Anyone tried Medifast?

I want to lost 80-100 lbs and have tried just about every diet in the book. I started researching bariatric surgery out of sheer frustration and kept finding references to Medifast as an alternative to bariatric surgery or as a "last ditch effort" before surgery. So, my husband and I are going to one of their clinics tomorrow to check it out (he needs to lose at least 60-80 lbs.).

Has anyone done Medifast. I know the basics of the plan, 5 mini meals (shake, bar, soup) plus one meal of lean protein and veggies. I am more interested in things like, how the food tastes, are you hungry or do you feel less hungry because you eat so frequently. Of course, I'd love to hear any success stories!

I am finally fed up with being overweight and feeling like a hypocrite when I tell my kiddos (I'm a school nurse) to eat right and exercise when I am so overweight myself I am quite tall, 5'10 and most people tell me NO WAY I need to lose close to 100 (they guess more like 50), but I know what the scale and my BMI says. There are also things that I want to do that I can't anymore, like ride my horses. I have a 3 year old horse and I don't trust anyone else to start him under saddle, but I'm just not as limber as I used to be and of course I'm out of shape. He is big enough to carry me, but still...And I'm tired of my back hurting, my knees and feet aching, etc. I don't need to be stick-thin, but I want to be healthy!!! Any thoughts?