NutriSystem: The Diet System for You?
NutriSystem is a community supported portion-controlled diet program. The biggest concept behind NutriSystem is the portion-controlled eating. The diet involves prepared food allotments that are shipped directly to your home. These meals are designed to be enhanced with fresh fruits, vegetables and dairy goods. Contingent on how much weight you want to lose, you can select a 1,000, 1,200 or 1,500 calories-per-day plan. Then you'll take one breakfast meal, one lunch and one dinner meal along with your existing food supplementation of fruits, veggies and dairy products.
NutriSystem is a month long program that consists of an integral method to dieting that begins by giving you all the right foods to eat, in the correct portions, so you won't need to specially prepare meals or keep track of or points. An important advantage is that you don't need to make an appointment with a diet center. My clients greatly enjoy the meals and enthuse about the strides they made taking control of their portion sizes after beginning the program. They still get to order their most loved foods and supplement their diet with them.
Will NutriSystem Work For You?
If you are looking for a complete diet program where you don't need to worry about the hassle of cooking, shopping, counting points/calories, or figuring out indecipherable meal plans - then NutriSystem is highly recommended.
NutriSystem is designed with an active person in mind. Someone who doesn't have the free time to go to diet counseling meetings, calculate points and measure foods. NutriSystem's program is based on the theory of replenishing your body several times through out the day with small meals. NutriSystem is less restrictive than plans such as South Beach Diet and that's why clients tend to stick with the system while enjoying the ease of meals delivered directly to their home instead of working over a hot stove.
NutriSystem is going to be a perfect weight loss plan for you if you:
- Don't want to have to do lots of grocery shopping and cooking. Don't have time for weekly meetings.
- Are single and don't like to cook just for yourself.
- Aren't looking for a low carb diet.
- Are trying to get your portions under control.
- Do not want a diet that includes counting calories.
Benefits of NutriSystem:
NutriSystem's major leg-up above other diet systems is its low cost. You decide on your meals and they're shipped directly to your door. I've listed some more advantages of the NutriSystem Plan.
- No signup fee, only cost of meals
- No fine print or signing
- Plans for Men, Women, Vegetarians, and Diabetics.
- Free training dvd and meal planner.
- Maintainable weight loss of approximately 2 pounds on a weekly basis.
- All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert) are provided and sent to you (free of shipping on 4 week meal orders).
- On-line support is available with membership in the program (including one-on-one counseling sessions).
- A weight loss counselor will call you once you have become a member.
- Portion controlled - low fat, controlled carbohydrates, and protein. For the majority of females calorie amounts will be twelve hundred daily.
- They honor a 30 day money back promise.
- NutriSystem Advanced, a new weight loss plan for 2008 comes with 2 weeks of free meals.
Disadvantages of NutriSystem:
No weight loss system is perfect for all. You should choose your plan based on the type of person you are and which program you think will fit your lifestyle. The NutriSystem program may not be a good weight loss plan for you if you:
Don't like prepared foods.
Don't want to have to buy fruits, veggies and other items in addition to the meals
Don't like small amount
Have a family to cook for.
Need a sodium-restrictive or carbohydrate-restrictive diet.
Seek the aid that comes with going to weekly meetings.
How To Begin With NutriSystem:
Join and custom-order your food from Nutrisystem.com where you will decide on each meal and snack. If you go with a four-week plan, you will receive free shipping for that order. If you join with the "Auto Ship" program (which is free), you will get 10% off each four-week plan for your first three months, and then fifteen percent discount on all future orders starting with your 4th month if you decide to stay with the "Auto-Ship" program.
Signing up at Nutrisystem.com is free and you'll receive regular contact from the trained counselor to which you're paired with. He or she should supply you with answers to any questions you have and should provide sustained support and encouragement.
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