My Journey Starts Today

Today is the first day of my pr-opp diet. I have to be on this optiFast diet for 2 weeks before my surgery, which is Jan 14, 2014. I hope I can stick to it . All I can eat is these protein shakes, chicken soup broth and these protein bars. I also can have cucumber, any type of lettuce, green peppers and lemon juice for dressing.Pray for me!!!!!

You can do it!!!! Not going to lie to you. At times it won't be easy and you will think if I can't  do this two week thing how can I do this the rest of my life? Don't give up its SOOOO much easier after surgery. Good luck to you.

Thanks for the words of encouragement!!

You can do it.It isn't easy at first.But keep your eye on the prize.A healthier new you.

Your so right!!

You can do this! if you slip just start over.... two weeks will go by in a breeze.  Wishing you the best on your journey...

OMG!!!

These soups are terrible, Please help me.

Hi! I see you are in Akron. That is where I had my surgery! You are in great hands! You can do the optifast shakes! My favorite thing was the choc bar heated 15 sec in microwave with a vanilla shake for my night time snack. The tomato soup was yucky to me. The chicken was doable but not great. After the 4 th day it does get easier. You can have s.f. Popsicles right? I lost 11 lbs on the 2 week preop diet. Keep in touch!

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I will keep intouch

If you make a paste with the soup powder, then add the rest of the liquid you won't have as many lumps. I drank a lot of tea and crystal light too! I will be honest. The 2 weeks preop diet are the hardest part of the entire journey. But you can do it! I tried it remind myself that the weight I lost would help jump start my weight loss after the surgery.