How To Get The Most Out Of Medifast Five Tips To Ensure Success

1 Make sure your attitude is in the right place before you start. Your attitude toward your weight loss will play a significant role in your success with Medifast. There are countless medical and psychological studies that prove your attitude has a dramatic effect on your results. Go into this weight loss program feeling great, knowing that you are making a powerful, positive decision that will have lasting effects on the outcome of your life. Don’t come into this only looking for a quick fix, come into this seeking a lifestyle improvement. Medifast is not all about numbers on a scale. It’s about feeling better, making positive changes and gaining more energy. It’s about making your own happiness, health, self care and well being a high priority. Make sure your attitude is heading in this direction before you start.

2 Plan well in advance. Medifast makes this plan really easy and convenient by providing most of your meals. However, Medifast doesn’t make every decision. Think about what you’d like to eat a day in advance and portion it out. Gather all of the ingredients you’ll need for your lean and green meal beforehand. (Bagged salads, pre-packed stir fry veggies and the George Foreman grill can be a God send here). The reason for this is if you’re hurried, traveling, etc. you’ll be more apt to eat out or make poor choices if you haven’t already portioned out your meals and packed or prepared them. Don’t allow yourself to get in a situation where you’ll have to make an unfortunate decision and then feel regret or guilt later. The easiest way to avoid this is to make these decisions when you’re calm and in a good place. Each good day feeds on itself and is followed by more good days.

3 Feel free to enhance your experience by participating in our Forums, Blog and Video links.  Our Recipe section has great Lean & Green recipes and recipes that tell you how to make Medifast meal packets into something else. For example, the oatmeal can be used to make muffins or cookies. You can add sugar free flavorings to the shakes and fruit drinks to have a huge amount of variety. (Think chocolate, putter pecan, banana strawberry, etc.) You can add ice and flavorings to the fruit drink to make smoothies and thick shakes. You can add a variety of veggies to the scrambled eggs to make an omelet or quiche. Shaved ice with the sugar free syrup makes a darn good snow cone! The possibilities are endless. Feel free to play around with what you’re given so that you love your personal experience.

4 Incorporate fun physical activity. Adding even a small amount of exercise can really speed up your weight loss. You don’t have to become a gym rat or a muscle head.  Just think about what activities you like doing and do them with more intensity and for longer. Gardening, walking, running around with your kids or loved ones, dancing, fixing or washing your car, etc are all forms of exercise if you put a little muscle and time behind them. You aren’t required to do exercises you don’t like. If you move more than you have been, you WILL lose more weight. You’ll be taking in less calories on Medifast and if you add burning more calories to the mix, in whatever way you wish, you will lost MORE weight.

5 Have fun on the plan!  Simply put, no one is going to stay long term on any weight loss plan if they are having a miserable experience. If you need support, it is here for the taking. Don’t allow the quest for losing weight to rule your every thought. Knowing that you are making positive changes and following the plan is absolutely enough. Allow that to give you piece of mind. It will work when you following the plan.  You will see results, feed off of those results, stay on plan and the process will continue.  But, it IS a process and it’s important that you enjoy the process and not become obsessed with the end result. The end result will come if you keep making the choices and actions to get there. It’s really that simple and there’s no need to over think it. The plan is designed to be easy, convenient and not to require a lot of hard work. So, follow the plan, get in more physical activity and enjoy your life. That’s the best advice I can give.