Take Shape For Life / Medifast update

This diet is definitely weird.

It works. Clearly. I have lost 14 pounds in 3-ish weeks. I am mostly un-hungry, despite eating under 1000 calories a day. It is scientifically sound. The purpose is to keep me just above that line where my body says, "Uh-oh, I'm on a deserted island, let's conserve body fat so I don't starve."

There is a whole online following devoted to making these medifast meals interesting by doctoring them slightly, and while I'm tempted, I can't bring myself to try with any kind of real dedication because a) the meals aren't bad at all as they are, and b) I don't think I'll be on the 5 medifast meals a day plan for that long. I hope I'm right about that.

For the first time in my life, HOLY SHIT shopping was fun. I mean, I love shopping always, but this was one of those glorious "Oh snap, that fits, no armpit fat hanging out!" events.

There are definitely moments when I crave food. Just food in general, not "OMG FRENCH FRIES PLEASE." Most of the time, I want an additional crunch bar. I'll have to figure that out, I guess. Clearly my blood sugar is low, and clearly it got that way for some reason. I think this summer I'm going to try to eat literally 8 times a day, instead of 6. I might even try this now. Each lean'and'green meal I eat I'll split into three portions and eat every half hour. I will have to study blood sugar more.

GOOD NEWS! I tried on my size 2 Abercrombie jeans from high school and they almost fit. I must, however, give a disclaimer: Those exact jeans, same dimensions, would probably not still be a size 2 at Abercrombie due to size inflation. My mom has been telling me to get rid of them for years. She's been saying that yes, I will lose the weight, but by that time I won't like them and they'll be taking up space in my closet. To that, I have one thing to say:

I'M SO GLAD I DIDN'T THROW THEM AWAY. They truly don't make denim like this anymore. I own 3 pairs of skinnies (1 denim, 2 cords), and I adore them truly, but there is something so sexy about perfectly-constructed flares that are slightly too long, so they fit perfectly when you wear them with 3-inch heels. I doubt I'd buy jeans like that anymore, but they are gorgeous. They look dressy in comparison to all these skinnies that now populate the streets. They are so hot.

Speaking of skinny corderoys, (I am NOT changing the spelling of that word, I will never know how to spell it, TOUGH SHIT), I bought them from Gap several months ago, size 8, and I adore them. All I wear to teach. They fit almost perfectly when I bought them (micromuffintop), and then they got uncomfortably small, as in "wear them with one button undone." Now, they fit. :)