11 lbs down!

Day 5 of my liquid fast. I'm doing well. Much better than I expected. Im not going to lie, I'm HUNGRY, but I'm making it. I desperately would love to have something big and crunchy and full of protein, but I'm being really good.

So far I'm down a total of 11 lbs. Wow. I lost 3 before I started the fast then since Wednesday, the first day of the fast, I've lost 8 lbs. No visible change so far, but I'm sure that will come.

I've also decided that the Optisfast chicken soup it's right out. Absolutely terrible and torturous to eat. I'd much rather have another "shake" than that stuff! I have to go to the doctors on Tuesday for a dietitian seminar, and I'm going to try my best to switch it out. BLEH!

7 lbs down

Day two of the liquid fast was a little tougher than the first. I felt horribly hungry the entire day. I kept pumping myself with tea hoping to fool my stomach into thinking it was full of the good stuff. No luck.

My daily diet for the next week and a half is:
Breakfast - Optifast shake
Snack - Optifast shake
Lunch - Optifast shake
Snack - Optifast shake
Dinner - Optifast shake or Optifast soup
Snack - Optifast nutrition bar
I can also have a total of three sugar free Jell-o cups or sugar free Popsicles per day.

At around 3am this morning I had the WORST case of reflux I've ever had. I really hope it was an isolated incident.

The Good News is - I've already lost a total of 7 (!) pounds since Wednesday. This is a total of 10 pounds overall so far. WOW!

Optifast!

Day 1 of Optifast. First impression of Strawberry Optifast - It's somewhat like Slimfast, but not as much of mineral after taste. Not bad, not great. I'm drinking it slowly because I know I'll be hungry in a very short while.
I spent all day yesterday at the hospital and my doctor's office. I had chest x-rays, abdominal ultrasound, upper G.I., pulmonary tests, EKG, 10 vials of blood drawn and a physical exam. Whew. It was exhausting, but it brings me one step closer to surgery on the 10th of February.