Optifast Program

Pros: shakes taste great can have bars or soup or dessert. weight does come off
Cons: still cooking for the family.

I consider myself overweight but not obese. I started using Optifast three weeks ago and find it fantastic. I did not start with the intense program, instead I started with two shakes a day and one calorie controlled meal. Almost all of it vegetables ...

Pros: Fast weight loss. Lots of support.
Cons: Hunger for first week.

I have about 40 - 45 pounds to lose and I am tired of losing 1-2 pounds per week, as I have before on Weight Watchers. I end up getting bored, do something social, and then end up eating too many calories. (I think Weight Watchers is a fine program, ...

Pros: Huge weight loss, more energy, higher self esteem, MOTIVATED
Cons: miss taste sensations -smelling food helps satisfy.Product range limited compared to USA

Weighing 242.5pounds to start with in 8 days I have lost 14.33 pounds. (Sorry if that looks funny, I'm in Oz so we work in kg which is 110kg with a 6.5kg loss). Our program seems to be a little different than some of the reviews I have read. I am on the ...

Pros: None.
Cons: Dangerous, rapid weight loss with absolutely no way to keep it off. Avoid.

I did. I'm sorry I did.

I didn't get sick and I lost a lot of weight.

But I learned absolutely nothing about how to eat properly and keep the weight off. Basically, it was a waste of all that money and my time. Plus, it was...

Pros: rapid weight loss
Cons: rapid weight gain after coming off the diet

I decided to try the Optifast diet program after my mother and sister went on the diet. They both seemed to be having such success that I was ecstatic with their results.

The portions were an eight oz. glass of the drink five times a day....

Pros: Easy Weight Loss, Immediate results however with any diet discipline is key
Cons: somewhat expensive

I have been on the Optifast program for 5 months and have lost over 100 lbs. The diet is not for everyone, but if you are determined to lose the weight this is the right program for you. Most people fail to mention that Optifast has a full liquid diet...

Pros: loose weight! Never hungry, classes, individual and group support. Cost same spent on Junk food!
Cons: NONE unless being healthy is a bad thing!

If anyone is thinking about using Optifast as a diet tool, let me tell them DO IT! But you have to be ready! Not ready to loose weight, but ready to become healthy, to stay alive! This program is not an easy way out and if you are not ready to be ...

Pros: fool proof, drink shakes =lose weight I promise this diet works!
Cons: social gatherings are hard, avoid them for the first few weeks, it gets easier.

Ive read some reviews here on Optifast...I have been on the program for over 6 months..basically, any diet works, if you stay committed to it..so Optifast is no miracle. But i think ive tried every diet u can think of and this is the only one that worked ...

Pros: Quick weight loss, Lots of energy
Cons: First week hard, all liquid

I was desperate and as a last resort called the closest clinic. The nutritional counselor was wonderful and even though I didn't think I could do it...she was supportive. Within the first week I had lost 11 lbs. I felt better than I had in years and...

Pros: Easy process, eat 1 healthy meal with 5 shakes daily, tons of energy, soaring confidence.
Cons: Not enough food, gittery & diaherea, Shakes are disgusting.

I was able to buy the products from an on-line clinic and I must say, today is my second day and I feel GREAT!!! I was told by the on-line clinic nurse to drink 5 shakes a day and eat 1 low carb Healthy Choice 480 or less calorie meal a day. Within 45 ...

Pros: quick weight loss
Cons: hard to socialize with with other people at times. Traveling can be also difficult.

I lost a lot of weight with Optifast back in 1999. Sadly, it all came back. I cannot blame it on the ...

Pros: Rapid weight loss, no thought involved.
Cons: VERY expensive. $200 plus dollars per WEEK.

The cost was high, but I did lose 30 lbs over 2 months.
I've gained back 5 or so in the past month since I've been off of it.

You can get the same calorie components / ingredients by taking a fat free milk with sliced lowfat meats like...

Pros: Shakes R great, Pudding sucks, quick results
Cons: Need support

Hi, my name is Patricia and I began the Opti-fast diet a week and a half ago. Today is by far my worst day since beginning. I have always been thin and enjoyed every minute of it. However when those babies came I didn't really pay much attention to ...

Pros: Easy. Produces substantial, consistent weight loss over a relatively short period. Fills you up.
Cons: Taste is bland. In Australia I discovered an equivalent product, Kicstart, which tastes much better.

After 2 or 3 days of replacing all three daily meals with Optifast/Kicstart I felt normal, energetic and not hungry. I missed the taste, texture and smell of food, but the fact that you are visably losing weight and that the programme need only last about 3 months makes avoiding temptation easy. I mix the shakes with a couple of teaspoonfulls of instant coffee to improve the taste and take care of my caffeine addiction.

Cost in Australia for either Optifast or the better tasting Kicstart is around AU$190 (US$145), which makes it cheaper than eating food.

I assumed before taking this diet that it would require extraordinary willpower to take Optifast for all three meals a day, and thought I would probably have to resort to having at least one small meal a day. In fact, it is so simple that I never ate any food during the whole time I was on it.

Pros: Fast weight loss, no decision making regarding meals, shakes taste OK.
Cons: Missing real food (but it's worth it), a little costly, and the soup is horrid.

I am a 40 year old woman living in Australia, I began using Optifast in Jan 05, I weighed 120 kgs (264 lbs) I replaced all meals with the shake (either chocolate or vanilla) and the weight just fell off. I did absolutely no exercise, and still lost weight, I was loving it. I lost 26 Kilos (about 57 lbs) in 4 months. I found the program very easy as you did not have to decide what foods were good and bad you simply had your shake, no decision making , which I find the hardest bit of dieting. By mid year I was finding the cost a bit of a problem so I stopped the shakes and began just eating healthy food. This was fine for a while but the old habits soon came back, by Christmas I was eating anything an everything. On Jan 1, 2006 I made the decision to return to Optifast (having gained about 7 Kilos (15 lbs) back) but this time I decided that exercise was also going to play a part, Yesterday I joined the Gym and I am determined to lose more weight and get fit and healthy.