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THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

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danielleandscott
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Dont know what to do - right now I cannot afford to shell out $260 on NS, so I guess it will have to wait - I am going to start on atkins tomorrow in the mean time
Scott

Posted 1/1/06 10:12 PM
 
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by danielleandscott

Dont know what to do - right now I cannot afford to shell out $260 on NS, so I guess it will have to wait - I am going to start on atkins tomorrow in the mean time
Scott



Scott it is soooooooo much cheaper than if you have to buy your meals/food shopping. For 260 you get breakfast, lunch, dinner AND dessert! it really is cheap! and thats for a whole month. when I go food shopping I spend easily about 100-110 a week. you still need to go and buy salads and veggies but its still way cheaper than if I had to purchase all those meals for a month at the supermarket or out to dinner. Plus the best part is you dont have to worry about cooking!!!!! just heat it up and wallah- and the food is yummy! GL!

Posted 1/2/06 7:05 PM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Well this week I have two birthdays and an engagement party - and next week I have 2 or 3 more birthdays - I will wait till february to start - My mother in law is starting this week though
Scott

Posted 1/3/06 8:24 AM
 

FeliciaDP

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

I agree wtih Janice, actually even though it sounds like N/S is an expensive plan, I find that between DH and myself we are actually saving money on grocery costs (since we don't have to buy chicken/steak and other more expensive grocery items). Its worked out really well for us, but again its not for everyone

Janice - it sounds as though you are doing SO WELL, way to go girl!! Chat Icon Are you going to stick with N/S or switch to Atkins? I know you were torn based on some things your doctor was recomending

Jen - You DH lost 70 lbs, that is awesome and inspiring! We're all here to support you.. I really do love this plan so I'm happy to hear that more people are joining.. You will do great, and with your DH joining with you it'll make it a lot easier (I know that has helped me immensely, having DH do the plan w/me)

My Update: The past few weekends I have been eating ENTIRELY "off plan" (what with Christmas and New Years/my birthday there was no way I could stick with N/S food) but EVEN after eating like a pig those 2 weekends, I weighed in on Saturday , 12/31 and lost another 1.5 pounds! So my total weight loss since September '05 to date is 32 lbs I was shocked to actually LOSE during the holidays!!

I still have about 15 pounds to lose until I hit goal, its coming off REALLLLLLLY slow now but I plan to hit the gym hardcore now that the holidays are over to give my metabolism a 'boost'

Keep up the great work everyone Chat Icon

Posted 1/3/06 10:46 AM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Do you excersize on NS or do you just follow the diet?

Right now I am not doing any excersize - but im sure as soon as I lose a little weight I will get that energy back that I have lost since I gained so much weight
Scott

Posted 1/3/06 12:39 PM
 

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Yes I do exercise presently, but not nearly as much/often as I need to

The weight really flew off me just by following the plan .. same for my DH. But I will admit that I was very very strict for the first couple months, I never cheated and I believe this is why I was so successful initially.. now I do go "off" on the weekends a bit but I never gain luckily

Both my DH and I are hitting "plateaus" right not though since we are close to our goal (before this past week's loss I was stuck at the same weight for a couple weeks) So I know that increasing my aerobic activity and weigh training will help a lot with this last bit of weight

Message edited 1/3/2006 12:54:25 PM.

Posted 1/3/06 12:53 PM
 

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

I have read this thread and need to lose about 25 lbs- 30lbs,
I was contemplating Nutrisystem and after reading all of this think this could be for me.

In 05 I packed on some extra weight- quit smoking, stress family stuff and I have been eating like crazy.

I have a trip today and will be back on Sat a.m. and would like to get this started.

My #1 problem lately is portion control---seems I have none.
Are you left feeling hungry after a Nutrisystem meal or do you feel fulfilled?


Posted 1/5/06 9:54 AM
 

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by skygirl

I have read this thread and need to lose about 25 lbs- 30lbs,
I was contemplating Nutrisystem and after reading all of this think this could be for me.

In 05 I packed on some extra weight- quit smoking, stress family stuff and I have been eating like crazy.

I have a trip today and will be back on Sat a.m. and would like to get this started.

My #1 problem lately is portion control---seems I have none.
Are you left feeling hungry after a Nutrisystem meal or do you feel fulfilled?




Welcome!!!!!Chat Icon Chat Icon Yes I totally feel fullfilled, you are adding food to it like salads and fruit that I dont even eat all of it, too fulling in fact!

Flee- Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!! that is AWESOME!!!!! YES I am staying on NS, I have to reorder, screw Atkins- I know I will never stay on that and will gain the weight back. I havent been eating the NS food for a week and half now, I ran out and didnt reorder cause I was gonna start atkins and I have been eating regular food, just keeping in mind what I have learned from NS and I am cheating too and am I still LOSING weight! I lost 1 lb. I know its 1 lb but when I say Im cheating that means cookies chips icecream- hello- I know Im bad, I fell off the wagon only b/c I ran out of food! Even DH said wow you lost so much weight! I fit back into my size 10 jeans!!!!Chat Icon I was a 14 just thanksgiving!!!! thats how fast it comes off. Now I know if I was 100 % strict I could have lost more, to total I have lost 14lbs, and inches bigtime. I think the inches is where I lost the most.
I am so thank ful to you Flee for posting about NS months ago and with your inspiration and success that gave me that push I needed!Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon
Im going away next week so that week I will eat like if I was on atkins mixed with NS and then when I get back I hope my box is here waiting for me!

