Week 4 on Medifast – Bye, Bye, Fat Me!

Gone are the days when I would plop myself in front of the TV and devour an entire bowl of spinach dip, a loaf of French bread and a 2-liter of soda. Yes, I used to do that. I could eat a 12-piece order of hot wings, 4 slices of pizza and a 2-liter of soda in one sitting. It’s no wonder I went from 135 to 180 in three short years, and then ballooned to over 200 lbs in another three years.

Truth be told, I wasn’t ever that hungry. I ate because I could, because I had nothing better to do.

This week on Medifast was a telling one. I ran out of MF food on Tuesday, and as of this morning, I am still without. A huge part of me was upset that I had come so far, and now I would be forced to ‘cheat’ because I had no food. But instead of reacting to the situation, I stopped to really think about it.

Did I really have to cheat? No.

Could I still remain on plan even if I had no Medifast food left? Yes.

Did I want to use this as an excuse to have one of those Halloween cupcakes sitting on the kitchen table? Yes. No, I didn’t.

Instead, I chose to remain on plan and eat 3 Lean & Grean meals. To my surprise, my decision had been right on the mark, as my dietician later suggested I “have 3 smaller lean & green meals (4-5oz of meat and the full vegetable portion) and 1 serving of a fat-free dairy (skim milk or yogurt).”

I managed to stay on plan and still lose weight this week, which in my book is pretty amazing. Had I tried to do that a few months ago, I doubt I would’ve succeeded. I feel it already, I am becoming a different person. I am changing.

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