DogMa wrote:Joy, I really admire you for giving up the scale. I can't do it!! Won't even try.
And I'm so glad to see your goal weight and hear you were too skinny when you went much lower. I'm 5-foot-2 also, and I keep thinking maybe 125 is too HIGH. But I think I'm sticking with it for now.
I'm a veteran of the Medifast Wars going back to 1998 (I've kept detailed records). This first skirmish didn't last beyond 14 weeks because the Dr. didn't understand the plan.....he was my ONLY source of information since buying MF was only obtained through a prescription at his office.
2nd time, 2000-2001: Lost 80 lbs. in 8 months doing the Full Fast with the occasional Modified Plan (that's what they were called at that time). Didn't cheat once. No Transition plan was offered, and the Dr. cut me loose at goal weight. I finally was able to start buying products from the official MF site at that time. Gained it all back, tho I fought it.
3rd time, 2003: Found TSFL, lost 63 1/2 pounds in five months doing the full fast.....no cheats. Stopped 10 lbs. from goal because my hair was falling out and it freaked me out. Didn't do transition. Gained it back in spite of restart after restart after restart. I couldn't seem to find the ZONE.
2006: Weary from 3 YEARS of restarts, but still determined that MF was my best course of action, I worked HARD on my mindset and things finally clicked for me on March 31st. Lost about 30+ pounds (taking a break from the scale for now), with about 50 to go.
I know some of you may be sick of hearing my story, and I don't like airing my past "failures" to keep the weight off.....but I do it so that it's a solemn reminder that you can and will gain the weight BACK if you don't make the permanent lifetime changes needed. I stuck with MF because I knew I'd finally found the answer to my question: "What Diet?" the Honeymoon period with the newness of MF was OVER LONG AGO. So it's hard, but I work at maintaining my determination and enthusiasm any way I can. Medifast works. It's the best diet for me. And I'm not giving up EVER. I'm not a failure, my success has just been a "2000-step process".
Longterm things that work for me now:
K.I.S.S. Rule--"keep it simple, stupid." Get in a routine of eating on time, and I do best when I just have simple RTD's, or shake up a Chocolate 70, Cocoa, and a bar every other day or oatmeal every other day. I just eat my tried-and-true favorites and don't bother with recipes very much. Creating the HABIT of everyday routine is IMPORTANT.
Keep a simple Food Log. Write down every bite that goes in my mouth and make a checkmark for every 8 oz. water.
Plan and Re-commit every morning. Evaluate how I did every night. Put stickers on calendar to represent each area accomplished. (i.e. Complete or 5 & 1, exercise done, was it a gain, maintenance, or weight loss day?, etc).
Joy
jump4joy wrote:This was something I posted in the Weight Room, but I wanted to put it in my journal because it evoked such powerful emotions in me while I wrote it. I don't think that anyone reads my journal entries, so I want this here for me. I really admire many people in this forum, but for some reason, I still don't have a sense of "belonging" here. It's probably just my imagination. I always feel like the "odd man out". I've wondered if it is that I'm an unpleasant reminder that weight regain is not only possible, but VERY PROBABLE if one doesn't learn the lessons from past mistakes, and make the permanent lifetime sacrifices needed to live the rest of your life THIN.
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