A Little Planning Makes the Difference

I'm heading to the zoo this morning to meet my daughter, her husband, and their 2-yr. old twins - it should be a fun morning! My husband and I are both fine-tuning a bit (near the top of our goal range, but still at a healthy BMI and in our goal size), so we've packed a Medifast crunch bar for our picnic lunch.

I love Take Shape for Life/Medifast! The food tastes good, which makes it SO easy to incorporate 2-3 Medifast meals into each day. Take Shape for Life taught me to eat 5-6 small meals a day and using some of the Medifast products keeps it simple.

People often ask me if I'll use Medifast meals forever, and I know the answer they want to hear is "no." I tell them that I don't have to use these products, but I CHOOSE to use them, and I always will. I'm basically lazy by nature and my nature is to take the path of least resistance. Having food ready to grab and go helps me make wise choices when I'm hungry. Of course, the products only work if I plan ahead to make sure I have what I need, so each evening I check my schedule for the next day and get things together. It only takes a couple of minutes, but those few minutes help to ensure that things won't spin out of control the next day if my schedule gets crazy.

Keep it simple: commit to staying on plan and then plan your day to make sure you do :-). If you have your Medifast meals ready to go, that's what you'll reach for when you're hungry, and each Medifast meal you eat is one meal closer to your goal!