How many carbohydrates should you include in your Medifast Lean Green Meal?

Sometimes I hear from people who want more clarification on Medifast Green Lean Meal. (This is the main meal that you prepare yourself. And since doing this right is your responsibility because this is the only meal that is not provided to you, few people want to do it wrong.)

Sometimes people ask me how many carbs you’re supposed to have for this main meal. I have to be honest and tell you that I don’t really keep track of this myself. In general, I follow the guidelines for ounces of lean protein and to include three servings of vegetables. And in my opinion, covering these bases should ensure that I’m not consuming too many carbohydrates.

However, this question made me curious. So I set out to research this topic. Now, before I tell you what I found, I want to emphasize that I strongly recommend that you bring this concern to the company. However, general guidelines indicate that you should not consume more than 80 to 85 carbohydrates per day.

So we can take a look at many of the prepackaged options, determine how many carbs they contain, and then calculate how many are left for your lean, green meal. For the purposes of this article, I’m going to pick five meals, add up the total amount, and then figure out what you’d have left. Note that this is an estimate for one day, but one interesting thing about Medifast meals is that they are often very similar in calories, carbohydrates, and protein. That way, you can choose anything and still be fine.

For breakfast, I’ll choose the mixed berry crunch cereal. It has 15 grams of carbohydrates. For my breakfast snack, I will choose a chocolate shake that is 13 grams. The lunchtime sloppy joe is 15. The snack of a crunchy peanut butter bar is 13 too. Finally, for my late night snack, I would choose a diet brownie which also has 15. This gives me a total of about 71 carbs for the entire day, which gives you about 14 for your lean, green meal.

This makes sense when you think about it, because each meal equates to around 15 allotted carbs each. Essentially, this usually equates to a small serving six times a day, which I think is pretty reasonable. Again, these are just my own calculations based on random example foods I think of, so your results may vary a bit. You can do the same thing with your own meals and see if you get the same results.