heatherleigh
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Hi all!
First off, sorry I can't link yet. I'm getting closer to 50 posts every day!
Anyway, I was wondering what you thought about this. I've been trying to find the best option for doing the Cambridge Diet in the US, with very little success. Cambridgedietusa dot com is completely different, the Success Diet is closer, but still not what I want. So, I looked into Medifast (medifast1 dot com).
They have a 5 and 1 plan where you eat 5 of their products (shakes, bars, oatmeal, even brownies and pancakes!), plus 1 "lean and green" meal. Each of the products contains 90-110 calories, so I figure if I ate just the 5 products and skip the meal, I'd be at 550 calories at the most, which is around where the CD is based on their website. I also checked the nutrition facts for the products (if you go to medifast1 dot com, click Help at the top, and click Nutrition Information on the left under Product & Plan Resources) and each product offers 20% of the recommended daily value of each of the vitamins and minerals and protein. It looks like their products are are nutritious as CD's!
What does everyone think? Does this seem like a viable option for me in the states? I don't know why Medifast is so keen on the lean and green meal, since the products seem to have all the necessary nutrition. Maybe it's because our Food and Drug Administration sets silly guidelines.
First off, sorry I can't link yet. I'm getting closer to 50 posts every day!
Anyway, I was wondering what you thought about this. I've been trying to find the best option for doing the Cambridge Diet in the US, with very little success. Cambridgedietusa dot com is completely different, the Success Diet is closer, but still not what I want. So, I looked into Medifast (medifast1 dot com).
They have a 5 and 1 plan where you eat 5 of their products (shakes, bars, oatmeal, even brownies and pancakes!), plus 1 "lean and green" meal. Each of the products contains 90-110 calories, so I figure if I ate just the 5 products and skip the meal, I'd be at 550 calories at the most, which is around where the CD is based on their website. I also checked the nutrition facts for the products (if you go to medifast1 dot com, click Help at the top, and click Nutrition Information on the left under Product & Plan Resources) and each product offers 20% of the recommended daily value of each of the vitamins and minerals and protein. It looks like their products are are nutritious as CD's!
What does everyone think? Does this seem like a viable option for me in the states? I don't know why Medifast is so keen on the lean and green meal, since the products seem to have all the necessary nutrition. Maybe it's because our Food and Drug Administration sets silly guidelines.