Testamonials - Page 2

Karen Hanks lost 187 pounds!

Before	After

I lost 187 pounds and have more energy and enthusiasm for life that ever before!

I never had energy for anything and I was always tired. As time went by I was becoming more and more concerned about age-related health issues. The spark that ignited my desire to take off some weight though was watching the pain, helplessness, and frustration that I watched my mother go through with hip replacement surgery and knee replacement a few months later. All three of her living siblings are also dealing with hip, knee, and mobility issues and my grandmother had hip replacement surgery in her early 80s. Because hip problems are so predominant in my family, I decided that I wanted to be able to recover if I end up needing to have my hips replaced.

I studied several different weight loss programs, including gastric bypass, and found most of them to be too extreme or really difficult to follow. When I learned about the Take Shape for Life program I decided to give it a try, but not before checking with my doctor. He agreed that everything looked safe and sound and there were no harmful ingredients. I have been under his care the entire time and he concurs that I’ve never been healthier.

When I started the program I was amazed at how easy it was. I started the program as a very unhappy 58 year old woman who weighed 317 pounds on a 5’1” body. I am now approaching my 60th birthday 187 pounds lighter with more energy and enthusiasm for life than I’ve had in the last 25 years.

-- Karen Hanks

Joseph Pecoraro lost 112 pounds!

Before - June 2005: 287 lbs.	After - December 2005: 175 lbs.

I lost 112 pounds and successfully kept it off!

I lost all this weight by following the simple easy to follow Take Shape for Life program using only Medifast products.

I simply followed the 5 & 1 plan which is to eat 5 Medifast meal replacements a day plus 1 small easy to make balanced meal at days end. This gave my body the right amount of food and keep me satisfied while I was losing the weight.

-- Joseph Pecoraro

Brenda Bateson went from size 14 to 4

Before	After

Brenda Bateson, dress size is a 4 now!

For the past 5 or 6 years, I was steadily loosing the battle of the bulge. I avoided looking at myself in mirrors. The image I saw was that of my mother, who is a size 14. I am 5' 1" tall and my weight was 135 lbs. My dress size was a very tight size 10. I tried just about everything, Atkins, Fat Burner, dangerous diet pills and near starvation. Nothing worked. I was tired, irritable and depressed.

In November 2001, I started the Medifast weight management program. The weight and inches started to drop off. I was shopping in the back portions of my closets and chests. Wearing the things I have not had on in years.

Today, my weight is 112 lbs. and my dress size is a 4. This is an ongoing, transforming miracle in my life. Thanks to all of you.

-- Brenda Bateson