Some of them were my mom’s favorites meals, which was hard at first. Fast food is another problem, but there are usually foods on their menus that are not loaded with calories, although they may not be quite so satisfying to the taste buds.Īnd I started making a few of my favorite meals at home. So, the first thing I did was only eat half of what was served at a restaurant and I took the rest home for another meal. Eating out at fast food places – the food is loaded with calories. (I went with them not to make myself feel better, but to make them feel better.)Īnd I gained weight, lots of weight. I’m the kind of person who only likes to eat out for breakfast, but I went out with them for both lunch and dinner. Added to this, my friends insisted on taking me out to eat. She had been the center of my life for the 12 years that I took care of her (and then the additional 2 years in the nursing home.Īnyway, doing almost anything was an effort, especially cooking. I know that after my mom died, my grief was so great. I dunno if what you are planning on doing is a good idea. You’re really better off doing a Weight Watchers or meal prepping instead of the prepackaged stuff. Google “medifast like liquid diets” and there’s a ton of DIY options that’ll walk you through it. We also tried Optifast at one point and it’s ok, more shake centered with fewer food options though. If you want something that’s brainless that you can just make then this is a good option. BUT - as soon as you start eating real food it’s gonna ALL come back unless you’re hyper-vigilant. It works well, you can lose tons of weight reasonably easily. You can buy a case of premiere protein drinks and get basically the same thing for half the price - but you said you didn’t want shakes. It is what it is - they aren’t gourmet, some are better than others. The meals are usually under 5 bucks (usually 5-7 packages per box, boxes are $20-$30) They have snacks, shakes, freeze dried soups and such. (The first time I did it, it was doctor supervised and we did 7 MF meals and zero real food - Which IMO was way easier than trying to figure out what a “lean n green” meal is) You eat 5 prepackaged things a day and a “lean n green” at night. I’ve done Medifast a few times in the past.