Medifast diet

lorrin · Silver Member Joined: 23 Sep 2000 Posts: 256

Has anybody underwent Medifast diet here? A co-worker just started it and is so full of energy and excited about this new program that would make her lose weight permanently. Her arrogance and confidence in this program are so irritating that I needed to check what it is all about!

self · Newbie Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 26

In my opinion, every dieter is excited at the beginning thinking that the new method would bring them permanent weight loss. If results don’t occur immediately, many of them lose the initial excitement. I have seen it a number of times. I have been reading about this diet and I can’t say if it would work or not for someone who follows it but in my personal opinion, it is not so wise to be on a diet where you are allowed to eat chili, soups, puddings, shakes, bars and drinks, crackers. Excuse me but this is not how I see a good weight loss program. Yet, I would never pay for a program and yet had to order meals online. Sounds stupid. I believe in small, frequent meals, no crackers, shakes and snacks, but a lots of fruits and vegetables and moderate exercise. Sorry I wasn’t that helpful, I just felt like sharing an opinion.

petrafarmer · Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 4

My sister went on it many years ago when it was only available by prescription. She was very heavy and lost a lot of weight. She looked great....for a while. Then the weight came back on with a vengance. She had to buy two airline seats when she traveled. Its not realistic and won't help you change your habits. At the end you will have the security blanket of "safe" food pulled out from under you. Unless you have changed your habits you'll be back at square one in no time.

JustDori · Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

The program is available to purchase without a prescription and is easy to follow. You can choose between their oatmeals, soups, shakes and puddings for 5 servings a day. In addition to that they allow one Lean/Green meal with around 7 ounces of lean meat and 2 cups of non-starch veggies.

The cost is around $14 a box(qty 7 per box) for each item. Therefore the costs are about $12-15 a day (there are snacks you can have one of too).

I have tried this and it does work, long term liquid diets have a poor success rate. The best way is to cut calories, move more, drink lots of water and stop eating a few hours before bed.

I have been on medifast for 2.5 weeks with my husband. I lost 25 pounds, he lost 15. However, we are going to try simply cutting out complex carbs, eat lean meat and stay around 1200 calories to see how that goes for us.

I will say that the Medifast (or any program similar) makes it quick and easy for busy people to eat modestly because it's all grab and run food for the most part.

Dori

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I've been doing Medifast for about a year now and have lost over 60 lbs., which isn't extremely quick, but is the only diet that worked for me!

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All I can say is that I have been doing Medifast for 5 weeks (including Thanksgiving and now Christmas) and except for yesterday when I hosted a party, I have stuck with the plan. And yesterday, instead of having the packets, I had a small plate of cheese, 2 meatballs, about 10 baked chips and one small surgar free brownie, and 2 slices of pineapple... (alright alright 2 small sugar free brownies!)... When I added everything up, I do believe I stayed within the 800-1000 calorie range.

I lost 17 pounds the first month and hope to average at least 10 pounds a month. I have to lose a total of close to 200 pounds, so I know it will be probably 18 months before I reach my goal. However, I know I can do it. I have eliminated that packets that I just could not stomach.

Also, as for the expense.... well if you add everything up it costs a little less than $75 per week plus the expense of your meat and vegies. You would spend about that much on any other "food" diet (more for Jenny craig types). So, don't be fooled by folks who enter the "Money" card in.

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I have been on the Medifast "diet" since Tues, 6days now, and have only lost 2 lbs, which I am sure are water loss. For the first 3 days I was so miserable, cold and had headaches to have only lost 3 lbs.== it just is not worth it. The person who "sold" me this, said I would lose approximately 5 lbs the first week.
I am allergic to milk, and have had very bad reactions from the Medifast foods, I was told there was no milk in the shakes,==wrong! the majority of their products have milk...i really am surprised their health counselors aren't taught better.
I believe you can accomplish the same with store market foods, that are low carb, low fat and feel better. Tabatchnick in the frozen food section makes great low fat soups, and they have about the same number of carbs that Medifast does. Once you start checking out the number of carbs in each package, they are really not that low carb..

Anyway, it was a big disappointment for me = I hope this helps. The old adage, eat healthy and move more is the best prescription.

tarra74 · Newbie Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

I have been on Medifast for about 6 months now. So far I have lost 142 pounds so far. I started out ten years ago weighing 750 pounds, so this brings my total weight loss to 358 pounds. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to try it. It has been tested by Johns Hopkins and they say it is safe and effective.

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