Today was the first time in six weeks that I wasn’t too confident getting on the scale. I’ve been faithful in following Medifast, but I’ve been up all week in my peeks at the scale. So as much as I wanted to hit the 20 lb milestone today, I was just hoping for any loss.
Which means I lost 0.4 lbs this week, for a total loss of 19.6 pounds in 6 weeks. Ugh. That 20-pound milestone is illusive! But, I’m still really proud of my progress. Especially considering how much I’ve struggled with weight loss in the past 2 years. I’m encouraged that this time it’s been fairly straightforward and predictable.
Now, what is my plan so that I don’t fall into a long plateau as I have so many times before? I’m going to keep doing what I’ve been doing, with some slight modifications.
The traditional Medifast 5 and1 plan is just that – eat 5 Medifast meal replacements and then have 1 Lean & Green meal, consisting of 6-7 oz of lean protein and 2 cups of veggies, with a bit of healthy oil. All of which I do. Except that I have been eating 3-4 oz of protein with my meal and then having Greek yogurt and string cheese during the day as snacks. Other times I’ll have a hard-boiled egg. Sometimes I’ll have nuts, which is an acceptable Medifast snack, but which I may have done too often in this past week. Because even though nuts are good for you, they are still fattening and salty. Snacks in themselves aren’t bad, but I need to make sure that I’m not going overboard with them.
The other thing I can look at is the richness of the Lean & Green meals I’ve been making. I always try to make sure that the dinners are under 350 calories, but the stews I’ve been eating have been somewhat higher in sodium, so I may be retaining some water that way.
And I can definitely drink more water. I’ve been good about getting in 64 oz or so, but it wouldn’t hurt to get in an extra few glasses each day.
Even though this week’s progress was limited to say the least, I still feel very good about all that I’ve accomplished in these last 6 weeks, and I know that with a slight modification I’ll be right back to it.
Bella on the Beach 
Keep up the hard work, Bella. Between that and making the tweaks you talked about here, I know you will be successful!
You are doing well. It’s normal to have a slow week every now and then. But it certainly sounds as though you need to watch the salt/sodium.
Because I have fluid retention problems I seldom add salt to anything, especially if it already has an ingredient containing sodium. I rarely eat salted nuts or anything like that and it does make a difference.
Keep going. You’re so close and I bet with a small tweak here and there you’ll blast past that 20 pound goal this week.
Blessings
Good job girl!! 😀
A loss is a loss! Good job! Are you cranking out the workouts? Miss reading your new class reviews lately.