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Medifast
SummaryMedifast DescriptionReplacing meals with Medifast products allows you to eat less calories a thus lose weight. Medifast contains a blend of protein and carbohydrates, designed to make you lose weight without losing muscle. Some Medifast products contain Super Citrimax, which is a natural appetite suppressant. Other Medifast products aloow you to vary the amounts of protein in them. There is also a Medifast formulated specifically for people with Diabetes, another for people with Arthritis, and one for coronary heart disease, plus one for women during menopause. Medifast uses soy protein, which has been shown in research to have a variety of health benefits, particularly in women. It reduces the risk of heart disease, helps lower cholesterol levels, and protect against the risk of fractures and osteoporosis. It is recommended that you see your doctor before you start using Medifast and also, regularly, while you are using it. Medifast Specials CriticismSome people experience diarrhea, stomach cramps, constipation, dad breath, chills, skin rashes, hunger, hair loss, or heartburn. But, these are rare. Like Slim-fast, some people have trouble sticking to a reduced calorie diet and thus fail to keep off the weight they lose. Tags: low-calorie meals shakes Related Diets: Slim-fast Diet Cambridge Diet Smart for Life Shapeworks! BistroMD |
| Dr. Del Nagro | posted 3-Mar-2009 6:25pm DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. DO NOT WORK WITH THIS COMPANY. The company itself is horrible to deal with. We ordered a single month's supply to try it out. Yet we were somehow automatically enrolled in a repeat shipping program that we never signed up for. After receiving the second shipment, we called and cancelled the account we never signed up for. They called us back and verified the cancellation, however Medifast refused to pay for it's return shipping $40 and so we reluctantly kept the box. You wouldn't believe it, but we subsequently received a third shipment, which was the second shipment we never ordered. We called after receiving this third shipment. They verified the prior cancellation and didn't understand why they had shipped the third box and gave us a return authorization, however we had to pay for the $40 to return shipment, and they subsequently charged us $9.95 of initial shipping to us. However, per my demand they sent us an email once again verifying the account was cancelled and assured us that we wouldn't get another shipment. Guess what. One month later on our doorstep was box number 4. The third box we never ordered. After having to fax back a copy of the cancellation email that I luckily demanded that they send me, they conceded and after much hassle, had the fourth box picked up for a full refund. I spent so much time dealing with this hassle of a company and still they owe me $50 in addition to the fact that I had to use another $360 box of food I didn't want. This is so frustrating that I am willing to write this letter to warn anyone and everyone. STAY AWAY. DO NOT USE MEDIFAST. And the product isn't very good. You feel constantly hungry and it's tasteless food. Which is why we didn't want to continue ordering in the first place. |
| Angela Chase | posted 6-May-2009 8:13pm I got very sick on this diet. The first day I ate 4 medifast meals and one regular meal. I went to bed with the worst migraine I have ever had in my life, I mean to the point I thought I had to go to the ER. I am not prone to them. I had to take 2 Tums because I felt bloated and gassy. I also had hotflashes and I don't get those either. I woke the next day and felt full, nausious and just plain weird. I couldn't eat again until 16 hours. I went on regular food and felt fine. I thought maybe I just ate too much, since I am not a big eater and began the following day just eating 2 medifast meals. I had a few heart palpitations. I ate 2 the next day and got more palpitations and that weird feeling came back. I tried to call and return the product since it was making me sick and they said I could only return full boxes. The return policy is bulls#it. How do you know if you are going to have problems unless you try it? I can see getting reimbursed only for the food returned and billed for the packets eaten. This has left me with half my order unreturnable. This is not a good practice to have. I also thought the customer service person I dealt with was rude. I also did feel hungry all the time, as stated above. I am 120 pounds and was seeking to lose only 10 pounds to lose tummy fat. |
