First Day of Opti
Some people don't tolerate it. I literally couldn't drink it. I had nothing bu****er on my first day until I could pick up an alternate shake for dinner.
My dietitian just asked me to give her the stats on the shake I chose and then adjusted my diet to get to the right numbers ...eg she asked me to add 2 cups of low carb veggies a day becuase the shakes I chose didn't have enough carbs.
Band-RNY revision age 50 5'4" HW 260 SW: 244 (bf healthy range 23-35%) bf 23.7% (at 137lbs) cw range 135-138.lbl with butt lift and mastoplexy March 23, 2018...2.5lbs removed.
Pre-op-16lbs (size 18/20...244) M1-16lbs (size 18...228) M2-15.6lbs (size 16/18...212.4) M3-10lbs (size 16..202.4) M4-11.4lbs (size 14...191) M5-10.8lbs (size 12...180.2) M6-8.4 (size 8/10...171.8) M7-6.4 (size 8...165.4 lbs) M8-11.6 (size 6...153.8) M9-5.6 (size 4/6...148.2) M10-5.8 (size 4....142.4) M11-4 (size 2/4...138.4) Surgiversary -1 (size 2/4...137.4) M13-2.6 (size 2/4...134.8) M14 (size 2/4...134.8) M15 (size 2...135) M16 (size 2...131.4) M17 (size 2...135) M18 (size 2...135) M19 (size 2...138) M20 (size 2...135) M21 (size 2...138)
You have a great attitude, Jackie, so you'll do fine.
I hated my first day of opti, my second was a bit better. By the end of three weeks, I had grown to love the stuff, lol. I found using ice cold bottled water and ice helped. I used about 500 ml of water plus 4-8 icecubes and mixed it all up in a big shaker bottle.
Good luck!
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 
Hi Jackie
I am now on day 8 of 14 of Opti and started as you have. The chocolate I could tolerate but the vanilla was awful. What I have done is mixed them both, which was suggested by someone else on the forum. I use half vanilla and half chocolate with cold water and sometimes some crushed ice. Really made it more bearable and quite like it.
Good luck, you got this.
Referred to Windsor Nov./16, Orientation Jan. 16/17, NP Mar. 6, NUT Mar.21, DR/SW Apr. 19, Approved by Dr., Dietician/SW Jun. 5 Approved, Surgical Class July 24, met the surgeon Dr. Boujani August 3/17, Pre Op Aug. 22, Opti Aug. 29, Surgery Sept. 12/17.
on 9/6/17 3:36 pm, edited 9/6/17 8:38 am
Oh, our surgery is on the same day. That's fun. Yesterday was my first day of Optifast and it's been okay. A girl I met at the hospital told me about candy flavourings from the Bulk Barn, you add a tiny drop to the shake and it really adds a lot of flavour.
I've also done the vanilla shake with decaf coffee, ice and hazelnut extract all in a blender and it's okay. Not great but good enough that I can pretend it's an iced capp.
There's a bad aftertaste no matter which shake I drink though and they leave a weird film or something on my teeth.
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