I've been exposed!

Well, actually, I did it to myself.  I "outed" myself as a MediFraud.  It isn't that I don't follow Medifast.  I do. In principle. I eat 5 meal replacements and 1 L&G with the appropriate fat.  I drink fluids. I move my body.

But here is where I become a fraud.  I don't buy all of my food from Medifast.  About half of it comes from Medifast, but I also buy food from Diet Direct and from American Bariatrics.  And I will buy it from any place else where I can get a similar, or even basically identical, product for less money. 

I am an intelligent adult woman on a fixed income.  I have to make my money go as far as it can.  Besides, after being on this diet for more than a year, I get tired of the same old Medifast meals and I am also disgusted that they are making more and more of their meals with a higher carb load.  I also don't drink much plain water.  I drink about a gallon of decaf sun tea every day, sweetened with a little bit of liquid stevia.  I have done a lot of research on the subject.  There is no actual research that says we need to drink 8 glasses of plain water every day.  Even the people touting that don't know where that "fact" comes from.  Our bodies will use whatever fluid we give it, even the water in our foods.

I do follow the principles of the Medifast diet.  And I consider myself to be ON Medifast.  But I have learned a lot about nutrition in my 61 years.  I know how to feed my body.  I am careful what I put into it.  I eat every 2 1/2 hours throughout the day.  I just don't always eat Medifast food.  True, eating 100% Medifast food will cover all of the vitamins and minerals needed.  But I can do that with other things, too.  I just don't think that the 20% RDA of Vitamin A from Medifast is going to be drastically, if at all, superior to the 20% RDA of Vitamin A in Wonderslim shakes.

Ok, I'm a rebel.  (and I'll never ever be any good - thanks Shangri-Las)  But I am losing weight.  My body is healthy.  I have simply opened myself up to other avenues.  And I, occasionally, even eat REAL FOOD.  Who knew??