| Anonymous | posted 27-Jun-2009 8:34am I have been on medifast for over 5 months now and have lost over 100 pounds. The program is pretty strict, but if one actually reads and FOLLOWS the plan, the weight will come off. As written, the program calls for 5 medifast meals and 1 full lean and green meal every day. Any less than that, and you will be consuming far too few calories. Medifast is very clear about what is happening in your body during the first few days on program, and is up front about the side effects of the body switching from burning carbs to burning fat. Those side effects include headache, nausea, dizziness, irritability and hunger. It takes about 3 days to switch from burning carbs to burning fat, but once your body has completed the switch, those feelings go away. These effects have nothing to do with the medifast food, per se, but with how your body is using its available energy. As far as customer service goes, I've never dealt directly with medifast, so I don't know first hand how good or bad their customer service reps are. I order from an affiliate, Take Shape for Life (TSFL.com) and have not had any problems with them. In fact, the one time I received a product I hadn't ordered, they told me to keep the item, and they shipped me the correct item immediately, free of charge. I have never had to return an item, but, again, they are up front about their return policy. If you have used 1 packet from a box, they will give you another product in exchange. If the box is unopened and returned within 30 days, they will give a refund. Now, I agree if you did not order something that they should accept it back without charge to you (especially when you have proof that the auto shipments were canceled before they sent it). Otherwise, we all agreed to their terms of service, including the refund policy, before even making the first order. |
| Anonymous | posted 10-Jul-2009 12:50am To Angela, it sounds like you had a food allergy to something in the product. Maybe soy? I too had a head ache the first couple of days and hunger but after that things went smooth. No more hunger or headaches! They say if you're hungry to have an extra meal or a snack of SF jello or SF popsicle. As long as it's something on the program you will not go out of the fat burning state. I have lost 25 lbs in 2 months with 15 more to go. Have never had a problem with customer service! If you sign up for beslim club you will get automatic shipments until you cancel (usually online via your account). |
| foodneeded | posted 6-Aug-2009 11:52am If you have extra food I would love to buy a few items from you, On the medifast site they don't allow us to exchange/buy other peoples food, so this would be great for me. I like the scrambled eggs, puddings, raspberry tea, ALL of the bars, and crisps/snack crackers. Please let me know if you have any of these if so I would love to make a cheaper deal with you. Thanks :) you could email me at nikistokes@gmail.com |
| Anonymous | posted 19-Oct-2009 10:20am I've been on the program for 3 months and have lost 37 lbs. I feel great, however I have developed a terrible rash on my hands. Has anyone else ever experienced this problem? |
| Anonymous | posted 28-Jan-2010 5:55pm Most people don't know that soy is one of the most common allergies among people, not to mention that there are a lot of toxins stored in fat. In the first week on a very low calorie diet you release a lot of toxins - especially if you had a really bad diet to begin with - and couple that with a possible allergic reaction and the fact that most people ignore their water intake and you have a recipe for some unpleasant side effects. I never had any side effects and my hunger was quite managable and went away after the first week - sure did look forward to that Lean and Green though! I agree with the previous poster, follow the *directions* and eat all your meals. I've also never had to return anything so I don't have any comments on that. |
| Anonymous | posted 7-Feb-2010 10:57pm Ok Angela... you need to check to see if you possibly have another issue besides wanting to lose weight. You're only 120lbs????? What in the WORLD are you doing taking medifast??? No wonder you got so sick, there was no fat for your body to feed off of! Medifast is a strict and intense diet because it is meant for people who need to lose 40...60...80..100lbs or more! You have "belly fat" issues? Then get a toning workout video and it will take care of that.. has nothing to do with your weight at this point. I am excited to start medifast here soon to take off the baby weight I gained when I was pregnant plus the extra lbs I have always wanted to lose. Plus medifast is very clear about how the diet will make you feel in the beginning and you HAVE to STRICTLY follow it or you WILL be very sick. Its why they highly recommend talking to your doctor about it. And the customer service thing... I am sorry but there is no business who is 100% excellent in that area because people are human and there is human error. You can't dismiss the diet because you had issues with returning the boxes... I am assuming you were trying to get the 2 free weeks? Then, yes, you clicked on something that would have you getting multiple orders. If you ordered online, you could have gone to the website yourself and cancle it on your own.... the only negative things I have read about this diet have been people who should never have started the diet because they just weren't ready to change thier lifestyle or people who never tried it to begin with! (or people who have the worst expectations... like miss 120lbs and people expecting gourmet food from a powder packet). |
