I don’t know about you but after 18 formative years of scholastic experience it has been ingrained in me that each year actually begins in September! For so many years it was the starting of a new grade level that created great anticipation and hope for what might come. And in conjunction with this marked event I found it much easier to make my goals and develop positive habits to realize what I may achieve and become "this year". Well, other than not officially attending classes, not much has changed. Habitually I still sense that new beginning every September. So here we are again, another year ahead of us and another opportunity to make positive changes in our lives.

Are you at your healthy weight? If yes, then great! Let’s keep it that way with our BeSlim® lifestyle. If not, our Medifast program works! You should be losing 2-5 pounds per week with low hunger and good energy levels. As your personal Health Coach it is my responsibility to ensure that. I’ll work with your specific situation and lifestyle to help you create a personalized program geared toward success. Are you ready? Or, would you like to talk about it first? Either way, call or email me. I want to help.

Eric Blanchard
Health Coach
Take Shape For Life
888-271-7707
eric@gohealth.org

Ingredients:

1 packet Medifast scrambled eggs
1 packet Medifast cream soup of your choice
1/3 C water
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 T. ground flax meal

Combine all ingredients to make dough. Divide dough in two and place on a cookie sheet or in a cake pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 5 minutes. Turn oven to low broil to brown the top for 3-5 minutes. Watch carefully to prevent burning.

1 Packet Cream of Broccoli Soup

3 egg whites

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 C steamed broccoli

Place egg whites, soup and baking powder in mixing bowl and beat well. Divide steamed broccoli equally into 3 muffin cups and pour batter over the broccoli. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes. Counts as one MF meal, 1/4 lean and 1 green serving.

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!