People sometimes ask me how much space they need for their Medifast foods. Another common concern is whether you need a refrigerator or freezer to keep Medifast meals fresh. You don’t really need a lot of space for Medifast meals. In fact, I’ve heard of people storing them in boxes under the bed. Most packaged meals come in small boxes that contain bags of the food. People sometimes mistakenly assume that smoothies, puddings, or soups need to be refrigerated. They do not do it. He mixes them with the dry ingredients that come in bags or boxes. The same goes for brownies, soft serve ice cream, and chili. Now bars and chips, nachos, and puffs don’t need to be mixed or reconstituted. For them, you just have to open the packaging.

If having enough space for storage is a problem for you, you can always take the boxes apart and place the contents horizontally. And I even know people who do this not because space is an issue for them, but because they like to separate their meals in a way that makes preparation more convenient. For example, I know someone who will separate all of their food and then make a drawer, box, or jar for all of their smoothies, brownies, puddings, soft serve ice cream, and other similar foods. And then there are people who will take this same idea and separate their meals for days. Therefore, they may have a box or drawer marked for each day of the week. And for example, in the Monday drawer you can find 2 packages of smoothies, 1 bar, 1 pancake mix and 1 chili mix. Or, in your Tuesday drawer, you can have a latte, a packet of scrambled eggs, a brownie mix, a ready-to-drink shake, and cheese buns. And then other people will just take the boxes exactly as shipped and put everything in their pantry without sorting anything.

It really comes down to your preferences and how you tend to organize yourself. But the bottom line is that you don’t need a lot of storage space even for a big Medifast monthly pack. All foods are stacked and do not require a lot of space. And to save even more space, you can sometimes break down the main box for each item and just put the bags away. For example, 15 bars come in a box. Nothing says you can’t just take those bars out of the box and then store them in a bag that’s perfectly flat. And you don’t need refrigeration or freezer unless you choose to store the leftovers.