What Options Are There For Vegetarians On The Medifast Diet?
I often hear from people who prefer not to eat foods and products that contain meat but who are also interested in the Medifast diet.
Many of these folks wonder if there are any options for them on this plan and if so, what types of foods they would be eating on a regular basis.
They are often worried about having enough variety (or protein) to keep them interested.
I heard from someone who said: "I'm a vegetarian, but I'm not a vegan.
I'm wondering if there are going to be any decent options for me on the Medifast diet.
Are most vegetarians able to make this work? If so, what do they eat? And will I get enough protein?" I'll try to address these concerns in the following article.
Many Of The Diet's Meals Are Vegetarian: I will admit that a true vegan may have to work pretty hard to find decent variety on this diet because some of the meals do include milk or eggs.
But for people who are vegetarians and not vegans (and eat eggs and milk) this diet is actually not too challenging.
The reason is that many of the prepackaged meals (of which you eat five per day) do not contain meat.
Just a few examples are meals like: the shakes; the oatmeal; the pudding; the scrambled eggs: the brownies; the soft serve ice cream; the cream of tomato soup; the protein bars; the fruit drinks; the pretzels and the chips.
Many of the products that contain meat are the soups which have a chicken type of base.
But there are still plenty of options left.
You Can Use A Variety Of Meat Alternatives For Your Lean And Green Meal: The diet encourages you to eat one larger, self prepared meal each day (called your lean and green meal.
) They ask you to take in 5 - 7 ounces of protein and three servings of vegetables.
But, nothing requires for that protein to be composed of meat products.
You can meet the protein requirement in a number of meat free ways.
Just some suggestions are omelets, cottage cheese, tofu, texturized vegetable protein, or other commercially available meat alternatives that are presented like meat free hamburgers, meatballs, chicken patties and other alternatives.
If you are already a vegetarian, you already know that there are plenty of meat free alternatives out there.
You can use those for your lean and green meal without any problems.
Medifast Is Designed To Contain Healthy Amounts Of Protein: I know that many vegetarians worry about getting enough protein.
You may not know that Medifast is designed to be low in carbohydrates and high in protein in order to facilitate weight loss.
So, protein is probably not going to be a major concern, even if you are not consuming meat.
In fact, the company's literature indicates that it's not at all difficult to take in 72 grams of protein each day from the diet's prepackaged meals without consuming any meat products at all.
So to answer the question posed, vegetarians on Medifast often chose meat free options from the prepackaged menu.
(You can easily do this by using the design a menu option.
) They eat those ready made meals five times per day.
And, once per day they make their own healthy meal using the meat alternatives that they have probably been using all along as well as 3 servings of vegetables, which they are probably already used to consuming.
Many of these folks wonder if there are any options for them on this plan and if so, what types of foods they would be eating on a regular basis.
They are often worried about having enough variety (or protein) to keep them interested.
I heard from someone who said: "I'm a vegetarian, but I'm not a vegan.
I'm wondering if there are going to be any decent options for me on the Medifast diet.
Are most vegetarians able to make this work? If so, what do they eat? And will I get enough protein?" I'll try to address these concerns in the following article.
Many Of The Diet's Meals Are Vegetarian: I will admit that a true vegan may have to work pretty hard to find decent variety on this diet because some of the meals do include milk or eggs.
But for people who are vegetarians and not vegans (and eat eggs and milk) this diet is actually not too challenging.
The reason is that many of the prepackaged meals (of which you eat five per day) do not contain meat.
Just a few examples are meals like: the shakes; the oatmeal; the pudding; the scrambled eggs: the brownies; the soft serve ice cream; the cream of tomato soup; the protein bars; the fruit drinks; the pretzels and the chips.
Many of the products that contain meat are the soups which have a chicken type of base.
But there are still plenty of options left.
You Can Use A Variety Of Meat Alternatives For Your Lean And Green Meal: The diet encourages you to eat one larger, self prepared meal each day (called your lean and green meal.
) They ask you to take in 5 - 7 ounces of protein and three servings of vegetables.
But, nothing requires for that protein to be composed of meat products.
You can meet the protein requirement in a number of meat free ways.
Just some suggestions are omelets, cottage cheese, tofu, texturized vegetable protein, or other commercially available meat alternatives that are presented like meat free hamburgers, meatballs, chicken patties and other alternatives.
If you are already a vegetarian, you already know that there are plenty of meat free alternatives out there.
You can use those for your lean and green meal without any problems.
Medifast Is Designed To Contain Healthy Amounts Of Protein: I know that many vegetarians worry about getting enough protein.
You may not know that Medifast is designed to be low in carbohydrates and high in protein in order to facilitate weight loss.
So, protein is probably not going to be a major concern, even if you are not consuming meat.
In fact, the company's literature indicates that it's not at all difficult to take in 72 grams of protein each day from the diet's prepackaged meals without consuming any meat products at all.
So to answer the question posed, vegetarians on Medifast often chose meat free options from the prepackaged menu.
(You can easily do this by using the design a menu option.
) They eat those ready made meals five times per day.
And, once per day they make their own healthy meal using the meat alternatives that they have probably been using all along as well as 3 servings of vegetables, which they are probably already used to consuming.
