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I try to write something about Medifast on this site every few days for a few reasons.  Trying to keep the site active is what keeps this site alive and for that reason I find myself in front of this computer today… yet again.  Some days I try to write an informative article that reviews certain aspects of Medifast, such as the cost, and on other days I write about the health aspects of the program.  I have tried to approach the Medifast Diet Program from many different angels and today I find myself sitting here in sort of a sad mood.  The reason I feel sad about writing today is because the way the entire Internet is set up and how search engine results are returned, to the very computer you are using at this moment.

As I have sat here for the past year I have gained a great respect, and now a great dissatisfaction, for the way website pages rank and how those ranks reflect on when websites appear on your computer.  The issue I struggle with is that in order for an article to appear on your computer you have to “click“on the results you are given when you “Google” something.  Since I try to write from the heart it is very difficult to get my heartfelt feelings across on anything that ranks in search engines, such as Google.  Trying to rank in search engines with the term, or phrases that include Medifast is very, very difficult, unless you write the article in a format required by search engines.

The reason it is difficult to rank with the term Medifast is that the weight loss industry is a BILLION dollar business and the Internet is one big selling machine, that steamrolls the truth.  I have become very knowledgeable in weight loss over the years and one day was catupulted into disbelief when I searched the term “diet” and received 562,000,000 pages of results.  That is quite a lot of content and is actually impossible to compete with ever hoping to have your page ever get ANY clicks off that particular search.  The point I hope to make is that the frustration I have with shouting to the world the effectiveness of Medifast.

My wife and I struggled with weight loss for many years and were both very fat people that tried so many different weight loss programs that did not work that we were ready to simply just give up and stay obese.  That was until we found Medifast.  Once we found Medifast, we wanted the world to find it also.

In an attempt to be heard I have written articles with key search phrases and although they have had a decent showing of returns, I am sad because of the fact that so many people are screaming for help and I have the help needed, and yet nobody even notices my arms frantically waving.  The reason nobody can hear me is not because of my lack of trying, but it is because the arena we call the Internet is just too big, noisey and full of many less than honest people.  The average website is created to either sell you a product or to direct you to some other site with hopes that you will buy the product at that site.  With all of the noise being made I am saddened by the fact that a person trying to present an honest idea of help and compassion… is simply not noticed.

Since we have always tinkered with websites, as a hobby, we naturally gravitated towards centering websites around the passions in our lives.  Examples of such passions can be found on such diverse subjects as The United States Marine Corps and simply on the subject of how to create a website.  The sites we have nurtured over the years (we have MORE than a few) became a reflection of the history we have traveled from.  That is why we combined the passion of website building with weight loss.  We learned that by combining passion and honesty, with the love of writing, that the results can be limitless.

For years we were dismal failures that literally had no control of our obesity and had no clue as to how to even start to eat healthy.  That was until we found and lost our obesity with the weight loss program known for the last 30 years as Medifast.  The problem I have struggled with is that despite the fact I want to shout it out to all the world that Medifast works and works really well…the noise out here on the Internet is sooooo loud that my little voice is hardly ever noticed.

I have even offered my cell number out here on the web (850-449-0121) to help people understand the effectiveness of Medifast, with no intention of ever asking the person calling to send me one thin penny!  Although I received numerous phone calls and although I have helped some lose weight…the average call I get is from someone that is nasty and rude.  The truth is that I feel as if compassion has been buried and when a helping hand is offered everyone looks at you with the slanted eye of mistrust.  So, here I sit today trying to write yet another article about the effectiveness of Medifast and my frustration is bubbling because I feel as if the task of helping the world lose weight and get healthy……… is one task that I will have no significant impact.  That saddens me because I know the truth and yet I sit here alone with the realization that the Internet is so cluttered I might as well be writing this article and sticking it in an envelope to bury in the dirt, because the search engines will not even know where to place it on their algorithmic plane.

I will not write much more because of the futility I feel about it all right now.  What I will write, in closing, is that if you want to read about my weight loss story you can do so. (Click Here) I want you to know that as I close this article out that if you are saddened by your reflection in the mirror and feel as if life is at a standstill and heading backwards…I understand and would love to help you.  Yet as you sit there…you have your doubts and distrust because that is simply the way of the world.  I understand that mistrust.

