I made it through my first Medifast weekend - 6 pounds down! And I know it's not just water-eight because I'm drinking almost 100 oz (and loving the hydration, but not all the bathroom time - although we are potty training our DS 2.5 yrs so he and I are having quite the quality pee-pee time).

Whew!

Way to go kiddo!!! Feels good doesn't it. Today was my weigh-in day. I'm at 198 and thrilled. Keep up the good work darling. It can keep feeling better.

Hi. I am new here. Starting MF for the 2nd time.
first time I simply lost interest and then got pg shortly after. ds is now 10 months old, no longer bf'ing so I broke out the MF today.

I have enough to make it a few days. I bought a new variety pack, so hopefully it will come in in time.
I have about 75lbs to lose. I would love to stay on MF to lose it all. I would love to hear from some long time users.
On another subject, how do you get a ticker?
Look forward to getting to know you all better.
BTW, anyone have nagging headache for the 1st few days? I'm hoping it goes away after a few days. Don't remember it from the 1st time.

That's awesome Wimsey!

Operator, congrats your loss too! You are now in "Onederland" as they say!

mommy23monkeys, you get to add a signature after you've been registered on the site for 30 days, or have made 30 posts. (They say 30 days AND 30 posts, but I got mine after a week or so because I'd made 30 posts. I don't know if that was a mistake, but I'll take it!! ) Good luck and if you need any support, we're always here!

Edit: Yeah...I'm a little brain dead today...you can add the ticker from the User Control Panel. You can either build it there or on TickerFactory.com. There is also a thread in the Announcements and Forum Help that explains it in detail.

I had a headache on day two and three. Tylenol, aspirin, Excedrin...nothing worked. Midmorning the next day I recognized it as a carb-withdrawal headache from previous experience with Atkins & South Beach...so I ate a Medifast bar since it had more carbs. It went away almost immediately. I don't know if this will work for you, but you might try a MF meal that has more carbs or eating a veggie with your L&G that has more carbs, but still stay within the recommended 80g-100g of carbs a day MF recommends. The headache, if it is a carb-withdrawal headache, should go away once your body gets used to the lower carb level.

Holy crap! My computer has been brain dead all morning.

Thanks Lili! I'm happy to be in "onederland" again.

M23M-I got my ticker off the Medifast website. It takes me awhile to figure stuff out since I'm just learning to "net". In fact, this is my first chatting experience. I really like it, but, I still need alot of help from my 14 year old. I'm not sure about the long-term users. Hopefully, someone will check in soon. I think they kind of get bored with the chatting after awhile. As with most other things, Newbies are generally more excited, and I think we get to be a bother. Oh, well. I've been in both positions before so you just deal with it.

Wimsey-Boy do I understand tinkle time. At work I'm constantly trying to find a pickup or some other piece of equipment to hide behind. The guys are pretty understanding, though, and have learned to make some kind of noise to send a warning before they go around something without knowing where I am first. I do the same for them. The boss has also let me know that there is no problem with me taking a pickup to go somewhere else if I need to.

I'm trying to get a real good guy at work to give this a try. He came up with about 5 different excuses, but I was prepared for each of them. He has alot of health and age issues, but I still think he could benefit from this. I just hope he will give it a chance. He's been really good to me and has a great wife who I think would like to have him around awhile longer. I'll just have to keep being a pest. Maybe he'll try it just to get me off his .

Hang tough y'all and we'll get to where we want to be.

Today is day 2 for me.

How the heck can you eat the soups and oatmeals, UGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I know, right!?!

I hated the soups at first too. I got cream of chicken and chili with my first two week order. I had to doctor them up with veggies and bouillon to eat them. I will never like the cream of chicken, so I didn't buy it last time and got more chili, and added vegetable beef and chicken noodle. I can eat the chili now without any add ins and think it's pretty darn good! I love the vegetable beef and chicken noodle. I guess after the COC, anything tastes good!

I've said it before, but I have to put Splenda and cinnamon in my oatmeal or I won't finish it. I sometimes eat the oatmeal cold with Splenda and cinnamon in it. I don't put as much water in and let it sit for a while to get soft. I also will mix it with the chocolate pudding, split in half and eat that. Baked, it makes a passable brownie. I'm going to try this tonight for my brownies:


Brownies:
1 MF Chocolate Pudding
1 MF Oatmeal (I'm out of Maple & brown sugar, so I'm using Apple Cinnamon)
1 Splenda packet
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/4-1/3 cup water

Topping:
1 Tbsp of low-fat cream cheese
Splenda packet
1/4 tsp. vanilla

Mix the brownies like you would muffins and put in muffin tins, or in a baking pan as you would normal brownies. Top each brownie with 1/4 of the topping mixture. (Yield: 4 brownies; 2 MF Meals; 1 1/2 condiments per serving.)

I haven't tried it yet. I've made the brownies before, but I was thinking of something to top them with. Cream cheese brownies are sooooo good, I though it might be something to give it a little zip.

Edit: If they turn out good, I'll post the recipe in the recipe sticky.

