In essence, medifast is really a low carb diet. It seems to me that a lot of people are a bit surprised by this, myself included. I used to think this was your staple low-calorie, restrictive diet, but there’s more to it than that. All foods are very high in protein and fiber, while being relatively low in carbohydrates and sugars. This is the formula that puts your body into fat burning mode and is a very important part of the equation. The other day someone asked me exactly how much of each part of the equation you take in each day you take Medifast. I will answer this in the next article.
Example of a Medifast menu with daily protein content: Probably the easiest way to demonstrate this is to go through a typical day with medifast and then calculate the daily content from there.
Below is a sample menu with protein, fiber, sugar, and calorie content (in grams). Keep in mind that each day you’ll eat five of the smaller prepackaged meals in the diet and prepare a “green and fat-free” meal on your own. You have quite a bit of freedom with this and can make your own decisions. But, the company gives you some guidelines. They want you to eat lean meats or vegetable alternatives and they want you to eat three servings of vegetables that are glycemic friendly.
Feed———————Protein——————-Fiber——- ————–Sugar—————–Calories—-
Oats———————11———————–5— ——————————–1—————– ——-110
Chocolate Milkshake————-11———3———- ———–9- – ———————————— 90
Chile————————————-11———————- — 5————1———————————- ———- ———–110
Crunch Bar——————12———————–4—– ——————————two——————- —–110
Lean and green food ——-This varies, depending on the food you choose.———————-
Cinnamon Chips————–4————————1——- – ————-3———————————– — –70
As you can see, on this typical day, we have consumed 49 grams of protein, 18 grams of fiber, 15 grams of sugar, and 490 calories. But, we still haven’t figured out our lean and green yet. There are plenty of options here and as long as you eat a small serving of meat or meat alternate and 3 servings of vegetables, you’re fine. Some people will do this with stir fry. Some will make a casserole or pot meal. And, some will make a more traditional meal with side dishes. However, no matter how you slice it, they want you to eat 5-7 ounces of meat or meat substitute. In general, each ounce will have 7 grams of protein. So if you had a six ounce serving, you would consume 42 grams. Put this with the smaller diet meals you’ve already eaten and you have a total of 91.
This is quite similar to diets like South Beach and Atkins where many people aim for around 100. As you can see, you are getting a very generous amount of protein that should have no problem getting you into fat burning mode (ketosis). ) unless you cheat a lot with your lean, green food and load up on carbs at that point.