Opti gurgles

Here's kind of a weird question, and just curiosity more than anything, but did anyone else get really loud stomach gurgles right after drinking an Opti shake? For about 10 min after each one I finish I swear the neighbours can hear my stomach it's so loud! I wonder what's going on in there...

LOL When I was in my last week of optifast before surgery my daughter and I went to a movie...  we were the first in the theatre, sat in our fav spot.  This older couple came and sat right in front of us.  A whole theatre and they had to sit right in front of us.  My tummy was making noises like a 100 year old Spanish castle, the gurgling and sloshing sounded like a washing machine in trouble...  when the movie started my daughter started trying to suppress for glee with the sounds emanating from my tummy, the folks right in front of us began turning and glaring at me...  what could I do, I pointed to my tummy and said optifast...  they finally moved to another part of the theatre, my daughter and I could barley contain our laughter, we were not trying to be mean but the whole thing was pretty funny!  Even today when one of our tummy's growl we point to it and say optifast!    

I've got them too! I'm on day 4.

Cheers

I had and still have some gurgling going on too!  I think my body has been wondering what the heck I was doing to it, since I fed it way too well before my optifast days!  LOL

 

Other than the gurgles, how are you doing Katie? Have you had hunger or any headaches? Still setting that beautiful table ?

Gotta be honest, not great. All my pre-Opti enthusiasm and optimism is gone. My head is killing me and I'm hungry all the time. But more than that I am head-hungry. The cravings are unreal. When I did the Dr. Poon diet last year (low carb/high protein) and ate nothing but chicken and spinach I had the exact same thing happen so I know I will get through it, but last year it didn't happen so quickly and at least I could eat chicken and spinach salads when I needed something to munch on. This is a real test of my will, let me tell you! It took me about a week and a half last year to make it through the detox phase, feeling *****y and like I had the flu and the worst depression/rage ever - all that sugar leaving my body and not putting more in made me pretty unhappy and unpleasant to be around, but once it was over and my body had adjusted to the lower calories and no more sugar I felt amazing. So I am trying to tell myself that is what is happening, it's like I'm a drug user detoxing, except the drug is sugar and carbs. Before Opti I was telling family/friends who were concerned whether I could do this for a month that if I could eat chicken and spinach for seven months straight (Dr. Poon diet = unhealthy!) then Opti for a month would be a breeze. Yeah, I was totally wrong, lol. 

So I know I can do it, I just need a few more days of being a bear and feeling as though I could murder anyone who comes within ten feet of me with real food. But once it passes I know I will feel better. And I am making some sugar free Jello this morning to try and help keep me full between shakes since jus****er isn't really cutting it. And I still lay out my table with my flowers, even though I could eat those flowers right now, haha ;)

On the upside I've lost six pound since Monday. So that's good!

Thanks for asking Sunny! :)

PS don't go by my experience as the norm for Opti - some people get through it no problem and don't have too many complaints. I don't want to scare/deter anyone, I just took the opportunity to vent. But it's not like I am dying or anything lol, it seems worse in my silly head than it actually is :)

I appreciate your candidness. I am asking because I am not too far behind you in the WLS journey and I need to prepare myself for Optifast.  Your experience is going to help me so you're not venting, you're helping us all out.  

May I ask if you quit caffeine before Optifast? I say I have,  but I am still eating chocolate at times, so in fact I have not completely given it up.  Wine is next

I think I need to start wean myself off of sugar too - again, I am trying to get myself to a place where I may be able to deal with the pre-op diet. I can be an out and out monster at times...teehee.

I hope you get relief soon - please know we are all behind you cheering you on!

Jo

Oh good, glad I haven't scared you off Opti! I felt the same, better to be prepared for what's to come. And even though I thought I was prepared, having done that low carb diet last year, it's not quite the same this time around. The symptoms seem to come on faster and are more intense, but also hopefully will go away quicker ;)

Luckily for me the only thing I needed to quit before surgery was pop. I don't drink coffee, once in awhile I'll drink tea but no issues drinking it decaf. I don't smoke, only drink on high holidays. I was drinking diet pop by the boatload though so that was tough to give up. But otherwise I've had it relatively easy in that department, as my only vice is food! But it's a big damn vice, that's for sure. Hopefully you can attack the wine next, but even cutting back your caffeine is a big step!

For sure, if you can get off sugar now you will be doing yourself a huge favour. Even if you just cut back little by little. I went in to Opti not having reduced my sugar intake at all and now I am paying for it as I am full of the stuff. Your body needs to burn off all the stored glucose before it switches to burning stored fat, and burning off that glucose without replacing it means your body has the same reaction a drug addict will have - I need a fix! I was even dreaming of food last night. But if you can make it through, the payoff is feeling clear headed and going in to ketosis which means you are burning fat. So, if you can reduce your sugar now you may not have as bad a time the first few days with headaches and cravings etc. I don't know that for sure, but it seems logical!

I was a total monster yesterday - my poor pregnant sister in law asked me if I wanted to go for a walk to see if that helped and I just about burst in to tears because "no one understands!" then turned around and got mad at her. It really was a sight to see, lol ;) I'm usually pretty placid, and positive, so they know it's not personal it's just Opti. That might let me get away with quite a bit now actually, it's not personal it's Opti :p But I actually do feel better this morning than I did yesterday. Once I got my breakfast shake in I wasn't so crabby and my headache is lessening. It's only day 3 so I'm not expecting to feel totally better yet but I can see improvements over the first two days. The afternoons are worse because I get really bored and hungry, but we'll see how it goes :)

I feel better just having vented, so thanks for that! And thanks for the support :) I will definitely pay it back when your turn comes, and pay it forward to others! 

I HEAR YA Katie....... today is a little harder to take. mostly I'm weak and dizzy but I found ready made Beef Broth really helps with that if only for a short time.  Headache is there, and I've lost 3 lbs which I'm pretty sure was water retention but I'll take it since I had put on 3 lbs over the weekend!