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I was shocked today when someone I know at work ridiculed me for using Medifast because they thought I should of just had weight loss surgery.  This person even went on to tell me that I am doomed to gain all of my weight back again really quickly!  As I listened to this thin person make fun of of the fact I was on Medifast, it amazed me that I was being made fun of by a person because I chose to use Medifast and NOT have weight loss surgery!

As the day continued it made me think about the fact that for the very first time I have been able to lose weight and now I have some ignorant thin person tell me that I was wrong because I should of had weight loss surgery.  I know about weight loss surgery because I almost had it done as my wife and I even went to a three hour seminar on weight loss surgery options at Sacred Heart Hospital, in Pensacola, Florida.  We went there and listened to the doctors talk about all of the requirements and how the insurance could be obtained to pay for the surgical procedure.  We walked out of the meeting thinking that weight loss surgery could be the answer to our dreams.

When we went home and looked into the ability to use or insurance plan to pay for the weight loss surgery we were not too happy with the answer we received.  We were first told that to quality for the insurance payment we had to gain a few more pounds!  We were dismayed to hear that in order to quality for weight loss surgery, we had to get slightly fatter!  We were still not giving up on the surgery and continued to seek more information and learned much.  The thing that really slowed the whole thing down for us was not so much that getting insurance to pay for the procedure, it was what we would have to live after the operation took place.

When we learned that post surgical care would require monthly vitamin shots and this is when we started to think the whole surgery thing through some more.  As we searched for answers on what to expect with weight loss surgery, we discovered that for the surgery to be effective for a lifetime that we had to give up many things we enjoyed.  We learned that we would never be able to enjoy hot fresh bread fresh from the oven with butter drizzled on top.  I did not want to swear off bread forever and this is when I started to look into Medifast.  Sure I do not eat bread right now while on Medifast, but that means nothing in the totality of the rest of my life. 

I love to drink soda and with weight loss surgery I could NEVER enjoy a guilt free pop again!  As I looked even more into weight loss surgery options I started to see some serious reasons why I did not think I would be a happy weight loss surgical patient.  I started to lean more and more way from surgery and more and more towards learning about Medifast as the best option available for me today.

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I further learned that if I had weight loss surgery I would never be able to drink out of a straw again!  WOW!  A simple thing like drinking from a straw is a no-no for someone that has had bariatric surgery!  This may seem like a little thing in the total scheme of life, but once I realized that straws would be taboo I started to want to learn even more about the ramifications of the surgical option.  Soon I also discovered that many people become alcoholics because of the way booze gets dumped right into the bloodstream.  I do not drink much, but I do not want to ever not be able to drink at a wedding or a night out. 

As time went on I started to get turned off about the end results of weight loss surgery.  I saw all of the people I know that had the operation only to lose a ton of weight, and then gain it all back again.  I can think of three people that I know at work that had the procedure done and in less than four years they not only lost the weight, but also gained much of it back again.

As I stood there listening to this ignorant co-worker I smiled inside knowing the fact that my choice to use Medifast was the best decision I could have made for myself.  I have lost almost 30 pounds in as many days and yes…maybe I can gain it all back again… but that is not what I am worried about at this moment.  The reason I do not worry about gaining the weight back is because I have learned to deal with the issue of obesity all by myself.  I have realized in just 30 days that in order for a person to be truly able to lose weight, and keep it off, they have to deal with the fact of what made them overweight in the first place.

Medifast has taught me that my food issue is with my inability to control my portion sizes combined with my snacking at night, while watching television.  Since I have been able to lose the weight I intend to keep dealing with those issues because I never intend to let those lost pounds creep back into my life.

As I walked away from my snickering co-worker I felt very confident in my choice of Medifast over weight loss surgery.  I say this because I know that no matter how I lose the weight, I will always be able to gain it all back again.  I know that whether I had bariatric surgery, lap band surgery or any other weight loss surgery that the chance to gain the weight is always right there in front of my emotional being.  I know now that even if the insurance company would have footed the bill, I would still run the risk of gaining all my weight back again.  Can I still gain it back with Medifast??? Sure I can, but the big difference is that if I do can it back again it will be from eating bread, drinking out of straws and drinking Pepsi, which is a big no-no for a weight loss surgical patient.

