User Review #30 by Yolanda on January 4th, 2010 at 12:56 AM CST

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Medifast does without a shadow of a doubt work! I started Medifast in May 2009 and by November 2009 I had lost 75 pounds which took me from a size 18 to a size 8. My family that hadn't seen me in a while almost freaked when they saw me: they were just amazed and I look younger than 43. Medifast does take discipline and I think that is one of the hardest things for people to understand when on the this diet but at the same time, you only have to think about the one lean and green meal that you are going to have during the day which takes all of the guess work and calorie counting away. You can do anything for a little while for real. I looked at how long it took me to gain the weight and realized that I could invest 6 good months using Medifast to lose weight and be healthier. That was how I approached it and it worked. I also liked how Medifast gave me energy from the Soy based products. Like Karen said before me, you have to get creative and add spices to some of the meals so that it won't be so boring. The oatmeal can be baked and made into crunchy granola if you don't like the taste of just eating plain oatmeal. This diet does work. I still order the snacks like cheese puffs, crackers, and crunch bars to keep myself in check during my maintenance phase.

Medifast does without a shadow of a doubt work! I started Medifast in May 2009 and by November 2009 I had lost 75 pounds which took me from a size 18 to a size 8.

My family that hadn't seen me in a while almost freaked when they saw me: they were just amazed and I look younger than 43. Medifast does take discipline and I think that is one of the hardest things for people to understand when on the this diet but at the same time, you only have to think about the one lean and green meal that you are going to have during the day which takes all of the guess work and calorie counting away.

You can do anything for a little while for real. I looked at how long it took me to gain the weight and realized that I could invest 6 good months using Medifast to lose weight and be healthier. That was how I approached it and it worked.

I also liked how Medifast gave me energy from the Soy based products. Like Karen said before me, you have to get creative and add spices to some of the meals so that it won't be so boring. The oatmeal can be baked and made into crunchy granola if you don't like the taste of just eating plain oatmeal.

This diet does work. I still order the snacks like cheese puffs, crackers, and crunch bars to keep myself in check during my maintenance phase.

User Review #29 by Sherry Branham on January 3rd, 2010 at 11:50 AM CST

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Hello Nikki, I am wondering how your medifast diet is going. Are you still on it or have you lost all of the weight that you wanted too. Reason I am asking is because I too weigh 278 and I am just starting medifast again for the second time around. The first time I actually lost 40 lbs, then my father passed on and I got depressed, went off the diet and I am now back to 278 (higher than before). I was torn between trying nutrisystem or medifast. Any suggestions? Thank you. Sherry

Hello Nikki,

I am wondering how your medifast diet is going. Are you still on it or have you lost all of the weight that you wanted too. Reason I am asking is because I too weigh 278 and I am just starting medifast again for the second time around. The first time I actually lost 40 lbs, then my father passed on and I got depressed, went off the diet and I am now back to 278 (higher than before). I was torn between trying nutrisystem or medifast. Any suggestions? Thank you.

Sherry

User Review #28 by Anna on August 20th, 2009 at 11:28 AM CDT

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I ran into a good friend last year who I didnt even recognize because she had lost over 100lbs since the last time I had seen her. She told me it was medifast and that she loved it. The woman had always been heavy and was smaller than me, looking to be about a size 2! I have always weighed about 120lbs but during my divorce I had gotten up to 150. I only stuck to the diet for 3 weeks because I had gotten down to 135 and felt good, so just stopped. 6 months later and weighing in at 138, I decided to go ahead and lose that other 15 lbs I was wanting to lose. One week in, 5 lbs down. Not everything is delicious, but it is edible and doable if you are determined to actually stick to it! BTW, the new "parmisan cheese balls" are awesome.

I ran into a good friend last year who I didnt even recognize because she had lost over 100lbs since the last time I had seen her. She told me it was medifast and that she loved it.

The woman had always been heavy and was smaller than me, looking to be about a size 2! I have always weighed about 120lbs but during my divorce I had gotten up to 150. I only stuck to the diet for 3 weeks because I had gotten down to 135 and felt good, so just stopped.

6 months later and weighing in at 138, I decided to go ahead and lose that other 15 lbs I was wanting to lose. One week in, 5 lbs down. Not everything is delicious, but it is edible and doable if you are determined to actually stick to it! BTW, the new "parmisan cheese balls" are awesome.