Update.

Update over the last two days. Yesterday I had a hard day. Dean and I got into yet another one of our fights, he made a scene at the store, I wanted organic chicken, he wanted the frozen stuff. I think if we are going to change out diet, we need to do it completely, to have more success. Which of course that warranted him yelling at me in public. Nothing new I guess.   Because he made such a scene which point I wanted nothing more than some ice cream to cope, but I did good, and didn't divulge.

But before this event, I had quite the adventure with my dog Lucky. We were out in the community all day.  We went to a Halloween costume party at Petsmart, and then a Furry Friends Festival clear across town. I thought we both could use some fresh air, and meet other furry friends, so we went. It was so much fun. As soon as Lucky saw other dogs racing, she wanted to run to. She ran, and ran, and ran. Of course she was on the leash, so I had to run with her. If I could guess, I would say we probably ran a mile. It felt so great!!! I didn't get out of breath, my knees didn't hurt or anything.  Something I am definitely not used to, but I could easily get used to doing. We just both enjoyed the fresh air and some exercise.  While at this festival they were giving away free samples of vegan pizza, so I sampled that. I thought it mustn't be bad, It was gluten free, dairy free, etc. I think it was a healthy snack.

I have now tried just about all the foods now, there is only one soup left for me to try. I like all the food, except for the oatmeal, the texture was just off, I am sure with some butter, brown sugar,  and milk it would be just fine. :) But the Tomato Basil Bisque Soup was nothing sort of nasty. It nearly induced vomiting. I tried with the spoon, didn't like it, and thought if I use a straw I can bypass some of the taste. Nope. That caused an upchuck reaction. No good. Not eating that again. Now, I can return the unused portion, but there might be an event where you trade unwanted items for wanted items in my local area. I know they just had an event in Utah for this purpose.  Since several people at the institute are doing this diet, I strongly suspect that we will have an even like the one in Utah did. Or maybe we can just do trade offs. 
Dean started his lifestyle change yesterday.  Last week his blood sugar was high, it was 240. Yesterday, without taking his diabetic meds and eating the MediFast way for one day, it was at a reasonable 120. I call that great success.

Dean made a lean and green meal yesterday. It was Tilapia with Tomatoes, and spinach, all baked. I didn't like the way my spinach and tomatoes tasted. I tried squeezing fresh lemon on them, but that made everything taste too sour. So instead I had a small side salad with fresh spinach, fresh arugula, and a few cherry tomatoes, lightly dressed with light balsamic dressing. All of these things are in the approved diet plan, so I don't feel like I cheated one bit.

Today, we obviously had bread during sacrament. Bread is not in the diet plan, I just shrugged it off, and ate it anyway. Kind of feeling goofy that my new diet restricts bread, yet we eat bread to think of the Savior. The bread caused my stomach to growl like a roaring howling hurds of dogs. I think it was just because it wanted more carbs.

I have also been giving a lot of thought lately to changing health coaches.  Just because a friend recommended me to the current one I have, does not mean that she knows what is best for me. Only I know what is best for me. A pregnant lady who takes weeks to answer me,   is not good, nor better, nor best for me. I feel like I need to go with Sister Strobelt. I am planning on talking with Brother Strobelt tomorrow and ask for her information. I hope this doesn't offend my friend, but I need to do what's best for me to succeed.

I have also given a lot of thought to the holiday celebrations coming up. We don't have exact plans on what to do in regards to the holidays. Only three family members know what we are doing, and I don't want to offend people by not chowing down all the holiday goodies.

Also with the holidays comes two more things: people posting a zillion unhealthy but delicious looking recipes on facebook.  They make me want real food so bad. And my desire to do food art. I really like to do food art, but most of my ingredients for my art are not recommended for the MediFast program. I just don't know what to do in regards to food art, I don't want to give up a hobby I only get to do during the holidays. Maybe I will just do the food art at the conclusion of my weight loss journey.

Today I have felt pretty good. I'm really tired, with a dull headache but that probably has a lot to do with being in the sun all day yesterday. I did, however, weigh myself today. I am down  7 POUNDS!!! For our lean and green meal we are having spicy garlic lime shrimp.  And for our final MediFast meal today, I plan on eating a brownie. Loosing weight while eating chocolate, has got to be on the favorite list of things girls like to do.

I've been overcome with feelings of thankfulness. Thankful that I have been able to watch our friend at the institute  use this program, see it work, and him introduce it to us. I am grateful that doctors and dieticians saw the need for this program in 1980, that's when this program was created. And so very grateful that Dean and I are in the position to afford this right now at this time in our lives. It truly is life changing.