As I sit here almost 30 pounds lighter from Medifast I know that for me Medifast was the better choice  when compared to surgery.  If you are contemplating surgery I implore you to think twice and at least look at Medifast as a much safer alternative.  I say this because it has worked so well for my wife and I.  I also say this because it is soooo much less expensive than going into the hospital and having a surgeon cut you open and remove portions of your body, never to be able to be replaced.  I say this because the decision to have bariatric surgery is one that if you make it, it can NEVER be reversed.  Medifast works and works well and you really need to check it out before you commit to another life of after weight loss surgery care.

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My name is Keith and my wife is named Sue and we have been using Medifast for one month now and the experience has been amazing! You can see in the Medifast before and after photographs above, which are not even before and after photographs because they are really before and during photographs.  We live near Pensacola, Florida and looking at the two stories above I cannot describe in words how fantastic the feeling is to finally be able to lose weight.  Look at the facial expressions in each of the photos above and that is where this entire story really can be told.  The story I speak of is beyond Medifast..it is about the life Medifast has helped us regain.

The photo on the left was taken and I can remember the fact that neither of us wanted our photo to be taken because we were ashamed of the way our bodies looked.  I see in the left photo how tight my watch was and my belly sticking out, despite the fact I was sucking it in!  I see the look of unhappiness on Sue’s face and overall the entire photograph was filled with sadness because at that singular moment of time both of us were dealing with the simple fact that we were overweight and out of shape.  The photograph on the left was before Medifast and before we were able to take control of our lives and the food we ate.

The photo on the right was taken just last week and it was never intended to be an “after” picture.  We just had the day off and went down to the boats docks and dreamed about one day owning our own, to travel off to places waiting for our arrival.  The photo was taken by myself using my phone and the thing I have noticed in the picture is the look in our faces.  What I hope that you can see is that the spirit existing inside of the bodies has become uplifted and overall happier.  Sue no longer feels completely ashamed to to have a photo taken and I feel like a man once again in control of his destiny.  The changes that have taken place in our bodies are much more impressive to us than the weight that has dropped off of our bodies because of Medifast.

Looking at the two photographs above I can see a line of departure in our lives that is, and was, directly related to the fact that we chose to use Medifast.  We have tried many things over the years and have had limited and short lived success.  We have only been using Medifast for one month and yet we know that we have chartered the course towards our new and exciting life.  We both have more energy and stamina to just be able to get through the daily journey of life.

As you look at the Medifast before and after photographs above you just see two strangers in the sea of humanity, yet those strangers are Keith and Sue and we are no different than you!  The changes we have been able to cement into our lives have created a foundation that Sue and I have used to make our relationship such as it has never been before.  For us life has taken a turn for the better and we will never go back to the shallow and dreary reality of the daily existence of being morbidly obese.  Medifast was just the start because the things that have changed in our lives goes well beyond simple weight loss.  Although Medifast was able to  start the chain reaction, it was only the starting point to a whole new life.

• No medications! 
• No more threat of becoming diabetic!
• Increased ability to be more active!
• Overall more energy to exist!

I could go on and on but I will stop here!  Take a close look at the faces above and I hope you too will be able to sense the vibrations that were present in the faces of those strangers.  If you know anything about “vibrational energy” you may be able to understand what those two photographs really mean.  Medifast has changed our lives, reinvigorated our existence and made us both realize that life is not just worth living…it is great to be alive!

I will be glad to respond to anyone that would like to discuss this via email:

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Today marks 30 days on the Medifast Meal Plan and my wife and I had to go to the goodwill store to buy some clothing.  The clothing we wear has become too large for us and we needed to get some that fit.  Since I lost 26.2 pounds in the last 30 days my wardrobe has become oversized to say the least.  I have gone from a size 48 to a size 36, but the 36 may be a tad too tight right now, either way, the clothing was greatly needed.  My wife has gone from a size 22 to 24 to a current size of 16-18, which means she also needed some clothing.  The point I hope to make here is that if you are losing weight as fast as we have been, using Medifast, you should really look into shopping at a goodwill, or a second hand thrift store.

