Health Fitness

Can you make so many mistakes with Medifast that it ruins your results?

Sometimes I hear from people who are desperately afraid that they won’t have a perfect Medifast experience. In other words, they are worried that they are going to do everything wrong.

I’ve heard of someone who said, “I have a few co-workers who have had some success with Medifast. I’d like to lose some weight too, but I’m not very good at sticking to diets completely. I’m always looking for ways to tweak it.” For example, I asked about taking a cheat day and my co-workers said this would screw everything up I asked about eating a regular main meal instead of the lean, green meal and they scoffed at making some adjustments to some of food, and they acted like I was crazy or just wasting my time. Can you really mess up Medifast? And if so, how? Isn’t it better to do something than nothing?”

Please note that I can only give you my opinion. I’m certainly not an expert. You can easily call or chat with one on the company’s website. However, it is my personal opinion that the only way you can really “ruin” your Medifast experience is to quit smoking. Because if you stop smoking, obviously you will no longer get the benefits of the diet.

Sure, if you’re not always compliant, you can’t always expect optimal results. But some results are certainly better than none. And even a small number of health benefits are worth seeking out. I’ve always had the belief that it makes sense to do what you need to do to stay happily on the diet. If that means taking a cheat day every once in a while, I think it’s worth it, as long as that cheat day keeps you from quitting and means you’ll be back on track afterwards. When I started my diet path, I regularly added fat-free cheese and gravy to food. I still add sugar free syrup to smoothies. And in no way do I feel like my experience and results are ruined.

However, I’m not sure if I would make a daily habit of replacing lean, green food. Honestly, you can have a “regular dinner” and still turn it into a lean, green meal by making very small adjustments. But I understand skipping the lean and green once in a while, assuming it’s not a habit.

I look at it this way. Diet foods are much lower in calories than what you would normally eat. So even if you’re only partially compliant, chances are you’re still saving a lot of calories in what would be a typical day. Would I have lost more weight if I had played it completely safe? Probably. But I’d be willing to bet that you still would have done well even if you tweaked things a bit.

And I think it’s better to take a longer-term perspective than a short-term one. Ultimately, you want to be successful and you want to keep the weight off. He’s less likely to do that if he feels too restricted or private. So again, this is just someone’s opinion, but I don’t think it’s possible to “screw” this diet unless you stop doing it.

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