We also met with our primary care physician to inquire if this diet is safe and effective for both of our dietary needs. He said yes, and is backing it. He says that this program works. He also asked me how long I am planning on being on this diet for. I told him until I lose 100 pounds, this startled him and asked him why and I said because I need to. I will then be in normal weight limits according to the BMI calculator. He covered his eyes and shook his head and said "no no no" he doesn't think I should go all the way down to 130. He said I will look anorexic, a disease that I have had in the past, (there is the first secret, the url of this says there are secrets in this blog.... lol) for my height and build. So I guess I am closer to my optimal weight than I thought since I have a new target goal. I think a compromise is in order and I will get down to 140. That seems reasonable to me. The doctor said if I get down to 130 the health insurance companies would love me because I would be at great risk for other health problems, which escape me at the moment, but my premiums will skyrocket.
Dean's MediFast food arrived today, so he will be starting his program tomorrow.
A few of my readers have asked about the food. Most of it is pretty tasty, and pretty filling, for a couple of hours. The idea of this lifestyle change is to get you used to eating 6 small meals (like we are supposed to) throughout the day.
Some readers are concerned regarding the nutritional value of these meals, so I have taken photos of the nutritional facts in some of the packages for your viewing pleasure.
This one is of the Mac n cheese, which was amazing!
The third one is for s'mores crunch bars.
As you can see, all servings of everything have just about the same nutritional value when it comes to calories, and vitamins and minerals. If you eat 5 servings of them a day, as the program states, you should be getting 100% of a bunch of vitamins and minerals, listed in the photos, Not a bad plan.
For an update regarding eating at work, I ate there again last night, because it is super-duper-offensive in their culture to not eat if they offer it to you. I remember my mom always telling me to accept things that are offered to me. It is kind of cool now to see why my mom always said that. It really makes me feel close to her. We had rice, potatoes, and green peppers. I could tell that this food just bogged me down. It made my stomach hurt, and caused me to be very sleepy.
Also when one of the kids came home she handed me two loaves of bread and said "Happy Birthday" the kid got me these when a community event was giving out free bread. Sweet kid, but I feel like I am living a double life right now. Eating healthy on my days off, and eating healthy when I do work, except for whatever they feed me. I don't know what to do. I want to tell them no more feeding me, but at the same time I want to continue my non offensive-positive relationship with these people. We can't eat the bread on this plan, so I am thinking I will donate the bread to the institute, all college kids love free food, right?
Funny story of yesterday: as I was playing games, the game pieces were red and yellow, making the game look like pepperoni pizza, and then those little gelatin-hamburger things. Oh it made me so very hungry.
As for the health coach, I think I am going to change to the wife of one of the institute teachers in my area. I'm sure she is plenty old enough to not be in the child bearing ages, which will illuminate my pregnancy problem, and it's someone local who is LDS. Perfect fit... Or so I hope.
I am thinking of emailing the other local gal back and stating something along the lines of "I'm sorry, but at this time you have proven to be someone who will not be effective for my needs, and I have chosen to go with someone else." Some people have asked what the purpose of the health coach is, and I'm not entirely sure on that one yet. I know they call you once a week to check your progress, all the health coaches either have been, or are on the program. I also know that you can contact them anytime for questions/concerns/complaints/emotional support. Who knows, you might even be able to throw cupcakes at them, or dump ice cream on their heads. I know that people are more successful with a health coach.
When I got home from work last night, there was a bunch of free items on our neighbors yard. A ton of games, and some clothes. The first clothing item I saw appeared to be my size now, so I grabbed a bag of clothes, when I got home, we discovered that it is not my current size, but will be my size once I shred my weight, it will be my size! That's one of the things that we were worried about, the cost of more clothes. Well, I just got a ton of my new hopeful size clothes for free!
Tomorrow's a new day, and Dean and I are excited to do this together.
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