When we went in the second hand store today I dropped off some Triple XXX shirts that used to hide my belly and I also dropped off some pants.  I am getting rid of them because it becomes way to easy to gain weight back and then just slip back into wearing the old stuff.  We are just getting rid of all the stuff we have in the closet that is now way too large for us too wear.  My wife and I refer to this as renting our clothing because we are losing weight so fast that it does not make sense to pay full retail for clothing.  We are changing out our clothing every two weeks or so now.

So! Here I sit after another day on Medifast and when I awoke this morning and looked at myself in the mirror I was shocked to see that I was so much skinnier looking.  I must admit that when I saw myself in the mirror at that early hour, I must admit that I was a bit taken back.  I now see the thin person emerging from within that has been gone for so long.

Losing weight with Medifast has been the best weight loss decision my wife and I have ever made!

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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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The purpose of this article on a Medifast iPhone app and a Medifast Blackberry app is to sadly say that there is really no such thing in existence today.  It is interesting to note that an organization as efficient and successful as Medifast has not taken the time to develop an app for the people that are living the Medifast way of life.

A Medifast app for the iPhone would be nice to have so we really do not know why there is not some sort of FREE app that can be downloaded.  I have an iPhone and I have searched the web and each time I come up with nothing.  The frustrating part of it all is that all of the sites that I visited proclaimed they had an app for either the iPhone or the Blackberry and then when you click onto their site, you get a screenful of junk that you were not looking for at all.

This article was written to help clean up some of the clutter on the web concerning Medifast and to make your life easier by telling you that at the time this article was written there was no such thing as an app for either the Blackberry or the iPhone.  So, if you were looking for one….sorry, but there isn’t any.

I hope I saved you some time and since you are here and there is no app…. have a great day and thanks for checking in!

P.S. Why doesn’t medifast have an app for the iPhone or the Blackberry?  Hhmmmm?

It is hard to believe that I have been using Medifast for 19 days, as of today. In this update to the Medifast Blog I have been working on I have to tell you that Medifast has become an adventure that has taken me down a path I never thought I could follow.  As you can see from my FitDay chart above the weight loss was huge for the first week and then leveled off to about 3/4 to 1 pound a day.  I must admit that when the program first started I was afraid that I would be hungry all of the time.  The result of the program, thus far, is thatbeing hungry every day on the program couldn’t be anything further from the truth.  It has gotten to the point in less than three weeks that I need to remind myself to eat. (LWTD = Lowest Weight To Date)

The first few days on Medifast I looked at the tiny portion sizes and thought to myself that the reason people lose weight on Medifast is because the are starving to death.  I used to watch the clock and think I was hungry, while I waited for the clock to allow me to eat.  I would eagerly await each “meal” and then think the “meal” was so small that I would never be content on Medifast.  I remember my wife and I sitting in the living room after work waiting for the clock to go tick-tock enough times so we could eat our Lean and Green Meal.  That was then, but now in just 19 short days my entire relationship with food has changed. It has become so that if I did not set my timer on my iPhone, I would forget to eat at the prescribed time, which is almost as bad as not eating at all.  It makes me wonder why such a fine organization like Medifast has not developed some sort of iPhone or Blackberry app.

What I have learned in just a short time is that I was not only eating the wrong food choices, I was eating way too much.  In fact as I look back on my previous choices my mind always wanders back to eating at Subway sandwich shops.  I used to think that I was doing really well in my choices and got frustrated why weight loss had to be so dang slow.   I used to ALWAYS eat a 12″ chicken sandwich and baked chips with water all the while thinking I was doing great by only eating 900 calories for lunch.  Looking back on it through the prism of eating Medifast it is realized that I just did not know what I was doing.  The reason I say this is because with ALLof the Medifast meals, with the Lean and Green Meal, I always eat less than 1,000 calories each and every day, while never being hungry!

I know that I can’t exist on the low calories from Medifast for the rest of my life and I know there is always the risk of gaining all of my weight back, but that is not going to be what happens to me.  The reason I say this is because my body and my mind are currently in the phase of existence where losing weight is the priority.  Right now the goal is to have a calorie deficit each and every day so that one day in the near future I will have a body that is 190 pounds.  Once I reach that goal I will still follow the overall path of Medifast because I really think the learning curve has been too big to just ignore.  There is no way that I can go back to burgers and fries and pizza and other daily food choices, that were overall completely horrible.

