OMG! Day one already?!

Date: 8-19-09
Starting Weight: 219.6
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In: (0) Day one Duh!
Total Weight loss: Do I really need to repeat myself?
Pounds left to loose: 44.6

I am currently going through a divorce. 13 months ago my husband (together 5 and a half years) told me that he didn't want to be married anymore. I have been spending that time trying to discover who I am, learning to live alone, and find new passions for my life. I have found so many new hobbies in the past 13 months and spent that time healing emotionally. I finally feel that I love what is on the inside, now it's time to get the outer shell to match.

I can't say that when I woke up this morning that I felt completely prepared. It's usually my first instinct to want to push things back "just one more day!" Recently I looked in the mirror and decided that I really wasn't happy with what I saw. My aunt and some of her co-workers were doing Medifast and showing great results. I have always found that it is easier to make a change like this when you have someone beside you to hold your hand and push you when you need it.

Today was my first day on my new diet. I am doing the Medifast diet plan. You can learn more about it here: http://www.medifast1.com/VIP/index.asp?campaign=brand3357&gclid=CKXL-PeKsZwCFRMUagodiXDwnA

The basics of this diet are to boost your metabolism into burning fat that your body has been storing. It is a five to one program. Through the day you eat five Medifast meals and one lean and green meal. You eat at 2 1/2 to 3 hour inter vols and can choose whenever you want to do your lean and green meal. Dinner time is when I have chosen to do my lean and green meal.

I am using this blog to track my progress and use up some web space to vent on struggles that will certainly come up! I hope to find some tips for others on Medifast and also find some new recipes and varieties for the lean and green meals.
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Meal plan today:
Meal 1: Dutch Chocolate shake (Yummy and tasted like chocolate milk)
Meal 2:Maple and Brown sugar oatmeal (Super yummy)
Meal 3: Chicken and Wild rice soup ( Okay tasting. Needed lots of salt and pepper. I have a feeling they will be my friends)
With my soup at lunch I also had one snack of Medifast veggie crackers.
Meal 4: Peanut Butter Bar (Tasted like a Kit Kat dipped in Peanut butter. My favorite so far. Yum.)
Meal: Lean and Green meal: 6 oz of roasted chicken breast. Two cups of green salad and a half a cup of chopped mushrooms. 10 squirts of low fat balsamic spray salad dressing.
Meal 5: Chocolate pudding.

My regiment so far is at night before bed fill my 16oz water bottle with water. Make my shake for my morning meal number 1. This will make sure my shake is nice and cold.

I have also been advised to throw it in the blender with some ice. For now my schedule is so busy in the morning I don't have time. I may try it for a desert sometime.

In the morning I wake up and weigh myself for the day. Drink my 16 oz of water while getting ready in the morning. Medifast recommends drinking at least 64 oz of water a day. This won't be a problem, I already drank close to that amount before starting. After I take my pups out, I heat the water for one of my soups for lunch and mix in a thermos. This keeps my soup hot and ready for my lunch and also makes sure the soup is nice and soft by the time lunch rolls around. I choose my other two meals for work and pack it all in my tote bag. Then off I go!

The time schedule I am starting with:
6:30 Meal 1
9-9:30 Meal 2
12:00 Meal 3
2:30-3 Meal 4
5-5:30 Meal 5
7:30-8 Meal 6

Today was only a challenge at lunch time. Watching everyone around me eat taco salad while I ate my soup was a little frustrating. I was actually surprised that I didn't feel as hungry as I anticipated. My tummy is also making a lot of gurgling sounds. I think it is just readjusting from eating whatever I want, whenever I feel like it. I tend to eat when I am bored and just about every other emotion or excuse. Time to make a change! Day 1 a success! Wish me luck.

<3 Tiffany