May 2013 Starters
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Carin - Welcome back! It is easy to lose sight of this thread. Now that I have my computer back, I am able to bookmark it so I don't have to wander around the website looking for my friends now.
We missed you!
willow0 -
Miranda and Carin - Congratulations on finishing your race! What a fun way to connect with NS friends! Did you have time to do some other things together while you were in California or was it all about the race?
Carin - It's nice that you were able to step down from the marathon in Alaska and register for a half-marathon instead. That will give you more time to work up to the longer event. I know one day we will hear that you successfully completed a marathon. But, of course, you need to do it at a pace that works for you!
To both of you: Does "corral" refer to your starting placement? It sounds like that depends on your speed in other races?
willow0 -
SO and I finally clicked the button and upgraded our plans from Select (which is no longer available) to Uniquely Yours. I was terrified to lose my discounts, because when we signed up in May 2013, there were really some excellent discounts going, plus I had a 12% corporate discount (same amount as a health insurance one). But they all stayed put. I took screenshots before and after just in case something happens.
With the $70 UY discount that is happening right now, plus all the other discounts, we're actually getting UY for over $6 a month less than Select was. Now I just hope that we have enough room in our freezer for more frozen food between the two of us!
Unfortunately, my next order just processed last Friday and hasn't even arrived yet, so I won't be getting more frozen food until mid-June.
Super deal! This makes me want to make the move, too! I'll definitely have to put some thought into it
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We met up with everyone at the expo (where you pick up your race materials and there are lots of vendors and things selling stuff) on Friday, then we had dinner together on Friday/Saturday/Sunday... although Carin did not make it to dinner on Saturday, I never did hear why.willow_river wrote: »Miranda and Carin - Congratulations on finishing your race! What a fun way to connect with NS friends! Did you have time to do some other things together while you were in California or was it all about the race? I am guessing she was tired because she had to get up early on Saturday as well to run the 10K! So we got to spend a lot of time chatting over meals and that was fun. Carin and her husband are really nice! 
I'll post a couple pictures at the bottom... I don't really have many, I only actually have the one that Ben took of me in the hotel room after I showered and some screenshots of my official proof photos (I didn't buy any). He tried to take a video of me crossing the finish line with his phone... I was so slow that the spectator area he was in was getting pretty cleared out and he was literally standing right at the finish arch, but he made a mistake and it wasn't actually recording. Woops! The other picture was one that someone else took of most of us after we ate an early dinner on Sunday. Carin's husband and Ben (my SO) aren't in the picture, and neither is the non-NS friend of one of the other ladies who was there, or another NS friend that met up with us to chat for a little bit but did not stay.To both of you: Does "corral" refer to your starting placement? It sounds like that depends on your speed in other races?
Yes, in bigger races, they divide you up into corrals based on your predicted finish time, so that the faster people are in front and they get slower as you go back. It gets very congested in the back with slower people and walkers. You have to do a lot of dodging to go around people (I actually ended up going 13.6 miles in my 13.1 mile race!), especially if people in groups are not being considerate walkers and are walking 3-4 across in narrow areas, or do dumb things like come to a complete stop in the middle of the road to take a selfie or text someone. Yes I really saw this happen more times than I have fingers to count! It wasn't so much that taking the selfie or texting someone bugged me, especially in the parks everyone is taking photos/selfies or stopping for pictures with the characters. It was stopping right in the middle of the road that bugged me. Common sense says move off to the side before you are going to be stopping!
The proof of time for the Disney races has to be from a race 10K or longer, and I didn't do one in time, so I had no proof of time and got placed in the very last corral, and my time suffered a bit for that, and I didn't actually get a time that would place me much further up I don't think. My finish time was 3:15:41. I am doing a local 10K in mid-June though that "only" has 2200 runners maximum (right now 1650 are registered)... compared to the 13,000+ that were at this half. So I am hoping that I'll be able to get a better time in that to move me up for my race in November.
Me in the hotel room an hour or so after finishing. We went back so I could shower, then we went out in search of breakfast, which was actually harder than it sounds... we waited forever!
Me on the left, Carin on the second from the right. The other two ladies are ones we know from the Biggest Loser challenges.
Proof I crossed the finish line. My mom thought I was smiling because I was happy to be done, and I guess I was, but I was mainly laughing because Ben was literally right off to my right side by the finish line/archway and I had been waving at him like a crazy person because I thought he was recording a video. 
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Congratulations to y'all for finishing! It's so cool that you were all able to meet up.
