Can You Have Pistachio Nuts On Medifast? How Many?
I sometimes hear from people who are concerned that they won't be able to have their favorite habitual foods while on the Medifast diet.
Many make a pact to still have the foods as long as the limit the amount.
They often wonder if this sort of compromise is going to hurt their results.
"I heard from someone who said: "I absolutely love pistachios.
I particularly love them in ice cream but I know that I won't be able to enjoy that particular combination.
However, I do want to enjoy the raw nuts.
I know that I can't eat as many of them as I want, but I'm not going to cut them out of my diet.
How bad is it if a sneak a few pistachios every day?" I find that there are a lot of foods that people assume that they can't have on this diet, but sometimes, they find out that their assumptions just aren't correct.
This is one of those times.
You actually do get to eat some nuts on Medifast as long as you understand that they are one of your optional snacks.
Here is how it works.
You are allowed to eat five of the prepackaged diet meals and one lean and green meal that you prepare.
Not every one realizes this but you also can have two more snacks, as long as they come from the approved snack list.
And one of the items on that list is 20 kernels of pistachios.
So how much is this? The kernel is just the whole nut inside of the harder shell.
So, as you hopefully can see, this is a relatively substantial portion.
Believe it or not, this serving size only has 80 calories.
Granted, there are six grams of fat, but this works because it is balanced out with almost 3 grams of protein and only 3 carbs.
As for the ice cream.
believe it or not, you can also have ice cream on this diet.
There are several flavors of soft serve ice cream that are part of the menu.
Examples are peanut butter and coffee.
I suppose you could always top one of them with your allotted snack of nuts and still get a dessert that would otherwise be frowned upon.
So to answer the question posed, it's not at all bad to have a limited amount of nuts at snack time on the Medifast diet as long as you keep your serving sizes within the guidelines.
Nuts are actually quite healthy for you as long as they are eaten within moderation.
Many make a pact to still have the foods as long as the limit the amount.
They often wonder if this sort of compromise is going to hurt their results.
"I heard from someone who said: "I absolutely love pistachios.
I particularly love them in ice cream but I know that I won't be able to enjoy that particular combination.
However, I do want to enjoy the raw nuts.
I know that I can't eat as many of them as I want, but I'm not going to cut them out of my diet.
How bad is it if a sneak a few pistachios every day?" I find that there are a lot of foods that people assume that they can't have on this diet, but sometimes, they find out that their assumptions just aren't correct.
This is one of those times.
You actually do get to eat some nuts on Medifast as long as you understand that they are one of your optional snacks.
Here is how it works.
You are allowed to eat five of the prepackaged diet meals and one lean and green meal that you prepare.
Not every one realizes this but you also can have two more snacks, as long as they come from the approved snack list.
And one of the items on that list is 20 kernels of pistachios.
So how much is this? The kernel is just the whole nut inside of the harder shell.
So, as you hopefully can see, this is a relatively substantial portion.
Believe it or not, this serving size only has 80 calories.
Granted, there are six grams of fat, but this works because it is balanced out with almost 3 grams of protein and only 3 carbs.
As for the ice cream.
believe it or not, you can also have ice cream on this diet.
There are several flavors of soft serve ice cream that are part of the menu.
Examples are peanut butter and coffee.
I suppose you could always top one of them with your allotted snack of nuts and still get a dessert that would otherwise be frowned upon.
So to answer the question posed, it's not at all bad to have a limited amount of nuts at snack time on the Medifast diet as long as you keep your serving sizes within the guidelines.
Nuts are actually quite healthy for you as long as they are eaten within moderation.