Is Medifast Worth the Money?

64kelo

I am beginning a Take Shape For Life program on Wednesday which uses the Medifast products. I have seem the results with my sister and her husband last year and they have maintained their weight loss by making healthy food choices. I know I can take the slow methodical approach to weight loss; it is how I grew to be overweight. I believe that I have made enough progress in the area of making healthy choices that a bit of a fast pass to the future me will only be a plus and I will be able to maintain what I lose.

DoctorMom03

I agree with this writer's post. More than 4 years ago I was on a competitive diet to Medifast. My caloric intake was restricted to 900 - 1000 calories per day. It did get to the point where I was just never hungry anymore and could not increase my food intake. Hairloss, fatigue to lethargy, acid reflux, headaches, joint pain ,and regained every ounce I lost despite the fact that I was paying a personal trainer 2 x weekly at $100 an hour to work with me to increase my metabolism.

I am still working toward getting my metabolism back after destroying it by living in starvation mode. These diets do not translate well into reality.

Through a regular diet, measuring my calories burned daily, exercising a minimum of 5 hours/week for the last 2 years, I'm finally where I was when I started the other diet and up to 1200 calories a day but I burn over 2000 per day average.

Correcting a damaged metabolism is not something that can be done overnight. It's taken over two years and I'm still 30 pounds above my goal, which is exactly where I was when I started the other pre-packaged starvation diet program.

See an endocrinologist who specializes in weight management and a licensed and registered dietician. The end result will be the same cost as what you would pay for Medifast, Slimgenics, or Jenny Craig and but the MD and dietician will take into consideration all factors and treat you holistically, not by just reducing your calorie intake.

Janacooney

Iamb 48 years old , I am a type two diabetic , and have hypothyroidism. Medifast was the only diet that ever worked for me. I started last year and it did increase my metabolism so with all the things I have wrong with me you can still lose weight it just may take a little longer than someone who doesn't have these issues and is older. During the first few weeks of Medifast I cried and threatened to quit several times. But I kept at it and I have lost 71.5 pounds. I am in a plateau right now so I'm trying to exercise more and not cheat so often. I started on the 4-2-1 plan then when I hit my plateau , I changed to the 5-1 plan but it was just too difficult for me the 4-2-1 is better for me. I will do that and continue to do that and just incorporate more exercise into my routine. So I guess my point is that no matter what is wrong with you and how old you are it's never too late to boost your metabolism and it can be done I'm proof. And yes it is a difficult thing to do it takes a lot of willpower which I never had so this diet was the only one that ever worked for me I thought about switching to weight watchers just because I wanted a different variety of food to eat other than Medifast but I'm afraid to switch plans because I do not want to gain any weight.

kshermam

I did medifast once and lost 17 lbs but it gave me horrible gas and stomach cramps. Some of the foods are tolerable but if you stop and eat real food again you will have a hard time getting back on Medifast. The eggs, brownies, bars and pancakes aren't bad. Good luck.