| NutriSystem |
Published
03/31/2006
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Glycemic Index , Prepared Meals
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The foundation of the new NutriSystem Nourish plan is largely based on the consumption of Low Glycemic foods as a source of carbohydrates. Foods that have a low G.I. level break down slowly in the body and keep blood sugars stable. High G.I. foods break down at a fast pace and cause insulin spikes, which lead to the storage of fat. Low G.I. foods are high in protein and fiber, promoting satiety and boosting metabolism. NutriSystem offers six different programs that cater to specific wants and needs. There are the Women’s Program, Silver for women, Men’s Program, Silver For Men, Type II Diabetic Program and All-Vegetarian Program. There's even a NutriSystem for Kids now available. The pre-packaged meals are already sorted out into proper portion sizes so there’s no need to worry about overeating. The NutriSystem Nourish foods includes a wealth of low-glycemic "good" carbs. In addition, the meal plan meets the recommended amounts of protein and fiber. It's both low fat and healthy carb which works in keeping the blood sugar levels at even keel.
In addition to the convenience factor of the NutriSystem program, dieters also receive a breadth of guidance and support from trained experts… without having to attend weekly meetings at a specific location. One-on-one counseling sessions are conducted via telephone or online at no extra costs. There’s no need to ever leave the house to shed those dreaded pounds.
With the NutriSystem membership, you'll receive the meals, the NutriSystem catalog, the motivational message, the online newsletter, online classes, online bulletin boards and chat rooms, online diaries and the member profile section. You'll also have the NutriSystem which provides an outline of your meal plan so you can check off what you eat throughout the day.
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User Reviews
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Comment #1
(Posted by Dawn)
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I did this diet several years ago! It was totally effective I didn't finish out the maintenance portion and therefore I regained even more back. I didn't see it as the diet failing but I failed the diet. I felt great! I looked great! I wish I had seen it all the way through.
The Food was GOOD!
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Comment #2
(Posted by Christine Ann Coates)
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Good review, but how do I sign-up for getting the meals sent to me? I am kind of confused about what to do next.
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Comment #3
(Posted by Jan)
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My husband and I have been on Nutri-System meal plan now for two months...the food is excellent !! Very filling and delicious....I have been walking on the treadmil at least every other day and he has been riding the excercise bike also. I have lost 15 lbs so far !!My husbands pants are very baggy in the rear and they are falling around his waist now, before they were skin tight !! This plan does work, I am a heart transplant recipient now for 6 years and I haven't had this much energy since two years before the transplant when I got sick. I feel great and we will continue to order our customized meal plan, you can choose the items you like after the first order is sampled......Try it, it only costs about 10.00 per day...Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts....Go for it !!
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Comment #4
(Posted by Carol Sparks)
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I am appalled at the horrid food that people are subjected to on this diet. My husband and I have both tried it and the food is barely pallatable, and I'm not gourmet. Mostly thick globs of pasty gravy with only a few small pieces of meat, veggie, or noodle here and there. I envision this being served in the army or in a soup kitchen but in my heart, believe the food there would even be better. I'm shocked at the quality of the entrees. I would imagine this company survives on the onetime purchase which is quite pricey because I feel certain that they don't get many repeat customers. Don't waste your money --- get a lean cuisine. It's real food and tastes good.
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Comment #5
(Posted by sheila)
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I tried the Nutri System plan for 3 weeks. The food was terrible. There was maybe 2 or 3 things that were not difficult to eat. By far, the worst food on any plan I have tried. They say they send you enough food for 4 weeks and one free week. This is not true. I had enough breakfast items for about 3 weeks, and most of it was awful. I'm just eating sensibly and exercising and losing the weight and eating good food. Don't waste your money.
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Comment #6
(Posted by Carol)
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The food tastes really good. After the first month, you learn what you like and don't like, as far as personal tastes go, and then it is really good. The dinners are especially tasty. I won a contest at work to lose weight using this. I am now going on my third month and have no intention of stopping until I have lost every pound I need to lose. I am well on my way!!