On Saturday, I sat out for several hours and cheered on the IronMan race participants. This was my 4th year going and sitting out watching and cheering people on the run part of the course, and it is still just as amazing to me. If you ever have the chance to go and watch one, you should! The fact that people are physically able to compete in that, is crazy to me. Even more so the fact that the majority of the people that do the race have full time jobs and are not professional athletes who get paid to train and compete.
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Miranda - Thank you for posting the pictures and information about the race. I really enjoyed hearing about your experience. I'm impressed that you were still able to smile after running that far!!!
Again, a bit congratulations to both Miranda and Carin for completing the race!!!! Woo Hoo!!! Wish I could have been there to cheer you on.
I admit, I'm a bit envious that you were able to meet some of your NS friends in person. How cool is that ! Maybe someday. . . .
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willow_river wrote: »Wow, Amanda! Thinking about how water all flows down to the Gulf really puts things in perspective. It doesn't take a lot of water up stream to cause a problem as it flows accumulatively downstream. I guess you just have to stay out of the way of high water! I assume that is taken into consideration when building permits are granted? Stay safe!!!!
willow
Hi Willow, During one of the Hurricanes, Floyd, the town next to mine had deep water in the downtown area. It was up to the second floor on many buildings. A couple of buildings burned to the water line as there was no way to get firefighting equipment to the fire.willow_river wrote: »
Hi
Not amazing to me, I have trouble walking more than a 1/2 hour at a time. To me those people here that are doing 1/2 marathons or Marathons However thank You for saying so.
Congratulations to Miranda and Carin!
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willow_river wrote: »Wow, Amanda! Thinking about how water all flows down to the Gulf really puts things in perspective. It doesn't take a lot of water up stream to cause a problem as it flows accumulatively downstream. I guess you just have to stay out of the way of high water! I assume that is taken into consideration when building permits are granted? Stay safe!!!!
willow
Hi Willow, During one of the Hurricanes, Floyd, the town next to mine had deep water in the downtown area. It was up to the second floor on many buildings. A couple of buildings burned to the water line as there was no way to get firefighting equipment to the fire.
Willow - It does impact where the county / home lenders / etc will let people build / buy houses to some extent. For the most part, this part of the state is kind of used to it and the area has been developed in such a way that the rivers have some room to rise before they start flooding houses but it doesn't always go according to plan.
Roger - Sadly, fires during flooding is not all that uncommon for the very reason that you listed. Your comment made me remember that several years ago (early 2000s) when Hurricane Allison (I believe) came through it hit downtown and the Medical Center really hard. Houston has a fairly large Medical Center that people come to from all over the world and for some reason someone didn't ever realize that putting the generators in the basement (which we don't have around here because typically the water table is too high and because of the proximity to the Gulf) was maybe NOT a good idea. So a lot of the buildings downtown and the hospitals in the MedCenter that had generators still didn't have power. Talk about a giant clusterf*ck of problems. haha. All of those buildings and hospitals have since moved the generators to the roof. I guess it's one of those times when the builder/ arcitect designed the buildings like they do for everywhere else in the country and until it proved to be a problem no one thought about the possible negative implications.
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Last night, a friend of mine wanted to go to Sonic (a drive in fast food place for the parts of the country that are not blessed with Sonics haha) to get a milkshake. During the summer they have half price shakes after 8pm. Well.... rather than getting a peanut butter shake which is SUPER tasty, I got a Diet Sprite with sugar free peach syrup. Also quite tasty and NOT off plan! Yay!0
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spamanda53 wrote: »Willow - It does impact where the county / home lenders / etc will let people build / buy houses to some extent. For the most part, this part of the state is kind of used to it and the area has been developed in such a way that the rivers have some room to rise before they start flooding houses but it doesn't always go according to plan.
Roger - Sadly, fires during flooding is not all that uncommon for the very reason that you listed. Your comment made me remember that several years ago (early 2000s) when Hurricane Allison (I believe) came through it hit downtown and the Medical Center really hard. Houston has a fairly large Medical Center that people come to from all over the world and for some reason someone didn't ever realize that putting the generators in the basement (which we don't have around here because typically the water table is too high and because of the proximity to the Gulf) was maybe NOT a good idea. So a lot of the buildings downtown and the hospitals in the MedCenter that had generators still didn't have power. Talk about a giant clusterf*ck of problems. haha. All of those buildings and hospitals have since moved the generators to the roof. I guess it's one of those times when the builder/ arcitect designed the buildings like they do for everywhere else in the country and until it proved to be a problem no one thought about the possible negative implications.
