Well, this past weekend was the weekend that we had planned to be out of town, for our favorite 6 year olds birthday party.... It was met with anxiety regarding how to stay on plan, away from everything we know.
I took two boxes of medifast bars with me (equaling 14 meals), which was plenty... We just didn't know what would go down for the lean and green meal on Saturday. We decided to go to Chevy's..... Medifast a dining out guide, and this was an approved place, minus the chips, rice, beans, and tortillas. I ordered the chicken fajita platter minus tortillas, chips, rice and beans.... The waiter looked at me like I had four heads, he asked for a confirmation, and when I was firm that I didn't want any, he was okay with it, and replied "okay, extra vegetables for you then..." which by the way, the "extra" vegetables were things such as carrots, which are not allowed on plan.... I donated them to the kids we took with us instead... they inhaled them.
While we were in Fresno, it was supposed to be day one of three (two days to come later in the summer when we are in L.A, and Utah) to reveal our weight loss journeys to our unplugged family and friends. dean has been ecstatic to show his mom our transformations he has been talking about it for weeks. This morning Dean said "mom look at Tiana. She has lost 75 pounds." Her response: "so what? I've lost 25" she then went on to explain why I need to eat items, such as strawberries, that are not allowed during the fat burn stage of my weight loss program. This ordeal made me feel like, no one really cares about my weigh loss!
But while we were in Fresno, the kids announced that I am skinny now, and demanded that I jump in the bounce house with them.... so I did. I did something I have never done before, and bounced in a bounce house! What was even more hysterical though, could be that my CTR ring fell off in the car, into a very skinny space.... and my hand was able to fit through the space and retrieve my ring!
Well, anyway we headed on our way home, Dean had to stop at a fast food joint for some grub he jokingly asked me: "Would you like a 75 dollar bite?" And I fiercely told him no!
Late last night, I read an public service announcement on our secret facebook coach site, that reads:
"Did anyone else realize that there is instant coffee in the Medifast brownies? With such a huge LDS population here in Utah, I'm surprised no one mentioned anything." This came to a shock to me.... usually when there is coffee in an item, it lends itself to the title and "Mocha" appears in the title. I am not sure how I feel about this whole situation.... I only had one box (7 of these), back in October.... does this mean I air-headedly broke the word of wisdom?... we are counseled not to drink it, but there is nothing that says you can't eat it.... there is now a debate going on weather it bakes out or not....I also know that other people cook chili with beer and coffee (and take this concoction to the ward dinners) I can tell you that their is not one ounce of coffee flavor in them, and that the ingredient of "instant coffee" appears at the very end of the ingredient list. I had planned to order a bunch of them for my next order, whenever that might be.... they still have not figured out that they have brains between their ears, and lift the hold off of Dean's account.... I think I am going to just order under my name, I will forgo the kickback in commission, but I think I will get 28 free meals, so I suspect it should balance everything out. I did the math, and I have 9 days left of food (due to the generosity of my coworkers) and I will run out...I don't really want to go completely off plan, so I think I will shift my eating habits to a 3&3, or a 4&1 plan, to maintain the weight that I have lost, and then go back into high gear, whenever I get a new order to arrive in my house. This plan will ensure that I have enough food to last, and that I stay clear from returning to the fatso area of the BMI chart.
Well, my mini goal has been to get under 170 by Fathers day.... Sunday is fathers day, and I weighed in today....and a large sum of 169.8!!! GOAL MET!!! Barely. But I met it.
I think breaking the word of wisdom requires you to do it on purpose or knowingly break it. Personally, I probably wouldn't eat anymore of the brownies now that you do know... but it may be worth it to ask someone who is really into doctrine to get clarification (it could be like the no tea thing except for some type of tea - which I don't even know what kind that is, but wish I did)... but until clarification I would just stay away with it. Although the scripture specifically says "And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly." and if you are eating the beans inside of a brownie, then technically it isn't a drink... but I would pray about it and see what answer you get.
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