I am now up to day 10 of Optifast and I am finding it pretty good. Whilst I am a bit bored it isn't anything I can't handle. And this morning I weighed in at 144.2kgs so I have lost about 6kgs since my last post... Lovely.
My favourite Optifast are Chocolate and Strawberry. Coffee is horrible and Vanilla is ok but I only had 2 of them. The mixed vegetable soup is ok and as bad as the lumps look they go down ok, I just can't get rid of the lumps. I bought some mixed berry crunch bars, they are ok but don't keep me satisfied for as long as the soup or shakes.
I have been having my allowed veggies too, started off with carrot, celery and capsicum sticks, then steamed veggies. Pretty boring. So I did a mix of chopped tomatoes, garlic, pepper and mixed herbs. It was really good. Last night I did stir fried veggies with a bit of soy sauce but the sauce has upset me and the saltiness has caused me to put on 300grams since yesterday morning. I was told once I was allergic to soy but never knew what it did to me, i guess now I know.
Tonight I am having tomato, onion and zuccini cooked together... mmmm yummy!
I am very eager for Saturday to hurry up. I am not scared or nervous, just anxious to get it started.
3 and a half days to go though and then I shall be sleeved.
Good effort. Maybe try tamari or salt reduced soy sauce.
ReplyDeleteAlong with OF, I cooked meals from the Knife, Fork, Band book, which set out a meal plan for the 2 weeks prior to surgery and it's also helping me with meals after surgery through all the phases.
Today I am 2 weeks post op (sleeve) and have lost 5.5kg in total.
I'm seeing the dietician tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be able to progress onto puree foods, as I'm over the fluids.