Yesterday I went to Pensacola Historical Village with my wife Sue.  Despite living near Pensacola for over 25 years, it was my first visit to the OLDEST settlement EVER in America.  While listening to the tour guide I was impressed to hear that because the weather was so hot and humid in those days so long ago, that people slept with their windows and doors wide open.  It was at that moment in time yesterday when I longed for that kind of trust for my fellow men and woman.  It was at that moment in time that I thought that I would write this article, that will remain as obscure as that small ancient village house in Pensacola, Florida.  It was then that I had wished that I could write an article so open and honest that anyone that came across would know it was from the heart.  I was hoping to write an article as open as those homes over 200 years ago.

As I close this article I want to mention another passion in my life, which is known as the Law of Attraction.  Despite my loathing the term, I almost worship the belief and have immersed myself in the understanding of the greater existence that is portrayed in the understanding of how the Law of Attraction works.  If you have gotten this far along in an article about Medifast, that I wrote with absolutely no regard for search engine rankings…I doubt it was a fluke and I know it was not an accident.  If you want to lose weight… if you need to lose weight you need to check out Medifast.

Good Luck and God Bless You!

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The best price for Medifast has just changed quite abit, since last week, because no longer are there Medifast coupons or Medifast codes available to anyone looking to order Medfiast.  For many years Medifast offered a $50.00 off coupon or a $25.00 off coupon, but those days are over.  Despite many websites saying there are coupons that are available to get the best price for Medifast, there really are none to be found any longer.  The best price for Medifast will be the same no matter how you end up on the Medifast website.  Since you can’t find Medifast in stores, you need to realize that the only safe and reputable destination to order Medifast will be from the exact same place ALL websites direct you.

The removal from the market of all Medifast coupons came rather abruptly and although all websites had to sort of scramble to make the change, many sites will choose to still lead you down the link of teasing you with a coupon as a way to get the best price for Medifast.  As you travel around on the web you will see that no matter where you arrive from on the Medifast website, the price to order Medifast will be the same.  The reason for this will be that some websites will not update as quickly as we have done.  We had to remove and rewrite this entire article because all of the coupon information for obtaining the best price for Medifast was no longer valid.

Please Note:

As of December 15th, 2011 the best price for Medifast is changing.

Medifast coupons will be the same each and every month, just the code will change.  The best price for Medifast is ALWAYS through the Medifast Advantage Program.  How you sign up is up to you.  The options are listed below.

April  2012  Coupons:

MAY31J – Save $66 when you spend $250 and sign up for the Advantage program!

or

SHIPMAY12 - Free Shipping with $150 initial order and Advantage program signup!

Click on the above links, or copy the coupon code of choice and paste it at the link: Medifast Official Site

Since the best price for Medifast will be through the advantage program here are the high points of the program;

• FREE standard shipping
• FREE 56 Medifast meals
• FREE BlenderBottle
• 5% off future orders
• FREE online meal planner and access to online Medifast community

You can keep looking around for the best price on Medifast, but what I say is the truth and all roads lead to the same Medifast web-page.  There are no more coupons and there are no more special offer pricing or coupon codes that will save you more money by ordering it one way, rather than another.  What you really need to notice is that when you get to the ordering page you will notice that there is no longer a place to enter a coupon code.  It just is not there anymore because there are none to be found.

The best price will be had simply by ordering Medifast as an Advantage member.  Don’t take my word for it, check it out for yourself.  The link below will take you to the same page you may have seen from every other website searched, with the only difference being that we told you that there is no benefit over the link below, and any other link offered.  There are no special secret coupons and the real secret is that there are no longer any ways to get the best price for Medifast other than simply ordering it through the Medifast Advantage program.

The Medifast Advantage Program Offers;

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Many people are asking me about Medifast since I was able to lose a great deal of weight with the program.  In less than 5 months I was able to go from weighing 297.6 pounds to 185 pounds, and since I am 6′ 1″ tall…I am about as happy as any former obese person can be about losing weight.  I find it very hard to not be biased to Medifast because I used it…it worked, and I simply think that it is the greatest weight loss plan on the market today.  How else could I feel about Medifast after being able to beat becoming a Type II diabetic, and ridding myself of a host of prescription medications?  The “problem” some people have with Medifast is that, for the most part, you can only buy Medifast online.

