Meg ~

I am so very glad you joined us! Thank you for telling us a bit about your life and history. It is amazing how our situations have brought us all together to bring sanity and joy to our daily lives.
And you will definitely find happiness here!

I love coming here everyday and finding inspiration to keep on going when things get rough. It just makes this program so much easier.
Everyday is a day closer to our health goals: both mentally and physically.

I hope your husband is doing well now. All your furry friends are lucky to have you! What are their names?

Check in everyday, day or night...we are here for you!

SheilaE ~ I love your profile pic! Amazing that you are soon to be a Spring grandmother! You look so young!

I forgot to mention. My husband was out and went grocery shopping for his foods (and my lean & green). When he came home he presented me with a half-dozen orange roses and a card that read "You Can Do It!" He is so supportive, I am truly blessed.

I looked up the meaning of orange roses and found this:

Orange: Desire, Enthusiasm and Passion. SvetaP/iStock. A literal mixture of yellow and red, orange roses were seen as a bridge between friendship symbolized by yellow roses and love represented by red roses. They can be an expression of fascination, or a gift to say 'I'm proud of you.' - It was the last part that spoke to him when he was looking up ways to say he's proud of me.

Cheers,
Laura

"In AA there is a saying that it is the first drink that gets you drunk. There is a comparison to the first compulsive bite I think." Maryann - Beck Diet Solution

Think about this when that binge demon appears out of nowhere!

She also wrote:

"For years, I "solved" all this mess by isolating with food. But in the end I had nothing. "

She has managed her life now with many changes, including an eating plan and many other modalities. She is working on another issue at the moment that involves much introspection.

I find life lessons so important in my own recovery from binge eating.

May these help you, too. Or just provoke some thought or discussion.

The actress Helen Mirren (age 71) has a commercial out for a l'Oreal product.

She has the tag line:

You are still worth it!

I am remembering that everyday as I proceed with a new life despite all my past indiscretions with food and diet programs.

Good Morning ~

So great to come on here and read everyone's bio's and see so many commonalities among us. This is an awesome Medifast thread!! What a GREAT place to continue our journey with Medifast.

Today was my weekly weigh in. I lost 4 lbs. I am feeling SO MUCH skinnier. I am SO GLAD I re-started Medifast on 12/12 --- I wonder where I'd be if I didn't? Certainly not 187 lbs.

Hooray for re-starts and new beginnings!!

Karen

Karen! Way to go!! Look how far you've come!!

Karen~ My mouth flew open! 4 pounds lost is awesome - especially since you lost 5 last week!!! I guess your theory on 1 bar per day proves that is true for you!

...and you're in a new decade!!!!

Oh, young love, how totally romantic! What an awesome guy!
Laura, how did you two meet?

My husband and I met on a message board much like this one actually. We were both fans of a syndicated radio show and just found that as we spoke offline we had even more in common. The rest is history.

Laura ~ What an interesting story! Thank you for sharing!

Joyce & Laura~

Thank you for your encouragement. I was a bit shocked myself. My niece who lost all that weight on Medifast said she never veered from these rules for herself: Allowed only one bar per day, made sure she drank at least one shake per day for one of her meal replacements, and only drank water. I decided to mimic her this time around and I am seeing a different result from when I first started Medifast.

Most important I think I am just highly motivated to not cheat and not do things that I know trigger cravings, like baking.

Onward and downward for us all!

Karen

Non Scale Victory here. We had a department touchpoint and I 'won' a bag of candy. I wanted to offer it to my boss but he declined. I have put them in a bowl outside my cube and feel absolutely no impulse to eat them.

On a loudspeaker in my head: Nothing Tastes As Good As Thin Feels

Cheers,
Laura

So, day four is shaking out to be odd. I was wide awake at 4:30am and could not get back to sleep. Fast forward 6 hours and I'm literally falling asleep at my desk... Not sure how to remedy this...

Laura ~ First, I failed to applaud you on the 6 pounds total that you have lost thus far! That is certainly an indication that you are following the MF plan to a "T" and you are dedicating yourself to a lifestyle change.

Your distribution of the "prize" you won was the perfect way to handle the gift in an unceremonious manner. Courteous, too. I often "don't make a big deal out of well meaning offers of food that I don't choose to eat...just kindly say, "not now, maybe later."
People forget, then they don't bug you to eat it.

Now, as far as the sleep. What time did you go to bed last night? Anything you may have done differently? What time do you normally get up?
We all have those kinds of "middle-of- the-'night'-wide-awake" episodes every once in a while. Perhaps it is just a quirk.
Hopefully you can keep your eyes open 'til lunchtime. Maybe get outside for a bit for some fresh air. Try to stay up when you get home and you will assuredly sleep well through the night tonight.

That's all I can think of.