Thursday: Orange you glad you didn't say banana?

Dress: BR faux wrap, in "sarong red" but it sure looks orange to me
Camisole: brown, ATF
Sweater: brown cardi, ATL
Shoes: Me Too saddle platform heels, DSW
Necklace: gold and yellow stones, J Crew Outlet

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Doing a combo post today, about diet and yesterday's outfit.

My MF friend Amy made a timely announcement this morning that after weeks of struggling to stay on plan with MF, she was making the switch to WW to finish her loss and head into transition. I say 'timely' because that was exactly the topic I wanted to discuss in today's post; after a couple of weeks on it, I have concluded that the switch has definitely been the right move for me. I feel like I've settled down from that first spastic week and made the transition into really following the WW plan, and it's definitely paying off. I am moving down the scale nicely (losing the water weight I gained back after the switch), and I am just so darned happier, and relieved!

It's funny, it's only been less than two weeks, but my time on MF seems very far away right now. I can't believe sometimes I was able to eat such a small amount of food with such restrictive choices for over six months, and I didn't feel deprived or hungry at all. Because, truly, when I was in the full swing of the program, I wasn't hungry and I loved being on MF with full passion and commitment. I LOVE the changes it wrought in my body, and in my eating habits, and in me. It got me to finally start exercising (I always blew that off in previous WW attempts), it got me into the great habit of small meals through the day, and it got me to realize if I do have a big meal at one point of the day, I really can just have small bits for the rest of the day; I don't have to have a second meal just because it's that time of day. That's been a revelation.

That said, I can't envision going back. I canceled my VIP auto-order, and I'm seriously unsure about what to do with my last order of food. I do eat maybe a bar or two a day, but they're actually more like dessert/snack than a meal to me. Hubby says to keep it and we'll slowly get through the bars, which is probably what I will do. I won't have to buy a granola bar for a long, long time, LOL!

But otherwise, I'm done with Medifast, and it is full steam ahead with WW. I am loving eating all my summer fruit, and I'm really into figuring out my points every day, seeing how many fruits and veggies I can pack into my 21 points and still have room for an ice cream bar. :) I'm no longer overwhelmed by the choices; now I am excited by them, and I love figuring out how to work in foods that strike my fancy to eat. ("If I have the small sushi rolls, then I can have 3 instead of the one big fried one. Salad for dinner, and I can maybe even have a small soft-serve cone.")

It's just such of relief to be eating "solid food" again, I can't even tell you! Also, it keeps away the questions from well-meaning friends and colleagues about when I will be done with the diet. I am still dieting, but it doesn't look like it anymore; all it looks like is that I am eating healthy. Which I am.

In conclusion: I love food. I am thrilled to be eating it again. I am doubly thrilled to have a new body in which to digest said food, and for that I thank Medifast.

Now I need to go make myself some oatmeal, and do a little Wii workout. Gotta get my 5 days of exercise in, and this is the only free time I've got to get it in today!