Nutrisystem Review

Sometimes there are diet alternatives that are useful to know about even though they don't technically fall into the "alternative" category.

Some are better than others while some are quite amazingly popular for one reason or another.

I want to take a look at one of the more popular brands, Nutrisystem in this post simply because so many people use it and it seems to have an incredibly high success rate.

First off though, it is important to read reviews of the Nutrisystem diet plans because they are of great benefit to those individuals who are thinking hard about losing weight by trying this product.

What is Nutrisystem?

I wanted to come back in this blog with an interesting article that looks at the many pluses and minuses of this well known diet food delivery system to bring the reader an impartial view of Nutrisystem and how it works as well as how it might help you to lose weight.

Now, I know this isn't exactly an alternative way of doing things and in reality, it does push the limits to what is natural and what is artificial.

This diet food plan is made up of ready meals that are pre-processed for convenience, which pretty much makes them about as unnatural as can be! But there is more to it than that, which is why I'm writing about it here.

Replacement Diet Meals

The first thing about Nutrisystm you should know then is that the system revolves around those pre-prepared, pre-processed, packaged and frozen meals that are meant to substitute all of the meals you normally eat. There is a plus point coming here in that it is aimed at people who are overweight. People usually get overweight because their diet is garbage.

It's usually garbage because the people who eat that stuff are usually too lazy to prepare and cook proper, nutritious and balanced meals for themselves. So by substituting Nutrisystem's set meals, you are providing at least well balanced and nutritious meals that provide your body's health needs while at the same time being low calorie.

This should be the first step to losing weight, at least for lazy people!

Grocery Items

But here is a minus (or a plus depending upon your point of view) You should prepare and cook some fresh vegetables to supplement the Nutrisystem meals. Why? Because it will bulk them out so you won't risk becoming hungry too soon after eating one of their meals on its own.

If this looks like a minus point to you, then you are probably one of the real lazy ones.

If it looks like a plus point, then you have some determination to want to make it work, while being able to see the obvious benefit in adding some low calorie bulking matter that is also nutritious and good for you! What you don't want to happen is by avoiding this extra step in the process you'll feel like snacking in-between meals.

And what do people like to snack on? Yep, potato chips, cakes, cookies, biscuits etc. Better to eat the veggies, no?

Another minus that some people are going to experience is a possibility of getting gas. Yep, if your body has been so used to consuming garbage, then once you start eating food that is actually doing you some good, it's going to take a while for your digestive system to get used to it, with the result that your are going to get wind and fart more!

Either you can complain about it or just laugh it off!

Benefits

So, the gains are there if you stick to the diet food, add some vegetables and don't cheat. You'll lose weight for sure because you'll no longer be eating all that garbage that was making you fat in the first place.

The Nutrisystem meals are pretty easy to prepare. It's a simple case of taking them out of the freezer, popping them in the microwave and hey presto! Instant meals that won't make you fat. That's a definite plus in anybody's book.

Ok, the last thing that people are going to whine about is the cost. What is that cost exactly?

Well, you could simply look at their website and see the charge for the month's supply of meals and for what they are, which is currently around $8 a meal, you might think that's not cheap but neither is it expensive. What would it cost to eat out at a fast food restaurant every day? Probably a lot more than that.

But that's not the whole cost, is it?

What is the Cost of Nutrisystem Diets?

You already spend some money on all your presently garbagepy food that you eat at meal times. So work it out. What do you already spend on meals each week?

Multiply that by 4 to give you a monthly figure. Then take the total away from the monthly Nutrisystem cost and you have the real cash amount that it costs. Now I bet it looks pretty cheap, especially considering that you'll be losing some weight by eating those meals in place of your old unhealthy diet.

Is that the final cost? No it is not. The final cost is in doing something positive not only to lose weight but to improve your health. The cost of good health is priceless! Because without your health, what have you got?

Does Nutrisystem now look like something you might want to try?

Visit the Nutrisystem website for more details and see how you can lose weight for not as much money as you might have thought and it's easy!


Written by: Terry Didcott



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Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 in diet | 0 Comments

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