I am not saying that I will never have a burger again because that would be foolish.  I love pizza too much to forsake it forever but right here and right now I am in the mode to shed the sum total of all my past choices that have piled up in the form of my being morbidly obese.  What I am saying is that when the day comes and it is time for me to resume a more normal way of eating I know that I just can’t go back.  I know that being thin has been a dream of mine for years and to just go back to being fat is one choice that I will never choose.  I have learned that being thin is a choice that is made one mouthful at a time.

What Medifast has done for me is that it has opened my eyes to understand that the combination of nutrients is so much more important than just the number of calories that are eaten, and that combination is what Medifast includes in their meal program. That combination is what keeps a person feel full and that combination is what has helped me finally face my demons that weight loss does not have to be impossible for me.  I have achieved weight loss with Medifast and that weight loss is what will continue into the future, until the day I will only be concerned with weight maintenance.

On day # 19 of using Medifast I must tell you that it does exactly what it says it will do.  Medifast helps a person lose weight, but more importantly it helps a person understand their relationship with food and all of the emotions that are related to having been obese in the first place.  Does Medifast work?  A simple “Yes” would answer the question, but the reality of losing weight with Medifast can only be experienced by those that have committed themselves to making it happen.

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I have been writing about my BodyBugg for well over one year now and I find the entire process of writing very frustrating because of all the Internet clutter that is on the web these days.  My wife and I have been wearing our BodyBugg each and everyday and we have both lost significant weight.  I have right at 69 pounds and my wife has lost a tad bit more than 40 pounds.  Yet here we are in our thinner bodies and still the world ignores the success of this great weight loss tool that is available for the masses.  In an attempt to help empower people we have created an entire section here on our site dedicated to nothing but our BodyBugg  journey.  In effect I think we have created a BodyBugg blog because you will not find another site on the web that has a more extensive library of feelings on the subject.

Since we have had this BodyBugg blog sort of take shape out of nothing more than a product review we have grown to appreciate what BodyBugg can and will do for a person that hopes to lose weight.  Now that I am almost 70 pounds thinner than I was a year ago I feel like a new person.  I look in the mirror and I see a thinner face and I look at my stomach and it is no longer the round lump that frustrates me.  At the expense of being crude I must say that I can once again look down over my chest and see my penis directly for the first time.  Being able to do that not only is amazing to me, it is refreshing.  It had been so long hidden by my pot-belly that I feel as if I now have a new and healthy lease on my life.  I see all of these changes in my life through my health and my energy level and motivation and also my physical abilities…that I quite possibly think that not only did BodyBugg wake me up, but it actually may have saved my life.

What I want to say to whomever may be reading these words that BodyBugg is the real deal. BodyBugg is not some flash in the pan nonsense that is like all of the other scams that are available on the web.  The part that frustrates me is that there are so many people and companies selling crap to the all too eager people looking for a quick fix.  I currently spend way too much time writing on this blog because I have always had a passion and a love for writing.  The problem with the web today is that there are many things that a person could spend their money on that are simply crap.  The are weight loss scam products all over the web that create so much “static” that truly effective products like BodyBugg get lost  in the clutter.  So as I try to write to help convince people just like you as to the BodyBugg effectiveness…you intelligently only look at it with a discerning and overly critical glance.

I could write about anything on the web and yet I have written hundreds of articles on how BodyBugg has been a portion of our life.  I chose BodyBugg because it is not only effective, it is only one of two products I have discovered that are not only effective, but works and works really, really well.  The downside of me writing about BodyBugg is that you, as the reader must understand that BodyBugg is not some magic bullet that you will wear and lose weight.  In actuality, BodyBugg will not CAUSE you to lose one gram of weight.  BodyBugg is a weight loss tool that you can use, but unless you are willing to use the information that it provides, you will see no results whatsoever.

