Optifast Diet

jeffslove · October 28, 2006

Has anyone been on the Optifast diet prior to the lapband procedure? My boyfriend is having the lapband procedure, but has to be on optifast for a month prior to it. He's having a hard time with this diet, as it is all liquid. Any suggestions on how to curb the appetite through this period???

K@t · October 29, 2006

this isn't the best section for this post, you should post it in the general section and you would get more responses.

ralheit · November 3, 2006

I had to be on Optifast for 2 weeks prior to surgery. It is tough, but my doctor also let us have the Optifast bars twice a day. That helped a little. Wish him our best and just remember what he is doing it for. A happier and healthier him.

nodakgirl · November 26, 2006

I was on the Optifast diet for two weeks prior to surgery. I had to drink five cartons a day, I did not like one bit. But in the end it is all worth it.

nodakgirl · November 26, 2006

I was on the Optifast diet for two weeks prior to surgery. I had to drink five cartons a day, I did not like one bit. But in the end it is all worth it.:clap2:

BJean · November 27, 2006

My doc doesn't require Optifast, just a reasonable, mostly Protein diet for 3 weeks. It wasn't all that difficult.

However quite a few years ago I saw a Endocrinologist and he put me on a 9 week Optifast diet. I lasted about 6 weeks. It was the hardest and most unpleasant thing I've ever tried to do. If you're having to go through something similar now, even for just 3 weeks, my heart goes out to you!

Goannabanda · November 30, 2006

I had two do it for 2 weeks prior to surgery. Yuck! What made it easier was that we were allowed any of the Optifast products, plus 2 cups of non-starch vegetables and 1 pc fruit per day. We also were given an extensive Condiments list to add for flavour. The bars were good, and the choc mousse dessert made a reasonable change.

As for the vegetables, think "filling" veg like eggplant, mushrooms and sprouted mung Beans.

A favourite Optifast phase meal of mine was a "stirfry" mix of chopped mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini, capsicum, onion, mung bean sprouts, seasoned with a little herbs ad a dash of olive oil, cooked on the BBQ hotplate (to pick up the meaty flavours from the BBQ). mmm! yummy!

HOWEVER - If I never eat Optifast or mung Beans again in my life, I can honestly say that I will die happy! LOL!!!

BJean · November 30, 2006

We didn't have all those other foods to choose from. Optifast at that time was just the foul tasting liquid shake drink. And I know what you mean - if I never have to drink that stuff again I can die a happy woman too!

My doc has a Protein shake mix that is really good. I can only get it from him unless I go to the source online. It's called Peak Performance. It is a whey based Protein source. That made the liquid diet phase easy for me.

Mung Beans? Sure sounds lucious...

coleoptera · November 30, 2006

I did Optifast when it was first offered in 1988. It was hard. I fasted for 13 weeks. The shakes were HORRIBLE. My gallbladder atrophied and I had tohave it removed. But, I did loose weight. Hot liquids helped curb my appetite. Brushing my teeth helped. You can do it.