Let me start off by giving you a little background about myself. I come from one of those homes where your parents always made you eat everything on your plate. So you can see the programming that was instilled since I was a young boy. I always used eating as a escape I guess from social problems. I was not the popular kid, and never really had a lot of friends because of my weight. Well it spiraled out of control which brings me to where I am right now. I am a 37 year old male, 5″ 7″ and weigh 247. On a recent check up from my doctor I was advised that I needed to loose weight. Now I am the person who had dabbled with different diets here and there, but I don’t think that I was ever really committed.

So from recommendations from my doctor I decided to go on the Medifast Program. The Medifast Diet is a low calorie diet, that is structured for you and takes the guess work out. It is a meal replacement program, where you have five Medifast meals and one Lean and Green meal per day. The lean and green meal can be 7 oz of turkey, chicken or fish, or 5 oz of lean beef pork or lamb, along with a green vegetable. The food choices keep you from being bored, you can have oatmeal, hot chocolate, cappuccino, or a shake for breakfast. For lunch there are soups, granola bars or shakes and for dinner you have your lean and green meal. The program is set up where you eat every 2 hours, so that helps to keep the hunger pains down.

When Trimspa signed on Anna Nicole Smith to be the brand’s face almost three years ago, it catapulted the company into the global market. Her dramatic weight loss using Trimspa’s X32 product made her one of the most celebrated weight loss success story, next of course to former Fat Actress Kirstie Alley. With the unexpected passing of the controversial superstar, there have been doubts on the future of Trimspa and their ability to survive such a loss.

However, the company is confident that this adversity will not stop them from moving the company forward. “The brand now has thousands of successful weight loss spokespersons — albeit less heralded. They are your neighbors, friends, family members and coworkers,” Tony Azzizzo, President of Trimspa explained, adding, “Their weight loss experience is no less celebrated for them as Anna’s was to the world.”

That’s what a recent news report tallied that the line-up at a physique contest consumed – in one day. So, it’s not surprising that most people view bodybuilders as protein junkies, shovelling the stuff into their oversized frames by the bucket load. The reality is not that different. Muscle heads the world over are, indeed, overloading on protein – they have been for decades. But do they really need to? What’s the muscle protein connection anyway? And just how much of it is needed to stimulate optimal muscle growth? Let’s get up to speed with a little protein 101.

What it is / What it does

Protein has rightly been called the building block of the human body. Everything – from the tip of your head to your big toe – is made from it. After water, protein is, in fact, the most abundant substance in your body – and about 70% of it can be found in your skeletal muscles. Rather than sitting idle, the protein in your body is constantly being lost and broken down due to natural bodily functions. That’s why your body needs to constantly replace its protein stores in order to maintain itself. This process of cell repair starts when you chow down a chicken breast. As it passes down the throat, the proteins in your piece of chicken are separated by enzymes (which are also proteins) into sub-units called amino acids.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California, are researching a way to flick on a protein switch gene that could lead to new treatments in preventing obesity.

Sounds like my kind of drug….

How many of dieters would pay good money just to be able to turn off the urge to snack? If statistics are correct in the amount of people that are buying into the diet supplement trend, then I would say that the ever expanding market could handle another one.