The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Raetish3]

ok, I did awesome all day until it came to my "lean and green" meal...

I ate 9 oz of salmon (it tasted so yummy!) instead of 7 and I feel terrible!!! I even cooked noodles for my husband and I never had one bite... But how bad will this affect my process?

For further referance is cheese of any kind allowed ( low-fat ) or no carb??? I drank 70oz's of h2o already too!

Any advice will help....


rae

[ljm498]

I wouldn't sweat the extra 2 ounces of salmon. I doubt it screwed you up at all. Just be careful to weigh everything carefully from here on in. But seriously, I really doubt it through you off track at all. Keep up the great work!

[Hyperion]

Lol, when I saw the thread I was like: "Oh my god she must have pigged out on a chocolate bar or a jumbo chips bag!!"... then I read:

"2 ounces of.. salmon"

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You deserve a scold for making me freak like that

Lol, seriously though, it will surely not affect much considering it's your first day and you're not in ketosis phase. BUT, once you reach ketosis (usually after 4 days), it is important to respect quantities.

When you are tempted, remember: Discipline is the art of choosing between what you want now, and what you want the most.

Keep that in mind and happy shaking!!

[Raetish3]

I didn't mean to scare anyone...I just get nervous myself... and can someone explain the "ketosis thing"


THANKS Rae

[Nancy]

rae ~

At this point in the day I am just not real eager to type up a big hairy description of ketosis. I have written about it so much that the Gentle Readers would think that I could just press a button and do it in my sleep but alas, I cannot. Hunny, PLEASE use the search button up there ^ and type in the word ketosis. Grab a glass of water (ok, a gallon of wa-wa) because you are in for a big read!

Succinctly: ketosis = fat-burning stage.
Rather than using ready sugar energy to burn, the bod seeks the stored energy (our flab) and metabolizes it. Ketosis is when hunger goes buh-bye, your energy level increases and weight loss occurs. It is SAFE. Weight loss will be rapid. This is a very low state of ketosis, unlike what happens in the meat-cheese-meat-cheese DIEt that some people use before their cholesterol went thru the roof and they discovered Medifast.

If you eat all five of your Medifast meals and the next time CAREFULLY measured and weighed L & G, you WILL be in ketosis most likely after three days. Eat NO noodles, no bread, no pasta...all of those carby things that you USED to eat.

Do NOT buy or use a ketone test strip. There is NO need to do so. Save your $$$. The state of ketosis is very mild and for many people, it will not register on a wee-wee strip.

Our program is carefully designed.

Don't mess with it - follow the program exactly as it is written and you will sail through to your optimal weight.

Eating extras like cheese, croutons, a tad bit of potato, more protein, etc will upset the balance of the program and the ability to stay compliant will diminish. There is a fine balance between being in ketosis and being out of ketosis.

As ljm and Hype indicated, your salmon most likely did nothing really serious to your program this first day but in the future, remember that this is like a balance beam. Tip it one way a bit too far and ya fall off. Hunger will go away and so will cravings. Give the program time to work

[Jan]

Hi Rae,
You didn't do toooo bad. Remember the number of oz that we may eat is cooked not raw weight. I had a little trouble determining how much meat to eat so I just weighed it out -- added an oz or so for cooking --put it in freezer bags and froze it. Then when dinner time came-- out came the bag. That's what I ate. Sometimes when something was going to be just toooooo tempting I fixed another thing for my family so I couldn't have more. Now I am pretty good at the portions.
jan

[Lisa Renee]

In the Quick Start book it talks about vegetarian alternatives and one of those is a "cup" of low fat cheese. That seems like a lot of cheese. Anyone have any other info on this?

[DogMa]

Tipping the balance toward more protein won't throw you out of ketosis, though. It'll put you further IN, a la Atkins and the other low-carb plans. It may only be me, and it may be the many, many years of low-carb dieting, but I find that if I eat only the protein called for in the Medifast plan, I stop losing weight and I start craving. I do much, much better with an extra ounce or two of protein every day.

Not that I'm encouraging anyone to mess with the program, but I think you do also need to listen to your body. And mine seems to require plenty of protein.

(And for the record, because I AM our resident Atkins defender, my cholesterol and blood pressure went DOWN on Atkins, not up. And I am pretty typical of most low-carbers. My only reason for switching was that at some point, after many years of going on and off carbs, low-carbing stopped working for me as a diet, mostly because I was so rarely hungry that I didn't eat much and pretty much killed my metabolism. The defense rests. )

[Hyperion]

DogMa,

I'm torn between the blind confidence I have in MediFast and the reality that each body has its own way and needs...

Maybe Nancy will relate to some cases she experienced...

[DogMa]

I think part of the problem is most of us don't know HOW to listen to our bodies anymore. So at the beginning of the program, I'd say it's best to follow it to the letter. But eventually you start learning what works and what doesn't for you.

[Hyperion]

Yep, I can maybe relate to my experience... I'm on full fast and I tried to do 5 replacements a day instead of 6... Didn't work; need 6 because after 1-2 days i'll get tired, a little dizzy, etc...

Oh, and on long days, I need that Fast Soup to help my body...

[Gwenski]

Rae-

A thousand lashes with one of those cooked noodles you made last night!!!!

I am with Hype on the horrors I expected to see. I can completely understand where you were coming from and would have freaked out too!

You have this under control and well, at least you realized you goofed and came to a place to get assistance to really -- WELL DONE!!!

No real worries and keep working it!