| Anonymous | posted 7-Feb-2010 10:58pm slim fast and medifast are no where near the same thing. |
| Anonymous | posted 24-Feb-2010 11:51pm A great program IF YOU FOLLOW IT. Great customer service IF YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND what you are signing up for. If you want to feel good and get results...go for this program. If you need hand holding go to a center...they are springing up all over. I work with my TSFL coach and LOVE LOVE LOVE it! 35 lbs in five weeks....That is ONE SHIPMENT of food if you get the one week free deal....do the math a great price for a healthy program that keeps you motivated because you see results. |
| Anonymous | posted 24-Apr-2010 7:52am Angela is a re-tard, she did not even follow the directions in the first day. Then, she continued to be a retard by coming up with bootleg eating mannerisms with medifast-still not following directions, and finally, to prove that she does not know how to follow directions or even read, she then reveals that she does not even know the medifast returm policy which gives you 3o days to return the product as long as only 1 packet has been used in the box; that's sounds pretty reasonable to me!?!?! You're supposed to teat 5 meals and one regular meal; It's already a low-cal diet, no wonder...... I've already lost 30lbs! Somebody needs to register for 101 at the nearest community college. That Dr. Dal Nagro ain't even real. There is absolutely no professional eloquence in his/her speech, and to top it off,doctors don't worry about tasteless food, they write off the stupid $50, and worry about more important things like lowering the bmi's of their patients in order avoid or eliminate diseases caused by obesity. Try medifast; EVERYTHING might not be to your liking in the buffet line at Sweet Tomatoes or Golden Coral, but i betcha there's always something for everyone...... |
| Anonymous | posted 1-May-2010 2:35pm I used this to lose just ten pounds and I feel great! Yes I was hungry and tired the first week but it wore off. Its a great tool to teach you correct serving sizes and the proper way to eat 6 meals a day. |
| Diana | posted 3-May-2010 9:36pm I have been on the Medifast 5 and 1 program now for 5 days and went from 301 to 288. I am thrilled. Yeah the food could taste a little better, but who cares. I am not on this plan for the taste of the food. It is edible and a couple of the products are actually very good. The first three days were not as bad as I had been reading about. I did notice today though that I am not hungry at all. I actually have to look at the clock to know when my next meal is due. I must have entered the "KETOSIS" state. I am excited to see where I will be in about 6 months on Medifast. Wish me luck!! |
| Anonymous | posted 12-May-2010 12:30pm I'm ready for a change and would like to get serious about this program, but I'm having trouble getting past the taste of almost everything that I've tried so far. I'm not one that has a weak stomach, but I'm so strugling with the medicine taste and the oatmeal actually made me gag, and I'm not usually like that. Anyone else have this issue but find a way to get past it??? I'm looking for suggestions of food that you preferred or were better tasting. Or maybe some tips on the mixing of them HELP....... |
| Anonymous | posted 29-May-2010 8:07am For those who do not like the taste of the hot Medifast foods, try the cold foods. I found that they taste MUCH better! I had to return all flavors of the oatmeal, the scrambled eggs, and the hot cocoa because I found the taste to be horrible and something I could not overlook. I do like the shakes, pudding and bars very much though. |
| Anonymous | posted 30-May-2010 4:07pm I too had a nasty headache on the second day. It was so bad that I went off the plan. Now I am thinking of getting back on but plan to cut carbs and sugar before I start back to reduce the headache. I have a lot of weight to lose and feel this program will work. I was afraid the soy and sweetners were making me sick though. |
| Anonymous | posted 3-Jun-2010 9:12pm Has anyone ever cancelled a contract with the Medifast center? I have experienced a loss of income and can not afford to pay the center's fees....I am still however, ordering the food online...What was the outcome? Can they come after me for the balance? Thanks. |