The problem with having to go online and buy your Medifast is that it sort of gets lost in the mix with other weight loss programs that are not as effective.  Another really interesting thing is that Medifast is not all over your television and splattered across magazines.  Their lack of advertising is only noticed because I just mentioned it to you.  Medifast does not taunt you that you could lose amazing amounts of weight.  Medifast does not even get overbearing when it pledges to be more effective than NutriSystem, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers and virtually ANY weight loss program on the market today.  Medifast only quietly claims that it is approved by Johns Hopkins, and over 20,000 doctors.  Medifast does not shove it in your face that it has undergone clinical studies and is downright awesome.  In short…Medifast is really a very classy organization that is taking the weight loss market over, piece by piece, as it continues to churn out success after success over the last thirty years!

You may be wondering exactly what Medifast is all about and I am glad you asked…because I love to talk about Medifast online because this stuff literally saved me from a nose dive into poor health.  What you need to know about Medifast is that it has weight loss plans that are all tailored to the individual needs of virtually anyone reading this article.   It does not matter if you are a vegetarian, or a nursing mother, or a diabetic…Medifast has an effective plan that can change your life too.  You just have to allow yourself to feel the positive energy I am sending to those that can understand that there are forces that have led you here at this moment in time.  I am not trying to trick you, scam you or simply make a buck off you!  In fact I am so over the top, that at the end of this post I will leave a link to my personal weight loss story, and my email address and even my cell phone number.  If you contact me…I will respond.  I WILL respond…not some corporate drone or suit that is simply hoping to sell you another piece of crap product.  If, after reading this, you have any doubt that what I have is written is from the heart…I offer myself, with a personal response from me…to you.

A Portion of Why I Write This…
I went to my doctor for a checkup, and my blood pressure was up and I spent the morning drinking some stuff and having blood taken a few times. I soon found out that I was at the doorstep of diabetes.  I was in my mid 40′s and I was soon going to follow in the steps of my older brothers and begin the slow slide of the quality of my life.  I heard my doctor tell me, very matter-of-fact, that I could expect to become diabetic within the next six months, if I did not make some changes.  What I remember the most was how coldly the doctor mouthed the words.  They weren’t uttered in a mean fashion, it was just like he had sad them to 100′s of people before and I was just another fat guy in the office.  It was at that moment in time I knew I had to do something because the thought of becoming a diabetic simply scared the shit out of me.  My mortality hit me square in the head and I knew I had to do something.

That was the day I decided to start this website and make a change and document how I made that change.  I tried a few loser products and said how I felt about them on this website, and then I literally stumbled onto Medifast, and I have never looked back again.  Since I started Medfiast I have never had any problems with my health, my weight..and life in general.  My story of Medifast began online, just like yours is beginning now, if you are willing to allow yourself to hear the clarity of my message.  If you just shun your pessimism for a moment you will feel that what I say is the truth, and is from the heart.

The big problem I see with Medifast is that it gets lost out here on the Internet because the only really effective way to do their program is to buy Medifast online.  That is what scares away some of the people who have been burned before by diet scams.  (Sound familiar?)  If you are sick of being overweight then stop looking for a quick fix and decide to make the change needed.  Decide that this will be the last time you ever have to be dealing with this issue.  Stop looking for diet pills, or magic fruit…or any other piece of crap junk that does not even cast a shadow to the potential of Medifast.

Medifast pledges that the average weight loss that can be expected is 2 – 5 pounds a week.  That’s it…that’s it……that’s it!!!!  You have to do the math and see how many pounds you need to lose and calculate the months and put a pin on the calendar and say that is the date you are going to be thin!  There is no magic to this stuff, no hidden promises and no scams!  If you are healthy, and you follow the program, you can expect consistent and significant weight loss.  How long will it take is solely based on you and your information.  Figure it out and if you really want to lose the weight and improve the quality of your life…then go for it and just get it done!

Medifast is very simple to use and I will not even try to re-hash the years of articles I have posted on this site.  What I will do is invite you to bookmark this site and visit it again and again until ALL of your doubts are pushed aside.  Read, explore and realize that the only person keeping you obese is…….you!  If you follow the program, you can make a change, and that change can only be started and accomplished by you.  The name of this site was not named ICHOOSETHIN.com by chance.  My wife and I knew it was a choice we had to make and once we did, we never looked back again.

