Day 1: Let the Hunger Games Begin!

Food Log: Day 1

 

I'm not happy to be back up to 160. Last year, I was down to 140 after using Medifast. But the depression hit hard. I was never more aware that what I was eating was unhealthy for me, but I just didn't care. Not a good place. This year I will lose the weight, transition PROPERLY off of the program, and then keep the weight off. I've also been taking my steroids again to help manage the symptoms of my TRAPS Syndrome. Steroids = hunger = weight gain. That's the second reason I'm doing Medifast again. Last time I was on the program my TRAPS Symptoms stopped. I'm hoping to discover if I can manage this syndrome with a healthy diet. I plan to take a picture every week to track the changes in my body. The blue shirt is my goal shirt, which right now is incredibly tight and uncomfortable.

• Meal 1

I woke up at 6am and had to be at work by 7am, so I made Medifast Hot Chocolate for breakfast and drank it on the drive over. The last few sips were a bit granulated, so I need to make sure I stir it better next time.

I drank two bottles of water at work, which was easy to do. I was pulling returns from the shelves, and that worked up a thirst.

• Meal 2

9:30 - I ate a bag of Medifast Cheese Pizza bites. I actually like these. They are like healthy Cheetos.

• Meal 3

I had a short day at the bookstore, so I was home by 12:15pm and made up a cup of Medifast Mango Soft Serve. I love this soft serve. I've never really been into ice cream, but I do love soft serve and frozen yogurt, so this is a good replacement. It also helps to erase the cravings for something sweet.

After I was home for awhile, no longer staying busy with work to keep my mind off of food, I began to feel hungry. I ate a pickle spear, and drank another bottle of water.

• LEAN & GREEN

3 pm - I  cooked 5 oz Pork chop, light salt and pepper, cooked on the cast-iron skillet with Olive Oil spray to prevent sticking

Yummy Spinach Salad (3 cups of baby spinach = 3 servings) with 2 TBS of Balsamic Vinaigrette (2 servings of Healthy Fats)

• Meal 4

5 pm - Parmesan cheese puffs

• Meal 5

7:15 pm Mixed Berry cereal crunch and a bottle of water

• Exercise

This Medifast challenge is 28 days long, and the Blogilates Beginners Calendar is also 28 days long! So I did the Day 1 video.

What is Medifast? Let me quote from the Medifast Quick Start Guide.

Each day, I eat five Meals that I get to choose from over 70 different choices. All of the Medifast Meals have a similar nutritional profile and are interchangeable.

I also get to eat one Lean & Green meal, which includes 5 to 7 ounces of lean protein, plus three servings of vegetables and up to two servings of healthy fats (depending on my lean protein choices).

The Lean

The Green

Every day, I'll incorporate up to two servings of Healthy Fats into your Lean & Green Meal. These are important to help a person absorb certain vitamins, like A, D, E, and K. They also help the gallbladder to work properly.

Healthy Fats

• 1 teaspoon of canola,  flaxseed, walnut, or olive oil

• 1 teaspoon of trans  fat-free margarine

• Up to 2 tablespoons of low- carbohydrate salad dressing— 5g of fat and less than 5g of carbs

• 5 - 10 black or green olives

I can have up to 3 servings of optional condiments a day, but I generally try to avoid them.

Snacks

• 3 celery stalks

• 1 fruit-flavored sugar-free Popsicle®

• 1⁄2 cup serving sugar-free gelatin, such as Jell-O®

• Up to 3 pieces of sugar-free gum or mints

• 2 dill pickle spears

• 1⁄2 oz of nuts: almonds (10 whole), walnuts (7 halves), or pistachios (20 kernels)*

*Be mindful that nuts are a rich source of healthy fat and additional calories—choose this optional snack sparingly

And that's the basics, more or less, of what Medifast is and how it works.