The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Shana]

I feel like I'm eating WAY too much!!!!
I made Tilapia & spinach today, and when weighing the tilapia to make sure I got all 7oz, I realized it was a little over 3 whole filets!!! Granted, they're not huge filets, but still! And the spinach was an entire box of frozen spinach which is still slightly under the 1.5 cups... It was such a massive amount of food that I was stuffed by the time it was half gone - I kept eating because we're supposed to eat it, but... It just seems to me that I got fat in part because I kept eating even after I was full. When I finish my Medifast journey, I don't want to find myself regaining the weight because I'm still used to eating until it's gone and ignoring the cues my body gives me regarding hunger & when to stop.
So, I guess my question is this:
Can we break the Lean & Green up into 2 meals - still having all 5 Medifast Suppliments, just not eating the entire, massive L&G all at the same time?
Thanks,
Shana

[falisamarie]

There are some that do that but it is not recommended. One thing you could try is to have something not quite as feeling in the meal before your L&G or maybe go the whole 3 hours and maybe 1/2 hr longer between those two meals but never go over 4 hours.

Hope this helps

Lisa

[Pashta]

Shana don't worry! Depending on what you choose to make the meal can be large or it can be small or somewhere in-between.

Next L&G you can make a 5 oz piece of lean pork or steak and have some broccoli with it, it isn't that much. I bet after a little while on the program you won't think it's too much anymore.

[ChattieCathy57]

Hi Shana!

I felt the same way during my first week on a few of my L&G meals, but I figured, "Hey! Cool!". Granted even with MY food issues, I felt way full before I finished my meal ~ but for me to actually feel FULL (and not stuffed to sickness) was a blessing in itself.

As falisamarie said, maybe you should wait the entire time between supplements (your afternoon snack and after dinner one) when you know you are having something that measures larger than other meal choices.

We had chicken the other night and when measured and on my plate, it looked like such a massive amount of chicken .... then I thought, "not really!"; After all, I would normally have two slices and then go back for more ... only this time it was the only "food meal" I had all day ~ and it was minus the mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing!

...and hey! did ya ever think you'd see the day that you actually were concerned with having TOO MUCH food on your plate AND still be loosing weight at the same time!

Cathy

[Shana]

Thanks for the replies ladies!
I am eating the whole thing now - I think I'm just going to keep bumping it up until it's earlier in the day to see how that works - who knows, it might wind up being my 2nd meal of the day (I work from home, so it's not a big deal), because after I'm not hungry enough to want my next few medifast meals lol

The funny thing is that like Cathy I probably would have eaten about the same amount before I started - not being hungry for all of it, but eating because it tasted so good...