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What to Expect in Your First Week of Medifast

I often hear from people who anticipate starting Medifast soon or have just started the diet. They often want to know what kinds of things or experiences to expect. Common concerns are questions like how hungry will I be? How will I feel? Will I like the food? And how much weight can I expect to lose right from the start? I’ll try to address these questions below and also try to give you an idea of ​​what you could expect to experience in your first week of Medifast.

You may be hungry, but you may not be as hungry as you expected: It is common sense that each time you eat fewer calories or fat than you are used to, your body may have to adjust. This can result in being hungry and many people expect this to happen. But a good number of people have told me (and I agree) that they weren’t as hungry as they thought or feared.

It is true that portion sizes tend to be small. But to compensate for this, he is given many of those small meals. If you’re on some variation of the Medifast 5 plus 1 plan (and most are), you’ll have five of those small meals and one larger meal every day. If you figure out the math on this and look at the 12 hour period during which most of us are awake and go about our day, this makes you eat every two hours, which I really think is a major contributing factor to maintaining hunger in bay, which brings me to the next point.

Having to eat so many times during the day can be annoying at first: For one thing, eating often means you’re not likely to be that hungry. But, on the other hand, it means that you will have to make time to eat several times during the day. Although prepackaged foods are convenient and don’t require a lot of preparation (and some don’t require any), you’ll still have to take the time to eat.

Yes, I’ve heard people say things like “well, how difficult is it to unwrap a protein bar and eat it while going about your business?” This is a valid point, but when you’re used to sitting or eating only three meals a day, sometimes going up to six is ​​an adjustment. However, I find that most people adjust to this pretty quickly, especially if they are seeing some results already.

Expect mixed results and know that the first week is just the beginning: Probably one of the most common questions I get asked is, “How much weight can I expect to lose in the first week with Medifast?” There is no single answer to this. Some people report losing more than they bargained for. Some were in line with what they expected or what the guidelines suggest (2-3 pounds per week). And some end up missing the mark.

Sometimes, there is no rhyme or reason for this. People who cheat sometimes still lose more weight than expected, and people who do not deviate at all from instructions can fall short. But what I sometimes find is that next week will often even things out. It is important to remember that a week does not dictate the final results. Your weekly results will likely vary a bit, and when you’re done with this diet, will you really remember (or even care) how much you lost each week? Or are you just going to care what your final results were? I would suggest not getting sucked into day-to-day or week-to-week results. Instead, get caught up in the process and learn new habits and believe that the results will follow.

Expect you to worry or wonder if you are doing something wrong: I remember over-analyzing this diet at first because I was used to diets where you had to do a lot of work or where you had to learn something new. An example is learning to cook without a lot of carbs on the Zone Diet or learning how to score points in the Weight Watchers. So when Medifast starts and all you really have to do is just eat what they send you and then prepare just one meal on your own, it can feel like you’re missing something.

You are often learning more than you think. At the end of the process, you often find that you have learned a new way to cook, eat, and plan through your “lean green food.” And you’ve learned to eat small, regular meals to keep your metabolism at optimal levels, but you often don’t realize it at the time.

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