| Anonymous | posted 4-Jun-2010 4:30am Post from May 30, 2010. I would like to report that I went back on MF plan and it is a success! The headache this time was mild and lifted in the afternoon. I am loosing weight like crazy, a pound a day! I have also adapted to the food and even enjoy it. This plan is awesome and is just what I was looking for. You've got to make up your mind to follow this, once you do, you will not regret it. |
| Anonymous | posted 12-Jun-2010 11:43pm Ok, I ordered the plan and got the two shhipments of month's supply of medifast. I lost 30 lbs. and decided that I could try to maintain the weight myself by eating sensibly. I did lose weight on this plan so I can't say the product is bad so don't start flaming me about how I'm stupid and not all food is good and so-on and so-on.I do not know if the original poster is real but I can tell you from personal experience that MEDIFAST has the worst customer service that I have ever dealt with and that stopping autoshipping with them is virtually impossible. As I stated I cancelled my membership with them after 2 shipments but was billed and shipped another shipment at the cost of $294.47 now maybe that is small change to some of you but it is still a lot of money to me. My shipment was intercepted enroute and shipped back and it has been a week and 4 emails to MEDIFAST and still no response I've spoken to there "so called" customer service reps and have gotten know where, I will keep pusueing this until I receive my refund. In closing the diet is good but I can't recommend MEDIFAST simply because of the way they treat their customers. AVOID DEALING WITH MEDIFAST UNLESS YOU LIKE THROWING MONEY AWAY! |
| Anonymous | posted 19-Jun-2010 11:12pm I'm on my third week of Medifast. I've lost ten lbs and thrilled...but I've developed HIVES and I'm thinking it could be from the soy or something else in the food. I've never had hives, so it's really bothering me! I have them everywhere but my face...Thank God. Has anyone else developed an allergic reaction? |
| "Loser" | posted 29-Jun-2010 12:03am I completed my first week on Medifast. While I am am having some dizzines and feel tired, I believe it is my body adjusting and maybe even getting rid of toxins. I have consumed ALOT of sugar and chocolate this past year. Maybe my body is going through withdrawal. I lost 13 pounds my first week though. I am down from 289 to 276! I am sure it will slow down this week. I am excited about the progress. Yea, the food isn't the greatest but I used herbs and spices to bring out the flavor of the hot meals and lots of cinnamon on other things. |
| Anonymous | posted 2-Jul-2010 12:03pm This is my first week on Medifast and I have lost 5 pounds in 5 days. I had alot of trouble for a few days adjusting to the taste of the food. I have also slightly cheated the first couple days but with healthy lowfat low calorie food. I figured out quickly that I needed to get rid of the items I did not like and only purchase the items I like. I also use spices on all the food. I am finally getting used to the food. I have found that selling your extra food on ebay is a great way to get rid of it. I also buy my food from ebay and the medifast website but I only buy the foods I like. Never tried the two week packs. There are coupons on the medifast website to get $25 off a $150.00 purchase or other coupon specials. I used this to buy what I wanted and it worked great. Hope this helps someone. |
| Anonymous | posted 2-Jul-2010 12:06pm Has anyone tried the Medifast control centers and how does it help compared to just doing the plan yourself?? |
| Anonymous | posted 7-Jul-2010 10:20pm My husband and I have been on this diet since December 2010 - he has lost 70 + pounds and I have lost 40 - I am thrilled with the plan and the meals are what you make them - you can make soft serve ice cream out of the puddings and shakes - the cream soups can become little breads - the only thing I couldn't get a handle on is the oatmeal - other than that I love eating this way - and wish I could push past this 40 pound loss, but I am grateful. |
| Anonymous | posted 13-Jul-2010 5:42pm As some people have said, I too have found their customer service really aweful. Without going into details about the problems I've had, I strongly suggest, if you have any sort of product or billing problems, get the name of every person you speak to and keep a detailed log when you spoke to them, what they said, etc. Get all promises IN WRITING, because chances are good that promises made by their "representatives" and even their "supervisors" will not be honored, and you will end up with a repeat of the same issue month after month. I hope for the sake of their company they manage to get some good customer service training going or they will be in for a rude awakening when their customers flee to other companies. It's too bad because the program itself is a good one. That said, we're all trying to get healthy. No use raising your blood pressure with a company that doesn't value the customer. |
