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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
The Summer Splash Package is now available through July 31, 2010, so be sure to take advantage of the summer savings before time runs out!
The Summer Splash Package contains
• 1 box of Raspberry Iced Tea
• 1 box of Cranberry Mango Fruit Drink
• 1 box of Tropical Punch Fruit Drink
• NEW: 1 box of Peach Iced Tea
That’s 28 cold drinks in all! If purchased separately, the cost would be $62.00.
The special package price is just $49.95: a savings of $12.05!*
And remember, these aren’t just “drinks:”
They’re complete Medifast Meals, fully fortified with 24 vitamins and minerals.
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
I lost a total of -88 lbs on the Medifast weight loss plan and the entire time I always ate my Medifast meals as is never creating something else out of them. Here is what I mean. For a Medifast shake I would add water an ice cube or two, shake it up and drink it.
On the Medifast Forums people were talking about shake cakes but I never tried them until today. Freedom 99 asked for an easy shake cake recipe and then Melanie posted one. It sounded good and I’m tired of shakes so I got my camera and got to work.
Here is what I came up with that worked for me…
Ingredients posted in the picture above.
- 1 packet Of Medifast Shake Mix
- 3 TBS egg beaters
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp water
- 1/2 tsp vanilla or splenda vanilla coffee flavoring
I decided to try 3 different baking dishes
- Coffee mug
- glass pudding cup
- 2 silicone 1/2 cup mini loaf pans
First I tried the coffee mug.
Mixed all together in the mug and microwave for 1 min 30 seconds. As you can see it pulled away from the one side and was rather lopsided when I took it out to cool. I used a dutch chocolate shake for this one.
Next I tried the glass pudding cup
This time I used 1 splenda vanilla coffee flavor tube and added 1/2 tsp extra water since I didn’t use the vanilla. I cook this one 1 min and 15 seconds.
Very strange the cake had a green tint to it. I used the Swiss mocha shake for this one.
Last I tried the silicone mini loaf pans. I used the chocolate shake again with vanilla like the first one but I lowered the cooking time to 1 min and 10 seconds.
Now for the taste test both my husband and I give them a try. First I was surprised with the sponge like texture it had, rather heavy, bread like. My husband liked the dutch chocolate one best since he doesn’t like coffee it didn’t surprise me. I did like the sweetness of the swiss mocha one from using the splenda vanilla flavor but the chocolate one was the best.
So my favorite would be to use the dutch chocolate shake mix and the splenda vanilla flavor with the extra 1/2 tsp of water and cooking it 1 min and 15 seconds in the glass pudding cup.
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
I was so proud of myself today.
First some background history. I lost -88 lbs with no deliberate exercise for 10 months. I guess I was just testing the program to see if it would really work and it did. I averaged a 2.5 lb loss for 33 weeks and another 8 in Transition so far.
My husband is a real active guy, hiking, biking, the YMCA etc. He is very kind and asks me to join him but I have always said NO since I started my Medifast journey. At first it was because I can’t exercise for the first three weeks, good excuse. Then it was just out of lazyness I guess. I hate to exercise. I kept saying I would start after I got done losing the weight. Well I did make goal over 10 weeks ago and still never started to exercise.
So when I headed into the kitchen to make my Lean and green for dinner my husband says how about going for a walk pause or bike ride? Hum OK how about a bike ride. After all it was 60 degrees out and sunny. So we went and dug out the bikes out filled the tires and I said oh wait we have to document this, my first exercise outing for 10 months. I handed him the camera and told him to take a few shots.
Well the ride was pretty hard for me. It’s up hill both ways from our house to anywhere. I felt much lighter on the bike and surprising to me my bony butt felt happy on my gel bike seat. I must have been going fast because it got pretty windy out there on the open road. We didn’t really go that far and I stopped twice once for water and once to eat a MF bar because remember I was on my way to make dinner but never got to.
My husband road on further after I turned for home which was fine with me. My ears were hurting from the cold wind. I came in with shaky legs and layed down till I felt better.
