Optifast

Sheacat
on 7/11/17 6:25 pm - Belleville, ON
RNY on 07/11/17

I hated vanilla at first, but at the end found I could do more with it. I loved it with sugar free caramel DaVinci surup and blended with ice. :)

GeorgianBay_Girl
on 7/12/17 3:53 am

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

Ginnny
on 7/12/17 5:49 am - Ontario, Canada
RNY on 04/11/16

I lost 18 lbs on 2 weeks of Opti. Everybody is different.

LadyBugJ
on 7/12/17 6:07 am
VSG on 07/17/17

I'm on Week 2. I was given the option of Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry. I chose all 3. The variety has been a life saver. Surgery Monday 7/17/17.

Kathy1212
on 7/12/17 8:42 am

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  

Beachgirl77
on 7/12/17 11:44 am

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 ?

OrangeBlossom17
on 7/12/17 12:29 pm

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-

Beachgirl77
on 7/12/17 12:35 pm

I did the same and got 1/2 choc 1/2 vanilla. I didn't get anything to add to it , I will see what it's like when I start in Friday! Good luck to you too !

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