Hi Amanda
The Generators in a hospital in Manhattan got flooded out during Sandy. No expected the water to be that high
A medical center with no power is not a lot of use. I guess they checked out the roof by You and found that it could take the load.spamanda53 wrote: »Last night, a friend of mine wanted to go to Sonic (a drive in fast food place for the parts of the country that are not blessed with Sonics haha) to get a milkshake. During the summer they have half price shakes after 8pm. Well.... rather than getting a peanut butter shake which is SUPER tasty, I got a Diet Sprite with sugar free peach syrup. Also quite tasty and NOT off plan! Yay!
Hi Again
We do have Sonics here in NJ. When they open the Police have to be there to handle the traffic backing up onto the Highway or roadway. I am amazed that happens, I tried it after the initial opening rush had subsided to normal levels and was not that impressed.
Congratulations on not being tempted to go off plan!
Roger
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Hi Again
We do have Sonics here in NJ. When they open the Police have to be there to handle the traffic backing up onto the Highway or roadway. I am amazed that happens, I tried it after the initial opening rush had subsided to normal levels and was not that impressed.
Congratulations on not being tempted to go off plan!
Roger
I agree about their food not being worth waiting in police directed traffic for. haha. Even pre-NS, I rarely ate food from there. The best thing about Sonic is the drinks (with the endless flavor combinations), slushees and ice cream. Luckily the drinks can be calorie free or low calorie thanks to Diet Soda and some sugar free flavor syrup! yay!
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spamanda53 wrote: »Last night, a friend of mine wanted to go to Sonic (a drive in fast food place for the parts of the country that are not blessed with Sonics haha) to get a milkshake. During the summer they have half price shakes after 8pm. Well.... rather than getting a peanut butter shake which is SUPER tasty, I got a Diet Sprite with sugar free peach syrup. Also quite tasty and NOT off plan! Yay!
Huge YAY and CONGRATS milkshakes are evil things that draw you in lol, you did well resisting
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Hello guys!! Thanks for answering all the questions Miranda - I am experiencing a lot of challenge in finding balance in my life and things that are really important to me are suffering - like connecting with my NS buddies!! It was just awesome to finally meet some of the people that feel closer than sisters and realizing that I only knew what they all looked like from pictures. I'll never forget the feeling when I felt a tap on my shoulder while standing in the GetTravel pick-up line and looking up to see Sue in front of me! I guess until that moment I did not really believe I was going to actually meet everybody, although we were planning it for almost a year!
Another thing that was getting away from me, was meeting DH's newest granddaughter for the first time. She is 6 months old and although DH went to meet her in December, I could not get away. So this week-end we are going to OKC to see her and deliver the loot from the Anna and Elsa boutique in Disneyland to the sister (she is almost 6 and an absolutely lunatic Frozen fan!). I just hope the weather behaves! I just love my stepson and his family to death, so very excited about the week-end!0 -
Hello Friends!
If you've seen anything on the news about Houston you know how crazy it has been last night and this morning. Luckily, I am to the north of Houston and while we had a lot of rain and loads of lighting and thunder we don't have quite the flooding issues that they have closer to downtown. Some of the pictures that are being shown on the news and on Facebook and other social media platforms are insane. There was one picture I saw that showed an overpass that had a clearance of almost 14ft and you could tell that the water was probably a foot or so from touching the bridge. There are other pictures that, if you didn't realize that it was a freeway you would just think it was river (with an exit sign haha). And then there are some pictures that show how high the water rose from 10pm - 2am.
Like I said, I am north of most of the damage, and the worst of the flooding and I had no issue getting into work today. The traffic was so insanely light this morning it seemed as though it was a Saturday morning at 7am rather than a weekday. Since the City of Houston and Harris County have basically told people NOT to go anywhere and the business and offices announced that they were closing today, it left very few cars on my 7 mile commute this morning. haha0 -
If you are curious.... This is a traffic map from 6am. The blue roadways don't mean that the road was entirely impassable but that there was water covering at least part of the road (ie: single lanes or on the service road next to the freeway): pic.twitter.com/VmhNTPYa1J
And these next few are pictures taken of Brays Bayou throughout the night. If "Bayou" is not a term used in the rest of the country it is basically a river. So, it is made for water but this shows just how quickly the water rose in some areas:
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And this was it at 8am this morning: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CF8O5DjVAAAChlP.jpg - Receding a little bit and at least its off of the road0 -
Hi Amanda
We have been seeing reports on the news. No Drought now I guess
They said that one river rose 26 feet in a short period of time and they showed a bridge completely washed away.
