[Pinkadot]

Hey all! About three years ago my mom lost 50 pounds on Medifast. Unfortunately she gained it all back because she didn't really "transition" but just went right back to eating whatever she wanted. I mainly want to do this diet so I can be motivated to quit drinking, smoking, eating junk food, and other bad habits. I "quit" smoking about a month ago except for two saturdays when I drank lol - then when I drink I always eat tons that night and the next morning - its just a vicious cycle. I tried Medifast before for about two weeks, and thats when I realized I'm allergic to soy... or at least I have a bad reaction to it (the high amount of estrogen messes with my TOM, making it last for up to 30 days!). I really wanted to try medifast again though.. so I decided to order two weeks of all soy free products. This gives me a limited menu but it's not too bad. I got creamy chicken soup, dark chocolate shakes, scrambled eggs, creamy tomato soup, cherry pomegranate shakes, momentum cappuccino, peach iced tea, and creamy broccoli soup.

One question I have is - are you supposed to eat the 5 meals a certain number of hours apart? Like if I eat breakfast at 7 am and then my midmorning snack is on my break at 11 is this too many hours? Should I try to eat before leaving closer to 8?

[mslight]

Hi there and welcome!

I'm new too, I hope we both have great success with the MF program. I think you are supposed to eat your meals about 2-3 hours apart. I have been reading a ton on the MF site and their boards and here at 3FC, lots of good info out there.

I ordered the regular assortment pack but added a couple more boxes of soy free items also. I am on thyroid meds and they say to make the one or two meals closest to the meds a soy free choice. Some of the things it came with were ok already but I wanted to add some more just to be safe.

Hope to talk to you more here on the boards!! Good luck to both of us!!!
Susan

[pinkflamingo68]

Hi Pink from another Pink!

I could have written your post...right there with you to a tee, even signed up today for low-soy options...

"Quit" smoking, and refuse to buy larger pants!

Maybe we can nip it with this...

best of luck,
pf68

[GETTINGTOGOALIN2009]

I have stopped using MF because of all the soy. I have been using WOnderslim from dietdirect.com. It has no soy, tastes better, less expensive and overall a great product. Lots of my MF buddies have now switched over to Wonderslim products. Much better!