For any diet to work for anybody, you have to like the food. If you don't like what you're eating, you're not going to eat it for very long! So what is the Nutrisystem food like?
About 70 percent of the meals are made up of processed, ready-meal types like the ones you can buy at the store, except they are portion and calorie controlled. They are also designed to provide all the right kinds of nutrition you will need each day to maintain a healthy physical body.
Being processed, they contain some additives and sodium. Again, if you're OK with this kind of meal, you're probably already used to eating it and it will be just fine.
So we can pretty well see that if you're okay with eating these kinds of meals, you're going to like theirs. If you don't, or you are used to eating home cooked meals that are comprised of fresh ingredients (that is nothing out of a packet or a can), you may not like their food. You have been warned!
The other 30 percent are fresh frozen meals which many feel are better quality and tastier. Most people like these meals and if this is you, then you have a choice if you are still keen to try Nutrisystem but don't want the processed meals.
They offer a special plan called "Select" which is made up of 100 percent fresh frozen meals. This might appeal to you more.
Another thing you should be aware of is that the plans all ship to your home with food for four weeks.
That includes three meals plus two snack bars and a protein shake each day. That might sound like a lot of food to get in one shipment, but actually it takes up less space than you might think.
Many dieters believe that they can diet for a month and lose all the weight they want to lose, then go back to their old ways of eating. Anyone who thinks that way is wrong!
Dieting to lose weight should be done over a longer period of time to be effective and should plan to never go back to your old ways of eating.
Why?
Because that's how you got overweight in the first place!
You should expect to stay on their diet plan for at least two months, but longer is better. Now that might sound like it will cost you a lot of money.
The reality is that what you pay for the diet is offset by the fact hat you are NOT buying any other food for yourself during that time.
Many people find it's actually cheaper to be on the Nutrisystem program than to buy the food the normally eat! You have to do the math and make up your own mind on that score.
Back to the original purpose of this article. Is Nutrisystem really worth the cost and is it good value for money?
This is something that only you will know or be able to quantify. It depends on what you already spend on food and if it's bad for you and making you gain weight steadily, then you need to do something about it.
As far as commercial weight loss programs like this are concerned, if switching to Nutrisystem for a few months is not going to cost you much more than you are already spending on food, and you lose weight while you are on it, then you can happily admit that it's pretty good value!
It's your call at the end of the day. I personally believe that it is good value for money because you will lose weight as long as you stick to the plan and don't cheat… and go the distance.
Eating what is healthy food in a diet can, in my opinion, help you to lose weight in a more healthy way, but when time and resources are limited, Nutrisystem is a viable option that's worth considering.
But again, is this something you believe you can do? If it is, then go for it!