If You live there it must be hard to believe that other areas are in a drought condition, especially California. We are in a moderate drought here in NJH and according to the WBZ news I watched last night Via Satellite TV so is the Boston area.
Have a Good Day
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Hello friends! Back from a lovely although somewhat scary week-end in Oklahoma! Also loads of flooding, bad weather, rain, tornadoes!! We went to one park where the water also rose 18 ft in a very short period of time. I took a picture of the yellow line in the middle of the road just disappearing into the water, with the park facilities about 300 yards away surrounded by water up to half-way up to roof-height! Rather scary stuff!
Seeing the family was lovely though! The new baby is just so cute!! Had a great time, but now back to reality and more catching up!0 -
Roger - You are correct in assuming that we are no longer facing drought conditions. haha. I think we actually were out of drought in this area around Sept of last year if I'm not mistaken. But according to the news yesterday, we are almost 11" above average for rainfall so far this year. And that was before this mornings storms.
Carin - Before the worst of our weather came, the news was keeping up with Oklahoma and Dallas weather and yikes is right. Luckily, we don't have the tornadoes that OK gets, although there were a few small ones here. The tornadoes coupled with the flooding is not something that I would like to experience. I hope that your family stays safe!0 -
SAfricaChick wrote: »Hello friends! Back from a lovely although somewhat scary week-end in Oklahoma! Also loads of flooding, bad weather, rain, tornadoes!! We went to one park where the water also rose 18 ft in a very short period of time. I took a picture of the yellow line in the middle of the road just disappearing into the water, with the park facilities about 300 yards away surrounded by water up to half-way up to roof-height! Rather scary stuff!
Seeing the family was lovely though! The new baby is just so cute!! Had a great time, but now back to reality and more catching up!
Hi Carin
When I see the weather reports from out there I am so glad I am here in NJ right now despite the other problems here.
I am sure You enjoyed Your visit immensely.
Cheers
Rogerspamanda53 wrote: »Roger - You are correct in assuming that we are no longer facing drought conditions. haha. I think we actually were out of drought in this area around Sept of last year if I'm not mistaken. But according to the news yesterday, we are almost 11" above average for rainfall so far this year. And that was before this mornings storms.
Carin - Before the worst of our weather came, the news was keeping up with Oklahoma and Dallas weather and yikes is right. Luckily, we don't have the tornadoes that OK gets, although there were a few small ones here. The tornadoes coupled with the flooding is not something that I would like to experience. I hope that your family stays safe!
Hi Amanda
It must be tough handling having everything ruined by weather.
BTW I guess You saw the email touting Buy One get One free from NutriSystem on fruit smoothies?
Cheers
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BTW I guess You saw the email touting Buy One get One free from NutriSystem on fruit smoothies?
Cheers
Roger
I did see that email. And I looked into it and I might order some. But I am not entirely sure....
From what I've noticed - you can only buy one get one free. It doesn't allow you to buy two and get TWO free. They only give you ONE at the free price. And it is only off of the single packages (of 7), not the larger packs of 14 or 28. They also charge you shipping of $11.99. And when I did it, it gave me a $10 discount labeled "50 clicks savings."
I am not sure if this will negate the code that everyone was sent via email or not though. I have already added that code to my next AutoDelivery but if I buy these smoothies it might eliminate it from my AD before it ships.
If this is the same discount from the email (meaning it will take it off of my AD pricing) then it is NOT cheaper to buy them this way. ($16.99+$11.99 = $28.98 for 14 smoothies vs $16.99+$16.99 =33.98 minus 20%AD discount = $27.19 for 14 smoothies)
However if it is a SECOND fifty clicks discount it is cheaper obviously.
I could call NS and ask them but if it is a glitch or something and it will allow people to receive the 50 clicks benefit twice I don't what to be the one to make them aware of it and have them fix it. haha
I hope this make sense outside of my brain. I rewrote it a few times to help make it more clear haha.
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Hi Amanda
When I read the email it says
†One free smoothie pack with each smoothie pack purchased. Shipping charges apply. A La Carte purchases are processed and shipped separately from 28-Day plan orders. Cannot be combined with any prior or current discount or offer.
The web page says
Double up on this slimming treat for summer!
