Analyzing Diets

As you all know I recently finished The Medifast Book! “The Secret is Out” and wanted to give you a review of what I thought about it.

The book starts out giving some factual data on the obesity problem that so many Americans are facing today. A whopping 68% of adults today are overweight and 30% are obese. The stats come to us from the American Obesity Association. Those are staggering facts and are a result of being exposed to huge portion sizes and an overabundance of sugar and fat content.

Lisa Davis, Ph.D., a clinician at the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Brad MacDonald, the CEO of Medifast had the most input in putting this book together. In it you will find a realistic approach to weight loss taking into consideration the internal, external, physical, and emotional aspects of the problem.

There are several weight plans covered depending on what medical conditions you may have be it heart problems, diabetes or joint problems. It covers the plan for women and men separately. I liked the part where it debunked a lot of the fad diets that are on the market today. Some parts of the book became boring especially the medical facts, but for some, those parts might be very interesting.

Also the thing I like about the book are the numerous testimonials, I don’t know about you but when I read other peoples stories it tends to have a very positive effect on me and gets me motivated. Some of the info and stats in the book are taken from the movie “Fast Food Nation” Have you seen this movie yet? It will definitely open your eyes to the crap that a lot of people are eating.

Overall I thought the book was very informative, and being such a fan of the Medifast Plan and their products, it was a good motivator and addition to my book collection. If you are thinking about trying the diet out and have just not made up your mind yet, I highly recommend that you get this book.

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What a lazy day it is today, I slept late and it felt great. Sleeping late for me is 9:00am, so for all of you who sleep till noon, you will think that is still early. I used to do that when I was younger, but you seem to grow out of that the older you get. I started my day off with a bowl of maple & brown sugar oatmeal. I decided to go to the park today for my exercise and walk around the lake, I will have to do 2 laps around the lake I think to equal an hour, I also took some old crackers I had to feed the ducks.

The walk was great, I ended up doing 1 hour and fifteen minutes, my record. I ate a granola bar after I did my walk, and ran by the store on the way home. I also stopped off at the movie rental place and grabbed a movie for tonight. When I got back home I jumped in the shower real quick and fixed myself a bowl of chicken and wild rice soup (spiced up of course).

I have finished the “The Medifast Book!
” The Secret is Out” and wanted to give you a review of it, I wanted to do the review on a separate post under a different category.

I worked on the review and messed around on the Internet pretty much most of the day. My 4th meal of the day was a French vanilla shake with a little DaVinci Sugar-Free Butter Rum flavoring in it. Yummy! Straightened up around the house and finally decided to take down the Christmas Tree (Yes I am late).

For my lean and green meal I fixed a 7 oz tuna steak marinated in soy sauce, ginger and green onions and seared it in a pan on both sides, where it was still extra rare in the middle. I buy sushi grade tuna, so if I wanted to, I could eat it raw. Do you like sushi? Along with the tuna steak I had some Chinese Napa cabbage steamed in chicken broth. I watched the movie Lords of War with Nick Cage, it was about a illegal arms runner and was pretty good. The dinner was excellent, you should try it.

For my final Medifast meal I had a cup of cappucino since I was still a little full from dinner. I hope you all have a great weekend and check back tomorrow for Weigh In Day! Thanks for reading my Medifast Blog. Take Care

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I love Fridays, like most people do haha. I woke up a little late today so had to get ready quickly. Started the day off with a bowl of peach oatmeal and a cup of green tea. Not much time for anything else so I packed up my stuff and headed off to work.

The morning was very slow and I had plenty of time to mess around on the internet and answer some emails. For my midmorning meal I had a dutch chocolate shake. We had our meeting today right before lunch and it was boring as I expected it to be. Some things that were discussed were new Interest rates, and a new kind of savings account and service. You know very exciting stuff, there were also some new flyer’s to hand out.

For lunch today the Medifast crew sat together as usual, I had a bowl of beef stew with some Tabasco and multi-grain crackers, while one of my friends had a strawberry creme shake and the other some creamy tomato soup. I was happy to hear that the first person I recommended had placed a second order of the Medifast Plan. I feel that if you make it to a second order you are definitely serious about loosing weight.

I get some emails asking how much the Medifast plan is. There are different packages, I usually get the one month supply and it costs me $275 for 143 meals about the same that I was spending on regular food per month. They also have a 2 week package for $140. But like I have said in the past, if you were told that you will loose wait, the money is not important. You can’t put a price on your health.

