Medifast Diet, Day 1: Let the fun begin!

My first month's Medifast meals arrived in a box yesterday. Weird to think most of my meals for the next month fit in a 2 x 2 foot box. Even weirder to think how much space what I would usually eat would occupy. Or to think of it all jammed together in a little trash compacter (remember those?) cube. Blech.

The day has gone something like this:
7:30 a.m. I start the day with a somewhat chalky but palatable "caramel" bar this morning, washed down by a Diet Coke.

9:30 a.m. I choke down a somewhat lumpy "chai latte"--not sure if it was the lumps or the drink itself, but I gag just a little. It's ok tasting--although somewhat chemical. I wash it down with 32 ounces of water and another DC.

12:00 p.m. I get a call from my Medifast coach asking how it's going. I tell her I am hungry. Nice to have someone looking in on me, though.

12:30 p.m. Stomach rumbling, I steal 1/4 a pickle spear from my husband's lunch (it's allowed!) and make a Dutch Chocolate shake with some ice and water. It's ok. I can probably stand it for four months. :-) My last pre-program meal last night (3 slices cheese pizza, salad, and a bottle of cider) seems SOOOOOOO long ago.

3:00 Choked down brown sugar oatmeal. Strange bitter aftertaste. Blech, blech, blech. On the plus side, I'm sick to my stomach instead of hungry now. A little heartburn and nausea never hurt a girl on a diet.

5:45 My wonderful (and only) real meal of the day. Two Morningstar Farms grillers on two cups of lettuce with 1 tablespoon lowfat dressing. I can tell I am really hungry because it tasted delicious!

7:30ish Not really looking forward to it, but I have one more "meal" to work in. I chug a Swiss Mocha packet and quickly chase it with a glass of water.

And I get to get up tomorrow and do it all again.