BodyBugg is simply a tool that a person can wear that provides information to the wearer.  What the wearer does with that information is what matters.  If you wear your BodyBugg and do not make any changes in your life, you will remain fat.  Yes…I said it..I used the “F” word!  If you do not make changes in your life you will never be able to break the chain in your life and lose the weight that is silently overtaking every portion of your life.  If you are like I was one year ago being fat is an issue that has been spreading into my closet, my bedroom, my workplace and deeply into the thoughts that weighed me down for so long.  What I hope to accomplish with this BodyBugg blog is that if you do not make a change, you too will be like some many others and die or have a heart attack.  If you do not make a change you run a really good chance of becoming diabetic and having heart issues and artery issues and taking a boatload of prescriptions everyday.

As you scour the web looking for some miracle weight loss aid that will make the weight just disappear you may die a premature death before that day comes!  The big change that BodyBugg can do for you is make you aware of how much junk you are eating.  You will soon see that in the course of you day your body may only burn 2,000 calories (without exercise) and yet you go eat lunch a a fast food place and in one meal eat 1,900 calories on a burger, large fries and a soda, with a refill.  Doubt me?  Click on the link and see for yourself on the official McDonald’s website:

McDonald’s USA Nutrition Facts for Popular Menu Items

If you checked out the link you should be shocked at what you saw.  Not only are you slowly eating yourself into an early grave, you are teaching your children the same thing which is creating and endless cycle of obesity.  The only thing that woke me up is the fact that I was wearing my BodyBugg and by using it as directed I had to concentrate on what I was eating everyday.  By wearing my BodyBugg I was awakened to all of the crap I had been putting into my body day in and day out.  That is what BodyBugg did for me and if you do not wake up….your daily routine will not only cause you to grow sickly, you are passing it on to all those around you.

I am not some nut job conservationist or vegetarian or anything like that.  I am just some guy that works in retail where I am not appreciated for all the work that I do.  I am just some guy that struggles each and every day with my finances and my weight.  I have children that need guidance and a wife that loves me and I have been awoken to the reality of life and how what I eat and how I exercise has such a great impact on my life.  What this “guy” is trying to tell you on my self proclaimed BodyBugg blog that if you do not MAKE A CHANGE in your life, your life may change for the worse long before you are ready.  The sad part is that when a heart attack or type II diabetes comes along it will be “ready or not” and it will be too late.

BodyBugg works for those that are ready to work at making a change in their life.  BodyBugg will make you aware of the damage you are doing to the only body you have and because of my BodyBugg I have been able to rehabilitate myself.  BodyBugg did not do it for me, but it did allow me to see the information and direction that I needed.  BodyBugg helped me to focus on what was important and that I have learned is all about calories in, calories out and more importantly…the realization of the what I was doing to myself.

If you are like I was and want something to change in your life and have realized that in order for that change to occur, you have to make it happen then I have fulfilled the purpose of my BodyBugg blog.  If you have read this entire article to this point then I implore you to check out BodyBugg for yourself.  Get up and make the change you know needs to happen.  Are you going to wait for yet another season of The Biggest Loser to come and go just sitting on the couch?  Whatever you decide to do I just hope that you realize that it will take some time to make the total weight loss thing happen and I just hope you realize that now is just as good as any to get started!

Good Luck and God Bless!!

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If you are wondering what to expect when starting Medifast let me be the first to tell you all of the joys and all of the heartaches that you can expect.  First off we need to sort of discuss your personal situation and since I do not know you, that makes it somewhat difficult to be accurate.  The point I am trying to make is that the situation for everyone that starts Medifast will be different.  Some people will be single and live alone while others may be married and yet still doing it all by them self.  You need to consider the dynamics of the situation that is relevant only to your life at this moment in time.  Below I have listed what I have learned about what to expect when starting Medifast.

Married and doing Medifast together is the situation that I live in at this very moment in time.  My wife and I were both overweight and we tried many weight loss ideas before coming upon Medifast.  The dynamic that we have is that we live alone and all of our children are grown up, which makes living the Medifast life fairly easy and very convenient.  When we are at home together we simply wander into the kitchen and spend the five minutes or so getting one of our meals ready to eat.  Since we are both on Medifast it is very easy to stay on plan, even when we go out to eat.  What we have learned is that we are really saving quite alot of money on groceries and eating out.  Overall the plan is very easy to follow and in the long run it is proving to be more cost effective than eating like we used to eat.

