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01-27-2008, 09:08 AM
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#31 |
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Hi Caterpillar
The Vanilla sucks - but I doctored it with frozen berries and some Spenda. (I was allowed as Doc said "do your best". I also loved the strawberry Optishakes. And Capuccino are okay.
And hey, I LOVE brussels sprouts!!! 
Good luck with your surgery 
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01-28-2008, 03:22 AM
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#32 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 34
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Been told strict optifast x 3 and green veg only. Don't dare eat anything else, although I could eat my own leg right now! | |
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01-28-2008, 06:12 AM
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#33 | Made the plunge :D Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 47
Posts: 1,342
City: Perth State: Western Australia |
Low-cal icecream toppings don't break the rules and can be the saving of Optifast. Failing that, if you like coffee, a level teaspoon in both the chocolate and the vanilla can make it almost palatable... | |
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01-28-2008, 06:16 AM
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#34 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 37
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City: geraldton State: WA |
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Originally Posted by Coo  Hi Caterpillar
The Vanilla sucks - but I doctored it with frozen berries and some Spenda. (I was allowed as Doc said "do your best". I also loved the strawberry Optishakes. And Capuccino are okay.
And hey, I LOVE brussels sprouts!!!
Good luck with your surgery | What is spenda? | |
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01-28-2008, 08:01 AM
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#35 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 34
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Thanks for the tips, only one more optifast day to go before surgery.
Splenda - like Equal (artificial sweetener) | |
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01-29-2008, 01:14 AM
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#36 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 32
Posts: 107
City: Perth State: WA |
Hi All,
My partner and I both want to get LAP-BAND® surgery. We have an appointment to see Dr Watson on Feb 19. Have been doing a LOT of reading on the net and we're very excited about. I lost a bunch of weight doing weight watchers but have put 2/3rds of it back on in the last 12 months. Tired of this yoyo crap and being depressed about how I look. The boy is super supportive and as keen to get it done himself - although he "only" wants to lose about 35kgs (I want to lose about 50kgs). Hope that we can get it done together.
Not looking forward to the Optifast but looking forward to not being scared to try on last years bathers!
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01-29-2008, 01:44 AM
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#37 |
Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 38
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I must be really lucky, Dr Watson told me I didn't have to do optifast before surgery - thank goodness cause the stuff is disgusting. | |
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01-29-2008, 02:25 AM
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#38 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 32
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City: Perth State: WA |
Really? So there's hope to avoiding the Optifast? Awesome! | |
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01-29-2008, 03:53 AM
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#39 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 23
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I went to Tony Keirath and there was absolutely no mention of Optifast! If there was i think i would have run away... or negotiated for the Tony Ferguson shakes are they are 100 times better, some might say even nice! | |
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01-29-2008, 05:42 AM
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#40 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 34
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Need for optifast seems to be dependent on how much weight you need to lose. People with a lot to lose (I have 58kg) tend to have to go on optifast. I have a smaller friend who had 30kg to lose that did not. Same surgeon. Last optifast day for me, surgery tomorrow (OMG) barring last minute disasters. All I can say is that optifast may be disgusting, but how else do you lose 5kg in a week? | |
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01-29-2008, 07:45 AM
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#41 |
Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 38
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Caterpillar - Goodluck for tomorrow, looking forward to hearing your progress - Rastis | |
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01-29-2008, 08:49 PM
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#42 | Made the plunge :D Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 47
Posts: 1,342
City: Perth State: Western Australia |
Yeah, Dr Watson did say I didn't HAVE to, but he showed me the videos of surgery with and without the pre-op fast and encouraged me to do it. I liked the way he let me make my own decision and decided to do it to give myself the best possible chance. | |
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01-29-2008, 09:01 PM
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#43 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 32
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Well I emailed Dr Watson to ask what the wait time was for surgery after the initial consultation (feb 19) and he has pencilled us in for Feb 29th! WOW!
If the optifast makes a difference then we'll suck it up and go for it! | |
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01-29-2008, 11:48 PM
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#44 | Made the plunge :D Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 47
Posts: 1,342
City: Perth State: Western Australia |
What the Optifast does is help you to shrink your liver, faster than in a normal diet because it is so low cal/low carb. If you have a fatty/enlarged liver at surgery time, it gets in the way of the surgeon, making the op more difficult for him and can bruise/bleed very easily, causing more pain in the post-op. Get Doc Watson to show you the videos - it is sooooo apparent when you see it. It's hard to stick to but well worth the results. I had a dream recovery - no gas, virtually no pain other than a little soreness around the incisions. Didn't even take the pain meds after the first day and I'm never one to turn down pain meds if they're needed. | |
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01-30-2008, 01:49 AM
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#45 |
Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 32
Posts: 107
City: Perth State: WA |
Yes I see the benefit, should give it our all from the beginning!
Where do you buy Optifast from? The chemist? | |
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