The rest of the day crawled by and I was exhausted and glad when it came time to leave. When I arrived home I had another shake and went out and did my walk. I did another hour, and had a quick shower when I got back. I worked a bit on the Blog and then sat down to watch a little TV. Nothing interesting on, I hate when it is between seasons.

For my lean and green meal I tried out one of my recipes I had found on the Medifast Diet. I had Cheesy Mushroom Chicken, I moistened a chicken breast in 1/2 tbsp of olive oil and seasoned it with some lemon pepper and garlic salt. I seared it until it was brown and then added 1/2 cup of sliced mushrooms and a 1/4 cup of onion. Poured 1/2 cup of chicken stock over the top and then baked in the oven @ 350 for 30 min. Sprinkled with low fat pepperjack cheese. It turned out great. I also had a small salad.

Nothing much else to mention the rest of the night. For my last meal of the day I had a caramel nut granola bar. Thanks so much for stopping by Analyzing Medifast Diet. I appreciate the time that you spend to come and read what I have to say.

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I woke up with a smile on my face, because no one would care if I woke up with a frown haha. I started my day off with a bowl of apple cinnamon oatmeal and a cup of green tea. My legs were a little sore this morning, I wonder if it was from the walk. That’s what I call good pain, If I used some muscles that I haven’t exercised in a while. Before I knew it, it was time to leave for work. I grabbed my water bottle and threw some Medifast Plan products in my backseat. I never know how busy it is going to be at work so I always take an assortment of items just in case, and I am glad I do that, I will tell you why later.

For my midmorning meal today I had a french vanilla shake. Work today was steady to slow, we were all reminded about the employee meeting tomorrow, this is the meeting that got canceled before the New Years holiday. I expect it will be boring as usual, rumor is it is about the promotions for the first quarter of the year. I am so excited haha.

Lunch break I had a bowl of chicken noodle soup with Tabasco and crumbled up multi-grain crackers, the reason why I said I am glad I have extra products in my car is because one of my friends left out of the house in a rush and forgot her lunch, so luckily I had extra and she took a shake from me. She said she would pay me back tomorrow. No problem! Glad to help out! What’s better than to give someone the best Clinically Proven Medifast Meal Replacement Diet.

The rest of the day at work was uneventful except for a screaming customer, that happens every once in a while and is pretty damned funny when it does. People really don’t realize what an ass they are making out of their selves when they do this. Well that was enough comedic relief for the day. On the way home today I ate a oatmeal raisin granola bar. People ask me do I get tired of the same meals over and over, and the answer is Yes! It does become old after a while but that’s if you just eat the products as they come. Check out some of the recipes that I have posted on the Blog here and learn ways to change things up and it helps a lot. The DaVinci Sugar free Syrup is a nice addition to the shakes.

When I arrived home, I went for my 1 hour walk, I went a different route today and saw a person I see at the grocery store a lot. I had no idea they lived that close to me haha. It is funny how we get so caught up in our lives that we don’t realize what is going on so close around us. I had received a email from my Aunt today, she said she was doing fine and that everyone was trying to get back into their routines. I know that feeling!

For my lean and green meal today I had a 5oz pork cutlet and some steamed green beans. I don’t feel so scared eating pork as I do chicken and beef, at least until I here of a mad pig disease or the pig flu. Watched some TV and vegged on the couch a bit. The rest of the evening not much exciting to talk about. For my final meal of the day I had a banana pudding. I will see you all tomorrow. As always I appreciate the visit to Analyzing Medifast Diet.

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I choose to wake up positive today! I watched a movie recently called “What the Bleep Do We Know” and found it fascinating. It basically talks about how we create our day everyday. For instance if we are negative all the time saying I have terrible luck or I’m Fat, Ugly, A Failure or whatever the case, that will become our reality. And on the other hand if we say I’m so lucky, I am thin, in good health, prosperous whatever then that will become our reality. I highly recommend this movie if you can find it.

I woke up this morning and ate a bowl of peach flavored oatmeal, and had a cup of green tea. I am really excited about 2007, because of my weight situation, it really feels like a new beginning. I wont know how to act being a smaller person, maybe my social life will improve also, I hope. Work was slow in the am, I had plenty of time to mess around on the Internet and answer some emails. For my mid morning meal I had a strawberry creme shake, the rest of the morning was truly boring.

