If I had to pinpoint the Medifast foods about which I'm asked the most often, these foods would without a doubt be the plan's shakes and bars.
Sometimes, people ask me if limiting themselves to just the shakes and bars will help them to lose weight faster or to be more successful on the plan.
There seems to be a perception that these two menu items are more in line with the diet than the rest.
Although these food items are popular, they don't contain fewer calories or less carbohydrates and sugars than any of the others.
In fact, all the Medifast foods are designed to be similar in this regard.
To show you what I mean, let's compare the shakes and bars with a few of the other foods.
First, let's look at the Swiss mocha 55 shake.
It contains 90 calories, 8 grams of sugars, 11 of protein, and.
5 of fat.
Admittedly, this is a very low amount of calories.
But now let's look at the diet's brownie.
One might assume that since this is a dessert item, it might be a lot more fattening.
But frankly, although it has slightly more calories, sugars, and fat than the shake, the differences are very small.
The brownie has 110 calories, 8 grams of sugars, 11 of protein, and only 2 grams of fat.
Now, let's look at one of those bars that everyone thinks is the most diet friendly.
I'll chose the peanut butter crunch because it is one of my favorites.
You're looking at 110 calories, 3 grams of sugar, 11 of protein, and 3 of fat.
So actually, the bar has had the most fat so far, although admittedly we're talking about a mere 3 grams.
For comparison sake, let's look at the sloppy joes which is a menu item that I find many people suspect is more fattening.
This item has 110 calories, 3 grams of sugars, 11 of protein and 1.
5 of fat.
Are you seeing a pattern here? You could pretty much chose any menu item on Medifast and find that it is very similar to those I listed above and that is by design.
They want the diet to be easy to understand and they want for the foods to be interchangeable.
So to answer the question posed, I certainly don't think you would lose more weight if you limited yourself to the shakes and bars since all of the foods are similar in calories, carbohydrates, sugars and fats.
Besides, if you did that, you would likely get bored quickly.
It's nice to have so many choices and to have the confidence that any of the choices are in alignment with the diet and are equal to all the other choices.
Sometimes, people ask me if limiting themselves to just the shakes and bars will help them to lose weight faster or to be more successful on the plan.
There seems to be a perception that these two menu items are more in line with the diet than the rest.
Although these food items are popular, they don't contain fewer calories or less carbohydrates and sugars than any of the others.
In fact, all the Medifast foods are designed to be similar in this regard.
To show you what I mean, let's compare the shakes and bars with a few of the other foods.
First, let's look at the Swiss mocha 55 shake.
It contains 90 calories, 8 grams of sugars, 11 of protein, and.
5 of fat.
Admittedly, this is a very low amount of calories.
But now let's look at the diet's brownie.
One might assume that since this is a dessert item, it might be a lot more fattening.
But frankly, although it has slightly more calories, sugars, and fat than the shake, the differences are very small.
The brownie has 110 calories, 8 grams of sugars, 11 of protein, and only 2 grams of fat.
Now, let's look at one of those bars that everyone thinks is the most diet friendly.
I'll chose the peanut butter crunch because it is one of my favorites.
You're looking at 110 calories, 3 grams of sugar, 11 of protein, and 3 of fat.
So actually, the bar has had the most fat so far, although admittedly we're talking about a mere 3 grams.
For comparison sake, let's look at the sloppy joes which is a menu item that I find many people suspect is more fattening.
This item has 110 calories, 3 grams of sugars, 11 of protein and 1.
5 of fat.
Are you seeing a pattern here? You could pretty much chose any menu item on Medifast and find that it is very similar to those I listed above and that is by design.
They want the diet to be easy to understand and they want for the foods to be interchangeable.
So to answer the question posed, I certainly don't think you would lose more weight if you limited yourself to the shakes and bars since all of the foods are similar in calories, carbohydrates, sugars and fats.
Besides, if you did that, you would likely get bored quickly.
It's nice to have so many choices and to have the confidence that any of the choices are in alignment with the diet and are equal to all the other choices.
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