Started the Optifast diet today.

Yes, I started the Optifast diet this morning.  All I can say is....YUCK!  I don't know what it is about it, but it really turns my stomach.  It does not taste that bad, but something about the smell just does not sit well with me.

I started at 6am this morning and I have had 2 dill pickle spears and one jello...not to mention several ounces of water.  I'm really not hungry, but I'm thinking about eating.  Does it get better after a few days where you don't think about it and the slight hunger pains go away?

How did you guys cope?


Take care!


Wanda

I found that the ready-made Optifast was easier for me to drink because I couldn't smell it.  It is in those little cartons, so you can just stick a straw in it and you can't smell it.  It's the same problem after surgery with the protein.  If I can smell it, I can't drink it.  The diet gets easier after the first few days.  It's probably just "head hunger" you're feeling, but just remember it's only a few weeks and it is sooooo worth it to get to the end result.  Good luck to you.  Melissa

Thanks, Melissa!

I sure hope it gets better because it's what it is until October 14th.  I think the hardest thing for me will be the coffee.  I am a serious coffee fanatic.  I called Cammy this morning and asked her if I could use 1 Mini-Moo (half & half) in decaf with sweetener and the Mini-Moo serve as my 1 fat serving for the day...she said NOOOOOOO.  I was so bummed.  She did say I could use a little 1% milk in it, but I have never used regular milk in coffee before.  My old boss (who passed away 2001) would always make coffee before I got to the office and he made it very strong.  I would have to load it down with sugar and creamer just to drink it.  I worked for the man for 16 years and I just got used to his way and now that's the way I do it...strong.  My poor hubby has to cut his with water just to drink it.

Anyway, I rambling on.  I had thought about the boxed Optifast, though.  I'm planning a trip to NC to go gem mining this weekend, so I was going to buy some and keep them in a cooler, since I'll have no access to electricity.  They are just so expensive and I'm very tight with money (blows my hubby's mind).

Take care and thanks for the advise!

Wanda

As a alternative, you get get the Muscle milk light.  They sell that in Costco for app $25 for 24 containers (pre mixed).  The good thing about them, is that you can drink that on phase 2 liquid and beyond after the surgery. Costco only has the chocolate light. (I like it even now), but it has milk, so if you become lactose intolerant - though luck.

I personally loved the chicken soup flavor! For the first few days though the optifast really made my stomach hurt but it went away. I think I blogged about it in the April blog. As for the head hunger that never went away for me! I always craved stuff and wanted to eat bad things but I wanted the surgery more so I did what I was supposed to do and the optifast does work thats one good thing about it but it is expensive!

I saw the Chicken flavor, but I assumed it was for the post-op patients.  Can it be a substitution for one of the shakes?  That would be great...a little flavor during the day.

I came very close to buying the Muscle Milk Lite at Costco, but was afraid that it wouldn't do the job.  I have to lose 8-9 pounds before Oct. 14th, so I should be ok. 

Any other thoughts on the Muscle Milk?


Thanks again!


Wanda

Yes you can have the chicken and tomato flavors of optifast 800, I would drink a fruit or vanilla for breakfast and then for lunch I would do a soup. I did alot of the soup actually because I love salty things and the sweet flavors just got old to me.

I have been on the Optifast diet before trying to lose weight.  I found that if I put the shake in a container with a lid and just a small opening that it helped with the smell.  I got use to it after a few days.

I used the muscle milke lite and opti  fast.   I drank a mml shake for breakfast  had the tomato soup opti for lunch and chicken soup opti for another meal and had mml for the last meal each day and I lost 16 pounds   so the mml works and taste pretty good too.  the opti soups are good I could not use the strawberry opti as good.  good luck