Hello all.
MF and circumstances beyond my control have left me in a bit of a funk!
Had to make my 45 min commute for a 2 hour class this morning.
TV repair guy from Best Buy was suppose to call while I was in the class, but he called my house, so now I have to wait until Saturday. (really not a huge deal, but annoying, their fault, and they are like, oh well).
Took MF shake with me to my parents to pick up youngest after class, before I could use the hand blender I spilled it all over the kitchen counter. It was orange, one of my favs, and I only have a limited supply right now. sure hope the shipment comes soon.
I have had 2 MF meals in last 3 hours and my stomach is growling and my head is pounding!!! Have taken 2 excedrin. Now I get to go to the revenue office and pay state sales taxes on a new to us van. Oh the joy life hands us some days!!!
Thanks for listening. I am a total gripe butt when I am hungry. I know this will get better, I just hope I make it until it does!
On the positive side, I have lost 5lbs! (water I'm sure, but at this point I'll take it!)

Chix and Rice is gross. I can't stand it. Unless I find something to do with it, I'll never get it again. COT I mix with MorningStar Crumbles, Taco Seasoning and Cheese. VegBeef I put a portion of Veggies in. COB recipe on medifast recipes website. I'm fine with the Chix Noodle as is. All of them are made up and kept in a thermos between 1-4 hours to rehydrate. No longer or they could become explosive. I forgot to eat one at work and the next day an explosion went off in my living room. The soup had blown the lid off my thermos. Yesterday, I decided to wait to have it after work and when I opened the lid it smelt and tasted funny. I also mix the cream soups in the blender before I put it in the thermos or it just sets up like paste.

I make muffins out of the Oatmeals. That recipe is also on www.medifast-recipes.com. I used a mini-muffin pan this week and it worked much better than the large pan. I am definately trying your brownie recipe, Lili. That sounds really good.

M23M-I'm so sorry Sweetie. These hugs are special just for you. Those days will come and go. You can see mine under the Torturous Day thread. I also didn't trust my first ten lbs. But, now I'm down 18 lbs. and fully believing. Hang tough and you'll make it.

It is crazy how we all differ in our tastes!

I LOVE the oatmeal. Of course, I make it really soupy, so maybe that is why. The soups are just ok...I think of it as fuel and it helps me tolerate them a little better. Of all the soups, the chicken and rice soup was the one I liked the best.

Yesterday was my first day I binged on this plan. I don't know why, either. I woke up hungry and tried my best to stay on plan, which I did until about 10pm, at which time I made some rice. Rice! Today I woke up and its like I never had that episode...no problems staying on plan today. So odd.

I am going to order a larger shipment this month (going to use some of that rebate money, lol) and get some of my favorites so that I don't panic at the end of next month.

Has anyone tried the Chili or Maryland Crab soups or the Smores, Peanut Butter, or Fruit/Granola bars?

My next 5 week order is due on the 5th. I also have a list of 10 things I want to try including all the things you mentioned, Jen. I'm going to wait until the order gets here and see what I get, then I'll place an addtional order for the stuff I don't get. I'll be interested to here everyone else's thoughts on the items also.

Thanks for the help Lili. I just got my signature thru 3FC. Oops, I guess mine was "illegal". Good thing I only used it on this site, so I guess that's not really too bad.

Hi there,

I am new to the forum and to MF. I have everything and am going to be starting the program May 1st, doing it with co-workers.

I am starting to really get scared. I am creating doubt in my ability to do this...

Anything that I should know to make my first few days easier- please share. I am going to go through the motions like a good little dieter, but what if I start going crazy for carbs, or sugar...food! So Scared, I have let my weight creep up to the unthinkable. I need to do this!

Uniqleeme,
Hi there. Not sure of what I could tell you to make it easier, as I am in the "throws" of it now.

I have used orange soda (diet, of course) and diet chocolate fudge soda to mix my shakes. When I did this plan the 1st time I found diet cream soda to mix with the vanilla. This helps with flavor. With soups, I have found that cooking on stove and carrying in thermos greatly improves flavor, consisitency. Also, all need herbs spices. Oatmeal is just ok with splenda and cinammon. The pb bars are edible. Not sure if they still do s'mores bars, as all my prods are over a year old, but s'mores bars are nasty! There are few things that people agree on, though. I think something is gross and you may like it.

Also, just expect to not feel too great the 1st few days. Eat every 3 hours, or suffer the consequences-read headache from .
Be prepared for your lean and green. Have your grocery shopping complete before you are ready to prepare meal.

Good luck. Support is key. Rely on your co-workers and this site. Look to both for help. Be sure you are doing this for the right reasons, and keep your attitude positive. Believing you can make it just one more day will get you through. I am on day 3, it has been hard, but I have lost 7lbs.

Uni-I thought I would start on days off but my schedule suddenly changed and I wound up starting on a work day. I think it was providence working, because it seems to have made it easier to keep my mind off it and set in regular break times in which to eat. I'm glad you're doing it with coworkers. Mine were offering me other food until I told them I was on a regulated diet, then they understood I wasn't being rude, but not to offer their extras to me. That helped too.

Good luck Sweetie. If you need us we'll be here for you.