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| hi there well i start tommorow day 1 are you on the pre op for 2 weeks prior who is your dr and where do you register for the june group im very knew at this, my email is lfaulkner62@hotmail.com could really help to have a pre bandit buddy cheers lisa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi everyone I have just finished Day 7 of Optifast and on countdown to the 27th and I am feeling wonderful....Good luck to our newly banded and best wishes to all the upcoming banders...WooHoo! |
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| Thanks P, This is now day 8 and I've already lost 6 kgs. Nowhere near as hungry as last week, don't know whether it's because I'm getting used to no food or my stomach is shrinking. 32 days to go. |
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| Pyretta The passata sauce is in the pasta sauce section at coles or safeway in a longer bottle. Cheers Lynnie |
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| Hi, thanks for the advice. I shall check with my surgeon. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| whoops, that should read "a high salt diet" 'fat fingers' |
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| go bananas Pyretta it's the italian style made tomato sauce which is already pureed, for sale about 2 bucks a jar in the supermarkets. if you can get a low salt version, this is always better seeing that a high sat diet tends to hold on to an extra fluid in your body, well, it does in my case anyway. |
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| Karen, Thank you for the spicy soup recipe. Can I ask, is the tomato passata a tomato, sauce/concentrate that you buy at the supermarket? I haven't heard of it before and would you mind if the recipe was posted on the recipe's thread? I'm sure a lot of bandits would like it as well. Pyretta |
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| spicy tomato soup in a pot, lightly toast the following 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon dried fenugreek 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon tumeric 1/2 teasppon black mustard seeds a pinch of chilli powder warm it till the spices start to smell good- stay close becos you dont want the spices to burn. take the pot off the heat and add 1 sliced clove of garlic 1 tablespoon red lentils 1/2 teaspoon coconut essence 4 curry leaves 1 teaspoon oil stir off the heat for one minute to let residual heat help to amalgamate the flavours add 1 700 ml tomato passata and rinse out bottle with 2 cups of water, slowly bring to the simmer, for 20 minutes, strain, season, drink add freshly cracked black pepper and a squeeze of fresh lemon or lime juice this would be nic with some youghurt- if we were allowed some! x k |
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| Hi optislimmers, I have been busy otherwise distracting myself this weekend, and I'm glad I asked about the last meal thing. i had friends arrive to sydney for the week. I had to explain what I was doing this week sseing that i am their tour guide. but dinner time... in surry hill, actually got a table at bistrode (a very very good restaurant) and ordered the trout salad with watercress- it was an entree size, and i ate it all, was truely delish, lucky my guests are light eaters- they had entree's then a beautifl rhubarb crumble with proper creme anglaise and i resisted the lot. sorry, shouldnt be posting this in here. anyway, knowing i only have 4 days to go, and the may 15th bandits all doing well is great news, next comes the spicy tomato soup xk |
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| Thank you Pyretta, I WILL DO THIS! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth, hang in there. Have you got some diet Jelly made up in the fridge? That would really help. Just keep drinking to try and feel fuller. You CAN do this. Pyretta |
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| Oh golly, hunger has set in tonight after 5 days on optifast, I have resisted and I am having a chocolate shake (God, they're awful)...should have had a coffee shake....I will have some strawberries as well. Elizabeth |
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| Jentallie, I had the raspberry for the vanilla and also used to put a dash of cinnamon in the vanilla at times as well. Pyretta |
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| I have bought the sugar free da vinci syrups in caramel (for the vanilla shake) and hazelnut for the chocolate shake. Makes them almost paletable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Karen, Maybe you'd like to post the recipe for the tomato soup for the others here who need a nice savoury fix? Pyretta |
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| emma, Optifast and Optislim are not the same products, you do differ in their protein and carb content which is vital when it comes to the pre op diet. Yes Optislim is almost half the price (you have to ask why if the nutritional values are suppose to be the same?) but you are only on it for a limited time and when you think about it, Optifast is still good value when you consider it's every meal for the week. Check with your surgeons team before using anything other than what they have specified. Pyretta |
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| Hi Bandists and to be bandits, finally home to say hello, 5 more days for me, and today went well. yummy tomato soup with heaps of indian spices, felt like i had had a delish indian poppadum meal- yum! Hi Emmalouise, best bet to check with your dietician/surgeon. calories/protien/carbs are different. i've never had optislim, but i find opti fast good to deal with and the bars and shakes fill me up because of their high protien content cheers, k |
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| Hi, just wondering if you know if you are allowed to have optislim instead of optifast, they seem to be very similar in formula. I'm due to start on Monday and I can get a better deal with optislim. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi Pyretta No its about all I can fit in, I am not starving.....I have only had one optifast today and just had a cup - 2 cups of allowable veg...I will make up a dessert and have that later. |
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| Elizabeth, I have just read your food diary and am wondering why you are having only 2 opti products a day? Is this something you and your dietitian have worked out? Just curious becasue of the risk of slipping into starvation mode. Pyretta |
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| Day 4 of Optifast and I am feeling fine, in fact I am cruising....Only problem is I can't drink the amount of water I should.. DAY 1 - Choc Shake for breakfast with 2 strawberry, Lunch was 1 Choc Shake and 3 strawberries, Dinner was bowl of allowed veg (no more than 2 cups) DAY 2 - Choc Shake for breakfast with 1 strawberry, Lunch was 1 Choc Shake and 4 strawberries, Dinner was bowl of allowed veg (no more than 2 cups and a variation in veg) DAY 3 - Choc Shake for breakfast with 5 strawberry, Lunch was 1 Coffee Bar and Water, Dinner time I was out and only veg I could get was peas and corn and carrots, so ate about a cupful and had 2 glasses of water DAY 4 - Coffee Shake for breakfast with 3 strawberries (Yummo) I am on a high and hoping it continues. I wish my fellow bandits good luck with their optifast routines and success for us all. Regards, Elizabeth in Uralla |
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| hi ya faulky, thats the day after mine, add your details to the june 2009 group list. im on my 4th week of opti, 2 weeks to go, only problem Ive had has been constipation, so make sure you keep your fluids up or it becomes a problem. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hi,i start my optifast tues 18th may and my surgery is booked 3rd june how are you going are you scared | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How did the op go.... I am keen for advice I am probably a month away... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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