Take Shape for Life featuring Medifast is a comprehensive, medically supervised weight loss program for overweight and obese individuals. It is a portion controlled, nutritionally balanced, low fat and clinically proven program that helps people lose weight faster and more effectively than traditional diet plans.
As a health coach, Medifast pays me to coach you through the program. (at no cost to you, I might add). I'm doing the program myself and have lost 19 pounds as of writing this article. I had hoped to finish my weight loss first so I could have one of those dramatic "BEFORE" and "AFTER" pictures. However, my background as a health care practitioner with additional training in functional endocrinology and blood chemistry lends itself to this type of work. Plus I needed it myself.
While attending school in my pre-med days, I developed a duodenal ulcer that brought on 40 pounds before I knew it. By the time I got to chiropractic college, I did not have the time nor the inclination to try any weight loss efforts. Being in that level of academia is enough stress to only take on what is required. Before I knew it, I'm in practice over 11 years now with a significant amount of weight to still lose and the diagnosis of being hypertensive and diabetic. At this point, the stakes are higher, my health is in serious trouble. I had to ask myself, "What am I going to do?".
My brother-in-law, Scott lost 60 pounds on Medifast. I noticed several mutual friends had also lost weight on Medifast. Then my medical doctor recommended it to me. Everywhere I turned around it was Medifast this and Medifast that. I took it as a sign for me. January of 2009 I took my first step with Medifast and I'm not looking back. So this is my story in a nutshell.
If you are interested in getting more information about Medifast, here are some links for you:
Here's a picture of Don and I taken at a chiropractic seminar back in 2007. This is our "BEFORE" picture. We're working on our "AFTER" picture. Stay tuned!
Here is our transition picture. It's not our "after" picture yet. But so far between the two of us we've lost 100 pounds. Don lost 55 lbs and I've lost 45 lbs as of this picture. So stay tuned!