NutriSystem

Review of the NutriSystem Diet Plan

Here is my review of the NutriSystem weight loss program. Since I had my children, I had been unable to lose the weight I had gained. I had tried every diet in existence and just couldn’t find one that worked for me, including the original NutriSystem program that caused many people to develop gallstones because of the fast weight loss it caused.

I gave up on that one when I found out they expected me to eat a holiday dinner with stuffing that had no bread content. After about three or four months of feeling exhausted, I decided it wasn’t for me. In spite of that, in desperation, I decided to try the new program.

The first thing that totally floored me about the NutriSystem was the cost – over $300 for 28 days, and I surely needed more than that. All the same, when I saw that you now supplement the program with your own fruits, vegetables, and dairy products,

I thought I’d try it. I talked to my husband, and he suggested I give it a couple of months, and if I didn’t see any results, to look into something else. He had been begging me to lose weight, not because of any ego on his part, but because he was concerned about my deteriorating lack of energy and difficulty doing even small things.

When I got my first food shipment, I was actually pleased with the amount of food I was able to eat, a huge difference from the old plan. On the other hand, on the old plan, you only had to add vegetables, so adding fruit as well meant you had more additional food to buy at the store.

Of course, the key issue was whether it was worth the price. I decided to try it for 60 days and see what happens. I figured the money I spent each week on my food was less I had to spend at the grocery store.

At first the results were positive—I lost five pounds the first week and wasn’t hungry, a definite change from the old program. My family was encouraging, which was positive for college-age boys who enjoy junk food. I was pleased to find that I lost an average of fifteen pounds in a month—not too fast and not too slow. I stayed with the program until I lost the weight I wanted to lose, taking advantage of their payment plan for buying the food.

I felt great after I had lost all of the excess weight—I had more energy than I had had in years and could walk over a mile a day. I stayed on the program after my weight loss to wean myself back to regular food instead of doing it all at once.

Here’s the down side to this program—because you don’t eat regular food while you are losing weight, you run the risk of your body not being able to readjust to real food when you have lost your weight. Within the first month, I had regained five pounds even with a transitional maintenance program. 

I have to say the NutriSystem program works, and it worked for me, but it may not work for everyone on a long-term basis. It didn’t work for me for the long-term, only with the initial weight loss. The only good part is that I had learned to eat less, so I was able to discipline myself to eat differently in order to keep the weight off.

With NutriSystem, there is actually more work involved in keeping the weight off than taking it off because you are not eating the food you buy at the grocery store.

Review By Janice Fuller