Nutrisystem: Reviews and Cost

I lost 80 pounds with nutrisystem. I now find other convienence foods that are similar to nutrisystem and eat the same "extras" -vegetables, fruits, etc. I am still losing weight all though not as fast. Also there is a book to make your own food if you prefer. Also if you use the message boards you can learn how to stay on the diet without the prepackaged foods. I got kind of tired of the dehydrated lunches and could find cheaper alternatives to the breakfasts. However I loved the dinners. Also the nice thing is when things are prepackaged they are portion controlled. If I cook for myself I tend to eat more.

I started nutrisystem two weeks ago, and so far I am quite happy with it. The dinners are wonderful, I will probably continue to order them a la carte after I'm off the program. The lunches are not so good, I've sent much of it back. I've found a few things I like for breakfast, and supplement it with my own favorite.
Doing this, I've lost 10lbs since I started. It has gotten me back on track after I started regaining already lost weight. I don't know how it would work if you have a family to cook for and eat with, but being single, it works well. I could never have most of these dishes because I'm one person and couldn't eat it all, how do you cook lasagna for one?? Now I get a great variety. We'll see how I feel about it 3 months from now, but so far I'm loving it.

Hello TJ - I can say that I just started the NS. I like it so far and I joined to get onto eating normal. I had only been eating dinner for years - coffee in the am. Never a problem before but not that I've reached 40+ it is difficult to keep the weight in check - I have a husband and 2 boys and I love to cook for them. They have been supportive of my NS foods and they understand what I'm trying to accomplish. It might be hard for others to cook up a nice dinner for the family and then eat their NS dinner but if you have the support it is worth it. This would be a great alternative for a single person though!

I've been on NS for 1 week shy of 3 months. I have lost 28 pounds. In honesty - it is a very easy program, the food is tolerable and the online tools are fantastic.

I just started the program, 2nd week, and there are benefits and there are weaknesses. It's convenient, if you can stand to stomach cheddar mashers. But it's also expensive if you take the time to find equivalent foods at your local grocery store. In fact, you can find the exact same product, under a different label, at a better per serving price than what you can get from N-S. So here's the deal, if you need someone to dole out your single serving meals, one at a time, because you don't have the strength to only take one serving size from a box that holds 15 servings . . . you need N-S. But if you can hold onto the idea of smaller, balanced portions and servings . . . you can do better quality wise and price wise by buying the stuff locally. You have to go to the store to buy all the other support items (fruit, salad, dairy, protein, fats and carbs), why not just get the main course items too? I'm going to . . . .

I have been on NS for 10 days and have lost 13 lbs. I am starting to worry that I am loseing the weight to fast and it might not be healthy. However I feel great and I seem to have more energy. I like NS because of the portion control. I keep the food in boxes in my computer room. This works out very well as it keeps me from looking thru the kitchen cupbords and grabing unwanted snacks. It is expensive. After this month is up I am going to try to pre cook two weeks worth of meals on my own and see if I can control the portions myself. I am very happy with it so far.

I just started Nutrisystem. Breakfasts seem to be okay but how can you mess up cereal? The lunches...a bit harder for me to take. While not bad, not my taste. Dinners okay although I have only had the pizza and chicken patty. I figure I will try to keep on it for about 2 months. I am concerned about the amount of sodium, so I don't want to stay on it too long. If anyone wantes to try it, I will say this... I am a VERY PICKY eater and a junk food junkie...to the point where that was all I was eating, that and Burger King, so the taste/consistency may be a problem for me but I keep thinking if I can lose 20 pounds, I'll be thrilled and be able to do it on my own as I have done it before. I'll keep you posted on weight loss and if I stayed with the program or wolfed down a pint of Ben and Jerry's.

I've been on NS for about 2 1/2 months (with a nice long 10 day vacation in there where I wasn't so good). I've lost about 18 lbs which from everything I read is normal and healthy. Loosing too much weight too fast is unhealthy and unmaintainable.

The food isn't bad. You really have to experiment and try different stuff. There are a few things that are just horrid, and others that are really good. Avoid the Muffins like the plague.

