Thanks for the warm welcome! I am a first grade teacher and I'm on spring break this upcoming week. I've been so looking forward to this break but I'm also a little nervous because it's hardest for me to stick to the plan during unstructured times. Just trying to take it one day at a time.
TWINCA! So excited for you as you embark into Onederland!
Went to the same restaurant as last week where I had the sodium bomb chicken only this time I opted for something different and didn't eat everything. Happy to report a 0.1 lb drop instead of a gain so I'm pleased.
Wow everyone is doing great! I'm losing a little slower than I anticipated but at 17 days (and 2 bad days) I'm down 8 lbs. And about 5 inches all together. So thats givinv me hope for my wedding dress that has to be fitted June 1st. Goal is 20 more lbs by then. Any extra tips you have will be greatly appreciated
Another successful weigh in at the Medifast Center: 2.5 pounds!
I can't believe these whooshes so close to goal!
Joyce ~
OH MY GOODNESS!!! So happy for you!
You are almost to goal! Such a strong warrior you are --- pulling yourself up when it got tough. You've clearly found your steadfast motivation to edge ever so close to the finish line.
Went to the same restaurant as last week where I had the sodium bomb chicken only this time I opted for something different and didn't eat everything. Happy to report a 0.1 lb drop instead of a gain so I'm pleased.
Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!
Laura ~
So happy for you that you took a different path knowing what you learned from your previous experience. THIS is the great part! Learning how to navigate through those meals out is something I have learned from your many posts of how you are managing to be successful. Going out to eat does not require us to throw in the towel --- you clearly are doing it well!
Kudos for sticking to the plan and making great choices!
Wow everyone is doing great! I'm losing a little slower than I anticipated but at 17 days (and 2 bad days) I'm down 8 lbs. And about 5 inches all together. So thats givinv me hope for my wedding dress that has to be fitted June 1st. Goal is 20 more lbs by then. Any extra tips you have will be greatly appreciated
Jen ~
You are doing great! 8 lbs is no small feat and you should be proud of yourself! 5 inches down is a GREAT non-scale victory!!
Here's a few tips that I am certain will get you to your goal: Don't eat off plan. Stay 100% on plan each and every day. Eat before you go to an out-of-house event so you aren't hungry. If you have to eat pick the healthiest of all the choices. Keep bars in your purse so you always have your next meal with you. I learned early on with Medifast that a bite here and there just adds calories that you don't want when you have a goal and time frame in mind. It can kick your body out of the fat burning machine(ketosis) that the Medifast eating plan puts your body into.
Stay hydrated. A hydrated body is key to weight loss on Medifast. It also helps to curb hunger.
Stay positive. There will be weeks when you don't lose as much as others. Losing 20 by June 1st is totally attainable if you stay the course.
Transition is going well. There were a few white-knuckle days in the beginning of last week but by Thursday my mind settled down to the fact that my bad eating days and weeks are well in the past and they aren't coming back. I am resolved to this. I now know the triggers that bring on out-of-control eating so I find myself so much more in tune with catching myself mentally before I physically plummet to poor choices.
I got on the scale this morning and had a drop of 1.8 pounds. I am inching ever so close to my goal with only 3.9 pounds to go. I can see it so clearly now but find myself concentrating less on the goal now and more on completing each day without eating off plan. I have a list on my fridge of what is on my plan and what is not. My food journal hangs on my pantry door so it is visible for all to see. I'm no longer ashamed to put my struggle out there --- it is my "limp" of sorts... my thing that I have to pay attention to every day and every meal.
The 3 meals per day is clearly working. I have no physical cravings but the mind cravings do surface every day at odd times. I'm liking my whole grain plant food diet. It is working well with my mid-life body.
Thank you all for cheering me on and lending your support when I stumbled along in the early days trying to find my way.
Oh, Karen ~ I am so "over the moon" happy for you!!! I am taking my little dancing clouds that TWINCA so sweetly posted for me and sending them to you!!
You have lost just over 72 pounds! That is no small feat. And your loss this week of 1.8 pounds while in transition is a celebration in itself!
We all white knuckle it...sometimes we are very aware of the triggers and sometimes they come out of the blue...but we have our arsenal of tactical warfare to combat them:
"I have a list on my fridge of what is on my plan and what is not. My food journal hangs on my pantry door so it is visible for all to see. I'm no longer ashamed to put my struggle out there --- it is my "limp" of sorts... my thing that I have to pay attention to every day and every meal."
We have come to far to surrender to the enemy! Congratulations!
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TWINCA! So excited for you as you embark into Onederland! 
