Does Medifast Work?

One of the most popular weight loss plans designed to help people lose weight quickly is Medifast, a product that works as a meal replacement with specially designed foods that control calorie and fat levels and maximize vitamins to help promote weight loss. The product was only available through a prescription for a while but now is available for anyone to buy online as they wish. The company claims that weight loss of 2-5 pounds per week is possible, which as anyone who has dieted in the past knows, is an extremely fast rate of weight loss.

Medifast works as a meal replacement plan with a variety of different foods including everything from shakes to snack bars and eggs to cheese puffs.  You choose different food packages that suit your desires and needs, including special programs for men and women, and another package for people suffering from diabetes.  One of the popular plans is the 5 in 1 plan where you eat five Medifast meals and one lean regular meal throughout the day. 

Too much of anything can make you sick and I’m not a doctor so I cant tell you for sure that Medifast would be completely safe for you, but I can tell you that the company undergoes a significant amount of testing for safety and effectiveness. 

Why do I bring up taste?  Well to put it simply if something tastes like a boiled shoe I’m not going to eat it no matter how much weight it makes me lose and I’m willing to guess that almost all of you feel the same way.  Medifast certainly doesn’t taste like a $200 steak or fancy French cuisine but it isn’t bad for diet food and it’s certainly not unbearable.  Personally I would rather eat some of the Medifast meals than most vegetables so a meal supplement works well for me. 

So the reason you are all reading this article is that you are wondering whether or not Medifast really works. In a Johns Hopkins University study led by Associate Professor Lawrence Cheskin, males lost an average of 67 pounds on the plan while females lost an average of 57 pounds, which is a lot of weight, especially as an average. I personally have known two people who lost a significant amount of weight (one lost 32 pounds, the other lost 47) using Medifast so I can say I have seen it with my own eyes.

Of course you have to stick to the plan as it is described or it won’t work. There are very few diets that will allow you to eat junk food, pizza and deserts all day and still lose weight, but if you stick with the Medifast plan as it is described you have a good chance that you will lose weight. For more information I would highly recommend the detail on the Medifast website, they do a good job of outlining the diet. You can also get 2 weeks of Medifast free if you enter the promotional code code "GetTwo" for a limited time.