January 2010

January 6, 2010 ~ A new year begins...
It's been 25 weeks and I have lost 60 pounds!  What a wonderful feeling!  I can't believe how well Medifast works!  I survived the holidays staying on plan and actually lost weight!  That has never happened before!  When I started Medifast, I was wearing a size 26W-28W and yesterday I put on a pair of 20W slacks!  Unbelievable!  I look to the new year with hope and the knowledge that I will lose weight this year!  SO EXCITING!!

I have started using my treadmill once again!  It had been sitting out in the garage collecting dust and I had my husband bring it into the house when I started Medifast.  The problem was at 326 pounds, I was too heavy to use it!  I would get on and start walking only to have it stop abruptly which practically threw me off of it!  Not fun!  My husband could get on it and walk with no problem...but I just couldn't.  So my treadmill sat in the house collecting dust until this last week.  I decided to get on it and see what would happen.  To my surprise I am now able to walk on it with no problems!  YEAH!  My husband is so sweet.  When it wouldn't work for me, he kept saying that he thought he just needed to adjust it and oil it.  Like there was a mechanical reason it was throwing me off!  LOL!!  What can I say??  He's a keeper!
Here's to a wonderful new year for all of us!  If you are already on Medifast you know how fantastic this program is.  If you aren't on Medifast but are thinking about it and are reading these blogs for some inspiration...what are you waiting for?  There isn't a better time to start on the path to good health!  What do you have to lose??

January 13, 2010 ~ Thinking about Spring...
The weather this winter has really been cold this year, as I am sure many of you have experienced.  Even one of my sisters who lives in Florida said it got down to 33 degrees the other day!  I was born in December and have always loved winter...but sometimes I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that I can put on a big winter coat, thinking it is covering up my size, and don't have a reason to be outside doing activities, like walking, mowing, working in the yard, or even just walking around in the hot sun sweating!  Could this be the real reason I prefer winter??  I have to wonder...

This week I lost 2 more pounds making a total of 62 pounds GONE since I started Medifast!  62 POUNDS!  And suddenly I am finding myself thinking about spring and how wonderful it will be to take off that big winter coat and reveal to the world...a new me, a thinner me, a healthier me, a happy me!  How exciting is that?? Medifast has changed my life and I couldn't be happier! Staying 100% OP is the only way to go.  If you want to take advantage of what Medifast has to offer, you have to stick with it, 24/7!  And you know what?  The longer you do that, the easier the program is.  When I heard about Medifast, I didn't think that there was any way that I could survive on ''just'' eating a cup of soup, or a bar for lunch.  I LOVE to eat, and how could I do this?  But I decided that I had to have faith and I decided to just do this and I am so glad that I did! 

It's still cold out...but spring is just around the corner!  I am so excited to see what it brings!   Then summer will be here!  I hate sweating, and being out in the sun...but that was before Medifast!  I have the feeling that this year things are going to be a lot different!!

January 20, 2010 ~ Down another pound...
Hi everyone!  Another Wednesday is upon us! I am happy to report another pound down this week.  Wish it would have been more...but I will take it!  They all add up!  That makes a total of 63 pounds gone in 27 weeks!  YES!  What a wonderful feeling!  I just wish I would have found Medifast about 20 years ago! 
I have an order being delivered today and am just as excited today as I was when I was getting my first order!  It is like Christmas!  This huge box magically appears on my doorstep and EVERYTHING in it is for ME!  LOL!!  Can't wait to see that big brown truck pulling to a stop outside my house! My husband gets such a kick out of me unloading my food and laying it all out on the kitchen table!  Does anyone else get that excited about a food order??  Probably not! 

Not much else to report this week.  I am looking forward to the sun shining one of these days!  It sure has been cold in Kansas.  Spring is hopefully just around the corner.  And just think how good we will all look come spring!  Here's wishing you a fantastic week!

January 27, 2010 ~ Love this program...
How exciting to get up and step on the scale this morning and see a 3.5 pound loss!  YEAH!  That makes a total of 66.5 pounds gone, AND I am now in the 50's!!  (259.5 to be exact...but still in the 50's!)  For me, that is simply amazing!  I feel so good losing this weight, and I know it isn't always an easy road.  If you are struggling, all I can tell you is that it is worth it, YOU are worth it! Just keep on track and the weight will come off! 

School has started back up for me, and this semester I am taking Spanish II and Human Biology!  I have to admit that I am not too excited about either class!  I don't really like science classes, and the Spanish is HARD!  But...if I want to get a degree in Social Work, this is the road I have to be on...so I will continue.  I am taking the classes online, which makes them a bit more challenging!  Especially the Spanish! 
Not much more to report.  I just feel so much better today than I did back in July when I started this journey!  I am so thankful that I found Medifast!  It is saving my life...plain and simple.  And...I am so thankful! Hang in there...don't ever give up on yourself.  Staying 100% on program is so important!  Medifast works!