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This was one of the first articles I posted after beginning my quest to lose weight. I chose the Medi-fast program to get started on my weight loss. Why Medi-fast? I had heard from a dear friend recently who lost 30 pounds in 10 weeks on a program called “Take Shape for Life“. I also met a woman in my church who lost a significant amount of weight with the same program.
The girl in the picture is not me, it is the poster gal for Medi-Fast. I want to say up front that Medi-Fast does work, and I would recommend it to others. Like many other quick weight loss diets, it is in reality a calorie deprivation diet that is formulated so that one is able to lose weight quickly but still be able to function in life. It’s strength is that the meals are pre-prepared, easy to carry with you and you will be able to find a few things that you really look forward to eating. Alot of the food is, in my opinion unpalatable (but then I am a gourmet cook) and I literally lived on the Oatmeal Raisin Crunch Bars and the Vanilla 55 Shake for 2 months. I took them everywhere with me. In the span of 2 months I had only 3 “cheat” meals. Not cheat days, cheat meals. But I did lose 15 pounds. Warning though. This diet is not for the faint of heart, it has it’s good and bad points, but it does work.
Medi-fast helped me quick start my weight loss. I would recommend it BUT with the proviso and warning that you might get constipated, especially if you are prone to constipation, thus you must ask your coach for a remedy for that. One of my readers comments that she replaced the oatmeal cereal with All-Bran and things started moving again. I am not lactose intolerant (I can eat any and every dairy product with no problem) and yet got very very constipated to the point where I discontinued the program. Read on . . . Read the rest of this entry »
