Wellness

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On 8/8/2014 lostincali said:

The box at walmart contains 5 days of meals for 45 dollars, no snacks. On the website the plan where you choose what food you want is 329.99 for 28 day delivery. Who can afford such a thing??????

Desperate souls.

[shoekitty]

On 8/8/2014 Craftie said:

I was on Nutrisystem and lost 20 lbs. I did not buy my food from QVC but from Nurtisystem where I could pick what I wanted to eat. The frozen is the most expensive and probably more appetizing but the My Way is good not as expensive and you can pick and choose all your meals. You eat lots of fresh vegetables and salads that you get at the store so be aware that after spending a lot of money you are still buying food at the store to supplement your program. You should go on it for awhile just to learn portion control from the size of meals and snacks they give you, if you can stick to it after Nutrisystem which most of us don't you should be able to keep the weight off, most end up back on the program because they didn't pay attention to how small portions are that you are suppose to eat.

you are so right about maintenance! After spending all that money, and giving all the time and attention to your diet, this is the most important thing. After you have been on a calorie restricted program of 1200 calories a day, you cannot jump right into eating the appropriate amount of calories to maintain your weight. Most women would need 1700 to 1800 calories a day plus exercise to maintain their new figure. But if you jump into that right off the bat, that is 500 to 600 calories more a day than you were eating while dieting for months!That is more than 3500 extra calories a week, than your body had been eating, it is going to have a field day!! LOL!. You will gain back 1/2 lb a week by the third week at that rate.

It is worth it to see the diet counselor and do the alternate day(maintenance plan) diet plan. You need to raise the calories slowly over several months. Then your body will use the 1700-1800 calories a day (you have slowly worked up to) as fuel with no weight gain. Otherwise, your body who has been on restricted calories to burn excess fat, goes into starvation mode and will store those extra calories like crazy. Not worth it. But so many of us do it, and rebound over and over.

When you think about it on a rough estimate it takes 8 to 12 weeks to loose 20 pounds. At a cost of 150 per week for food, that is 1200 to 1800 hundred bucks to loose 20 lbs. That is about 60 bucks a pound on the low end. This is a rough estimate. Some have lower food costs, others have higher.

I think if you keep thinking 60 dollars per pound, you would do the maintenance, LOL!

[Campion]

A colleague of mine took off a LOT of weight (a guy) with Nutrisystem. He has a job that keeps him traveling on the road, so it was perfect for him, and he's kept it off for over a year.

I did buy it but SADLY--it has a lot of nuts in the entrees esp breakfast and I'm allergic to nuts, just like many people are. I was annoyed I had to return it. Waste for me and for QVC. I wish they'd be more prominent and say NUTS! BEWARE!

If you can combine the portion control with going to Weight Watchers to learn strategies when you're off the diet foods, it can work. I control my eating with WW techniques and it helps because I have no thyroid gland and weight just wants to jump on me like lint on velvet! Personally, I would do it but add Weight Watcher afterwards to make sure I had control.

[terrier3]

If you don't mind frozen food...why not just go buy a bunch of Lean Cuisines when they are on sale? You can eat 3 or 4 of them a day and still be under 1,200 calories.

Less money...better taste, IMO.

If you need something non-perishable for lunch, Campbells makes lo-cal soup that can be microwaved.

[gonnab]

I guess there is something for everyone - I haven't tried Nutrisystem so I can't review it. But I have a friend who has been on it since Jan and only lost 15 lbs. That's a good loss but I don't believe that it is significant enough for 8 mos and the cost of the program. I think there are other weight-loss programs that are healthier with better results. The only thing really going for Nutrisystem is the ease - you don't have to prepare any foods except your veggies.

[depglass]

Its the most ghastly tasting food on the planet. I would have put up with it except for the fact it has more additives that any commercial competitors like Lean Cuisine or Stouffers.

[ChynnaBlue]

On 8/7/2014 BigOrangeKitty said:

It's been sold on QVC many times, and tonight there's Marie, she looks fabulous. Just wondering if anyone here has tried it, were you successful, did you like it .... are you still on it? I understand you need to exercise along with it and eat fruits & vegetables .... would you say those 'before' and 'after' pictures are typical of what the system really does?

Any nutritionally sound diet program with exercise will work, but the real question is what do many of those people look like one year later? The REAL success of any program isn't the prepared food or recipes, it's will power and a forever lifestyle change. If you aren't committed to a forever change, none of these programs will work. Success or failure depends on you, not a program.

[Campion]

On 8/11/2014 gonnab said:

I guess there is something for everyone - I haven't tried Nutrisystem so I can't review it. But I have a friend who has been on it since Jan and only lost 15 lbs. That's a good loss but I don't believe that it is significant enough for 8 mos and the cost of the program. I think there are other weight-loss programs that are healthier with better results. The only thing really going for Nutrisystem is the ease - you don't have to prepare any foods except your veggies.

If it was me, that would be MORE than I'd lose in 8 months. Some of us have really bad metabolisms. My temp doesn't even get close to 98.6. I'm usually around 97.

[violann]

On 8/11/2014 depglass said:

Its the most ghastly tasting food on the planet. I would have put up with it except for the fact it has more additives that any commercial competitors like Lean Cuisine or Stouffers.

The frozen calorie controlled foods seem to be improving over time, but most still contain a fairly hefty amount of sodium. i would consider using them in the winter as quick meals if I bolstered them with large portions of low-carb veggies and my usualberries or green apple, and nuts. My typical daily sodium consumption is still lower than most frozen meals.