Hallo!
So, today is day 7 of the optifast diet and i have one more week to go. I thought I would give you some top tips on how to get through this stage as it can be a challenge!

1. Drink more water. You totally need more than you think. Day 4, I was dizzy and headachy and possibly a little bit whingy. So, I had a scoot around the forum and decided water might save the day. It did. I felt so much better by the next day. I think lots of us don't drink enough water generally ...

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Today I am dizzy and have a big headache! All day so far. Bluuurghhh. I'm trying to up my water and I'm just thinking of it being all good practice for afterwards!!
Hopefully I will get past this stage in the next couple of days anyway and not have to much trouble from there.
I feel a bit rotton but I'm staying cheerful about it!!!
The worse thing is that I need to write a couple of reports before Tuesday and my concentration is in my boots.
How long did you feel the ...

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So I picked up a couple of boxes of clexane (heparin) today. It's a blood thinning injection that I have to have every day for a month starting the night before surgery. I shall just stab myself in the belly every night. It stops all the nasty things like blood clots after surgery.
I also discovered a way to make the chocolate optifast shake a little more palatable. I put it in the vitamix with ice and a little bit of water and a shot of espresso. Taaaa daaa. This has changed my life! ...

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Hi,
Popped in to see my surgeon today and got my consent signed and paid him up.
I'm glad thats all done. im going to have some b12 injections and maybe a couple of iron infusions. My ferratin and b12 has always been a bit in my boots. My partner is a doctor so thats handy, she can jab me!
The preop diet is fine, day 2. Like I said before, it's not nice but it does the trick. I'm just following everything to the letter and it's fine.
Hope everyone is travelling well ...

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Hi everyone,
So, I started my pre op diet today. For my plan it is 3xoptifast products a day. there are some allowed vegetables if you need them. I'm in Australia so its what they do here. I chose a shake for breakfast, a bar for lunch and a soup for dinner. i thought that might make it managable as I dont fancy 3 shakes a day.
I also bought a Vitamix the other week which i thought would come in useful over the next few weeks and it mixes them shakes up good!
Now I have to ...

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