Optifast Flavors
Hey everyone
I finally see the surgeon next week and plan on picking up Optifast. I have heard the vanilla is not the best. Should I stick to just chocolate? Or maybe 2 chocolate and 1 vanilla?
What did you prefer? I plan on buying sugar free syrups too
also, is it a powder you mix yourself, or pre mixed?
Referral: June 2017
RNY with Dr. Neville in Ottawa: January 8th, 2018
Yay @ seeing the surgeon next week!
I got only chocolate because I heard the vanilla was very sweet. I was happy with my choice. I mixed it with coffee... had it just the one way because it worked for me.
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I found the extract and not the syrups worked best for me. I liked both Vanilla and Chocolate. For my 4 shakes I would change it up throughout the day so for example I would have Vanilla for breakfast with cinnamon, next chocolate with caramel extract, then vanilla with orange extract and last chocolate with banana extract. And I spaced them out every 4 hours. That's what worked for me. And it is a powder you mix yourself with water.
Orientation: June 29th, 2016, Social Work Assessment: September 22nd, 2016, Nursing: October 17th, 2016, Nutrition: November 9, 2016, Psychology: January 10, 2017, Dietitian: January 12, 2017, Got Approval from Rounds: Jan 19, 2017, Meeting Surgeon: March 17, 2017, Pre-Op Appt: July 11, 2017, RNY Surgery Booked: Aug 1st, 2017 @ TWH
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on 11/29/17 12:31 pm
I used syrups but drank mostly the chocolate because I personally found the vanilla a little too sweet and too chemically after tast-ish. I put the powder in a two cup mason jar then my little anchor from Popeye's shook the heck out of it and then added as much ice would fit and then slammed it down!!! Towards the end of the three weeks the taste is not that bad but it takes a while to get used to!
referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017
Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!
current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!
Glad to hear u are so close to join the losers bench. I bought all vanilla because I don't like chocolate at all! I drank every shake with coconut extract, cinnamon, a teaspoon of decafe coffee and lots of ice( it has to be really cold)! Don't worry if u don't like coffee I wasn't a fan of it either but it gives it a different flavor! I still want the taste today 10 months and 1 week out! Down 108lbs since surgery and loving life. Beat of luck in your journey!
Orientation Feb, 1,2016
Meet Dr.Bohjani Jan.18,2017- 286lbs
Started optifast Jan.26,2017
Surgery date Feb,13,2017- 268lbs
I really liked the Vanilla. The chocolate was good too but I liked the break from chocolate and was happy to get half Vanilla. I didn't like the flavorings added to it; just plain,made with ice cold water and plenty of ice.
Congrats on getting to see the surgeon next week; so exciting!
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
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