Preparing for my first challenge

Today I took my next step in the preparation to get my band… The month long OptiFAST… So once I confirm the date of the procedure tomorrow, I have to start on the Optifast diet for 4 whole weeks out from the surgery date, which means I’ll be starting it sometime this week…
This is going to be the killer part as I’m dropping weight but with nothing to help me… The reason for the Optifast diet is so that my liver can shrink (by 30%) to allow the surgeon to place the band. The liver sits over the area of the stomach where the band is placed so it needs to shrink so it’s easier for the small keyhole surgery tools to lift it while the band is put into place.
I didn’t know much about the Optifast diet until I purchased it today. I thought it was only the shakes, soups, bar or desert (one of these 3 times a day). That would be tantamount to torture, but I can also still have 2 litres of water and 2 cups of salads/green vegies a day, so it’s doable although it’s going to be very hard… Some of the Optifast literature I’ve got now almost makes it interesting. ½ cup cauliflower in the mixed vegetable soup, passionfruit pulp in the chocolate desert and even jelly and chopped strawberries in the strawberry milkshake, but I'm not sure if I can come at the asparagus cuts in the vanilla milkshake…
It’s been interesting over the last couple of days… since I have committed to this in my mind I haven’t been feeling hungry… I’ve been eating my normal weekend and haven’t felt the need to snack… Maybe my brain is starting to prepare itself for this as well after all the information it’s been getting in the last week…