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Title: Weight Loss and Maintenance
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Moderator:ASICS::LESLIE
Created:Mon Jul 09 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:933
Total number of notes:9931

589.0. "MEDIFAST ???" by DELNI::D_LANE (Keep on Soapin' ) Thu Jul 26 1990 14:54

    
    Can anyone give me any information on the MEDIFAST diet plan?  What I'm
    looking for is:
    
    	1) how did you feel on the diet?
    	2) could you go to the bathroom (I'm concerned about this cuz it
    	   doesn't seem that people would be able to go to the bathroom without
    	   bulk in their stomachs)
	3) how long did it take you to lose your weight?
    	4) were you medically supervised?
    	5) how do the "drinks" taste?
    	6) when you got back on real food, did you have trouble digesting
    	   it?
    
    The reason I'm asking is because I'm looking into the program.  I need
    to lose 52 lbs and my Dr recommended MEDIFAST.  He does it out of his
    office, I'd be seeing him weekly, plus a nutritionist and group
    counseling.  Because I have high cholesterol too, my insurance will
    pick up most of the tab.  I am responsible for the nutritionist, and
    the drinks.  I was just wondering what the cost is for something like
    this?  The Dr told me it would cost me @ $45 for the drinks.  Which I
    don't think is too bad cuz I spend more than that in 2 days worth of
    eating.  He told me it would take me @ 16 weeks to get to my goal.  I
    scheduled myself for the physical and am going on 13 August.  
    
    My only "real" concern is that my boyfriend won't go for this.  He
    thinks the only way to lose weight is to "cut down and exercise". 
    Well, I've tried that and now I'm ready to try something else.
    
    Can anyone give me any info?
    
    Thanks, in advance,
    
    Donna
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589.1Think FirstSALEM::WEBSTER_RThu Jul 26 1990 16:3011
    Of course your Dr. recommended the program if he's involved with
    it, and can make a buck off you.  You must know that what your
    boyfriend is saying is right.  Any quick fix won't last in the long
    run.  Even Oprah Winfrey agrees to that.  I had 49 pounds to lose
    and I spent a lot of time before deciding on the Jenny Craig plan.
    This is discussed in note 527. All I can say is That in 8 weeks
    I have lost 18 pounds, do not feel like I am depriving myself, am
    still able to go to a restaurant and dine with friends,  and am
    learning so many new techniques about eating taht once the weight
    is gone, I know it will never come back.  My advice is to think
    twice about a quick fix.
589.2Thanks...DELNI::D_LANEKeep on Soapin' Thu Jul 26 1990 19:5931
    
    
    Hi,
    Thanks for your feedback!!
    
    I have tried other methods of weightloss, one of them being Weight
    Watchers which is a slow loss and you are more likely to keep it off. 
    I know how to eat right....I know what I should/shouldn't eat.  I know
    all the reasons why I should eat healthy, I just can't.  I'm so
    disgusted with the way I look, I can't go to the health club and
    exercise cuz I'm embarrassed and ashamed of myself.  I'd love to really
    get out there and have fun.  I'd love to go swimming and bicycling and
    all kinds of atheletic things, but I just can't.  
    
    I have no clothes.  I forgot to mention that I was down 40lbs a little
    over a year ago (I had lost 20 lbs on WW and put on 40).  I have zero
    clothes.  I have nothing to wear this winter and can't imagine myself
    in a sweater and jeans.  God how I'd love to wear a big, bulky sweater
    and a nice pair of tightish blue jeans.  I can't get into **any** of my
    old clothes and my wardrobe is so slim now...I can't afford any new
    clothes.  
    
    If I do the medifast, I should be down to my goal weight by Christmas. 
    Which isn't that far away.  Has anyone out there succeeded in losing
    and maintaining a weightloss on Medifast???
    
    My dr is a fitness finatic and he's not the type to push anything
    unhealthy.  I really have faith in him and like the idea of him
    watching over me weekly while I do this.
    
    Donna
589.3me againSALEM::WEBSTER_RFri Jul 27 1990 15:5414
    I'm not trying to sell you on any particular program.  You know
    what's best for you.  And believe me when I tell you, I know exactly
    how you feel, I have been there myself.  I'm still working to overcome
    the whole weight issue.
    But after the 50 pounds is gone, after Christmas, say next summer...
    are the 50 puonds still going to be gone?  Maybe it's more
    pshchological than just overeating.  All I'm trying to say is that
    I really want you to be successful, this should be your last weightloss
    program. Knowing yourself, do you think just losing 50 puonds is
    going to solve your weight problem? 
    Please don't think I'm being negative, because that is not my intent.
    And maybe I'm projecting some of my own issues in this note, But
    we all learn from each other.  Whatever you decide, I'll give you
    100% of my support.
589.4Tell someone your troubles..MJBOOT::FREELANDTue Jul 31 1990 17:5735
    Donna,
    
    As I said in an earlier response, my best friend and I went on the
    buddy system to lose weight. She went to a nutritionalist, and started
    the medifast program, and I supported her by dieting too. She has done
    well on the program, and has kept her weight off. But the most
    important thing to stress is that she also went through behavioral
    modification therapy. We both did. The reason most people regain their
    weight - I was told, is that they still have a self image of being a
    fat person. I maintain a slim image of myself now, and if I close my
    eyes, that's what I see. 
    
    After a year and a half, that image is still picture clear, and I feel
    so good about the way that I look now. My self-esteem is as high as
    it's ever been. There's nothing that I think I can't do. Once, you get
    it in your mind to think about the foods you CAN eat, as opposed to the
    foods you CAN'T eat, you'll be surprised how much easier it will get. 
    
    You have a right to be apprehensive about failing. All of us have. I've
    failed more times than I care to count. That's why I can relate to what
    you're going through. It's so easy for someone to say, " All you have
    to do is eat right and exercise." Sure, that's easy for a thin person
    to say. The problems which led to my weight gain, and weight retention
    was to due to the depression - divorce, finances, etc. It would have
    been impossible to overcome had I not had someone to really talk to. 
    
    Find someone whom you can confide in and really get to the core of the
    apprehensions you have. I'd recommend another female friend, or an
    objective outsider. I'd be more than willing to talk to you, and
    support you when you need a shoulder. After all, someone was there for
    me...
    
    I very best to you,
    
    Barb