Hi Nikki,
Glad to meet you. I love to hear success stories like yours - even though you were "off" for a bit, and have modified the program to meet your needs, it sounds like you're making it work for you. That inspires me!

I'll probably stick pretty close to guidelines for the most part, but I've got a great health coach, and she's been a real asset as I've been starting out.

Hey, Nikki! Welcome back to MF. I have been on it since August and absolutely love the program. I have lost 25 pounds but also about 25 inches! I went from a size 12 to an 8! I still have 15 pounds to go and it is going slower than I want but it is because I haven't been following the program as closely as I should but life gets in the way. I am working out 3 days a week so I think that is slowing me down. However, I look at it this way, I am losing it slowly and more importantly, keeping it off so you should do whatever works for you. Most importantly for me is that it has changed my whole lifestyle and it is worth every penny that I have paid into it! We all have to be here to support each other because it is working for us! Good luck to you and I look forward to watching your progress!

Hi, I love medifast. I have been on it off n off for two yrs. I first lost 50 pounds last yr. Then got pregnant. ( yuppie) now baby is. Six months I am back doing the nursing mothers guide to medifast. I eat about 1500 cals cus I'm breastfeeding. And excerise four days a week. I lost 7 pounds in one month and I'm breastfeeding. I think this is great cus I don't want to take it off quickly as this will be bad for my supply of milk.
Ihavealways 50 pounds I want to lose.....slow n steady right? I hope maybe 5 or 6 months till goal.

Diana, sounds like you are back on the right track now. I'm sorry to hear about the family crisis. How are you liking everything so far? Have you found ways to help make some of the blah foods more flavorful?

The only food I've found that I've felt was nearly inedible is the oatmeal. Maple and brown sugar oatmeal is usually my favorite - I'd never met a variety I didn't like until MF. Yikes, that stuff is NASTY. But even that, I've manage to reclaim to some degree. For the M&BS variety, I make sure I get the texture just right by playing around with the amount of water, and add just a couple of drops of liquid Stevia. I add a drop, stir and taste, because I am trying to allow my taste buds to adapt somewhat - particularly where sweet is involved. I have found that adding more cinnamon and the Stevia to the Apple and Cinnamon flavor makes it passable. I was surprised that the Oatmeal was literally a powder - I think it would help the texture if they would allow at least a few larger pieces through. I have always loved Oatmeal of any variety, so in my opinion, it is difficult to butcher. MF managed to do it. My next order will have some blueberry, which I am hoping will be better. I am also considering trying some Vanilla Almond Milk as a condiment to see if I can improve the flavor a titch.

The soups I tried just needed a sprinkle of pepper to add a little zing, and they seemed pretty blah on first taste. A little salsa on my eggs did the trick for them. So yeah - I think I'll manage on the taste front, but it's probably a good thing that I'm not a terribly picky eater. That being said, I'm not a fan of the Fruit and Nut crunch bar and the Banana Shake has a bitter aftertaste, so I won't order them again, although I did order some Banana Pudding. I hope it doesn't have the same issue. The first time I tried the brownie, I was not impressed, but it's growing on me. (proof that my taste buds are adapting) I changed up my second order quite a bit, to try some new foods. There are certainly enough options that I should be able to nail down a list of tried and true products that I don't have to alter too much. I worried the first few days about a grumbly stomach that churned and churned for up to 2 hours after I'd eaten, but that has gone down to 15 minutes or so, and I expect it will eventually disappear.

Hahaha - I would make a terrible witness in court. It was a yes or no question...

Its funny to read your stories about the oatmeal. I have had clients feel the same way, and then later come to LOVE the oatmeal. Not saying that will happen to you all, but you just never know.

To help you use up your oatmeal, you could consider making it into a cake/muffin/scone type of item by pouring it into a ceramic cereal bowl, adding 1 tbsp egg beater and 1/4 tsp of baking powder and enough water to make it a cake batter consistency, and microwave for 90 seconds.

I was eating my apple cinnamon oatmeal today and found that it wasn't as noxious to me as the last time. I was also thinking that next time I might try making it with some apple cinnamon herbal tea as the liquid instead of water ... it couldn't possibly hurt anything!

Great info about how to modify the oatmeal into a baked good - I will try it! I confess that the pancakes and the brownie have been calling to me a lot, since they are the closest thing to "bread" that there is!

I need to go and buy some egg beaters I guess.