I see that there could be difficulties in a relationship if only one partner were to be doing the plan because with Medifast you are either on the plan or you are not on the plan.  If your spouse or partner were to NOT be doing Medifast at the same time I can see it causing stress in the relationship.  Eating out would be more difficult and the schedule of meals at home would be dramatically altered since a Medifast user eat six times a day.  Also it might be difficult for one lone individual to resist the daily temptations in life that end up in a home that has little to no concern for preventing obesity and eating nutritiously. 

What anyone can expect from starting Medifast is to lose weight and for it to happen fairly quickly.  The first two weeks will be the fastest and then your body will settle into a slower pace.  I lost about 18 pounds in the first two weeks, while my wife lost about 8.  Currently I lose about 3/4 of a pound each and everyday.  I know this is accurate because of the validation my BodyBugg provides for me.  The math of the calories is quite simple.  I eat about 900 calories a day and I burn about 3,500.  If you do the math it works out, on the scale, that I am losing 3/4 of a pound daily.  

One thing that I never expected to believe is that I can go each and everyday of my life eating less than 1,000 calories and yet still never be hungry.  For the first few days on the plan I thought the portion sizes were tiny and I would be hungry all of the time.  I soon found out that I was not going to starve and today I never get hungry at all.  I eat my six meals daily like clockwork and I no longer rummage through the kitchen looking for snacks to eat.  The interesting thing that befuddles me is that I am eating less and I am much more satisfied with the food I eat.

One thing I do know is that if I am out and I smell a cheeseburger or a slice of pizza…I long to have some.  I love the foods that made me fat but the difference now is that this is the time I have chosen to become thin.  I have set aside this time for the sole purpose to lower my weight, my cholesterol and end the family tradition of contracting type II diabetes.  Despite the longing I have for what my nose sometimes smells, I am centered in the desire to make this weight loss attempt the one that succeeds.  I am not saying that I will never have a burger or pizza again, I am just saying that I have lost 67 pounds along the way and I never want to return to the old me.

Another thing my wife and I have learned is that we shop for our clothing in thrift stores.  Since I have lost 10 inches from my waist I have needed new clothing.  I do not have the money to revamp my wardrobe and I now sort of  just rent the clothing I need.  I use the word rent because I know that in just a few weeks I will be donating them back as I search for an even smaller size. We have also been getting rid of all our old clothing entirely so it will not be easy to just start gaining weight again when this Medifast ride chops off all 97 pounds that need to go away.

Trying to be specific in my explaining what to expect when starting Medifast, I want you to know that the most important thing you will need to make this Medifast journey a success is determination and motivation for the long haul.  If you are currently trying to improve your life by losing weight then do not let anybody tell you different.  If there is a loved one telling you not to do it I would question their love or at least their motivation for saying so.  If you are over weight and and the person in your relationship is not encouraging and helping you there is a deeper issue than weight loss.  Anyone that loves you…I mean really loves and cherishes you will be there for you as you attempt to become healthier.  If someone is trying to stop you and they themselves are overweight they may try to discourage you simply because they are not ready to make the change them self.  If you are ready to make the change then go for it and don’t wait for someone that may die while they are getting ready to start.

The most important thing a person can expect when starting Medifast is that there will be changes and adjustments that you will experience.  You may get constipated but that too will pass. (Pun intended)  When you start Medifast you will think you will starve and yes, you may be tired for 2 or 3 days, but that is simply your body adjusting to the fact that you are not living on empty carbs and harmful fat.  What you can expect is that after just a few days you will feel great and ready to go.  If you follow the plan you can expect to see a thinner and happier person staring back at you in the mirror.

The single most important thing you can expect when starting Medifast is that you will lose weight.

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BodyBugg Weight Loss really is nothing new because the whole science behind it is really common sense.  BodyBugg merely shows the wearer the results of the calories they have eaten also the calories they have burned.  When we use the word BodyBugg we are really speaking of a system that has two parts.  The first partis the unit that is worn on the arm, as you may have seen on The Biggest Loser.  The second part of the system is the website that the user logs onto, which is where all of the data is pulled together to allow a person to use the information.  Without the combination of the two there would be no BodyBugg weight loss.

