I just singed up for nutrisystem (the weight loss program, where they send you pre-made low glycemic food). has anyone tried it or know anyone who has? if so what do you think about it?
2006-09-19 05:18:36 · 4 answers · asked by Smart Girl 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
My wife and I did the Nutrisystems diet about a year ago. Here's my voluminous opinion about it.
Nutrisystems is a diet based on the glycemic index, which is very good at help controlling your appetite and keeping your blood sugar from bouncing around. Go to their site, they'll tell you all about it.
The basic plan is that they ship you a months worth of prepared entres, snacks and desserts. Then every month after that, they'll automatically ship you (and bill you) for another months worth of food, unless you tell them to delay it or cancel. Cancelling was no problem when we did it.
The price was reasonable and comparable to buying Lean Cuisines or other prepackaged meals at the grocery story. Note, the Nutrisystems meals do not need to be frozen or refrigerated. You can just pull them out of the box and heat them up in the microwave for the most part.
The plan give you 3 meals, 1 snack and 1 dessert every day. If you are a guy, I think you get a second snack. You are expected to supplement your entres with other food that takes little or no time to prepare, so you are eating a balanced diet. This is important. If you don't add salads, fruit, veggies, milk, yogurt, breads, etc. you won't get enough calories and bulk, you'll be hungry all the time, and you'll fail.
The byproduct of this plan is that you really start to learn how to eat healthy. You get comfortable having small entres, accompanied by large quantities of veggies or salad or other healthy foods, which is a great way to eat normally.
Now for the bad part, and bad it is. Most of the food tastes terrible. At least it did for me and the wife. After 2 months, neither of us could do it any more, even though we were having great success with weight loss. I'd say 1/2 of the entres and almost all the desserts had protein powder (or something that tastes like it) added to them. It really made the food less than desirable. Here you are looking forward to a nice brownie or shake for the dessert, and it tastes like protein powder. Ugh!
I'm not sure what their deal is now, but if at all possible, try and get your hands on a few of the entres and desserts first. Try them. If you like them, then I heartily recommend Nutrisystems. If you don't like them, don't do it, because you'll just get sick of it and quit.
Sorry to bum you out since you just signed up. I hope you enjoy the food or that they've improved it since I did it.
2006-09-21 10:24:19 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To lose weight, a person has to reduce the calorie intake by some amount by modifying their diet. A diet without sufficient nutrients will only increase the appetite of the person trying to lose weight. Since most people combine a diet with an exercise plan, additional nutrients are required for the growth of muscles required to increase the metabolic rate required for long term weight loss. More information available at http://tinyurl.com/jax5h
2006-09-19 12:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know several people who tried it and it didn't work!! But some things work for some people & for others it don't. It depends on your body type, probably.
2006-09-19 12:20:55 · answer #3 · answered by Ashley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
had a friend who did it with great results.
2006-09-19 12:19:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