Your FREE pack will be applied during checkout
I would call and ask them to put it in Your Auto Delivery with free shipping. I have done that in the past with email offers and had no problems. If it is on Your order A La Carte it can always be removed before the order closes.
Since You already applied the 50 clicks discount to Your order, just take a look and see if the codes are the same.
Good Luck
Roger
P.S. Their adverts seem to be heading towards the land of decepetion.0 -
I tried again and it did let me add it to my Auto Delivery -- No phone call needed. I did try to add two smoothie sampler packs to see if they were buy one get one free and they are not. You also can't buy 2 get 2 free. So, I just added two of them and then it lists one of them as free. So... yeah. To those of you who don't care about these smoothies -- I apologize for the long posts. haha They are done now.
No rain last night! But we are expecting rain tomorrow and Saturday. Which is not a good thing, obviously. Part of my neighborhood has started to flood but luckily the water is rising slowly so the people that it could impact have enough of a warning that they are able to prepare. Without ANY more rain the creek is expected to rise another 12 to 18inches. So if we get the rain that is expected that would start to get into some people's houses. Luckily, I live on top of a GIANT hill so it is all but impossible for me to flood. But it is possible to get trapped on top of the hill. haha.
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Carin, I'm glad you had a good time in OKC despite all the bad weather!
We seem to have skipped spring here in NH and gone straight to summer. Every day this week has been in the 90's.0 -
spamanda53 wrote: »I tried again and it did let me add it to my Auto Delivery -- No phone call needed. I did try to add two smoothie sampler packs to see if they were buy one get one free and they are not. You also can't buy 2 get 2 free. So, I just added two of them and then it lists one of them as free. So... yeah. To those of you who don't care about these smoothies -- I apologize for the long posts. haha They are done now.
No rain last night! But we are expecting rain tomorrow and Saturday. Which is not a good thing, obviously. Part of my neighborhood has started to flood but luckily the water is rising slowly so the people that it could impact have enough of a warning that they are able to prepare. Without ANY more rain the creek is expected to rise another 12 to 18inches. So if we get the rain that is expected that would start to get into some people's houses. Luckily, I live on top of a GIANT hill so it is all but impossible for me to flood. But it is possible to get trapped on top of the hill. haha.
Hi When there is flooding here we end up with one way in and out of town. All the other roads that lead out of town get flooded. It could be worse. If You wanted more than two I would call customer (dis)service. Their Plug for them says You get one free for each one purchased.
It sounds as if the samples worked for You FWIW.
Cheers
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Miranda - We finally hit 90 yesterday and it was just as hot as I remember. haha. I feel your pain.
Roger - That's how my neighborhood is. Although if the 'right' creek floods it cuts us off from being able to leave at all. It's not the whole town (I live in a fairly large suburb) but just the neighborhood I live in. Luckily I've stocked up on food so that should we get trapped (more rain predicted tomorrow and Sunday and it is expected to stall on top of us), I'll be good for a while. Although when we get flooded in like that, it is not uncommon for people to park on the other side of the low lying area and then either walk through the water (Which you really shouldn't do haha) or have someone in a big truck pick you up and drive you home. And yes, the samples did work out. I don't think I'll have a smoothie everyday but they are quite good and nice to have when I'm not really hungry but need to get an SC in.
I tweaked with my next AD (which should ship next week even though my last one JUST got here - I'm afraid to push it back) and have found a plan for my stockpile of desserts. I remembered reading on the old forums that there were some breakfasts and desserts that could be used as SCs. I went back and looked and the majority of people said that any dessert with less than 120 calories will work (or up to 140 calories if you count it as a SC and a limited extra). So, I went and added a lot of the zesty herb snack mix and the honey mustard pretzels so that I can use some of those as SCs to try to help rid myself of the excess. I also added a frozen breakfast sampler to help get the breakfasts to line up with the other foods I have. I figured with the extra fifty clicks discount, plus the 20% off for adding it to my AD, plus using the gift cards I could treat myself with some frozen breakfasts every once and a while.
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spamanda53 wrote: »Miranda - We finally hit 90 yesterday and it was just as hot as I remember. haha. I feel your pain.