In the strictest sense BodyBugg really does nothing to help a person lose weight.  It does not make the weight fall off.  BodyBugg does not stop a person from eating too much and it sure as heck will not help you make healthier food choices.  What you need to realize about BodyBugg is that although it is one of the best weight loss tools available today, it will never BE THE REASON for you to even lose one pound.  BodyBugg weight loss is all about awareness and that is something that you will either have or develop.  Without being able to make some necessary changes in your life, you will not lose weight with or without BodyBugg.

If you are looking to lose weight and you are like millions of others then you you may be looking for something that is quick and easy.  BodyBugg may be easy but the weight loss will not be quick.  What BodyBugg is all about is the fact that if you want to lose weight then you are going to have to make some hard decisions and that is where the BodyBugg website comes into play.  Unless you have the wireless digital display, you will only see the vital information your body generates by accessing the BodyBugg website.  Once you are set up and looking at all of the information BodyBugg provides…you will be faced with choices.  Those choices are what BodyBugg and ANY successful weight loss program is all about.

The cool thing about BodyBugg is that it works!  Does that mean you will lose weight?  HECK NO!! The only way you will be able to lose weight is if you are burning more calories than you are eating.  BodyBugg, combined with the website will allow you to track not only what you are eating, but how many calories you are burning.  The simplicity of BodyBugg is that if you eat less calories than you burn, you lose weight.  Eating less calories than you burn is what will cause you to lose weight… and not BodyBugg.

The problem with trying to lose weight without and accurate count of calories burned can get difficult, to say the least.  How many calories did you burn on that walk yesterday?  How many steps did you take this morning?  How many calories did all those steps help you to burn?  If you were wearing BodyBugg…you would know.  I am sitting here right now looking at my BodyBugg and I know that I burned 3,496 calories from midnight to this moment in time.  I also know that it is late and the day is done and I ate 987 calories today using Medifast.  With the EXACT knowledge of how much I have eaten I can tell you the results of my weight loss attempts for today.

3,496 (calories burned) – 987 (calories eaten) = a calorie deficit of 2,509.  For the sake of ease I can safely state that I burned 2,500 calories today which is almost 3/4 of a pound.  Since we all know that to burn one pound of fat, you need to burn 3,500 more calories than eaten.  I can look at my BodyBugg and know that I lost weight today.  I know that the afternoon 1.25 mile jog contributed right under 400 calories burned.  I know I took 12,105 steps which is right at 6 miles.  I know that my body was active for 1 hour and 28 minutes.  I KNOW I lost weight today.

The flip side to all of this is that if I did not know how many calories I burned I would have no way of knowing whether or not my food choices were good enough to lose weight.  The flip side of the equation is that if I had burned 3,496 calories but ate 4,228 calories…I would have gained weight.  Do you know how many calories you ate today….at lunch?  If you were using BodyBugg weight loss techniques, you would know!

What you need to realize is that it is not the BodyBugg that will make you lose weight.  For you to lose weight you will need to pay attention to the information that BodyBugg provides.  That information is what you will need to make better choices with your food and your exercise time.  With BodyBugg you will no longer have to guess what you are doing because it provides all the information a person needs to make better and correct decisions that directly affect your weight loss attempts.

BodyBugg weight loss is all about empowering the individual through the knowledge they will receive from the information feedback BodyBugg provides.  BodyBugg weight loss can be part of your life, but it will only become available if you put in the effort to make good food and exercise choices.  BodyBugg weight loss will only be a reality if you make it happen.

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When we started to review Medifast we knew that we would get right into as many aspects of the Medifast Meal Plan as possible.  One thingwe did not even think about at the outset of this extensive personal review was the correlation of Medifast and bowel movements.  Looking back on the start of Medifast just a few short weeks ago it is hard to believe that the thought of how Medifast would change overall bowel movements in such a drastic way.  Many would shy away from this type of essay but we choose to discuss it because how food exits the body is about as important as how it enters.