So the moral of the story is yes Medifast will work with NO exercise but I don’t recommend it. It is much better to have exercise as part of your weight loss journey like I teach my clients. Then after the weight is gone you will be fit too. Guess I still have another journey to travel now.
Ok now for the funny part:)
I get home and recover and look to see how the pictures turned out and this is what my husband shot of me.
- Do you see a bike anywhere in these shots?
- Can you tell that I’m sitting on a bike.
- Does this picture document my first exercise in 10 months?
No I didn’t think so either.
Now I know why I took all my other pictures by myself with my tripod.
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
I’m on the Medifast program, no nuts aloud.
While it’s true that nuts are not part of the Medifast 5&1 plan there are a few Medifast products that do contain nuts.
This afternoon for a snack I tried for the first time The Carmel Nut Bar in the green wrapper. While most all the Medifast meals are interchangeable with each other, the green wrapper bars or sometimes call “maintenance bars” are limited to one per day while on the 5&1 Plan. The reason for this is because the green wrapper bars contain high calories, carbs and fat when compared to the crunch bars and other Medifast meals.
While I was on the 5&1 program I stuck to the crunch bars with 10 different flavors to choose from I was content. Since moving into transition I thought I would venture out and give the green wrapper bars a try.
So as of today I have now tried all three flavors in the green wrapper, Caramel nut, Chocolate Mint and Oatmeal raisin and I love them all.
So remember these 3 rules while following the 5&1 Plan
1. Only one green wrapper bar per day
2. Up to 5 crunch bars per day is OK
3. Always drink 8 oz of water with all the bars
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I wish you great success on the program.
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Day 27
Breakfast Fruit Serving 1 Mandarin Oranges, 1/2 Dairy Serving yogurt and coffee
Mid Morning Medifast 1 strawberry crunch bar and water
Lunch Extra Protein chicken Whole Grain Serving 1/2 cup brown rice
Afternoon Extra Veggies corn Medifast 2 Chocolate Shake
Dinner Lean & GreenOrange Roughy pan seared, mashed cauliflower
Evening Fruit Serving 2 peaches 1/2 Dairy Serving yogurt
Bedtime Medifast 3 Chocolate pudding
Totally off topic…
I was wondering if appliance companies program a death switch on all major appliances to only die on a weekend? Or is it just me?
It never fails the furnace goes out on a Friday night on the coldest day of the year. Our tenants pipes freeze and flood the basement on a freezing Saturday morning or their air conditioner goes out on the weekend. Get the idea I could go on.
Today it was our hot water heater. My son noticed it was leaking at 1:30 this morning when he got home from work. He didn’t wake us, for that I’m grateful. There is a drain close by so I just had to move out a few things and dry them off and push the water to the drain. I have done that several times today. We have no hot water. I found that out this morning when I thought I could get one last quick shower in. No luck there. I unplugged it and shut the water line off to it and check it often, it’s still leaking. My husband wasn’t concerned and left it for me to deal with when he went to work. Unless it’s an emergency like no heat or a flooded basement I’m not willing to pay time in a half for labor. So I’ll have to wait till Monday when they open to give them a call.
So if anyone is out there reading this and has a tank less water heater I would love to hear if it’s a better option than a standard water heater. We are a family of 5 with a few that love taking long hot showers, would a tank less be a good option?
As for my 27th day of transition, it went well. I got more foods in earlier in the day so I wasn’t eating a lot late at night like last night. Many of my tastes have changed. Even the lite soy sauce seems too salty so I need just a splash now. I enjoy the brown rice more than 1/2 of English muffin.
A diet is the penalty we pay
for exceeding the FEED LIMIT.
Diets Don’t work
Medifast is NOT a diet:)
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Day 22
So today is Monday and the start of my 4th Stage of the Medifast Transition Program. I’ll be adding whole grain.
Remember I’m still dealing with my Mom in the hospital. I read the left side of page 7 in the transition guide for someone loosing over 80 lbs. It wasn’t till night time that I re-read the entire page and now know why I was hungry and had an extra Medifast meal.
