I have been just searching around the web to get some testimonials (outside of whats on the normal sites) about Medifast. I have already made up my mind that this is what I want to do and it will work for me. I've been researching since I was pregnant and I know this is right... so I wasn't searching because I doubted. I just wanted to see what successes others have had. I found a lot! However... I also came across SOOOO many ignorant people and posts.
The one the was the worst was a girl who didnt follow plan at all... ate regular meals... then only 4 of the medifast meals... then regular again... and she got a mirgrain and had to go to the hospital.. and she was dissing the diet... THEN she said "I am 120lbs and wanted to lose my extra 10lbs of body fat." Seriously????? Ugh... then there are people, I am reading on random forums, who ask about Medifast and asking people who have tried it... not ONE person who was on it responds, but plenty of people who "know" people who did the diet and gained everything back... that medifast isn't nutricionally sound (umm... hello? can we say john hopkins??) and it didn't work... and that her friend hated the food so much she just gave up and gained everything back and then some. There were a lot of comments like that...also comments like "I've never heard of it, just sounds like a quick fix that is dangerous"... For starters... if you don't know anything about it, then don't chime in with your opinions on it. Also, if thier "friend" didn't like the food, she wasn't ready for such a drastic change. I was telling my husband earlier "Do people expect gourmet food to come from packets of powder and diet food?"
I know sometimes people just dont want to do something that drastic and what they are doing totally works for them.. and that is wonderful! If they are able to lose weight conventionally and slowly then thats amazing they have that drive!! But sometimes people just can't lose weight that way. Sometimes we need to push our bodies into burning the fat. In my experience, I loose weight in drastic circumstances (I lost 70lbs when I went to college because we didnt have tv so the only thing I ever did was walk... for 5 hours a day at different times in a hilly area..) and when I lose weight I keep it off for a long time... the only reason I am even back to this palce is that I got pregnant and was on bed rest with my first son! I just do not understand why people make comments about something they just don't understand... and then in turn put down the people who are doing the diet to begin with. I don't think this will be a magic fix.. I think this will, at times, be very hard work.. .and then I have the responsibility to maintain my loss once it happens...and if I start to gain alittle weight back, I need to jump right back into weight loss mode and get on track!
I don't know... I guess I have a hard time with ignorant comments that are potentially keeping someone from having an amazing weight loss experience and possibly even having a new outlook on life! Haha You'd think I were already on this diet the way I am talking about it...