The beginning

Optifast started today. 3 shakes in. Not loving it, but not hating it either.

Could live without the after taste, but hey, 2 weeks at this time I'll be in a hospital room recovering :)

Merry Christmas all, have a safe and happy holiday season

Hey surgery twin!!!

Well my liquid diet started off bumpy. I feel so sick and cranky. I do admit, I ate me something. But I did continued to drink my shakes. This is so hard. This is going to be a long two weeks.

Merry Christmas!!!!

I am very irritable. I worked today, and just didn't have patience for much! However, I'm in holiday mode now, I haven't broken yet. No food, 3 shakes and 1 cup of broth. I will probably have more broth in a bit and some water, which I know I'm not drinking enough. But that's the hardest part for me.

Tomorrow is a new day. Stick to it, and surgery will be here in no time.

Thanks for the encouraging words!!! I'm trying my best. Tomorrow will be a better day. Thank you! :)

 

Not sure what your plan calls for, but I was able to add fruit to my shakes and it made all the difference in the world. My favorite was banana and I don't even normally like banana that much. The Liquid Diet wasn't bad at all, I feel it was worth it, I lost 20 pounds during that phase. Now I'm on day 1 of my 2 day clear liquid diet. My surgery is Wednesday Morning, still hanging in there pretty well.

All the Best and Good Luck with your Liquid Diet :)

The most I can add is crystal light. I tried with some coffee and vanilla today, but it didn't taste as good as people had said.

I'm hoping the holidays help these two weeks go by fast. I'm scheduled for surgery bright and early January 7

I find the vanilla shakes and mixed berry crystal light is pretty good. Are you allowed any vegitables?

Good luck...this is definitely the hard part.   I found that mixing the vanilla shakes with diet root beer or diet orange soda made a more palatable shake for me.    I also put the chocolate in coffee or mixed with coffee and ice to make a mocha frappebbb

I started it last Friday. I've done pretty good but tonight, after 2 nights of looking at Holiday goodies, I ate a ham and cheese sandwich and a handful of chips. It def wasn't worth cheating but I was so cranky and had a really bad headache, I thought it might help :(

Tomorrow is another day and I promise I will stick to it from now on.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Hello Brandy ....

I'm glad I'm not alone! We can do this! Even though Christmas will be the biggest challenge but we just gotta keep our eyes on the prize. Good Luck and Merry Christmas!!!

Kenyatta