To reply to the guy with the bleeding and gas. NS uses a good deal of Sugar alcohols in their food. Especially the bars, muffins, and Nutripeptide stuff (not 100% sure about the NP, but pretty sure). Some people have a lot of problems with sugar alcohols, those who do often find themselves using the bathroom a lot more and filled with a lot of gas (Salad does this to a lot of people too, especially those used to eating McDonalds 3x a day and haven't eated anything green other then a slurpy in 5 years).

Thanks for a well rounded & objective overview of the nutrisystem plan. I appreciate your research and hand work.

I'm 6'2" and start NS 10 days ago at 217. I have lost 4 lbs. I think most of the food is good, though I am not a picky eater. The muffins are the worst though... blech. I have had awful gas problems as well.

The biggest problem I have is that you have to supplement so much. I don't mind supplementing with some fresh fruits and salad, but the convenience (and reasonable expense) is lost with all the supplements required. I find myself staying VERY hungry (not sure they have this diet well planned for a guy of my size). To be fair, I look back at my daily log and find that I haven't eaten a dairy here or a low GI carb there, but I was really expecting this to be more convenient.

I am considering trying this diet. Has anyone tried Jenny Craig? I am interested to know how the food compares with Jenny Craig food.

I appreciate your input

Hi all,

Both my wife and I are medical professionals and we decided to try the diet. Although we saw weightloss we found our GI System (digestive system) to be disrupted. We both seperately suffered from gas, bloating and diaherria, some on the nutrisystem website call this Nutri-toots or nutri-squirts. Either way very unattractive. Additionally we suffered severe headaches..this lasted for approx 2 weeks.

We took an inpromptu survey of collugues, patients and those on the nutris website and found almost all the individuals asked suffered with the same issues. I discussed this with a friend who is an obesity expert (speaks nationally) and diet MD who doesn't like fad diets, but did state that Nutrisystem was the poorest way to loose weight b/c people didn't stay on the diet. Moreover, they were sick due to the sodium, fillers and fluctionation in sugars their body was use too. He stated that Weight Watchers is the only diet that works long term, they have the highest number of individuals sticking to the diet, etc. Also we compaired the $1.42 Weight watchers meals at the store to the nutrisystem, almost identical foods give or take 100 calories or protein on each. The real key to the diet as we've learned is the high protein low carb...that's it. It's low carb as in low sugar...check it out for yourself.

So all in all my thought is, go with Weight Watchers, it's working much better for us, no headaches or stomach issues.As well it's easy for us as we're very busy and don't always have time for a meal so we just get the prepacked WW stuff...works as good if not better.

I guess I will be one of the few to rave about the NutriSystem program. I've been on the program for 6.5 weeks and lost 8 pounds (Start weight was 145). I absolutely love the food. The first month, I did throw a few things out (like the southwestern chicken, blech), but overall I've been extremely satisfied and love the convenience. The chocolate raspberry and fudge graham bars for lunch are heavenly -- it's like eating a candy bar! The dinners I've loved too, especially the flame broiled beef patty (tastes like it came straight off a BBQ, plus you add a whole wheat bun, so you don't feel totally carb deprived). Overall, I've been a bit hungry and have had a few cravings, but I've let myself have a "cheat" meal now and then to stay sane. I say go for it, especially if you are working like myself and don't want to spend your days worrying about what to cook.

I started nutrisystem 2 weeks ago...trying to lose 15 lbs. Has anyone ever done this program and not lost weight? I have not lost one pound in fact I have gained 1 lb. I exercise on an eliptical machine or swim laps 3 times a week and have been strictly on the system with 2 eat out dinners where I really tried to eat the same things but in a restaurant. What's up with me??? I keep drinking more and more water - and yes the foods give me gas - but I don't mind the taste - I was starving before so eating is great. But it is driving me crazy that everybody loses and I don't. Boohoo.

I was on Nutri-System for 3 months and my results were amazing. I am a small person, only 5'1" and was weighing in at 155! After 3 months I went dropped down to 120. I ate the food, added fresh fruits and vegetables and exercised. I did notice more weight loss when I exercised regularly. Also, my favorite form of exercise if weightlifting (I hate cardio) so to get down to 120 I thought was excellent since muscle weighs a whole lot more than fat! The best thing was I went from wearing a size 12, down to a 4! I have gained some weight back since I hvae stopped ordering the food but not much really, I can still wear the size 4 jeans. I really recommend this diet for the convenience, also anyone starting out on a "lifestyle change" this program helps to make it a little less scary.