Comments on: Medifast Completed

By: Puck

Puck — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:14:12 +0000

I do drink, but not when on Medifast. One ounce of even a clear alcohol like vodka has 80 calories. A couple of drinks can totally kick you out of ketosis, so you just have to go without for a while.

Be careful getting back into it when you’re off Medifast — yowza it can hit hard when you haven’t had a drink in a few months and you don’t have the fat to spread it around in any more!

By: damon

damon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:23:07 +0000

Hey Puck,

Congrats on your awesome results! I’ve lost 30 over 3 months with diet and exercise but the loss has slowed so I’m going to try Medifast now. I’ve got 40 lbs to go. One thing I’ve been curious about, if you don’t mind me asking, is how tall are you? You look awesome at 170-180. Also, do you drink booze very much? My weight loss has had a lot more spikes (like your days after road hockey) and I’m wondering if it because of drinking or maybe just that your calories were more consistent. Thanks!

By: Frenzy

Frenzy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:37:58 +0000

Hi to all! Love reading this blog! I have lost 32 lbs in the last 8 weeks. I was really sticking to medifast, but to kill the occasional craving, i also incorporated a low carb diet to it. I only do medifast 2x daily and supplement cheese, meat, greens, nuts to my day. This really got me through the holidays!! The days I work, it is easier to do medifast the whole day. This all has been working for me. As Puck said the key is to stay in ketosis. Low carb will do that. I had a salad today though that avacado in it and i didn’t realize it is a fruit!!! Hope this doesn’t hurt. I always thought this fell in the veggie catagory. Well happy dieting in the New Year. I still need to loose 50 more. But…. I will do it and keep it off. How did i gain so much in the first place??

By: Puck

Puck — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:26:38 +0000

The key to Medifast is entering and staying in a state of ketosis. It takes a day or two for this to happen and if you cheat enough so that you knock yourself out of it it’ll take another day or two to re-enter it.

Every time you cheat, you’re ruining three days of progress and that completely invalidates the strength of Medifast — fast, easy weight loss.

Also, the “entering ketosis” days *suck*. I don’t know about you, but the first few days of Medifast are miserable. My body wants food, I’m grouchy and constantly watching the clock for “next shake time”. After that part’s over it becomes super easy.

So that’s why you can’t really cheat, and why you really, really shouldn’t cheat.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:15:25 +0000

How come the diet does not work if you “cheat”? If one only cheats once a week and it isn’t out of control it would seem you are still burning more calories than you are taking in and would subequently lose weight. Most days are still under 1000 calories - what gives?
thanks…

By: Puck

Puck — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:00:51 +0000

No, no cheating while on Medifast, I just — after over a year — slipped back into a few bad eating habits after I was off.

I’m pretty sure you could have (low-fat) cottage cheese as the “lean” in your “lean and green” meal once in a while. From a quick google it looks like about one cup is probably the same calories as a chicken breast you’d normally have. It’s not as high in protein, but it’s got enough so you could have it once in a while.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:44:44 +0000

I would LOVE to hear what you cheated with… was it salty, sweet, chewy, oooewy, gooewy, and YUMMY??? I am finding myself dreaming of cottage cheese… how desperate is that? Have you tried yoga? or maybe a Wii….. maybe they have Wii road hockey… just a thought.

By: Puck

Puck — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:19:05 +0000

Cheating really hurts in Medifast, it’s one of the reasons I liked it. You either do it or you don’t, so you can’t waver.

Both my wife and I kept most of the weight off for over a year, though I’ll admit this last six months has been a bit of decline. Our eating habits have gone sour. On top of that, I don’t have my regular road hockey guys to play with any more, so I’m suffering for exercise.

I’m certainly not back to what I was, but I want to get back down again before I slip any further.

We’ll probably do Medifast again in the new year to drop back down again, and then kick ourselves to stay there longer. I find it pretty easy to keep the good eating habits for quite a while — Medifast is so extreme you lose the “habit” part of the bad eating, but it can sneak back on you after time passes.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:35:35 +0000

ps.. how is your wife’s weight? was she able to keep it off?

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:36 +0000

Thanks for the encouragment. Overall, after the first week I am down 5lbs and my husband 8lbs…. damn, isn’t that always the way? I am defianatly happy with the 5, just wondering what will happen this week. And, to be honest, I did “cheat” twice, small but I guess that counts. Back at it and looking forward to any good recipes or website for recipes you may have… happy holidays and stay slim. You look great!