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Medifast Diet Plan

Medifast Diet Plan Features:
  • medifast diet plan review Portion-controlled, nutritionally-balanced meals that are individually packaged.
  • Medifast 5 & 1 plans are designed to create a calorie deficit, so that your body will begin to burn fat for energy.  As you lose fat, your body will maintain its lean muscle mass.
  • Clinically proven to produce quick weight loss results.
  • Includes transition, maintenance, and exercise plans to help you keep the weight off.
  • Online tools and support are provided.
  • Physician-designed diet plans are created specially for women, men, diabetics, nursing mothers, seniors, teens, and individuals with various health problems.
Our Review of the Medifast Diet Plan

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The Medifast Diet Plan has often been recommended by physicians since its birth almost 30 years ago.  However, no diet plan is perfect!  For one thing, the meals are prepackaged and are prepared by adding water and then either zapping them in the microwave or refrigerating them.  Kind of reminds me of army rations!  Yes, the meals are supposedly nutritious and balanced.  But how about flavor and texture?  Just how long could you survive on such meals?

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Although this diet plan is designed to create a calorie deficit, you do get to eat six small meals each day to stave off hunger.  Five of those meals consist of the prepackaged foods and snacks.  Fortunately, you ARE allowed to eat one “lean and green” meal.  This meal consists of one lean meat plus salad and/or vegetables.  You can actually divide this meal up into two meals and eat it twice a day, combined with one of the prepackaged foods.  Eight glasses of water each day are also recommended for best results.

The Medifast Diet is geared toward quick weight loss in the initial stage.  Once you’ve reached your desired weight, the Medifast Diet Plan transitions into a weight-maintenance stage.  During this phase, you are reintroduced to foods that you were denied during the Medifast 5 & 1 phase.  Regular exercise is also encouraged to help you lose weight and keep it off.

Overall, the Medifast Diet Plan is a decent diet plan if you want to lose weight fast.  It focuses on nutrition and a balanced diet, which is very important to staying healthy while shedding those extra pounds.  It provides learning tools and online support to help you achieve your weight-loss goals.  The Medifast Diet Plan is a “doable” diet…at least, for the short-term.

The success rate for sticking with the Medifast Diet long-term is rather low.  After all, the prepackaged foods tend to lack flavor and appeal, and the caloric intake allowed makes this diet a borderline starvation diet until you finally make it into the transition phase of the diet plan.

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