Flavouring opti
Good morning everyone
Quick question, I was told that I could flavour the opti with the same stuff used to flavour icing. Just the basic stuff you can buy at any grocery store. I was wondering if anyone else has used it. Thanks!
Referral-Feb/15, Orientation HRRH-May 29/15, Dr. Hagen-Dec. 14/15, Sleep study-Dec. 16/15, Trio app't-Feb. 2/16, Follow-up SW & RD-Mar.14/16, Dr. Glazer-Mar. 30/16, Dr. Hagen - May 3/16, Surgery - June 6/16
I personally didn't like the taste of flavour extracts in my opti (I tried coconut and chocolate), so whatever you try I recommend making small batches to taste test the different combinations to see if you like them :)
My personal favourite was SF red raspberry torani in my vanilla opti. I liked the chocolate plain.
on 5/16/16 7:00 am
I also tried extracts and the only one I liked a little was mint in with the chocolate.
I much preferred a spoonful of instant decaf in either flavour of Opti with at least 500ml of water and lots of ice. I liked the Starbucks SF cinnamon dolce syrup with instant decaf in the vanilla. Iced lattes and iced mochas for the Opti phase made it much more pleasant.
Good luck!
Tammy :)
Surgery on March 16, 2015 with Dr. Yelle (Ottawa)
HW: 245 (2012) SW: 233 CW: 141 Goal Range (by Surgeon): 149-179
Holy Smokes! I've lost 100 pounds from my heaviest weight! Yay me!!!
I'm on Opti right now - day 6! I thought I was prepared and bought SF Toriani syrup's, flavour extracts (5 different ones), SF Kool-aid liquid, Crystal light, etc and to be honest I didn't like any of them in my Opti. I will say it gets better. Day 1 - first sip I thought "this isn't too bad I can do this no problem" but then by my second sip I couldn't get it down.
Long story short what I've found that works for me is about 400-450ml of water in my magic bullet with about 5-6 ice cubes blended well. Then I have my glass of water right beside me. I plug my nose and chug my Opti and take water after each chug. It's not that its a terrible taste I just prefer not to taste it. I drink it quick so the ice doesn't melt.
It honestly fills me up and once I got in ketosis I wasn't physically hungry anymore, I would say that happened around day 4. I can only get in 3 shakes a day and the clinic said this was ok. I also haven't had any veggies (HRRH allows up to 2 cups of certain veggies a day).
Something else I learned was to wash out my blender cup right away - its turns hard and grainy glue-like otherwise, lol
Good luck!
Referral sent: 1/26/15 / Sleep study: 2/23/15 / Orientation: 4/20/15 HRRH / Meet Dr. Hagen: 11/17/15 (no show) / Meet Dr. Klein: 12/10/15 / Trio appointments: 2/11/16 / Follow up appointment SW and RD: 3/16/16 / Dr. Glazer: 3/30/16 / Dr. Klein: 5/9/16 / Surgery date 5/25/16 / LBL with Dr. Nandagopal 3/9/18 - PS SW 155
HW - 280. Opti start - 280. Surgery day - 266. CW - 142.