You owe it to yourself and those around you to get healthy because the world will suck, for them, if you are gone!

Keith Quackenbush
My Weight Loss Story: FatExcusesBeGone.com
My email address: KeithQBush@Gmail.com
My cell phone #:  850-449-0121

Nobody throws themselves out here on the web like this and I only do this because I know firsthand how life-changing this program can be for those that WANT to make a positive change.

Doubt what I say? Call me and let me tell you why your doubt is unfounded, and how Medifast can help that thin person escape!!!

Click Here To Learn Why: The Medifast diet has been clinically proven to be safe and effective

Last week my wife decided that she was going to call Medifast before our second month of Medifast was going to be shipped to see if we could change out some of the items that we did not enjoy all that much.  Granted there were no meals that we hated, but when we found out we could swap out oatmeal for brownies or chili, we decided to just give it a try.  My wife got on the phone and placed her order and I had them make my order just like hers.  That was about four days ago and we grew concerned because the order never appeared on the Medifast website as having been shipped.  Today my wife called and they said the order did not ship because our debit card was declined.  I was not happy that Medifast never called me and the order for month two of Medifast just sort of died with nothing being done.

As you can see from my FitDay log I have had some pretty amazing results with Medifast and have lost 24.8 pounds in the first 29 days.  I have been thrilled with the results and so has my wife.  For the both of us this has been the most successful weight loss program we have ever done.  When my wife called Medifast customer service she was shocked to learn that the order never shipped and after being on the phone for over an hour it was revealed to us that the card was not declined, it was a mistake on their end.  The man that put the initial order in screwed up the names and the bank declined access to the funds.  It was not our fault, but the order was not fulfilled and was stopped.

My wife and I grew very upset because the lady that was trying to resolve the issue said that they would not be able to ship out our order for another few days and that meant we were going to have some days without any Medifast food.  I was listening to my wife speak to Medifast customer service and I was really getting annoyed because running out of Medifast food was not what I had planned to happen.  As I listened to my wife tell the lady on the phone that we were going to run out of food and it was not our fault, I was getting ready to complain long and loud that us running out was not an option.  I was ready to deal with a non-sensitive company that I anticipated Medifast to be towards us.

I was at first fairly annoyed as my wife hung up the phone and never gave me a chance to tell them that it was their mistake and it was not right to leave us without food.  I was going to demand they ship it overnight or something.  When my wife hung up the phone she looked at me with a surprised expression and said that Medifast was going to just ship us a FREE three day supply of meals to get us through the shipping dates.  She was just going to place the quick fill order and make sure we did not run out of food.  The Medifast customer service lady apologized to my wife and then sent us FREE food to get us by.  WOW!  I never expected that!!!

Having lost an amazing 24.8 pounds in just 29 days is amazing to me.  That averages out to me losing .85 of a pound each and every day.  Now that I have experienced great satisfaction with the way Medifast treated my wife and I, combined with the the weight loss makes Medifast even that much more appealing to us!  Medifast has shown to us that they are trustworthy and sincere in their desire to provide customer satisfaction. 

Customer service combined with weight loss…what more could a person ask from them?

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I could simply lie about Medifast and tell you a half-truth by telling you that I lost 112 pounds using Medifast and I am done!  I could write a Medifast review and tell you all of the great things about Medifast and how fast you would lose weight, but that would be not telling the complete truth, so I must tone down my excitement just a bit.  Yes I can write this Medifast review, and yes I can tell you I lost 112 pounds, and yes I can tell you that it is the greatest weight loss plan I have ever tried.  All of that is true…before I started to gain my weight back again!  That is why I am writing this short review so you can understand what Medifast is all about, before you spend your money on the stuff.

Does this mean that I am against the effectiveness of Medifast?  NO! it does not!  I still think that discovering Medifast was one of the best things to happen to me in recent history.  I was able to lose all of the weight I never thought I could lose, but soon the reality set in and I discovered that I will need to maintain that weight and the struggle to maintain a healthy BMI is one that I will have to deal with forever.  The good news is that I just spent the last three days in Biloxi, Mississippi and I had a blast.  I gambled and I drank and I watched a concert at the Beau Rivage and I gained weight….but I lived my life and I had a blast.  Since I gained weight, does that make me a Medifast failure?  Does that make Medifast a waste of money?  Heck no!

