This has been a long journey

@Kimberg if only it was at least 1 lb a week for me... I've been dieting and only maintaining... but at least I'm not gaining... My body h as been so out of whack because of crash diet after crash diet.... But with the assistance of my trainer, I think I am finally on the road to recovery.

@ottersln the reason I have such strong feelings against medifast, is because I did medifast for a long while. I lost a bunch of weight, I was up to a 40 lb weight loss.... What they DON'T tell you, is as soon as you start eating REAL food again, you are going to gain the weight back, it doesn't matter HOW closely you monitor you calories... ALSO, when I stopped medifast and tried dieting on my own, during the gaining the weight back phase, I tried going back to medifast to see if it would work to lose weight again, but I kept gaining weight, despite following the 5 and 1 plan regularly... It completely destroyed my metabolism... i was eating only 1100 calories of real food a day and STILL gaining weight... it was to the point where I seriously considered going and getting my thyroid checked out because I thought for sure it had triggered thyroid problems. After that, I began working out with a personal trainer, and I told her my story and she was super excited to work with me and see what we could accomplish... the first thing she had me do was start eating the FULL amount of calories that I need to maintain... And I gained weight hand over fist, it was crazy, once my weight gain STOPPED, I then allowed to start decreasing my calories by small amounts. Other than the gaining the weight back and the low metabolism, I also noticed i had NO muscle whatsoever despite working out regularly, that was because my body had gone into starvation mode because of being on medifast and eating so low calories, my body stopped eating fat and started eating away my muscle.... PLUS I lost a TON of hair and my "cycle" was all messed up, like MAJORLY messed up, as in every other week for a full week... I was beginning to get anemic, my color was all gone out of my face... there were SOO many side affects to it, that it took months some even YEARS to repair... I have just NOW got the body back that I had before medifast and am working out with my trainer, so I'm in better shape now than ever, and am dieting and eating healthy.... But I strongly urge ANYONE AND EVERYONE to NOT do medifast... Because of my experiences and I KNOW medifast was the cause of all my issues, i've talked to other people who have done medifast, and my trainer and they all said the same thing happened to them, my trainer said she has heard that from everyone she has talked to about medifast...

This long paragraph is probably more than you wanted to know! Haha! But i have STRONG feelings against medifast and am more than willing to share my experience with anyone who wants to know... And because of my experience I know what it takes to lose weight the healthy way, i know how to keep it off and I know how to repair your body after destroying your metabolism with medifast or any other crash diets. if your DIL wants to talk to someone with experience regarding MF just have her contact me. I'm more than willing to share.