Good for you!
Congratulations on your decision to get healthy! You will find the absolute best support right here on this forum. I don't know if I could have been as successful without the care and concern from everyone here. It is like free psychotherapy!
The first weeks on program will be the hardest. Be sure to follow the program to the letter and weigh and measure everything. Many of us struggled with consuming enough water at first, but it is very necessary so persevere. You will find that your desire for off-program foods will diminish and it will become easy to pass those by. For some of us, finding creative ways to prepare program food has been helpful. For others like me, I found it easiest to stick to repetitive meals because I can automate it and cut down on the decision-making. I essentially eat the same thing for breakfast every day and my lunches alternate between tuna salad from home and tossed green salad purchased at work. I carry a Playmate cooler with all my water and supplements premade, again, to cut down on the thinking. When they were in season I ate fresh tomatoes morning, noon, and night!
Be sure and call the center any time you have a questions. You are paying for full service, so don't hesitate to take advantage of it. You will probably be offered all sorts of supplements to cure every problem. Many of us bought into the works when we started but decided not to re-purchase when things were used up. This is the largest profit-margin for the center. You don't have to buy anything from them if you can find it less expensively somewhere else. I continue to buy my multi vitamin and my EFA's from the center, as well as my HNS and my meal replacement bars. Mostly this is for convenience, and I always buy 10 - 12 boxes of HNS at a time to get the price break. I don't buy MRC6, Cortitrim, Phentatrim, or any of the rest even though I did at the beginning. I didn't personally find that they made much difference in my weight loss.
Finally, you need to know that the promised weight loss by the end of your contract is if you never deviate even once from the MRC protocol. That is pretty unrealistic for most of us. I've paid for two contract extensions, as my weigh loss has been consistently 1 - 2 pounds per week. I quit worrying about the deadline, as I am very happy with the program overall, feel healthier than I have in years, and to me it is worth the money. They do put the program on sale now and then and that has been very helpful. Good luck to you, and we'll see you around the boards!
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