Breakfast Whole Grain Serving 1/2 wheat english muffin Fruit Serving peaches Dairy Serving Fat Free Yogurt and coffee
Mid morning Extra Veggie Serving baby carrots and water
Lunch Medifast 1 Nacho Cheese Puffs and water
Afternoon Medifast 2 Chocolate crunch bar and water
Dinner Lean and Green Grilled Chicken Salad and water
Evening cup of coffee Medifast 3 lemon crunch bar
Bedtime Medifast 4 Chocolate pudding
I was able to sleep in and get ready and had to make a few stops before going to the hospital. I had my breakfast before I left the house and my first 1/2 wheat english muffin ever. It tasted really good. My Mom had a healthy “butter” spread to top it off with.
When I got to the hospital they took her to town for an open MRI so I had a little time to read emails and take care of Business while munching on baby carrots in the lounge.
When she got back she had her lunch and I had my cheese puffs. After about 2 hours they said all was normal and she could go home. So I packed her all up and headed to the pharmacy and then to Culvers to pick us up dinner.
I got her all settled in at her house and we had dinner. By evening I wanted to run out and see if I could find WIFI to check on my emails. Well that was easier said then done. I first thought I could just go to back to the lobby of the hospital but the doors were already locked so I went to McDonalds and ordered a black small coffee sat down had a crunch bar because I was hungry and for 20 minutes I couldn’t connect so I headed out to another McDonalds no luck I tried Applebees no luck and I ended up outside a closed Borders Book Store in my car and was able to check my emails finally.
I got back home watched the Olympics with my Mom. I had my Chocolate pudding before bed. That’s when I took my Transition book to bed and re-read stage 4 again.
So I was hungry and ended up having a #4 Medifast Meal and now I know why. Stage 4 is adding more than just the whole grain. Adding a Medifast Meal was NOT a bad choice but now I know what else I need to add tomorrow. Read Day 23 to find out what I should now be eating everyday.
One should eat to live, not live to eat. ~Cicero, Rhetoricorum LV
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Day 20
Breakfast Medifast 1 Blueberry Oatmeal, Fresh Blueberries Fruit Serving & cup of coffee
Mid Morning carrots Extra 1 Cup Veggie Serving
Lunch Medifast 2 Chili Nacho Cheese Puffs & Dairy Serving fat free sugar free yogurt
Afternoon Medifast 3 Chocolate Crunch Bar
Dinner Lean and GreenGrilled Chicken salad from Culvers
Evening Medifast 4 Chocolate Pudding
I traveled 4 hours south to IL to be with my Mother in the hospital. It was snowing most of the way but the roads were fine. I was able to have breakfast at home then my carrots while I was driving.
I stopped for a break and had my yogurt. I also had my cheese puffs while driving. When I got up to my Mom I had a crunch bar and water.
I had my Lean and Green chicken salad from Culver’s later in the evening after I left the hospital. Then my pudding before bed. My Mom is doing much better.
“Anything is possible,
It’s your choice whether or not you choose to make IT happen.”
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
~Medifast Transition Meal~
Medifast Blueberry Oatmeal with Applesauce and Cinnamon
Day 18
Breakfast… Medifast 1 Blueberry Oatmeal with my applesauce as a Fruit Serving
Mid Morning… Dairy Serving Yogurt no sugar or fat raspberry flavor
Lunch… Cup of coffee and Medifast 2 Parmesan Cheese Puffs
Afternoon… baby carrots and water for my Extra Veggie Serving
Dinner… Lean & Green cold shrimp on Romaine with balsamic dressing
Evening… Medifast 3 strawberry crunch bar and water
Bedtime… Medifast 4 Chocolate pudding
We can reverse years of damage to our bodies by deciding to raise our standards for ourselves, then living differently. Old wounds heal, injuries repair, and the whole system improves with just a few changes in what we put into our bodies and how we move them.
