“We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.” – Henry David Thoreau My recent computer problems have really screwed up these progress reports, so I have simplified them a little bit. In previous reports, I was reporting on the previous day while giving that [...]

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“You can’t keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.” – Homer Simpson Don’t worry, I haven’t already fallen off program. I apologize for the radio silence but I was tweaking a few things here on the site and made a really stupid mistake. The front end stayed up, but I was unable [...]

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The first 3 days on Medifast kind of suck. I like to think of the first three days as Medifast Detox. Your body is suddenly not getting all the junk it’s grown accustomed to. It’s also getting a LOT fewer calories. On Day 3, I felt pretty terrible. I was tired. I had a mild headache. I was HUNGRY.

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Okay… so I am in the thick of it now. The first 3 days of Medifast aren’t so great, but I know from experience that it gets way better. I woke up this morning with a weird taste in the back of my throat. This is the taste I associate with ketosis starting, so hopefully I am right.

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And here we go… I will be documenting 31 Days on Medifast for your reading pleasure. I’ve been laying some emotional/psychological groundwork for my weight loss this time. Over the past 6-9 months, I haven’t been very mindful about anything that I’ve been doing – and that includes what I put into my body. Last summer I was at the best weight I’d been at in probably 10 years. I was feeling pretty great. And then I totally blew it.

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I realize it’s been ages since I’ve posted on this blog. Yet somehow, thanks to all of the people who still visit, it has managed to take on a life of it’s own. We still get a TON of comments here (particularly from those of you are are pretty riled up about the changed Medifast [...]

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