Good Luck to you too Donna, how are you doing?
I wish my dr would see me now, I wonder if he would still have the same attitude about Atkins!!!!

HOORAY FOR NS!!!!!!!Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 1/5/06 11:09 AM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

I just bid on an auction on ebay for 4 weeks worth of food - I hope I win it - My mother in law got her food in the mail and she said it is working for her - and the food is good
Scott

Posted 1/5/06 10:16 PM
 

FeliciaDP

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by girlygrl33
Flee- Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!! that is AWESOME!!!!! YES I am staying on NS, I have to reorder, screw Atkins- I know I will never stay on that and will gain the weight back. I havent been eating the NS food for a week and half now, I ran out and didnt reorder cause I was gonna start atkins and I have been eating regular food, just keeping in mind what I have learned from NS and I am cheating too and am I still LOSING weight! I lost 1 lb. I know its 1 lb but when I say Im cheating that means cookies chips icecream- hello- I know Im bad, I fell off the wagon only b/c I ran out of food! Even DH said wow you lost so much weight! I fit back into my size 10 jeans!!!!Chat Icon I was a 14 just thanksgiving!!!! thats how fast it comes off. Now I know if I was 100 % strict I could have lost more, to total I have lost 14lbs, and inches bigtime. I think the inches is where I lost the most.
I am so thank ful to you Flee for posting about NS months ago and with your inspiration and success that gave me that push I needed!Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon
Im going away next week so that week I will eat like if I was on atkins mixed with NS and then when I get back I hope my box is here waiting for me!



Janice THANK YOU Chat Icon You are so inspiring and flattering.. and you are an awesome cheerleader for helping ME stick with the plan... I am glad that just by posting that I was starting N/S that I somehow helped YOU as well.. though YOU are doing all the hard work so you have only YOURSELF to thank for your accomplishments! 14 pounds is a LOT of weight, and dropping those sizes is the BEST part! I have to say that everytime I'm tempted to overeat, I think about my clothes and how a few months ago I could not even squeeze into anything, and now everything is falling off me. Its an AMAZING feeling , far better than the temporary high of any food Chat Icon

I am glad that the plan is working for you and you are going to reorder the food. Even with a few cheat days in there, you still LOST and that means you have learned portion control, which is the biggest obstacle to overcome! Way to GO! Lord knows I have been cheating over the holidays bigtime, but after a bad weekend I would go right back on the plan the next day.. and somehow I did still lose (go figure!) I think that weight loss is the main objective for you and your doctors would agree. and I personally agree that for me personally Atkins is just TOO restrictive... I tried it for 2 weeks but just hated how I felt. BUT again, it has to be whatever works for any individual, and this plan isn't for everyone either.

Keep up the GREATTTT WORK Chat Icon

Message edited 1/6/2006 12:27:25 PM.

Posted 1/6/06 12:02 PM
 

FeliciaDP

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by skygirl

My #1 problem lately is portion control---seems I have none.
Are you left feeling hungry after a Nutrisystem meal or do you feel fulfilled?




Well at first, its tough. It is a bit of a shock when you see what you SHOULD be eating as opposed to what you HAVE been eating. Yes the portions are small, not gonna lie, but that is how we are SUPPOSED to eat.. and your body does adjusts to the smaller portions. I do recall that after 1 week, however, I was not hungry at ALL. When you add the dairy items, fruits, veggies, etc to each meal, you actualy start to think "wait, I'm eating an awful LOT and yet I'm still losing!" There are still some days now that I cannot eat everthing, and now that I've lost I find my appetite and body has changed drastically .. so that when I do overeat, I am practically SICK from all the food!!

The reasons this works for me is simple: (1) I actually LIKE the food .. (2) its SO easy and portion controlled... I am not a great cook and am not a great planner SO just having the 3 meals/1 snack made "for me" and just having to add the "extras" makes my life SO much easier and therefore, easy to stick to the plan..so yes, to answer, I do feel fulfilled Chat Icon

Good luck to anyone considering the plan, I feel like a "pro" now after being on it since September so if you have any particular questions, please feel free to FM me

Message edited 1/6/2006 12:26:14 PM.

Posted 1/6/06 12:20 PM
 

Donna
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

I hope I can kind of sneak in with you but I"m going to be doing Jenny Craig (it's my Christmas present from DH) I go tomorrow morning at 9am!
I'm very upset about my weight gain and have gotten to the point that something needs to done about it. Besides clothes not fitting it was starting to affect me mentally - I didn't want to go out, etc.
I'll say 10 is from marriage and 20 is from quitting smoking,depression and IF meds.

Even though I'm on a different food plan I hope I can join you, I've read through this thread and the support is great!!