I learned long ago that I can’t live the rest of my life on a diet and Medifast is no exception.  What I also learned is that there is no reason why I can’t go back on the Medifast 5 and 1 Program for a week or so and lose all of the weight again.  Does that mean I am a yo yo Medifast dieter?  Heck No!  What it means is that I am living my life as a thin person and since I am now thin, I plan on staying that way, which is thin.  That is why I feel compelled to write a Medifast review from the prospective of being a long-term Medifst user.  I will not even touch upon how cost effective it is to use Medifast on a daily basis, because this article is not about economics.  This article is about how my life is after I lost all of my weight using Medifast.  This is all about life after Medifast.
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What I have learned is that weight loss is all about never giving up. The person that is a success at weight loss will know that in order to truly achieve weight loss success, the “diet” is never really over. The person who is only trying to lose weight, for some event or occasion, is doomed to a life of either obesity or a life of yo-yo dieting. It may take a few diet attempts for a person to learn that diets basically do not work in the long haul. What we want you to think about is what your life will be like after your “diet” and after you lose all of your weight?  When you lose the 50 or the 100 pounds does a bell ring and you will always be able to fit into that nice dress? Chances are you truly will not be able to lose weight for the long haul until you realize that in order to actually be a weight loss success you will have to not only lose the weight, but also be able to keep that weight off for the rest of your life. Now that you know true weight loss success is for the long haul think about how that “diet” you are planning stacks up in a year or two?

Does that mean I am “doomed” to use Medifast forever?  Well…yes and no and the word “doomed” is waaaayy too strong.  I have the metabolism that if I drink and eat, the way I did at the Beau Rivage, I will gain weight.  I spent the entire extended weekend drinking all the free rum and cokes and beer that I could get my hands on.  I had a great time and I gained weight and yet I know I can’t live

Are you contemplating a new “diet” plan in the not too distant future?  One thing we want you to be aware of as you go from failed diet to failed diet is that in order to be a success in the weight loss arena there is no magic pill or weight loss gizmo that you can strap onto your body to make it slimmer. If you want to lose the weight you need to stop looking for some magic cure or expect the weight to just fall off your body because you walked a mile last month. 

You can use Medifast for as long or as short as you need to get to your desired weight and then use it to be able to maintain that weight.  We can all come up with excuses as to why we can’t lose the weight……I work too long, I have to watch the kids……I have to take care of……..and on and on we go.  You know you want to lose weight and yet here you sit and once again you are debating on what needs to be done. This is the time that you need to start gathering the facts of weight loss and health. This is where you need to stop making excuses and start to educate yourself in the field of weight loss. You do not have to be a genius and you do not have to be wealthy, you just have to want.

Wanting to lose weight is the start, and now you need to channel that motivation into education. Start gathering knowledge about what health is all about. Start by learning all the benefits of not being obese. Learn what it takes to lead a healthy and normal life. Learn about all of the different diets you have tried and failed. Realize why they failed and learn from that experience. We want you to know that the diets were the failure and not you. We want you to realize that you and you alone hold the power within you to lose the weight you desire. The grand concept needs to be that you have to want it so bad you can taste it! (No pun intended)  If you are looking to get to a healthy weight, or to just maintain a healthy weight I really suggest you check out Medifast because this is one weight loss tool that has an overwhelming quantity of positive reviews.  Medifast works to lose weight and it works to help you maintain weight once you have lost the weight.

Sure many people are overweight and you are one of those people. The thing now is how will you break away from being overweight? How will you permit yourself to allow yourself to do the things needed to make your weight loss a reality? It all comes down to the choices we make and the big question you need to answer is what do you choose for yourself? Do you choose sustained motivation that will attain long term weight loss or do you just try another flash in the pan fad diet?  Medifast can be a short term weight loss plan that you can use to get down to your healthy weight and it can also be used to help fill in during the times you need it to get rid of the few pounds that find their way back to your hips. 

Medifast works really well and it you are looking for a Medifast review, let me be the first to tell you that Medifast is the real deal and this is such a simple review to write.  Medifast works really well if you are dedicated.  The best part of it all is that after you lose all the weight you can plug back into it as needed in the future and that is NOT a yo-yo diet, that is just called living your life.

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