Optifast questions

Hello,

I have been lurking around the website for a while now and I thought I remember seeing a post a while back about optifast and different ways of making it to get you through the 3 weeks, but I can not seem to find it now,

Looks like my surgery will happen sooner than expected and I may have to jump on opti in the next few weeks so I wanted to make sure I was prepared. 

I remember people saying they used flavour shots for the opti, where can I find these? online? 

any other opti tips are welcome

Thanks

Hello,

I have been lurking around the website for a while now and I thought I remember seeing a post a while back about optifast and different ways of making it to get you through the 3 weeks, but I can not seem to find it now,

Looks like my surgery will happen sooner than expected and I may have to jump on opti in the next few weeks so I wanted to make sure I was prepared. 

I remember people saying they used flavour shots for the opti, where can I find these? online? 

any other opti tips are welcome

Thanks

depends on where you are located, but Starbucks has SF flavours that you can get in bottles, there's a place in Kitchener near where Sports World used to be, low carb grocery is online, Www.lowcarbgrocery.com 

 I just started my 3rd week of Optifast, I like both flavours, Vanilla & Chocolate.

I have been adding the following to Chocolate;

Decaf Coffee, Banana Extract, Caramel Extract, Coconut Extract, Peppermint Extract, Orange Extract

And to Vanilla;

Pumpkin Pie Spice (my favourite), Can also add decaf coffee crystals with pumpkin pie spice, I Soak a Chai Spice decaf tea bag in cool water then use tha****er for my shake, Banana, Caramel and Orange extract

I've tried the Jello mixes in them as well, I'm not a sugar free jello fan, I find there is after taste to it so I haven't used those since the first couple of days.

I have broth, can only tollerate the chicken for some reason..

I have also bought sugar free freezies, I've had a couple, its nice to have something to crunch. :)

Good luck! Stay strong.. if you haven't ditched caffinated drinks like coffee yet, I would start cutting back a lot now. I didn't wait so when I started my shakes, I was tired, not a lot of energy, I heard that is a sympton of withdrawl. So that plus being cranky and hungry for a few days until I got used to it. Each day gets better than the next.. :)

Also check out http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/ontario_recipes/discussion/  It's the Ontario Recipe Forum, it has a thread called "Surviving Optifast".

Cathy

thanks Cathy I think that is the thread I was looking for, thanks for the suggestions everyone

thanks Cathy I think that is the thread I was looking for, thanks for the suggestions everyone