Flee, your loss is amazing - I hope I have the same success as you have!

Good luck to all of us and may we have thin 2006s!!!

Posted 1/6/06 3:21 PM
 

FeliciaDP

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by Donna

I hope I can kind of sneak in with you but I"m going to be doing Jenny Craig (it's my Christmas present from DH) I go tomorrow morning at 9am!
I'm very upset about my weight gain and have gotten to the point that something needs to done about it. Besides clothes not fitting it was starting to affect me mentally - I didn't want to go out, etc.
I'll say 10 is from marriage and 20 is from quitting smoking,depression and IF meds.

Even though I'm on a different food plan I hope I can join you, I've read through this thread and the support is great!!

Flee, your loss is amazing - I hope I have the same success as you have!

Good luck to all of us and may we have thin 2006s!!!


Welcome Donna! (I have missed you, by the way Chat Icon)

Jenny Craig and N/S seem to be fairly similar plans ... so by all means, join in ... we can use all the support we can get Chat Icon

I pretty much could have written your post back in September when I finally got so upset/disgusted with my weight gain that I had to do something about it. For me, between the post-wedding weight gain and then TTC and thinking "well I'll hopefully get PG, so why lose weight NOW only to gain" had me in a vicious cycle. After getting PG and having my M/C, I was emotionally and physically spent and at my highest weight in years... and since I knew I could not TTC for a bunch of months, I took the forced "break" as a sign to get my health and body back into shape.. !

SOO while our stories are a bit diff, I def. know where you are coming from!! Chat Icon

BEST of luck on your plan have you started yet ? Do you go to the JC locations and get weiged in, buy the food, etc?

Keep us all posted on your progress!! Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 1/6/06 5:14 PM
 

skygirl
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

thanks everyone- you make it sound so easy-
I worked out this week a couple of times for the 12st time since the summer and I am feeling it Chat Icon

I am going to get this Nutrisystem started and I'll update you on how it goes.

Thanks for the honest responses- like I said to me----portion control is the hardest and I will leep in mind that it will get betterChat Icon

Posted 1/7/06 2:06 AM
 

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

hi everyone,

i ordered nutrisystem on qvc, with weekends off. i don't really know much about it, but figured i would start out doing it for one month and see how it goes. i have been on and off of weight watchers and having hard time. i need to loose about 20 pounds. i will be checking out this thread, you guys have alot of info here! i get my order the 17th of jan and i will start after that.

jen Chat Icon

Posted 1/8/06 8:39 PM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Did you order the plan that was on sale yesterday?

Posted 1/8/06 10:17 PM
 

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by danielleandscott

Did you order the plan that was on sale yesterday?



yes, it was $167.00. the only thing is that you can't pick your food, but i want ti give it a try and that was a pretty good price, i think

Posted 1/9/06 8:30 AM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

If its 5 days only, no weekends...Does the plan still work?

What do you eat during the weekend days?
thanks

Posted 1/9/06 12:09 PM
 

JenG
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by danielleandscott

If its 5 days only, no weekends...Does the plan still work?

What do you eat during the weekend days?
thanks




i'm sure it still works doing it for 5 days and weekends off, i really don't know, this is my first time trying NS. they give you a meal plan, ideas, for weekends. i will probably cook weight watchers recipes on the weekends and see if that works.

Posted 1/9/06 12:23 PM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Then it is a good deal - when does it get delivered? I looked last night and they said delivery for my address would be the 26th of Jan

Posted 1/9/06 12:52 PM
 

Christine
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

NS sounds so appealling...reasonable price, preplanned meals that are easy to prepare, weigh loss...I have to look into this a bit.



Posted by danielleandscott

If its 5 days only, no weekends...Does the plan still work?

What do you eat during the weekend days?
thanks



Why not eat the meals 20 days in a row and re-order prior to running out?

Posted 1/9/06 1:07 PM
 

JenG
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by danielleandscott

Then it is a good deal - when does it get delivered? I looked last night and they said delivery for my address would be the 26th of Jan



since i ordered it on sat, they said i should have it by the 17th.

Posted 1/9/06 1:43 PM
 

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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by Christine

NS sounds so appealling...reasonable price, preplanned meals that are easy to prepare, weigh loss...I have to look into this a bit.



Posted by danielleandscott

If its 5 days only, no weekends...Does the plan still work?

What do you eat during the weekend days?
thanks



Why not eat the meals 20 days in a row and re-order prior to running out?




yeah, i could do that also.....duh, i didn't think of that! but i would have to order from the NS website and pay more. i didn't do the automated ordering on qvc. i wanted to pick out my food next time and see if it works at least!

Posted 1/9/06 1:44 PM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

you can get food on ebay for a lot less than getting it on NS
Scott

Posted 1/9/06 4:25 PM
 

JenG
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Re: THE OFFICIAL..... NUTRISYSTEM .....thread

Posted by danielleandscott

you can get food on ebay for a lot less than getting it on NS
Scott



do you think it's ok to get on ebay?? how do i know if it is fresh?

Posted 1/9/06 4:27 PM
 
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