SUCCESS....now onto shortened Transition!

I hit my goal of 265 on Sunday April 21, so am starting  Transition on Thursday the 25th, so I will be starting Maintenance on May 2nd, Maryann's birthday.  I am only spending 2 days on each Transition Week/Level.

Week 1 = 14.8 lbs
Week 2 = 5.3 lbs /Total 20.1 lbs
Week 3 = + 1 lb
Week 4 = 4.7 lbs /Total 23.8
Week 5 = 5.8 lbs / Total 29.6

A minor bump last week, then moving on this week....

I'm staying OP and still no peanut butter.  I think the loss was because I was walking 3 miles each day almost from the start, which Medifast says you shouldn't do for a few weeks.  I just didn't want to get out of the habit.

 

Week 1 = 14.8 lbs

Week 2 = 5.3 lbs /Total 20.1 lbs

Week 3 = +.5

Week 4 = 4.2 lbs /Total 23.8

Staying the course

I was able to stay OP (on program) through Easter.  I'm back to walking 3 miles a day.  Still having habitual cravings at night, but sticking to popsicles, olives, celery & pickles.  NO PEANUT BUTTER!!!

Week 1 = 14.8 lbs

Week 2 = 5.3 lbs /Total 20.1 lbs

AWESOME Start!!!

Actually by the time I started my Recommittment, I had gained almost 30 lbs.  That's the bad news.  The good news is how much I lost the first week:

If I can continue losing at this rate or close to it, I may change my goal to 250.

Rededication & Putting my nose to the Grindstone!!!

I made it to my 1 year Anniversary on February 25th, but do to some stress taking care of my wife, who had a severe case of shingles starting Jan 3, and  laxness on my part to stick to my maintenance plan, I had an additional 20 lbs above my goal weight then.

I have decided to go back on Medifast for a month or so to take this extra weight off so I can get back to having lost 100 lbs.  This will start on March 19th.

I have finally gotten my taste back.  We have flown to Florida, arriving on the 8th of November.  Enjoyed a really great Thanksgiving at our daughter's house in Tampa.

Taste IS Everything!

On July 11, I started taking Terbinafine for a toe nail fungus as prescribed by my Podiatrist.  Because he failed to tell me about any possible side effects, I was unaware it was the culprit when I started losing taste of foods.  At first it was just slight, but it kept getting worse, until I completely lost all taste or worse, some things tasted horrible.  A cookie or bread tasted like wallpaper paste.  Water or any liquid has a horrid taste.  Yes, I said, "Has" because even though I quit taking them after 53 days, on Sept 2nd, I still have very little taste.  I have found that I can slightly taste Mexican food like Refried Beans, Burritos, Tortilla Chips, so that is mostly what I've been living on.  Consequently I have continued to lose weight.  I am now down to 354.5 lbs, 113 total, or 93 on Medifast.

By the way, I only found out it was the Terbinafine/Lamisil when I started looking on the Internet for why I was losing my taste.  Seems this is quite common with this prescription as is the absence of Podiatrists telling their patients about it!

I'm hoping to get back my sense of taste before we go back to Florida on November 8th.