Good luck- I started Medifast in January and am very happy with it
If you do the VIP it gets cheaper over time and every 4 weeks you get a shipment.
It's definitely good to go to the medifast forums at mymedifast.com and read all the lists- I learned recently there are certain healthy snacks you can have daily (ie 1 tbsp pb, 2 dill pickle spears, etc) and one of my FAVORITE things to do is to cook my brownie and then put 1 tbsp pb on it and let it melt a bit- SOOOO good
Oh and a tip for the foods- if you add just a bit of water to things like the hot drinks/soups/etc, and then mix it up into a paste, THEN add the rest of your water, you will find you have no more issues with lumps in your drink
Soak soups for an hour at least as well so they aren't hard! (Chili needs at least 4 hours IMO).