YES!!  Definitely call... once a wee****il you get an answer!!!!!   maybe they have a date for you.. but just forgot to call????   Call tomorrow and then fill us in lol... . I hope you get the answer youre looking for!!!!

congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    so exciting for you!!!!!!

I agree.. i also put 500ml with it.. and have it at 8am, noon, 4pm and 8pm...   i also found mixing half chocolate and have vanilla tasted better than having the vanilla on its own.

"I am just ending my first week of optifast and I did expect the worst from all the stories I had heard and read on here, but I really like it. I mix half vanilla and half chocolate use ice and my Magic Bullet - I'm finding it rather tasty and I'm usually a bit disappointed when my cup is empty. It's all what you make of it..."

thanks to your advice.. i take it the same way.. minus the ice.. just really cold water... and I also like it... i add extra water though so its not so thick...

I also expected the worst.. and spent unnecessary money on extracts and things that I don't even use now lol

So I've been doing pretty darn good so far I think...  I haven't cheated at all.... I'm drinking lots of water, getting my optifast in ok.. (i dont like the vanilla.. but I found if I mix it half and half with the chocolate.. its much better!!!!!)

I havent really even been hungry.  Ive had to watch my daughter and her grandfather eat homemade burgers and fries right in front of me... ive gone grocery shopping for the family.... and cooked meals for the kids... and I was ok... even wiped my finger when gravy got on it instead of licking it lol.....

But today.... im irritable.. emotional.........  and constipated :(   Is there anything we are allowed to take for this.. cuz its not fun at all... I still have two more weeks of this...  any suggestions?

HI Freddy!  Im having my surgery on June 14th in Toronto.. and Im on day four of Optifast.... I find that mixing half chocolate and half vanilla is really good... especially if you like one more than the other... I definitely add more water.. it usually ends up being 500ml by the time its all mixed together... I dont like it when its so thick!   I also like banana extract in the chocolate.....

Good luck to you and if you ever need to vent or compare notes just message me :)

LOL Leanne is my angel too :)  shes gonna have a few busy weeks ;)  soo exciting....  hope youre doing ok on your optifast!!!  If you ever wanna chat I have BBM or just text me.... i always have my phone on me lol... Ill send it to  you in a PM.....

Thank you Sam1am!  I will try that for sure!!!!

Its not so bad :)  I actually like the chocolate one.. kind of lol   I put in extra water.. so its not so thick.. and today i tried it with banana extract and I really liked it!  Even adding a scoop of instant coffee and a bit of ice is good.. kind of like an ice cap from tims.....

The vanilla on the other hand.... its really sweet.. and hard for me to get down.  I added raspberry crystal light to it.. and it kind of tasted like a strawberry milkshake... but not really.  I thought adding ice might help... but it just made it harder to drink.  I think I will just have to live with gulping that kind.. but its only day 2.. and I will keep trying different flavors :) 

I don't feel hungry yet... we had a few half bags of chips in the house last night and my husband was kind enough to throw them out... I knew I wouldn't eat them.. but just knowing they were there was really bothering me.

So far so good though :)

Thank you sooo much for the offer.. but Leanne1 already said she would.  All the support has been amazing.. and I love reading your updates and I will definately keep you updated as well!!!!  Thank you !!!!!

So last night I had to break up a 30 year old relationship .. with food.. 

As one person put it.. it was more of a divorce... and in the words of a wise woman...

"That food was an a**hole anyway, and you re better off without it" lol

This morning I tried my first optifast.  My daughter told me to try the chocolate.  The kids were super curious about it!  I did add an extra 100ml of cold water... I didn't want it very thick.... I let both kids try a sip and they liked it... said it tasted like chocolate milk lol  

I thought it tasted a bit like Slimfast.  I really am glad I have my blender.. and even picked up a extra one to keep at work.  Im excited to try all the different flavors!



I was sitting with the kids while they were having breakfast and my daughter said they would have soup for dinner and I can have my broth... my son said he didn't want soup.. and my daughter said, "Ewan, we have to be supportive to Mom"  soo cute!  I told them thank you.. but they still have to eat lol

Although I dint think I'm going to love these next few weeks...
I definitely think I can get through it.. and I know why I'm doing it...

My daughter (who's only 10 by the way)
after I made a face taking my last sip...
asked me "Is it worth it?" 
And I asked her "what do you think?" 
She said yes.

And then she went on to remind me that I will be able to ride bikes and go on the trampoline with her when I'm skinny. 

I will never make that face again.

So tonight I had to break up a 30 year long relationship.....

with food lol

Tomorrow I start my optifast... so many mixed emotions!  Happy.. excited... scared... and a bit sad...

but I am soo ready for this journey......