I am just curious.
My reason... I lost 50 lbs a few years ago, kept 30-35 off, but can't seem to get any further. My body is hurting more (back pain, foot pain, etc) and I actually had an appointment to talk to a Dr. about bariatric surgery (either gastric bypass or lap band). I could still stand to loose 95-100 pounds.
I also lose SO slowly on traditional diets, even when I am "perfect" and weight and measure and exercise like a demon, so losing 1/4 to 1/2 a pound a week just wasn't cutting it. It seems like a tremendous amount of effort for a little bit of gain (or loss, I guess you could say)
I was initially very suspicious of limiting my calorie consumption to 800-1000 calories a day. .. it seemed so drastic.
But then I was considering bariatric surgery. I have multiple coworkers or friends who have done it. Some with major success, some with little to no success, depending on how well they stuck with it after the initial year.
But I noticed that many of my coworkers had gastric bypass were eating next to nothing after their surgeries (the first few months).. and they weren't dying from it. So I figured a low calorie diet wouldn't kill me... and it certainly was less drastic than surgery. And, if this works, I won't have to "re-route" my body the way it was intended to be, and I do have some concerns about long term effects of decreasing the bodies ability to absorb nutrients and medicines as is done after gastric bypass... especially since I have a few conditions that require medications they don't recommend you take after bypass.
Tell me why you decided on Medifast... and tell me how it is working out for you.
I've just started... and am surprised I am not a raving lunatic from lack of food, but strangely, I'm not real hungry....