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I've added in a serving of fruit to my daily 5 meal replacements & 1 lean and green, maybe in my next revision I'll move more towards the WS program, I like the idea of being able to have a slice of bread on occasion ( I even like Ezekiel bread!)
Originally Posted by keziah23
that's awesome! thanks!I've added in a serving of fruit to my daily 5 meal replacements & 1 lean and green, maybe in my next revision I'll move more towards the WS program, I like the idea of being able to have a slice of bread on occasion ( I even like Ezekiel bread!)
Doing the program without cheating must result in great loss. I eat nearly twice the estimated program calories and use WS as an adjunct (snacks, to make up when I have too much at one meal). I eat roughly 1700-1800 calories (I eat at the number of calories it might take to maintain GOAL weight) and use the hot cakes a lot for breakfast, often with one of the bariwise fruit drinks, I use the bars as desserts, and I use the shakes/puddings as meal replacements or between meal protein snacks.
I lose 1 to 2 lbs a week when I stay around 1800 or fewer calories. I guess I'd lose 3-4 if I followed their plan, but I like actual food and I want to train myself to eat the way I have to to maintain a healthful weight for what's left of my LIFE.
I had Ezekiel bread and eggs and papaya for my last two breakfasts, and for the previous ones this past week, I used WS hotcakes.
I had too much at lunch yesterday, so dinner was a WS vanilla cream shake. Snack was a shake, too.
Tonight, I had half a protein bar for dessert. I sometimes use the entrees as light lunches or light dinners (I especially like the spicy cheese pasta with added veggies cooked on the stovetop with some real cheese on top.)
I just made it past 50 pounds lost, and I credit a lot of breaking my 2+ years stall to WS helping keep me lower carb and fuller and higher protein. It's nice to have serving pouches and ease. And I love, love those hotcakes.
Plus having the puddings, shakes, and bars lets me have non-fruit desserts that are pre-portioned, which simplifies life.
But yeah, if you follow the program to the letter, you should have terrific weekly losses--at minimum 2 pounds for those with really slow metabolisms OR those slimmer and closer to their goal weights, to 3+ for others, even 4+ for the bigger folks. I'm okay with losing 1 to 1.5, sometimes 2, cause of my particular reason (eating at goal calorie level.)
From what I've seen from committed Medifast and WonderSlim dieters (no deviations, lower end of options), they lose BIG. But with WS, I think it's nice you can eat REAL food one meal and have some milk and fruit in addition.
Happy dieting this week...