What a lovely Sunday afternoon!!

I am totally on the Medifast 5 and 1 plan, and cannot wait to see the results on my weigh in tomorrow!

I was thinking this morning as I made my Cappuccino for breakfast, that my life has done a complete turn around!!

In the COLD January winter of 2007, as I started this program, I had so many goals in mind.

I THOUGHT that the 1st and foremost was my weight… To look and feel better about myself…

But what I GOT was an even GREATER gift!!

For the past 10 years or so, I have had trouble with my ankles and knees… I fell and injured both, and had to walk with a cane.

In the summer I did OK without the cane, as long as I had time to sit and rest… But in the Wintertime, My cane was my constant companion.

So I started the program at almost 350 pounds, and walking with my cane… as Summer came, and I did better without the cane, I put it behind the door as usual “JUST IN CASE”

So by the Winter of 2007, about 9-10 Months into the program, as the Cold winds began to blow… I realized “I’M Waaaay into winter, and NO CANE!!”

To this day, my cane is STILL behind the door!!

I CAN DO THIS PLAN!! I can continue to get healthier, and I wonder…

What ELSE might happen as I tread on untouched ground??

I still have 70 pounds to go, But I weigh less now than I did when I married 21 years ago!!

Medifast is my Miracle, and I could NEVER have gotten this far without my Health Coach!

2 packets of Medifast vanilla shake
1 packet of splenda
1 tsp of baking powder
1 - 2 tsp vanilla extract
2 - 4 ounces of water

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Whisk dry ingredients together in a small ball and slowly add the water.
3. As soon as it thickens like a paste, drop the batter by the spoonful on a parchment paper lined baking sheet or lightly sprayed cookie sheet.  You should get about 4 to 5 cookies.
4. Bake for 8 minutes.  If desired sprinkle some cinnamon on top.

Enjoy!

Hi all,

So we can line up our Health Coaches all on one evening to present this information I have moved the date to Tuesday August 12th at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern.  The invitation will be posted no later than Friday this week.

eb.

My wife and I recently returned from a week in Orlando with more than 700 other Health Coaches from across the nation all there to learn how to be a better Health Coach.

It was our annual Take Shape For Life National Convention. It was well organized, informationally packed, a lot of fun and had a real good energy. With more than 40 different breakout sessions to choose from, everyone from the brand new health coach to a well seasoned coach could hear from leaders on pertinent and educational topics.

On Saturday afternoon we met as a general assembly to hear from a panel of healthcare professionals; among them a heart surgeon, a vascular surgeon and our own Medifast and Take Shape For Life Medical Director, Dr. Wayne Andersen. I feel very fortunate to have been part of that experience. They said Health Coaches are the new health professionals.

Our Take Shape For Life business model incorporates Medifast meals but also aspires a much loftier goal. We believe we can restore health to America. We believe our business model can neutralize and eventually reverse the obesity trends in America. Health Coaches are people like you and me helping other people get healthy and we are being endorsed by the medical community at large! These veterans of more than 30 years’ experience are joining Take Shape For Life because with our program they can proactively create health in their patients’ lives rather than merely “delay death and prescribe medications”. It was very poweful to hear. We are doing a lot of good in this world.

We are going to have a webinar this Tuesday evening that is open to anyone interested in hearing more about what we learned. I’ll be joined by some other Health Coaches who were also at the convention. I want it to be like the convention, meaning informative and fun. I’ll post the invite tomorrow. Hope to see you there.

eb.