If you’ve dieted before, you know that sometimes sticking to a diet can be difficult. So now that you’re considering the Medifast diet, you might be thinking, “What will help me stick to Medifast?” Well, I have some tips that should help you reach your goals: lose excess weight.
1. Follow the Medifast Program Exactly
Medifast has been around for over 20 years and the doctors and nutritionists who have formulated the diet know what works. So it’s important that when you get your first Medifast order, you read the insert that comes with it and follow the plan as written. I’m going to cover the most important parts of this plan in the following tips.
2. Eat all your Medifast meals
Medifast is a very low calorie diet plan so it is important that you do not skip any of your meals; otherwise, you may not get enough calories and nutrients every day. And when you eat your five Medifast meals every day, you’ll have a much easier time fighting cravings for foods you shouldn’t be eating. In fact, you may find that you don’t have any cravings after a few days.
3. Eat your food lean and green
I’ve seen some people decide that if they can lose weight quickly by eating five Medifast meals and the Lean and Green food every day, they can lose weight faster by eating six of the packaged meals and eliminating the Lean and Green food. But that’s not a great idea.
Lean and green food is an important part of the plan. It provides a significant amount of daily protein and fat, as well as fiber from the vegetables you’ll eat. This is important to make sure you stay regular. The most common complaint about Medifast that I have seen is constipation and lean green food will help keep this at bay.
Lean, green food also provides something important that helps most people stay committed to their diet: satiety. Satiety is that feeling of fullness and satisfaction that you get after eating. And it’s an important part of making sure we stick to our plans.
4. No more than one Medifast bar per day
Medifast bars are quite tasty. In fact, I think they may be a bit too tasty, as I would happily eat several of them every day. But the folks at Medifast limit them to one per day. The reason they do this is that eating more than one bar each day will increase the amount of carbohydrates you get on a daily basis. And cutting carbs is important to keep your appetite in check.
Also, my own experience with Medifast bars is that they tend to trigger my sweet tooth and make me crave other sweets. So by eating more than one per day, they can make it more difficult to stick to your plan. In fact, some dieters find it better not to use bars in their plan, preferring to stick to shakes, oatmeal, and other items. So if you find that using Medifast bars increases your cravings for sweets, you can try cutting them out.
I believe that if you follow these tips, you will find it quite easy to lose weight with the Medifast program and reach your goals. Just remember that the best way to stick with Medifast is to follow the plan to the letter. It might seem a bit boring at times, but the rewards feel really great.