5 Days Liquid Diet - Optifast

Bonbon62
on 8/23/14 8:20 am - Canada

I am due to have my surgery on September 02. I started my 2 week liquid optifast diet on Tuesday.

Can anyone help me.... I can hardly stomach the opitfast and its a task to drink. I cannot even stomach the spell of the vanilla. The chocolate I have added more cocoa...

Has anyone used a different protein shake for the two week pre opt.

mellabella115
on 8/23/14 8:52 am - North York, Canada

I heard some people try sugar free syrups im going to look into it myself

Karen M.
on 8/23/14 9:10 am - Mississauga, Canada

RNY on 03/21/06

Hi! Check out the recipe forum in my signature - there is a whole thread there called "Surviving Optifast" with tons of suggestions.

Karen

Ontario Recipes Forum - http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/ontario_recipes/

poet_kelly
on 8/23/14 9:28 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Lots of people use other protein shakes. I used Atkins for my pre op diet. I think there are better choices than Optifast, actually. Things like Syntrax Nectar and Unjury are lower in calories, have no sugar, and are higher in protein. I think they are both better choices than Atkins, too, for that matter, but Atkins was available at my grocery store and my surgeon said it was OK so that's what I used. Post op, I switched to Syntrax Nectar.

Kelly

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