Losing Weight

Is always great!!! In 2.5 weeks I have lost 6lbs. I am so excited! A lot of my family have been doing the Medifast Diet and they are seeing great results and have been pretty excited about that. My mom has urged me to try Medifast. While I am super excited for them, I worry about myself on Medifast. But, to be fair, here is a pro/con list:

Pro's:

Very quick weight loss

Pre-prepared meals (or little preparation)

Opportunity to sell / be a coach

Con's:

Can weight loss be healthy?

Not supposed to exercise 1st month

Can I keep it off?

Super expensive ($250-$300/month)

Not able to improvise my own meals

Honest thoughts? I do not think Medifast is healthy. I cannot spend $250 on food for just me (that almost feeds my family of 3 for a month!) and I have a problem doing something that does not endorse exercise or that people take instead of exercising... How can that be healthy for your heart? And, as a mom with flabby skin, what happens to the excess skin?!? This is pure me thinking (I have done no research to back this up) but it seems that since your skin stretches when you gain weight (hello baby!) that when you lose weight, it takes time for that skin to go back. I mean, I know skin is elastic to a point, but look at a rubber band. If it is stretched out it will always be slightly bigger than it's original, unstretched size. If you are losing weight at crazy speeds your skin doesn't have time to lose the extra stretched-out parts. Does that sound crazy?

My hubby was reading in a magazine that a doctor had a 3 tier/step guaranteed weight loss program.

1: Eat less

2: Exercise

3: Do it forever

It is also healthier to lose weight slowly and at a constant rate. People who do that are more likely to keep the weight off. 6 lbs in 2.5 weeks is a little less than 3lbs a week. I am very happy with that. At this rate, I will lose the 50lbs I need to lose in 17 weeks. Roughly 4 months. That is good enough for me.