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[LongWay2go]

As I sit here on a Friday night thinking about BMF (before MediFast for the lurkers and newbies) I am trying to remember why it is that it took me so long to start. So I've decided to post my top 10 reasons for NOT starting MF, in hopes that it will motivate someone to stop "thinking about it" and get with the program.

Let me start by prequalifying my comments with this. I'm just about to finish up week 3 on the "full fast" and may very well top 30 pounds lost at weigh-in this Sunday! I'll be close if I don't quite make it.

So here are the limp excuses I used to NOT get started:

1. It's too expensive. - Think about this one, because we've all used it. I well remember a luncheon where I discussed this with a friend. I remember saying that I can't afford $2 a shake. In my case, that's $12 per day (don't try this at home folks, remember I was darned near 500 pounds when I started!) I remember this day well, because lunch cost me $35 that day. I ate lunch out almost every day back then. Think about it! I was also spending around $100 a week on groceries. My weekly food budget was about $250, but I "couldn't afford" MF. Now I spend less than $90 a week on shakes and "food" combined.

2. I don't have time to diet. - I guess I had time to shove $40 worth of food in my mouth every day though.

3. It's too inconvenient. I can't be carrying around powdered shakes all day. - Isn't that why they make RTD's?

4. There is NO WAY I can NOT eat food. - Guess I've proved that wrong - 21 days in a row now!

5. It is embarrassing for people to know you are on a diet. - I guess it wasn't embarrassing to weigh 500 pounds and be in a wheelchair.

6. I might as well face it, I'm fat and been that way my whole life. I can't change that. Nature made me that way! - No, nature made me an independant human being with a mind of my own. I CHOSE to eat like a pig.

7. It's too late now. I'm almost 45. Everyone knows you can't lose weight this late in life. - Guess I've proven that one wrong too!

8. Hey, I don't look THAT bad! - Not until I get in front of those floor to ceiling mirrored-glass walls in the mall, anyway!

9. I'll never get the support I need. - WRONG! I've had nothing BUT support; even from perfect strangers!

10. Nobody cares about me anyway. Why bother? - Man, was I wrong about that! Not only has the outpouring of support from family and friends been unbelieveably overwhelming, I also have the incredible 24 hours a day support from the wonderful people on this board. Through the cheers and jeers, you've all been there for me every step of the way, and for that, all I can say is...

THANK YOU!!!

- Gerald

[hawaiiwhatnot]

Takes a lickin and keeps on tickin Gerald!

I'm proud to say the minute I saw the Medifast TV commercial, I jumped on the internet, researched it, and ordered it.

What I'm not proud to say is that once I got it, I waited 7 or 8 days to start the diet so I could start on the first of June. This was not the real reason I waited until June lst to start the diet though. It was so I could EAT all the things I would be craving during several months of dieting. Over the next 7 or 8 days before the first of June, I ate
KFC, Tony Roma's ribs, Pizza Hut pizza, Taco Bell, a whole bag of those Hershey's caramel filled kisses, 4 Twix bars, and a huge strawberry-banana shave ice.

I'm not proud I ate all those things, but you know what? I'm GLAD I did, because it doesn't bother me now in the least when their commie coercive commercials come on tv!

Hope THAT urge is OUT of my system for good.

Junk-free for 88 days,
Camille

[Nancy]

Great Post, Gerald and Camille!

Yeah, how can folks afford NOT to use Medifast?

I can hardly wait to see your Sunday Morning weekly weigh-in report!

When ya do the right thing, ya get rewarded Big Time!
Isn't it wonderful being a BIG LOSER??

[Guest]

Hey LW2G,

I first heard of Medifast way before I gained my last 50 pounds or so. At that time I was struggling to gain control, but I felt that Medifast was too expensive. Eventually, in my desperation, I was going to start Jenny Craig which is about $100 a week! That didn't sit well with me at all, and in my fog, something told me to look up Medifast again. Medifast was not only cheaper than Jenny Craig, but I felt that it would work faster than JC and get me out of the mess I found myself in quicker. Not only that, but Medifast was a lot simpler--drink shakes. Period. LOL

I encourage anyone lurking or sitting on the fence to go for it! Waiting around will only get you bigger!

[Guest]

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What I'm not proud to say is that once I got it, I waited 7 or 8 days to start the diet so I could start on the first of June. This was not the real reason I waited until June lst to start the diet though. It was so I could EAT all the things I would be craving during several months of dieting. Over the next 7 or 8 days before the first of June, I ate
KFC, Tony Roma's ribs, Pizza Hut pizza, Taco Bell, a whole bag of those Hershey's caramel filled kisses, 4 Twix bars, and a huge strawberry-banana shave ice.

LOL, I can't even begin to describe all the food I binged on before starting Medifast. Oh well, at least I got it out my system!