Average Medifast Weight Loss - How Much Weight Will I Lose on the Medifast Diet?

I know...I've been there, and often picking the right diet is FAR harder than losing the weight once you do! With that in mind, let's answer a few common questions we get often about the Medifast diet. Read on..:-)

Medifast Meals: How Many of them Will I Eat Per Day?

If you are like most of us, you'll eat 5. Remember, the 5 and 1 program requires that you have 5 meal replacement options, and 1 lean and green selection per day.

What is the Lean and Green Selection?

Good question! The lean and green is going to be 7 ounces of lean protein like chicken, fish or beef and as many green vegetables as you can stomach! (no pun intended..:-) This is a meal that you will be self preparing, so keep this in mind as well. (i.e. - this is the one meal per day that is NOT provided for you!)

Is Medifast Fattening? How Many Calories a Day is the Diet?

Depending on your selection, you should expect to be eating about 1000-1200 calories per day. These are very filling calories though, and if you are anything like ME, you won't be feeling like you are dieting at all! (plus you will be having a total of 6 meals per day - which keeps your hunger well satisfied as well!)

In this article let's address the average Medifast weight loss and see if it meets YOUR dieting targets. The simple truth is that it is impossible to really prognosticate or promise ANYONE that they will lose a specific amount of weight...and any diet that does that is not being honest! (Especially those that tell you a DEFINITE amount of weight will be lost for every "X" amount of days....very popular with some online e books of questionable quality and ethics..:-) But there ARE certainly norms and averages, and there are ALSO realistic expectations that CAN be promised if you follow the plan. With a program like Medifast, these targets are fairly easy to follow, and offer, as the diet is founded on SOUND caloric control principles.

So What is the Average Medifast Weight Loss Then?

The Medifast ad's promise 20 pounds for every 30 days is possible. Believe it or not, may exceed that number with ease. Others who are less diligent, and possibly less active to boot, should expect NO LESS than 2 pounds per week, or closer to 10 pounds per month. These are not only achievable goals, on the low side, I dare say they are relatively easy to hit as well.

More Average Weight Loss Numbers to Chew On: Medifast in a Clinical Setting:

In a clinical setting at John Hopkins Medical Center, the average weight loss of men and women on the Medifast diet well EXCEEDED 50 pounds per dieter. Wow is right! The men actually dropped MORE than 60, and the women were average a hair less than 55 pounds per person. These are indeed life changing numbers, but the kind of results any body can achieve if they follow the program the very same way.  Commit to the idea of changing YOUR life, and simply use Medifast to meet, or EXCEED your goals is ALL you need to succeed - I promise!

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