One week down

I started this Medifast diet a week ago today. It actually went better than I expected. I'm still craving some things that I used to eat a lot (french fries, greasy burgers, popcorn), but I'm surviving! The hardest part is eating a lot more veggies than I used to! And I only had 1 French fry all week! That is a huge accomplishment for me. There was a day or two in there that my blood sugar was adjusting to the smaller amount of calories and I felt blah, but there were a couple days that I actually felt full all day just from eating my Medifast meals. And thanks to my parents letting me raid their stash of Medifast meals, I have a lot better idea what I like. I like the shakes, bars, soft serve, puddings, pancakes, brownies, cookies, cereals (although I'm still getting used to eating them dry and not with milk) and hot cocoa. I'm not a fan of the mac & cheese (even thought I did eat it several times this week), soups, bbq puffs and parmasean puffs. There have been different points this week where I think...is this really going to be worth it to pay this money, eat all these Medifast meals and not get the things that I've been craving. And now, I must answer...YES!

Here are my results this week. I weight myself last Sunday before service and I was 163. Today, I weighed myself before church and I was 159.8. A loss of 3.2 pounds. Sure I would've loved to have lost more in a week than that, but if I think I about it...I have been struggling for a while now to get out of the 160's. I've tried just eating healthy and it didn't work. I would cave and eat bad. So I wasn't losing. But this week...I
LOST! And hopefully I will be out of the 160's for a long time (or until I'm pregnant).

So thanks for the encouragement this week. I'm excited for the next week!