Roger - That's how my neighborhood is. Although if the 'right' creek floods it cuts us off from being able to leave at all. It's not the whole town (I live in a fairly large suburb) but just the neighborhood I live in. Luckily I've stocked up on food so that should we get trapped (more rain predicted tomorrow and Sunday and it is expected to stall on top of us), I'll be good for a while. Although when we get flooded in like that, it is not uncommon for people to park on the other side of the low lying area and then either walk through the water (Which you really shouldn't do haha) or have someone in a big truck pick you up and drive you home. And yes, the samples did work out. I don't think I'll have a smoothie everyday but they are quite good and nice to have when I'm not really hungry but need to get an SC in.
I tweaked with my next AD (which should ship next week even though my last one JUST got here - I'm afraid to push it back) and have found a plan for my stockpile of desserts. I remembered reading on the old forums that there were some breakfasts and desserts that could be used as SCs. I went back and looked and the majority of people said that any dessert with less than 120 calories will work (or up to 140 calories if you count it as a SC and a limited extra). So, I went and added a lot of the zesty herb snack mix and the honey mustard pretzels so that I can use some of those as SCs to try to help rid myself of the excess. I also added a frozen breakfast sampler to help get the breakfasts to line up with the other foods I have. I figured with the extra fifty clicks discount, plus the 20% off for adding it to my AD, plus using the gift cards I could treat myself with some frozen breakfasts every once and a while.
I hope that you all have a WONDERFUL weekend!
Hi Amanda
From here by Dietary Services 1, the Official NutriSystem Word on substituting.
http://boards.members.nutrisystem.com/showthread.php?254531-Foods-substitutes-NS-for-NS&p=7388324&viewfull=1#post7388324
03-19-2015, 02:55 PM
Hi Roger,
Here is how we make substitutions for our foods with the Day Off Guide:
Breakfast Entree = 1 PF + 1 SC
Lunch Entree = 1 PF + 1 SC
Dinner Entree = 2 PF + 1 SC
Dessert = 1 SC
Since there is a range of calories within each category, you may find lunch and dinner entrees that are fairly comparable.
Nutrition & Dietary Services
You can also email program related questions to:
dietaryservices@nutrisystem.com
I noticed that they are not qualifying the Dessert for SC with calories either.
According to my math with the 20% AD discount, then the 40% discount from using the Gift Cards I bought on sale at Costco I pay 48% of the displayed price when I am ordering A La Carte.
FWIW I use this page to convert a webpage to a PDF file and download it for permanent reference. You can use it to save recipes from the NS recipe section or posts in the old forums for reference. No telling how long they will remain!
Have a Great Weekend
Roger
P.S. using that Table since my meals are all Entree + PF i can use a dinner for lunch and breakfast if desired and count it as the Meal and a PF. That makes it handy if I run short of a Lunch for example0 -
Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend (and continue to have a good one, Willow). We avoided most of the weekend rain in my part of the city which was good and FINALLY we have a extended forecast that DOESN'T predict rain! I read an article that was written on May 27, that said that in the last 30 days the state of Texas had 8,000,000 acre feet of rain fall. That means it was enough water to cover 8million acres with one foot of water. Or, it was enough water to cover the entire state of Rhode Island in 10ft of water, or enough water to meet NYC's water needs for seven full years. I think a rain free forecast is cause for celebration! haha
In case y'all aren't aware (as I wasn't until this weekend) -- The strawberry poppyseed chicken salad is back at Panera! If you get it without the pecans and don't eat the baguette it is 250 calories. I count it as one PF (chicken), one SC (all the fruit) and one Limited Extra. I get it with spinach instead of romaine lettuce and I'm telling y'all I could eat this every day. SO good! You can also buy the dressing at Target (maybe other places) and make it yourself if that's something you're into.0 -
Hello!! Good to hear everybody is still going strong!! I have been struggling the last week or so, with staying 100% on plan, but also fitting in my running! I realize I don't have much to complain about, hearing how other parts of the country is suffering from the weather! We also went almost overnight from winter to summer and it is becoming rather hot!
DH left on Monday for his annual summer trip - back to Alaska again! I'll be joining him on 19 June in Anchorage for 5 days and then I'll also be spending a week with him in Canada around the 4th of July. I decided not to run the full marathon in Anchorage I was planning, but have entered for the half marathon and my running has not been going well! Well, actually, simply put - I have just not been training enough! So I am dreading the 19 June Anchorage trip a bit!
Amanda I quite often use my desserts as SC's and order a lot of the pizza puffs and cheese curls for that purpose - I find it works quite well even if the calories are a bit over 120. I never use any extras, so I just consider those my extras when I am over a bit!0 -
Mmmm looks like we are losing everybody here! I guess I'll continue checking back in for a while to see if anybody comes back!0
