Optifast Flavors

Lina_Ann
on 11/28/17 7:24 pm, edited 11/28/17 7:32 pm

Hey everyone

I finally see the surgeon next week and plan on picking up Optifast. I have heard the vanilla is not the best. Should I stick to just chocolate? Or maybe 2 chocolate and 1 vanilla?

What did you prefer? I plan on buying sugar free syrups too

also, is it a powder you mix yourself, or pre mixed?

Referral: June 2017
RNY with Dr. Neville in Ottawa: January 8th, 2018

(deactivated member)
on 11/28/17 7:46 pm

Be careful with syrups... fake sugars create hunger cues. I found extracts that have no sugar fake or real.

oneatatime
on 11/28/17 7:47 pm
RNY on 09/01/17

Yay @ seeing the surgeon next week!

I got only chocolate because I heard the vanilla was very sweet. I was happy with my choice. I mixed it with coffee... had it just the one way because it worked for me.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy.

Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5

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Candi P.
on 11/29/17 5:51 am - Mississauga, Canada
RNY on 08/01/17

I found the extract and not the syrups worked best for me. I liked both Vanilla and Chocolate. For my 4 shakes I would change it up throughout the day so for example I would have Vanilla for breakfast with cinnamon, next chocolate with caramel extract, then vanilla with orange extract and last chocolate with banana extract. And I spaced them out every 4 hours. That's what worked for me. And it is a powder you mix yourself with water.

Orientation: June 29th, 2016, Social Work Assessment: September 22nd, 2016, Nursing: October 17th, 2016, Nutrition: November 9, 2016, Psychology: January 10, 2017, Dietitian: January 12, 2017, Got Approval from Rounds: Jan 19, 2017, Meeting Surgeon: March 17, 2017, Pre-Op Appt: July 11, 2017, RNY Surgery Booked: Aug 1st, 2017 @ TWH

HW: 372.1, SW: 352.6, M1: 27.2, M2: 8, M3: 10.3 M4:

RosieBelly
on 11/29/17 12:31 pm

I used syrups but drank mostly the chocolate because I personally found the vanilla a little too sweet and too chemically after tast-ish. I put the powder in a two cup mason jar then my little anchor from Popeye's shook the heck out of it and then added as much ice would fit and then slammed it down!!! Towards the end of the three weeks the taste is not that bad but it takes a while to get used to!

referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017

Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!

current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!

Murt65
on 11/30/17 4:23 am

Where did you buy the extracts?

St. Joes Hamilton - Referral June 16, Orientation Aug 16, Group Dietitian May 5, Nurse May 15, Social Worker Aug 15, 1:1 Dietitian Aug 15, Medical Internist Sept 18. Meet Surgeon Nov. 2/17 Preop Feb 12/18 Surgery Feb 16/18

AngelaBfromwindsor
on 11/30/17 6:16 am

Glad to hear u are so close to join the losers bench. I bought all vanilla because I don't like chocolate at all! I drank every shake with coconut extract, cinnamon, a teaspoon of decafe coffee and lots of ice( it has to be really cold)! Don't worry if u don't like coffee I wasn't a fan of it either but it gives it a different flavor! I still want the taste today 10 months and 1 week out! Down 108lbs since surgery and loving life. Beat of luck in your journey!

Orientation Feb, 1,2016

Meet Dr.Bohjani Jan.18,2017- 286lbs

Started optifast Jan.26,2017

Surgery date Feb,13,2017- 268lbs

Kathy1212
on 11/30/17 6:53 am

I really liked the Vanilla. The chocolate was good too but I liked the break from chocolate and was happy to get half Vanilla. I didn't like the flavorings added to it; just plain,made with ice cold water and plenty of ice.

Congrats on getting to see the surgeon next week; so exciting!

Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto

1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017

Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017

  Kathy  

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