First Week

This is my first post. I am just finishing my first week on the Medifast Diet. I've lost 8 pounds. I recently went through a serious illness and ended up on high doses of morphine. When we finally got my health under control and I went off the morphine, I gained 50 pounds almost over night. I was already 40 pounds overweight. So now I need to get rid of 90 pounds. Since I still have my condition and it is made worse by being overweight, I have to do something about it.

My husband has been good enough to join me on my diet which really helps. But this is really hard because much of our life revolves around food and wine. Multiple course wine dinners, wine tastings, gourmet cooking and gourmet restaurants. These are the things that we do with our friends, and it is something very special in our lives. I would really like to figure out how to have both in my life. I think that will be the hardest part of this effort for me. I have to be very careful when I go off medifast to make sure I find a good balance between these things and healthy foods and exercise.

Exercise is also hard for me because I basically spent a year in bed. Even a flight of stairs has me breathing heavy now.

Anyway, I hope to find someone with a similar background that can give me some pointers along my journey.