Optifast

[mitzie46 116]

I will have to do Optifast as well . Has anyone tried the bars?

[Foranewme 46]

I will have to do Optifast as well . Has anyone tried the bars?

I didnt like them..

[Janel 46]

OMG - I am totally scared to death, I wont be able to handle the hunger. I can live with liquids only but how do you handle the hunger. My surgeon wants me on liquids for my liver to flush out the fats and to get my diabetes under control since not even insulins and pills can get it below 130. Yes that's plural for the insulin, 3 of them for a total of no less then 8 shots a day. Preoperative weight 252. Doctors Goal insulin free with a bonus of loosing weight. Janel's goal 132 but the doctor's said that weight loss is reason for the Rny. I have MS and MG which has caused major health complications.

[RoxyFoxy 30]

I'm sooo hungry! lol....tasted all 3 Optifast shakes and the least one that t I purchased is the one I like the most, chocolate, especially if it's really really cold(out the freezer).

Either way, they all have a chaulky taste and cause a terrible after taste...Uuugh!

[Janel 46]

Sorry I ment to say weight loss isn't the reason for thr RNY. I will end up with one because of the MG complications. I've already had to have my pelvic floor rebuilt and part of my bowels rebuilt. Its causing my muscle tissue to diminish.

[Foranewme 46]

Sorry I ment to say weight loss isn't the reason for thr RNY. I will end up with one because of the MG complications. I've already had to have my pelvic floor rebuilt and part of my bowels rebuilt. Its causing my muscle tissue to diminish.

Are they making you do the Optifast one?

[Foranewme 46]

My daughter just walk in with mcdonalds!! I made her eat in the other room!!

[Janel 46]

Are they making you do the Optifast one?

He didn't say what they were going to order me. He just said 2 weeks liquids only.

[Foranewme 46]

He didn't say what they were going to order me. He just said 2 weeks liquids only.

Is it like $300

[Foranewme 46]

Is it like 300

$300 I meant?

[Janel 46]

My daughter just walk in with mcdonalds!! I made her eat in the other room!!

I am going to ask him to give me appetite suppressants. If I dont feel like eating, I can go days with no food.

[Janel 46]

300 I meant?

300 what?

[SoccerMomma73 1,867]

Thanks.. I have been following your progress... How did you survive the pre diet.? Did you have to.do Optifast?

I did not have to do Optifast, I just had to do 5 Protein shakes a day plus sugar-free/fat-free liquids....IT SUCKED!!!!!! The first 4 or 5 days was the worst. By the second week I was pretty much just numb from the horror of it all . That headache....OMG...nothing compared to the headache . I drank (most) of my shakes and sipped on flavored Water and had a ton of sugar free Jello and was exhausted and miserable. And here I sit, 8 days post op. eating an ounce for a meal and haven't been hungry since I woke up post-op. back to work tomorrow!!!!

It really does suck, there's just no easy way around it, (I cheated on celery and lean turkey lunch meat the first week a couple times). I can't think of a single way to make it easier, you just have to get through it to get to your goal. (It's kinda like 2 weeks of labor but you don't get an epidural.......you think you're gonna die while you're in it but in the end it is so worth it!).

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 238

[Foranewme 46]

I did not have to do optifast' date=' I just had to do 5 Protein shakes a day plus sugar-free/fat-free liquids....IT SUCKED!!!!!! The first 4 or 5 days was the worst. By the second week I was pretty much just numb from the horror of it all . That headache....OMG...nothing compared to the headache . I drank (most) of my shakes and sipped on flavored Water and had a ton of sugar free Jello and was exhausted and miserable. And here I sit, 8 days post op. eating an ounce for a meal and haven't been hungry since I woke up post-op. back to work tomorrow!!!!

It really does suck, there's just no easy way around it, (I cheated on celery and lean turkey lunch meat the first week a couple times). I can't think of a single way to make it easier, you just have to get through it to get to your goal. (It's kinda like 2 weeks of labor but you don't get an epidural.......you think you're gonna die while you're in it but in the end it is so worth it!).

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 238[/quote']

How was your first day back at work?

[SoccerMomma73 1,867]

How was your first day back at work?

It was just a half day (thank goodness!) it was nice to be back in the groove! I'm pretty tired and my tummy is much more achy than it has been...now off to cub scouts! Back to life, back to reality!

How ya feeling??

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 238