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Comment #7
(Posted by Jessica)
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I did not make it through. I was so excited to get myu meals until I received the large boxes at my doorstep, and it occurred to me that not only did I just spend all of this money on these "meals," but that I also had to buy groceries to go along with it. It was not worth the money at all.
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Comment #8
(Posted by Molly)
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I was so excited when I started the program and then I received the food. Tbe food is so bad, I stopped eatting it after three days. The desserts have a horrible aftertaste and it tastes terrible. I dont know how people can stay on it for so long.
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Comment #9
(Posted by shari thompson)
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I find that this program has a wide variety of food, its easy to stick too because of all the choices u have. Ive been on this program 2 weeks and have lost 8 pounds. If it is instant weight loss u want dont bother with this program. If it is slow and steady weight loss u desire than this program is excellant program for you.
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Comment #10
(Posted by Frank)
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I was extremely excited to try a diet that I didn't have to think about in terms of food. However, I quickly realized the food is just horrible. I mean REALLY bad. I'm certainly not hard to please (I like airplane food and hospital food), but their food is way worse. If you order it, don't say you weren't warned.
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Comment #11
(Posted by Don)
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I tried NutriSystem the food is like eating sawdust or a of little food covered in tomatoe paste, I wasted my money. This is the worst diet food I ever ate.
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Comment #12
(Posted by Marci)
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I've lost 55 lbs. so far on NutriSystem. Some of the food is really good and some is not. You just have to weed through what you like and what you don't - it's as easy as that! On the Nutrisystem website there is even a recipe section that gives you lots of ideas on how to make the meals even better. As an example - you can use their pancake mix and turn that into a bundt cake with fruit. You need to have an open mind. The weight WILL come off!! Good Luck!
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Comment #13
(Posted by Nancy)
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I tried nutrisystem for about 2 months and agree that the meals weren't all that great. My biggest complaint about the system is the amount of sodium they put in everything. My doctor put me on a low sodium diet and this sure was not it!! I feel this diet was a total waste of my money.
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Comment #14
(Posted by Joy)
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The diet does work! However my husband and I couldn't tolerate the food and we tried every one on the two months we were on it. Also, the amount of money spent on additional items made this diet expensive. The online support was informational and keeping a food diary made it easy too... weight does come off... if you can eat the food.
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Comment #15
(Posted by ELISHA)
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I HAD NOT HEARD VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS DIET OTHER THAN THE ADVERTISEMENTS, WHICH MAKES IT SEEM GREAT. I WAS EXCITED ABOUT GETTING STARTED ON THIS DIET UNTIL I TRIED THE FOOD. I WAS IN IN SHOCK ON HOW NASTY THE FOOD WAS. I GENERALLY CAN EAT ANY DESSERT BUT EVEN THAT WAS SO BAD I TRASHED IT. MY DOG WOULD NOT EVEN EAT THE ENTRES IF THAT SAYS ANYTHING. I WASTED ALOT OF MONEY FOR NOTHING BUT A JOKE.TRUST ME SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!
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Comment #16
(Posted by margie lehman)
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I have to say this is the worst tasting food? I have ever tried, not to mention the price--the other additions you must make-monetarily as well as making whatever you are eating palatable. I could not last longer than 2wks. Anybody out there want the remainder of this garbage?
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Comment #17
(Posted by Susan 48)
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I have done Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Exchange Diet, etc, and have been doing high-protein low-glycemic most of my adult life, but gained about 40 lbs after I was hit by an SUV and disabled for 4 years.
I eat when bored, and consume a lot of fast food since I drive around a lot until I am famished and stop in at whatever looks good (usually greasy Chinese). I also don't like vegetables unless they are 'hidden' in the main course or covered with cheese sauce or butter (bad!)
I am used to living on 'Lean' and 'Healthy' TV dinners (I don't cook much since it is "only me"), and the taste is fairly similar. If you are used to good home cooking, or have to suffer with these little pre-packaged meals while you still need to cook big meals for your family, you probably won't like the food.