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Day 17
This morning I found I still had a Medifast peach oatmeal left so I made that and topped it with my serving of fruit which was canned peaches. Then I had a strawberry crunch bar and bottle of water at work. Before I left I also had my extra 1 cup serving of baby carrots.
When I got home I had a cup of coffee and a Medifast Mint Chocolate bar. For my Lean & Green dinner I went with a meatless option of egg beaters with low fat cheese my serving of dairy and a big salad.
Before bed I had my favorite Medifast chocolate pudding.
FYI
In order to succeed you need to know what you “want”. Where you “want” to go, who you “want” to be, when you “want” to get there. Write it all down and read it everyday so you won’t forget. That becomes your WHY and then you need to take steps everyday that will get you there and that’s your plan.
By Not planning you Are planning to fail.
I have said this over and over many times since I started Medifast way back in June 2009 “It’s the easiest weight loss plan I have ever done? I still agree with that today but it does take some thought and planning.
To make my days less stressful I would sort all my food the day I got it into qt size zip lock bags with 5 Medifast meals in each. Each day I would just grab a bag, no choices to make. I would go to my computer and log in all the foods in the bag. Then all I would need to think about is what I would have for my lean and green meal.
I only shop once a week for my lean and green. I always have easy to fix meals on hand like taco seasoned turkey meat measured out in single serving sizes and frozen. I have frozen slices of chicken meat, orange roughy, shrimp, low fat cottage cheese, romaine, sliced mushrooms, green peppers, broccoli, green beans, cauliflower, eggs, egg beaters. I can always come up with something to have for my lean and green without much thought.
In the evening I would go back to the website and check off all my foods for the day. I had a set routine for my water drinking too and just did the same thing everyday.
So that was my plan, I did it everyday. I’m still doing it now in Medifast Transition only thing is that now I have to adjust my plan for the new food group I’m adding each week.
I knew what I wanted and I took little steps everyday to get there. Figure out your WHY make your plan and stick with it.
To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Day 15
Welcome to my first day of Stage three in Medifast Transition.
It’s my day 15 and I got to add some dairy. For breakfast I started out with Medifast scrambled eggs and I added 1/4 cup or half of my dairy serving of low fat shredded cheese. Boy was that good!
A few hours later I had the second half of my dairy, 1/4 cup of Fat Free Vanilla Creme yogurt with 1/2 cup of mandarin oranges for my fruit serving. I bought the little snack packs in lite syrup so I rinsed and drained them and only had the fruit. The yogurt was Blue Bunny no sugar no fat. This combo was fantastic! Even with just 1/4 cup plus fruit it was very satisfying.
I went in to work for a few hours and I had my Medifast chili cheese puffs and a bottle of water. When I came home I had a cup of coffee with a Medifast chocolate mint crunch bar.
For dinner I had my lean and green. I had cold shrimp on Romaine with Walden Farms Italian dressing. A few hours later I had carrots with lite ranch dip as my extra fat.
Before bed I had a Medifast Hot Chocolate.
Today was also weigh in for me and I stayed the same which I’m very happy about since I’m already -3 under my goal weight of 150 so I’m 147 for the week.
FYI
Let’s talk Plateau’s I guess I was lucky because I never hit a plateau but many people do.
You know you hit a plateau when you haven’t lost any weight for two weeks in a row. There are several things you can do.
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First look over what you eat everyday and make sure you are getting in all 5 Medifast meals and the correct serving size of Lean and Green.
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Reduce the total carbs you are eating by choosing from the leanest lean list and the lower carb list.
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Skip the optional snack.
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Decrease carbs further by decreasing your condiment choices daily.
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If you are past week three add more exercise but not more than 45 min total.
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Add up to three per day Medifast Momentum products which contain caffeine and green tea to enhance fat burn and decrease your appetite.
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Change things up. Mix your meals around try your lean and green for breakfast. Exercise in the evening not the morning. Try a different exercise. Get more sleep.
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Remember to never skip a meal and always eat within an hour of waking up.
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Drink a minimum of 8-8oz of water everyday.
“If we defend our habits, we have no intentions of quitting them.”
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