I am wearing my new clothes that I got for Christmas and hopefully will be shrinking out of these in the next month or so. My waist size when I started the Medifast Plan was 40? and now it is 36?. It truly is a great feeling. For lunch today the Medifast group sat together, I had a bowl of chicken and wild rice soup, while my friends had shakes. I read in the news recently that the government is almost ready to authorize cloned animals and milk into our food supply and the kicker was that they don’t have to identify whether it was cloned or not, you can read about it Here. It truly is scary to me, it is not natural I mean where do you think the mad cow disease came from? Feeding cow to cows. I think it is terribly wrong and gives me even more incentive to be a vegetarian. I have not given up on that idea at all.

The rest of the day crawled by. I had a Granola bar on the way home for my 4th meal of the day. I felt kind of tired today, but forced myself to do my walk, once I got started I felt energetic again and did the hour I vowed to move up to. When I got back had a quick shower and plopped down on the couch for a bit, I fell asleep and woke up at 7:00pm crap. So something quick for dinner I decided to do my grilled chicken salad. 7oz boneless skinless chicken breast on a small camp stove on the patio, seasoned with little garlic salt and onion powder, chopped up on a bed of mixed greens with 2 tbs of low-fat ranch.

Got on the Internet and read the news and caught up on some of my regular websites I read. My last meal of the day was a cup of Medifast Cappuccino, and not long after that I went to bed and read a book. The book I have been reading is “The Medifast Book! , The Secret is Out” , It has what doctors think of several different diets, plans for different medical conditions and testimonials. It keeps me motivated. When I finish the book I will do a proper review and post it up here on the Medifast Blog. See you tomorrow!

I’m back, ready to get settled and back in the groove of my life. I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years Eve and Day. Mine was nice hung out with some friends, set off some fireworks and had a really good time. I guess the biggest thing as far as this Medifast Blog is concerned is that another weigh in happened on New Years Eve and you all are probably wondering what the results were. Well the last weigh in I had came from 247 all the way down to 216, and this past Sunday when I weighed in, I was down to 213. Only 3 this week! Damn holidays, I was kind of disappointed, but makes me more determined this week to work extra harder and get more off. How I will attempt that? I will not miss an exercise this week and I am moving it up to 1 hour. My goal is to at least be down 5 more lbs by next Sunday.

I dread going back to work today, Holidays and long weekends make me feel this way, but as I have said before the bills are not paying themselves. So I dragged my butt out of bed and grabbed a quick shower. Had a bowl of apple cinnamon oatmeal and a cup of green tea. I have a lot of email to catch up on, I did not touch my computer much recently. Loaded up my junk threw some Medifast products in the backseat and took off.

The morning at work was slow, I had a chance to take care of a few emails, and we all talked about what we did for New Years. I had to listen to all the I got so drunk stories, like it is a competition to see who was the stupidest. I don’t understand that game. Mid morning I had a banana creme shake. I finally got around to opening up my new order of Medifast, so I will be set for another month. The rest of the morning was pretty much uneventful other than we were told that the meeting that we postponed will be held on Friday, I am excited haha can’t you feel the sarcasm.

For lunch today I had a bowl of creamy tomato soup with some Tabasco and crumbled up multi-grain crackers in it. The Medifast crew set together, the other two are very happy on the Medifast Plan and are seeing results that they are very proud of. I’m telling you, if you stick to this plan, you WILL loose weight. But you have to follow the plan like clockwork.

The rest of the day went off without a hitch and slowly also might I add. I ate a caramel nut granola bar on the way home and stopped off at the store to get some groceries. When I arrived home I put the groceries away and decided to go for my walk, I am going to do 1 hour from now on and try and pick up my pace. After the exercise I took a quick shower and decided to straighten up a bit. It has warmed up a bit here, nice to see after all of the rain we have had. Caught up on the Blog and finished emptying out my email box.

For my lean and green meal today, I had a turkey burger and a 1 1/2 cups of steamed broccoli. Watched a little TV after dinner, but there was not much to see. I got back on the Internet and studied a bit and drank a orange creme shake. Not long after that I went to bed and read a book.

Thanks for checking back in to Analyzing Medifast Diet. May all of your dreams be realized in 2007! Goodnight.