Do-It-Yourself Medifast

All diets have one thing in common.  From Medifast to Nutrisystem to even the silliest banana diet.  It's simple really.  Eat less.  The less calories, the more weight loss.

The great thing about Medifast is that you know you are still getting your daily nutritional requirements so it saves you research time and effort.  However, I've been seeing a lot of posts lately about people having to stop their Medifast diets due to the economy and job loss.  It's always so sad to me because I'm on the verge of doing that myself.  I suppose one can come up with Medifast subsitutes or Medifast alternatives by simply following the rules.

So, in an effort to help people with their weight loss,  I plan to add a section on my blog for "Do-It-Yourself Medifast" by counting the calories and nutritional information.  It will not be Medifast approved so use your own discretion.  If you have any to contribute, please do so. 

The first step is to share with you the site I use to look at nutritional information based on ingredients:
http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php?process=resubmit&count=67

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Let's help each other stay healthy and lose weight!

Different Ways of Ordering Medifast

So, I've found out there is more than one way to order from Medifast.  I'm a V.I.P. member right now which means I get 2 weeks free for the first two months and 5% discount every month after that. 

Now, I'm finding out more about Take Shape for Life and BeSlim.  Both of which I believe offers 5% discount.  Take Shape For Life also has a FREE health coach.  I'm not sure about BeSlim. 

I'm not sure yet what the merits are to having a health coach FREE or not.  What I'm really interested in is finding out what discount TSFL and BeSlim offers.

Goal Met!!! Thank you Medifast!

I have finally met goal today!  I am moving to transition mode.  Because of this, I have decided to also change domain names to expand my recipes.  I will keep in mind that the bulk of my readers will be Medifasters and most recipes will still try to meet the guidelines.  However, I want to expand it to people who are also trying to lose weight but not in Medifast.

This is a lifestyle change for me.  I want to come up with more recipes that will help me maintain my health and my weight.

Mobile Calorie Tracker

I always find myself wishing there is an iPhone app out for my Medifast journal out there.  Like you, I've seen the poll on the mymedifast.com site asking which Mobile Device I own.  Everytime I see it, I can't help but wish there was one.  It would be really helpful if I can add up my calories while I'm in a restaurant or at a family event or just any get-together.

So, I started researching available options for me out there.

I've looked at a few but the first that has caught my eye is a FREE mobile app called CalorieCounter.  I stress the word FREE because I like free stuff.  Dont you?

They make it so easy that you can text a food name and it'll come back with nutritional information for you.  I think it's the Medifast log "and then some!"  I'm going to give it a try for a few weeks and let you know how it goes.
In the meantime, care to share what you use for your "on-the-go" diet journal?

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Don't go thirsty, my friend!

Weighed myself this morning and I'm happy to report that I'm back to my weight before the boat incident.  The 2.2 lbs must've been water retention because I was drinking like crazy yesterday.  So, medifast tip:  Aways drink your 8 glasses a day!

Yogi Green Tea Blueberry Slim Life - No No No

This tea has great taste but did nothing for me.  It did curb my appetite but I would sometimes end up not eating for 5 hours because I just wasn't hungry.  This is bad because when you get hungry, your body will store fat to defend itself.  So, I'm going with the Momentum Green Tea Infuser which I would recommend more.

Say What Now?

Three weeks into this month and I've only lost 3.5 lbs.  It's been kind of disappointing since I lost 16.3 last month. I've been on the same weight for 11 days now.  It's not going up.  It's not going down.  But 2 days ago, my new shipment came.  In it is my Calorie Burn Capuccino.  I drank it that same day for my evening meal.  No change the next morning.  I drank it again for breakfast the next day and the morning after, I lost 2.4 lbs.  Wow!  Joyful day!  Is that possible?

I'm now under the impression that I need to kick start my day with caffeine to help my weight loss.  So here's what I will try.  Since I only bought one box of Calorie burn to last me for 4 weeks, I will drink regular Medifast Capuccino today and drink 1 glass of [low] caffeineited green tea.  I will report to you if this helps me.

Finally!

I stalled for 10 days losing only 1.5 lbs in those days but I've lost 3 lbs in the last three days bringing me to reach my 20 lb weight loss goal.  Only 11.4 to go!  Happy day!

Stalled

For the past 10 days, I have only lost 1.5 lbs which is really frustrating since the month before, I was losing 4 lbs a week.  I wonder what stalls my weight loss.  Is it the diet sodas? I don't think so.  I have a large cup at least every other day before.  Is it the meals not being spread out equally?  Is it the exercise (I noticed that everytime I run, my scale won't budge for 3 days ... but I still chalk this up to coincidence since I don't run too long and I only lose about 150 calories so I don't think I'm entering starvation mode)?  Is it lack of water?  Is it too much salt?  What is it?  I seriously wish I knew.

The scale finally moved today.   Yesterday, I had two shakes, 2 bars, scrambled eggs and tilapia with butter, lemon, capers, spinach and tomatoes.  I ate my lean meal at lunch instead of my usual dinner.  Did this make a difference?