Medifast - Ellis Bariatric Center

Very well said!   And those were my thoughts, I guess I am scared as the time gets closer.   My date is 02/13/08 - and I am looking forward to it.   It is for my best interest and will lose what is needed and shrink those organs!  

Thank you and to everyone *****sponded, always such a help!

Michelle...

 

Wow - the Medifast program they set me up with was different. It was 12 weeks - 4 shakes a day & lean & green for dinner every night. The last few days before the surgery that all changed of course to liquids & then clear broths only. I guess maybe I had a lot more to lose, who knows!! I don't know how easily I would've survived if I had to do 11 weeks of liquids only!! Congrats on getting this far!! I give you a lot of credit!!!  Keep up the great work!! Cece

Michelle... You will do fine and like I said for me.. the first 2 weeks were the most difficult... But since I'm going through it now, feel free to email me if you need to talk. Cece... You lucky girl... lean & green every day... OHHHHH.... I'm jealous :)

You dont have that?   Maybe I wont either that is what someone else told me.   OH MY!  But i am fine and soooo excited about this.

Also - may I ask how much weight you have lost?

I started Medifast on December 8th and when I was weighed on Wednesday (the 2nd)... I had lost just over 20 lbs in 25 days.

Hey friend!!!  Amazing how we met today!   Tomorrow is  the day, I am nervous...I am not sure I can do this!  I get the one meal for one week, then just 5 shakes a day after that for 5 more weeks... 6 weeks total.  Good Luck!!!

Hello....Yes, that was to funny today - we will be able to do this!   I am confident in the morning I will be raring to go!   We will get through this week and the next and so on!   I have the lean and green for a week also and then the rest of the time shakes only!   I am concerned the the test for the oxygen level hope that does not mess me up!   But you said you had that and they did not send you anywhere - right? Call me if you want, I will be in and out tomorrow - leave a message and I will call you back!  

I had to be on Medifast for 12 weeks and I too had the one lean & green meal until today, my last day of food until after surgery! I think it might depend on how much you have to lose and what other health problems you have. When I first started they told me I would have the meal because of my diabetes but eventually I'd stop the meal, but they never told me to stop eating it (yes, they knew I was still eating), I think because I was losing every week - 54 pounds total as of last week. My husband (he's scheduled for surgery on Feb 5) has to be on Medifast for 15 weeks and he's still on the one lean & green daily, he's also diabetic and has a lot to lose. So far he's lost 75 pounds on it. I kept in mind that I wanted this surgery to go as smoothly as possible and knew losing as much weight as possible before hand would help. Jeanine

Jeanine  Thank you for the reply, it really helps.