Medifast Meal Replacement Diet Review
Medifast is a meal replacement diet company which has been around for over 25 years. They have helped millions of people lose weight. They are recommended by over 15,000 doctors and the results of their diet have been proven at Johns Hopkins.
There are more than 60 meal replacement options to choose from–shakes, bars, pudding, oatmeal, soups, etc. Each meal replacement option is less than 200 calories and offers a high amount of protein with a low amount of fat. You are required to eat 5 of these per day.
In addition to the meal replacements, you should eat one “lean and green” meal per day. The “lean and green” meal should consist of a serving of lean meat (or other lean protein source) and green vegetables.
After you have lost the weight that you need, they will lead you through a transition and maintenance phase to help you keep the weight off.
The Medifast company claims that you can lose between 2-5 pounds per week. The high level of weight loss is enough to keep most people motivated to stay on the program.
Many people have gotten fat because they simply do not know how to prepare healthy meals for themselves or they find that they too often give into temptation. The Medifast program helps with both of these situations. First, the five Medifast replacement meals each day means that you don’t have to do much cooking. The only meal you are responsible for is your “lean and green” meal. This means you won’t have to make as many trips to the grocery store, which reduces the temptation to buy (and eat) junk foods.
The program may seem prohibitively expensive at first, but when you break it down to a daily expenditure, you’ll find that it’s probably less than you’re paying for food now.
Medifast is a very low calorie diet and you should talk with your doctor before you start this plan. Once you lose the weight, you’ll still need to eat healthy foods if you want to keep the weight off.
Like other diets, the Medifast plan is not for everyone. However, if you need to lose weight and you don’t have a lot of time to prepare healthy meals, then it may be just what the doctor ordered.
