What's better VANILLA or CHOCOLATE OPTI?
My centre let me choose what I wanted to buy, although she seemed surprised when I said 2/3 chocolate and 1/3 vanilla. I know wish that I had asked for all chocolate, because I found the vanilla nasty. I added decaf to the chocolate and crystal light to the vanilla. Before surgery I was not a chocolate fan, so this surprised me.
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Referral to Guelph Feb/13, Sleep study and all bloodwork and ultrasound May/13, orientation July/13. Nurse, NUT,SW Sept/13, 2nd NUT, nurse and SW, 3rd round and cleared for surgery Dec/13. Pre-op Apr 7/14, Surgeon May 2/14, Opti Jul 3/14, surgery Jul 17/14.
I am on my last two days of OPTI and I have loved it - going to miss it! I got half and half. In the morning, I add instant decaf and Sugar-free salted caramel syrup to vanilla to fake the coffee thing, at lunch and dinner I have chocolate with mint extract, and shake number 4 is vanilla with orange extract. If I want to shake it up a bit (no pun!) then I will simply add different flavourings - almond is the back up. Plan to add something to the shakes, otherwise it's boring (and the vanilla on its own was pretty nasty). Enjoy the journey!
2014 - Feb. 21 - referral from family dr. June 16 - Orientation (Humber) Aug. 1 - first meeting with Dr. Sohi Nov 3 - RN, SW, CD Nov 9 Dr. Glazer 2015 - second appointment with SW Feb. 18 - second appointment with Dr. Sohi Feb 25 - surgeon changed to Dr. Huynh (no reason given) Feb. 20 - start Opti Feb 26 - PATTS
HW - 318 Start opti - 302
Thank you everyone....all great information and great ideas.
Karen did send me a link to the OPTI Recipes a while ago which I will put to use but just wanted to hear which flavour had better results....getting EXCITED
ORIGINAL STOMACH STAPLING (VBG) 1994; FIRST REFERRAL REVISION - 2012 (LOST) SECOND REFERRAL REVISION (MAY 2014) ORIENTATION HRRH - July 2014; MEET R/N; NUTRI; SW - AUGUST 2014; 2nd APPT SW END OF AUGUST 2014; DR GLAZIER AUGUST 24 - DR HAGEN (Surgeon) SEPTEMBER 2014; DR HAGEN - MARCH 9th 2015 ; OPTI START MARCH 10 2015; REVISION SURGERY MARCH 24th 2015 HRRH (DR HAGEN)
on 3/4/15 5:52 pm
You'll get 1/2 of each.....my suggestion.......is use 1/2 of each pack to get that vanilla/chocolate flavor.........yummy, I enjoyed it. Not too chocolaty and the vanilla, which i liked as well was broken up with the choc.....good luck!! I didn't mind it at all. I chewed excel gum also!!!!
Go for straight chocolate - I got half and half so I could mix flavours into the vanilla. Just took too much energy to make them taste decent and they never did. Chocolate is good, just throw em back, don't worry about liquids providing food pleasure, ain't gonna happen.
Referral St. Joe's, Hamilton - Surgery May 28, 013
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