First off you need to realize I, nor my wife are doctors and the material you are reading here is just from personal experience and nothing more.  The descriptions below may be more than some may want to read, but for others the information of how our ”poop” has been affected by Medifast will be very important.  If you can get distressed from reading about going to the bathroom, it is suggested you just skip this article.

The issue my wife has had with Medifast was the fact that for the first few days she was constipated.  For a day or two she had some minor cramps and pains and repeatedly said that she felt the urge to go to the bathroom, but could not complete the act.  Other things that were noticeable right from the start of using Medifast was the amount of stools being relieved from the body.  Also, another placid fact about it all is that the stools no longer really spent too much time floating in the toilet.  We believe that this is because the fat content of our new eating plan had been reduced greatly.  Without all of the fat in the diet, the poop, or the stools just sink right to the bottom.

One other observation is that the amount of stool output has been greatly reduced.  No longer are there any large bowel movements and this is simply because the amount of food consumed has been greatly reduced.  Since the quantity of food entering your body has been sharply reduced it only makes sense that the amount of food exiting your body is also reduced.  No longer are the trips to the restroom going to fill up the toilet.  You will need to get use to seeing just a few small stools unceremoniously sinking to a small pile in the toilet.

The opposite has been true for me as I have not suffered from constipation at all.  The reality is true because I have endured a few rounds of diarrhea but I attribute that to drinking too much water at meal time.  I know it is the water because I drink flavored water and the color of the bowel movement is the same color as the drink.  The diarrhea has not been that often, but it has occurred a few times.

The one thing that has been common with both of us is that we have learned to just not pass gas when there is an urge for a bowel movement.  The reason for this is because often there is something other than gas waiting to come out and that should be avoided at all costs.  Also it has been discovered that sometimes when a bowel movement does occur there is liquid waiting right behind the stool waiting its turn in line.  The key word is to have sort of a cautious approach to bowel movements when you start Medifast.

Another thing that really needs to be stressed is that if you are serious about losing weight then you need to be aware that you are about to change your eating habits tremendously.  What you will soon discover is that when using Medifast your body will need time to adjust.   All of the issues discussed above were not painful or an inconvenience in any way, shape or form.  We have no embarrassing stories to share because there really are none to be told.  If you ever dealt with a popular weight loss pill called ALLI you may have had a story or two of your own to tell, and that is not the issue with Medifast. 

Overall the big thing about how Medifast has affected our bowel movements was the fact that they were smaller, did not float and smelled really, really bad for the first three or so days of being able to have a bowel movement.  We feel this is because the new meal plan allows your system to sort of detoxify itself.  I used to have a bowel movement after each and every meal.  My wife used to make fun of me because I was so regular, but now the trip to the toilet, for a bowel movement, has been changed to once a day, which is after the Lean and Green Meal.

If you are starting Medifast soon there is really nothing to get in advance to help with bowel movements.  If you are reading this because you are on Medifast we will take some information from a Medifast web-page and show you what we have learned.  Below we have listed some of the top tips to help a person not have any problems with bowel movements while on Medifast.

• Drink at least 64 ounces of water everyday and try to spread out the consumption throughout the course of the day.
• Avoid alcohol and limit caffeine intake to <300 mg/day.
• When you choose your vegetables for the Lean and Green Meal choose from the high fiber vegetables available.  Spinach. Broccoli. Greens. Okra. Cauliflower.
• Slowly increase your exercise time to at least 20 minutes a day.
• Set aside some peaceful time for the bathroom, where you will be undisturbed.
• Do not ignore the urge to use the bathroom. Never be too busy to go when the need arises. If you have to go, do not put it off.
• Add some whole or ground flax-seed to your meals. (1 teaspoon counts as 1 condiment option on the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan), fiber capsules, sugar-free Metamucil®, or Benefiber®. Be sure to increase your fluids when adding these items.

In closing we want you to know that bowel movements and Medifast really should be discusses because of how closely related the subject really can be.  As far as we are concerned there is nothing to fear with how Medifast will impact on your bowel movements.  We had no issues other than mild constipation and mild diarrhea, which passed within the first few days of using Medifast.  We also want to tell you that the impact Medifast has been on our life has been tremendous.  The weight keeps falling off and it is the easiest thing we have ever done in our long history of weight loss.