The little portions and so much fruits, vegetables, and salads take getting used to, and is probably the reason we all got fat in the first place. Within 2 weeks my stomache had shrunk, and now I can't finish even half my dinner when I go out to eat, after being a member of the 'Clean Plate Club' for years.
The NutriSystem food does NOT require being frozen, so I can keep a week's worth of meals in my drawer at work or in the car, along with a bag of fruit(usually apples,since they hold up for awhile) for snacks. Not eating Chinese or other Fast Food every day at work has made a big difference! I lost about 10 lbs really fast (in weeks) and then I lose about 1/2 lb a week with Nutrisystem (or any other 1200-1400 cal /day diet) if I don't cheat too much. With my normal metabolism being about 1800 cal/day while working out a lot (which I am not doing much of now, although weightlifting even 1x-2x /week has helped with tightening up the skin), it doesn't take much of a cheat to undo a day's worth of careful dieting.
4 weeks worth of meals comes in a big box, and the first thing I do is sort it all into Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner into little marked boxes and put the snack bags (muffin mixes, puddings, etc) in a big ziplock (mostly so my cats don't steal 'em! LOL). I can then just go to a box and grab when I am hungry or it is mealtime, and have my choice of everything I have at the time. The 'deserts' usually end up being my afternoon snack before I leave work at 4 or 5 pm, so I don't compulsively go to McD's on the way home and can do some other errands (or go to the gym) without feeling starved (or stuffed).
My only complaint is that not many of the dinners include any sort of vegetable, and not being a good cook (whenever I try to make them in a healthy way, they are dreadful!), I only eat vegetables that are included with the dinner. I do take chewable fiber/calcium tabs and multi-vitamins to help make up for it.
The plus side is with a properly proportioned high-protein high fiber healthy meal at your fingertips with only 1 MINUTE preparation time, and only having to go grocery shopping about once every one or two weeks (for a gallon of low-fat milk, salad stuff, diet sodas, veggies and fruits) it is easy to STAY on this diet. That is what is important!
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Comment #18
(Posted by Sharon)
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The idea behind the plan is good...that is providing ready-to-eat meals in proper portions. However, I agree with other reviewers that the taste of the entrees is terrible. I felt like I was eating moist dog food. I was on it for over 2 months until I just couldn't tolerate the taste of the entrees anymore. The snacks and the breakfasts cereals weren't too bad. I did lose about 20 pounds but it's not a diet I could stick with because of the taste of the food.
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Comment #19
(Posted by Mindy)
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I have been on this program for 2 weeks and I love it! The food isn't spectacular but I think most of it is good. I have found a couple items I will not reorder, but most I have liked. To top things off, I have lost about 5 pounds in 2 weeks. The downside is that you still have to buy grocery items like veggies, fruit, and dairy so it can get expensive. However, when we calculated what we were spending on fast food etc, it ended up being less than we were spending on going out.
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Comment #20
(Posted by Helen)
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I tried the NutriSystem for 2 months. I lost some weight. The food was not the best--I'll go back to Lean Cuisine for taste and appeal. The NutriSystem meatload and mashed potatoes meal--the mashed potatoes were GRAY. The meatloaf was not very appealing. I've eaten granola bars so I was ok with most of the breakfast/lunch bars. However, hard beans (kidney, others) were found in practically in every dish. Come on, I'm from the south and I'm a good cook but I wasn't good at eating small portions. The meals are in small portions, which I've learned to do with "normal" foods, but the taste and appearances are not always appetizing.
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Comment #21
(Posted by Monique)
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This was one of the worst diet plans I tried. The food was horrible, mostly made out of soy and salt. They have this sweet and sour soup that smelled so bad it made me vomit. I did lose weight because I was hungry all the time. After the third month I stopped losing weight because this diet is too calorie restrictive. No fruit is in this diet plan either. Would not recommend to anyone. Save your money. If you must go on a prepacked, ready made fod diet, head to your grocery store and stock up on lean frozen meals. They taste 100% better.
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