Naive Me

I just wanted to tell a little story of what happened to me this past Friday. About a month ago, I had gotten a messge on Facebook from a friend from college (I graduated 22 years ago) asking me for my phone number so we could catch up. Nice, I thought. We've been playing phone tag for a while and finally I was there to answer when she called Friday night. I had just gotten home and showered from a 4 mile race that I did so when she asked me how I was, I said "tired." She asked about my running and I ended up telling her that I had lost over 60 pounds in a little more than a year. Really, she says, I did, too! She asks me how I did it and I explained what MFP was and that all I did was change a little of what I like to eat to make it better and eat less of the bad stuff, but not cutting out anything or denying myself something if I really want it. She went on to explain that she was using this Advocare system. She tells me that every three months, she can do this 24 day challenge that starts with a 10 day cleanse (but not so bad you can't go to work, she tells me!) and she takes loads of their vitamins and this special water and shakes et cetera. Oh the water is so good it gives her extra energy and focus. There is a vitamin that has this special amino acid that as you are losing weight, it eats away at the fat in your stomach so you don't have any loose skin from dieting. Some of our conversation was actually catching up on our lives for the last 20+ years, but this diet stuff she was on just kept coming back into the conversation.

So yes, I am naive. I truly thought she just wanted to call and see how I was doing. It took a whole 40 minutes before I realized that she was trying to sell me this crap! Really? I looked this stuff up online and it's almost $200 for the 24 day thing that she is doing every 3 months. You would think that after hearing that I got the same results FOR FREE and with the ability to still eat what I want and NOT spend 10 days every 3 months running to the bathroom, she would have given up, but she didn't. I guess I don't blame her...she is trying to sell enough to win a trip to Florida. It just makes me so happy to have found MFP and the success that I have from it. I have a feeling that my results will last a whole lot longer than hers. I truly understand the need to want to "jump start" weight loss. I was there, too...many times. Slow and steady is how I am doing it now and this is the only time it has worked. I wish I could have conveyed to her that this was the better way.

Well after an hour, the battery in my cell phone died so I didn't have to really tell her "no" I am not buying your stuff. :laugh:

I love MFP and all the help and support I have gotten from it! You guys are awesome!