| Anonymous | posted 14-Jul-2010 11:14pm I just finished my first week and feel horrible. Keep being told it is toxins but I cannot function at work and have had to eat a few nuts just to continue. I get very nauseous, lightheaded/dizzy and achy all over. Even feel like I am running a temp at times. I have had the hot flashes and heartburn too. My nurse at work thinks it is my blood sugar and advises me to discontinue this type of diet. I have only lost one pound. At times, I do have great energy bursts but they are very short lived. After each meal, the energy burst occurs about 30 min later than subsides. At about an hour and a half later, I start to feel horrible again. Hard to think and even speak a clear thought. Afraid I would pass out or vomit several times including right now. Rarely feel hungry...just sick. Don't think this is going to work. I need to lose 30 pounds but think I'll have to find another option here. I have no idea whether I'm allergic to soy or what but this is bad. Oh well! Too bad I spent the money on it is about all I can say. Sorry! |
| bobnabq | posted 20-Jul-2010 3:31am I signed up to MediFast for their diabetic plan. I found the food tasted OK considering it's diet food. I lost 17 pounds in 10 days, but began to have horrible diarrhea every day around day seven. Looking the ingredients up on Google I think it was from the artificial sweeteners. The plan I signed up for included an automatic shipment (and deduction from my bank account) for a second month. I phoned them to cancel my plan and it took four phone calls to get it canceled. They weren't too interested in canceling it and were rather pissy about it. Don't bother emailing them; they don't respond. |
| RoseyCheek | posted 30-Jul-2010 2:14pm Hi - I've been following the plan 95% for about 2 months, lost 15 pounds, feel pretty terrific overall. But about 2 weeks ago started having very flushed cheeks. I am now watching reactions to each meal to see if the redness increases/decreases, and how it might relate to other activities like being outside (I wear facial moistuirizer with sunblock). I am not normally allergic to soy, dairy, or sweeteners, but fear I'm developing an allergy now. I'm not ready to leave the plan but may have to. Any suggestions are welcome. |
| Anonymous | posted 6-Aug-2010 1:23am As a dietitian, I totally understand why the diet works (ketosis) ... but you can achieve that with real food (Atkins). The ingredients concern me ... way too much processed soy, one of the most common allergens, hydrogenated oils (trans fat) and high fructose corn syrup. Just those three made me shudder. I haven't tasted it, but have heard from other who gag on it. There are no enzymes or probiotics included ... the body will have a hard time digesting this dead food. Perhaps it works because it starves you ... people I know who went on it look like survivors of a famine. I would never recommend this program to anyone ... there are much healthier ways to lose weight. |
| Anonymous | posted 6-Aug-2010 11:42pm I have been on medifast for five months and gave lost 50 pounds!!! I adore this program. |
| Anonymousl | posted 15-Aug-2010 4:57pm I too have developed hives I must be allergic to something in the MF bars or shakes I have had successful weight loss 25 pds in 5 weeks but my stomach hurts all the time and the hives flare up on everything except my face. |
| Anonymous | posted 26-Aug-2010 2:14pm I have been on Medifast for three weeks. This time I did not have the side effects initially (hives, headache, dizziness), but at the end of the third week, I am getting them bad. It's too bad, because the plan really works for weight loss. Not only weight loss, but you don't lose body fat in any other diet, the way you do on Medifast. I have lost 2 1/2 inches in my waist in three weeks. I am trying to hang in there. |
| Anonymous | posted 31-Aug-2010 2:28pm Are you people really kidding... what diet plan gives you side effects.. think about it you are suppose to feel "great" when you get skinney and healthy not sick. Its all a bunch of processed crappy foods. Low calorie, high soy, low carb... of course you will lose weight but you will pay for it. I have a friend that lost 95 pounds in 6 months on that crap and now is in the hospital...it is a money making pyramid scheme... not a diet... Go on line and search about high soy foods and everyone in the world knows that any low calorie diet is not good for you. I would rather be fat then unhealthy eating that processed crap. Oh yeah they tell you that you will not lose you muscle mass but that too is a lie... If you really want a laugh go find their so called studies from John Hopkins... a joke. If you look on line everyone that loves the diet is still on it... very few people have lost weight and kept it off... Alos they have all the people selling it flood the internet so if you search medifast you will almost always find people on the diet or selling it.. STAY AWAY!!! |
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