today's challenge

Hello everyone:  Today is day 9 of Opti-fast and my surgery is in 6 days.  I am out of town for work and at an all day meeting with many people - breakfast, snacks, lunch, snacks ... all served - it is a working lunch so we will be in groups and lunch will be with our groups ... I have my blender with me, and packets of my shakes ... not sure how I will do this ... I can't eat the food hands down, but I wonder how I will work out making my shakes ... LOL .... they don't know about my surgery coming up.

Wow, you're almost there; only 6 more days!  I know it will be hard to be around all that food, or at least, it would have for me, on Opti.  Are you allowed anything at all beyond Opti?  I was allowed up to 2 cups of green veggies, and clear broth, which helped a lot. If you're allowed veggies maybe some will be served and you can have some?

About your shakes, I guess you can either tell your coworkers why you're on them, or just generalize and say you're doing protein shakes for your health, which is true.

I never bothered with a blender; I just mixed mine with about 5 ice cubes in a shaker bottle, which made them easy to travel with (I was in Toronto at the very start and very end of Opti).

You can do this.

You could always say you are having dental problems and need to drink your food. 

I found a kitchenette and excused myself to make my shake in my blender. No ice but it will do. I find I don't much care what people are thinking of me. Lol. 

What type of blender are you using...thought of getting a 'bullet', but not sure

I just bought a cheap $18.00 hamilton beach one from Walmart. It is a travel one so nice and compacts and the blender cup is a travel mug. It crunches the ice up really well.