I have a surgery date of December 10th and I am very excited! I started the medifast diet early because my insurance requires a bmi of less than 50 and I am slightly above that. So inorder to qualify I started medifast on September 16th. I have been on the diet for two weeks now and have lost 15 pounds! I am happy about the weight loss but I am afraid I will not be able to stick to the medifast for three whole months. Right now I am on four shakes a day with one meal. Soon I will be on five shakes a day with no meal! I pray I have the willpower to stay on the medifast. If I don't, I wont lose enough weight to have my insurance pay for the surgery. I need words of advise on how to make it through. Did anyone else get frustrated on the medifast diet?

I had to do shakes with meals but just to shrink my liver and only for two weeks. I did find alternating flavors and a co-worker said adding ice to make it more like a frozen shake helps along with adding fruit; if allowed. You can do and it will be worth it. Keep going and God does answer prayers and you are in mine. I pray you have the will power to get through this and the time goes by fast for you. I believe in you and will continue to pray for you. YOU CAN DO IT!

Good luck!! You are in my thoughts and prayers too! Just imagine...the shake is a lifeline. If you can do this, you can do anything. People are so resilient that you will get through this and come out on the other side smelling of roses! Sweet, skinny roses! :tongue:

I did medifast a few years ago (not before surgery, but just to lose weight) -- so I am right there with you with how hard it is. First: It will get easier. Trust me. You just need to break that sugar/carb addiction. Second: My doctor told me this -- think of it like you are on medicine. Three months worth of medicine. Having that in my mind that it was a finite amount of time and it was like a medical procedure helped. Third: Think of it as food rehab. It's hard. Crazy hard. But there was something so nice, so quiet about not having to think and make deals with myself and give myself permission to eat or sham myself after I ate. It was shakes shakes shakes and a lean/green. It was very nice after a while. Goo luck!