Optifast
I had no choice in flavor, all that was available was Chocolate. It actually wasn't that bad to be honest. Just make sure it's cold. I did add some Sugar Free Syrup to change it up a bit.
I was on it for 2 weeks and lost 16 pounds (I was only able to drink 3/day, 4 was too many). Some people lose, some people gain, some people don't lose or gain just stay the same. It's hard to say how your body will react and what it will do
As of the benefibre, I maybe had 1 tbsp/day? Anything more than that made me extremely bloated and crampy.
You're almost there! Best of luck
Referral date: May 19, 2016 | Info session: July 12, 2016 | Surgeon Approval: December 2, 2016 | Pre Op: January 24, 2017 | Trio: February 9, 2017 | Surgery Date: March 3, 2017, Humber River Regional Hospital
Starting Weight: 253 | Post-Optifast Weight/day of surgery: 237 | Current Weight: 123.2
Yes, Vanilla and Chocolate in Canada; my centre gave me half and half, and I'm one of those weird people who preferred the Vanilla. I tried adding various flavourings but liked it best plain, very cold, made with a bottle of water and 5 or 6 ice cubes, in a shaker bottle.
I spaced them out every 4 hours and was never stomach hungry, but had a lot of head hunger (cravings) for the first week.
I was on Opti for 3 weeks and lost 23 Lbs, but it varies from person to person. I was thrilled with my loss.
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
Thanks for all your advise ! I did get half chocolate and half vanilla. I start them on Friday! This is so exciting and scary all at the same time . I feel like I should go and eat whatever I want today, but the nerves have my stomach turned lol Did any of you suffer from headaches from not eating real food , or from not having coffee or sugar ? Any tips on how to deal with that if it happens ?
I picked up my optifast today. I decided to go with 1/2 chocolate and 1/2 vanilla. I bought some sugar free salted caramel syrup to use with it. I plan to blend my morning shakes with cold decaf coffee and the syrup with tons of ice. Good luck!
Referred:Oct 2016 Orientation: Jan 9th/17 Nurse: Apr 4th/17 PreOp Class 1: Apr 2017 Nut/SW:Jun 13th/17 Psych:Jun 29th/17 PreOp Class 2: July 11th/17 Meet the Surgeon:July 12th/17 Endoscopy: July 21st/17 RNY Surgery: August 25th/17
Opti-15lbs M1-18.5lbs M2-12.5lbs M3-10lbs M4-10lbs M5-4lbs M6-15lbs, M7-5lbs M8-