Nice job, cleancowgirl, Evangeline, Nightkatt, and Rated!
Darcey, I don't mind at all telling you all about life after Medifast.
I tried a LOT of tweaking when my stall started last summer. I gave each of them a good month or two before I tried something else.
It was right about the time I started running, so at first I started adding a little protein before I ran - a cheese stick or a hard boiled egg.
Then on the advice of the trainers on the Medifast board, I went to a 4 & 2 plan. I stuck with that for several months, thinking it was really going to be the answer.
I took a diet break (in Ireland)! That was also an exercise break. I gained 4 pounds.
I tried green coffee bean extract for 2 months. Nothing.
In January my doctor increased my Synthroid dose. I was POSITIVE that would get me losing again. Dream on, Kris.
I did Dr Oz's 3 day smoothie detox. Nada. Although I got the basis for a great smoothie that I drink a few times a week now.
I started working with the trainer. He thinks I've gained about 10 pounds of muscle - I sure hope he's right! I know I've built some muscle, because I can see it.
I tried Bulletproof coffee for breakfast for over a month - lost a couple pounds at first, then put 1 back on. I still drink it sometimes, because it's an easy satisfying breakfast.
Finally in the spring I just went off Medifast altogether. I still occasionally have a bar for a snack because I still have some food left.
So now I'm still tracking my calories on myfitnesspal, and staying away from starch. (I literally haven't bought bread in 2 1/2 years). I eat fruit and some starchy veggies. I don't go crazy with the fruit - maybe 2 servings a day, and try to keep the legumes/sweet potatoes/corn/carrots to a few servings a week. Sometimes I get on an Indian food kick and will eat chickpeas or lentils for 3 or 4 days in a row, but I try to only do that once a month or so.
My latest purchase is a concentrated green tea drink that I found in Hawaii. Even if it doesn't help, it's yummy and is loaded with antioxidants.
I took a diet break in Hawaii, but I kept up on exercise. I think the break got me a little more excited to work at losing again.
So I think now is where the weight loss has gotten HARD for me. I'm sick and tired of dieting. I'm working at it, but obviously not hard enough, because every fraction of a pound lost is a struggle, and I can gain 2 pounds overnight and not always know why.
Sorry this is so long-winded, but I have tried a lot to get the scale moving again.