e.g., coconut extract, raspberry SF syrup, or caramel SF syrup). With the chocolate, I didn't add any flavourings; I liked the chocolate just as it was.

I used crystal light in my vanilla and decaf coffee in my chocolate.  6 to 8 ice cubes about 300mls of water and blended it up in my bullet.  I never would have been able to drink them otherwise. I miss my vanilla with crystal light :-(

Good luck!! Your almost there!!

Oh Friend - Vile-nilla is awful. I actually traded in my full cases of vanilla for chocolate! But of course, still had some vanilla to choke down. I found that adding a bit of decaf coffee, almond extrac****er and ice was the best concoction. For the chocolate, same type of thing-decaf, ice, almond extract or peppermint extract is also very tasty! I am on my last day of 3 weeks of it! It was easier than I thought...a few days I craved garlic bread but that was it :)  I wish you good luck, and good eating...uh drinking!

I am on day 12 and I only got chocolate. I have found the best to be approx 450ml cold water in a blender with 5-6 ice cubes. Makes a nice chocolate smoothie that is ok to drink and also give you more of your daily water.  

I am 5 wks out now and I HATED Opti with a passion, called it opti barf, and it gave me the poops and I mean bad....I added crystal light to my vanilla and added a full thin of water to my magic bullet cup. it doesn't matter how much water you add so long as it gets drank.

I would blend it and then chug it like a 20 yr old at a University party...LOL, didn't mind chocolate drank it as is but still just drank as fast as I could.

Good luck this is the hardest part of the surgery. but you can do it!

thanks for all the help.  i have managed to drink one chocolate.  for those of you adding coffee, how muchdo you put in