I hear crickets...Where is everyone during The.Hardest.Part.Of.The.Year?
Here's been my menu the past week or so. I'm at Day 27 today, and will hop on the scale tomorrow morning. If I manage to lose even a pound, it will be a Christmas miracle!
Medifast Day 22 (Wed., 12/21/16) - French vanilla shake, cinnamon pretzel sticks, sour cream & chive mashed potatoes, beef vegetable soup, L&G taco salad (shredded beef) - 728 cal., 71 g protein, 66 g carbs, 21 g fiber, 15 g sugar, 22 g fat
Medifast Day 23 (Thurs., 12/22/16) - Dutch chocolate shake, cinnamon pretzel sticks, lemon meringue bar, chicken noodle soup, L&G taco salad (shredded beef), chocolate pudding for dessert. - 838 cal., 83 g protein, 75 g carbs, 25 g fiber, 24 g sugar, 26 g fat
Medifast Day 24 (Fri., 12/23/16) - Pineapple Mango smoothie, sour cream & chive mashed potatoes, cookie dough chewy bar, beef vegetable soup, L&G taco salad (shredded beef), chocolate crunch bar for dessert - 818 cal., 80 g protein, 82 g carbs, 26 g fiber, 24 g sugar, 26 g fat
Medifast Day 25 (Sat. 12/24/16) - 2x Original Pancakes (woke up late) with 0.2 cups (probably less) sugar free syrup, cinnamon pretzel sticks, peanut butter crunch bar, Xmas eve dinner - sour cream & chive mashed potatoes, spiral cut ham (no glaze) (4 oz--yes, I cracked out the food scale--4 oz is ALOT!), and steamed broccoli & cauliflower. 700 cal., 78 g protein, 80 g carbs, 22 g fiber, 17 g sugar, 14 g fat
Medifast Day 26 (Sun., 12/25/16) - Can you say 'leftovers'? - Dutch chocolate shake, cinnamon pretzel sticks, 1 oz. spiral cut ham (no glaze) (I snuck a piece when I made an omelet for my kiddo!), peanut butter crunch bar, mixed berry cereal crunch, more spiral cut ham (5 oz this time, but no "green today"), brownie soft bake for dessert - 770 cal., 88 g protein, 69 g carbs, 20 g fiber, 21 g sugar, 20 g fat
Medifast Day 27 (Mon., 12/26/16) - Strawberry shake, peach Oatmeal, chicken noodle soup, 1.5 oz spiral cut ham (no glaze) (couldn't help myself when making my son's lunch)... The rest To Be Continued.
A few thoughts on the fast few days:
NEW food for me was the lemon meringue bar, pineapple mango smoothie, beef vegetable soup, and peach Oatmeal.
- The lemon meringue bar was a solid "meh." Probably won't order again with so many other choices that I like better.
- The pineapple mango smoothie. Another "meh." To me, tasted almost exactly the same as the berry smoothie. It is okay, but has a weird aftertaste. Like the variety, but most likely not reorder either one again. I'd rather stick with the shakes.
- The beef vegetable soup was good (needed a little Mrs. Dash) and definitely will reorder. This was rehydrated in the morning and stuck in the fridge until lunch...a MUST.
- The peach oatmeal. I liked it, but still like the apple better. Will likely reorder.
OK, now for the ham. Let me just say that I love ham, and it's even better as cold leftovers. I'm uncertain how this will affect the scale. It is all protein so still in ketosis. Salt is higher than, say, chicken, but sodium levels for the day have still been quite low. Tonight will be last night for my leftovers. I think I will be fine, but we'll see. At worst, I'll be retaining a little water, which should disappear by next week.
Bottom line is that--all things considered--I think I did quite well in avoiding cookies, chocolate and all the other yumminess around the house, including my Xmas stocking as Santa apparently forgot all about my diet. Sigh... My son was happy to take mine, though. LOL.
That is a solid victory in my book.
HOW DID EVERONE ELSE DO???
One more thing that I didn't fully appreciate during my intense research on Medifast before joining...this is considered a "Very Low Calorie Diet" or "VLCD." I guess I'm not surprised given that it is exactly that, but googling VLCD opened up a whole bunch of new info I had not seen before.
Even though Im eating VLCD, I can safely say my nutrition is better overall than it was pre-diet in terms of macros and vitamins. I ate like crap. My morning Starbucks run alone was setting me back nearly 1000 calories. Geez...no wonder I gained weight.
So, slowly but surely I'm going to drop the weight and keep up with good eating habits. Mark my words. I've never been more determined in my life!
So I feel bad about it, but I am trying to get into the mind set of going back on the diet next week. I know it is always advised not to wait and start on a Monday, but I just don't have it in me to start YET. We still have fudge and cookies and leftovers all over the house, and we have NYE parties and special food for that too. I know this is a bad move but I can't bring myself to start until I KNOW there is not a stumbling block in my way for awhile. My goal will be from Jan 2 on to stay 100% on plan. I hope it will be ok for me to come back and join in with you all. I have not read all the posts to get caught up just yet, but will read them to help myself stay on plan when I come back for good.
the week of Christmas and then get back on plan. I know people say that is a horrible thing to do - but I have it within myself to do that. So here I am (actually started back yesterday). I do not consider this a restart but a continuation. Hoping to get to know some new folks along the way.
to everyone that was able to stay on plan or refrain from total indulgence during the holidays.
to ginamay28 ~ Yes, a continuation certainly is the perfect description of picking up where you left off - you will be a definite asset to this group! Your experience since July will certainly be valued, along with your holiday plan of being off Medifast. We want more details!!!
