Nutrisystem

I haven't personally tried it, but I know 4 people (all women) who have. They all lost a significant amount of weight and said they weren't hungry while doing so. but, they all also gained it back after they stopped the program.

My thought, based on the experiences of my friends, is that if you want someone to choose and portion your foods for you, it's a good option if you have the money. But you must either stick with it forever, or remember and continue the portions once you stop.

I did NS a few years back, lost all my weight.. Here were my issues with NS though:
1. I was hungry, the diet is actually about 1200 or so calories a day
2. The food gives you very bad Gas, sorry TMI, but you really should know this..there are actually blogs on the NS web site that talks about how to deal with it.
3. I got so annoyed with the food that when I stopped I gained all my weight back - YES my fault I know, but it burned me out.

Some people do great on it, it just was not right for me. I find calorie counting the right thing for me, but everyone is different.

I used it a few years ago and lost about 30 pounds. It was pretty easy, but it's absolutely NOT as simple as just getting their food and eating it-- you are expected to eat a lot of fresh fruits and veggies as well, and I think that's when I discovered Greek yogurt too, as another (required) supplementary food source. I also ate a lot of eggs.

The food is ok, but obviously highly processed (you get hamburger patties that you 'cook' by setting in a tray with hot water--no joke). The gas (so-called NutriToots, lol) is generally actually from eating a TON more fiber than you're probably used to.

It definitely works and is generally quite convenient, but with a little more effort you can enjoy your food more and pay less.

You have got to learn how to eat regular food with a deficit. Even if you do Nutri-System and lose your weight, you will still have to end up learning about portion sizes, calories, exercise, etc. So why not start now doing it the right way.

No one I know personally that has done NS ever kept their weight off. That's why it has to be a lifestyle change and not a diet program.

Just my personal opinion, for what it's worth.

If I had the money to do the NutriSystem plan for several months (long enough to lose 80+ lbs), I would rather engage the services of a nutritionist and a personal trainer and buy quality foods. That way, I would learn how to do it all myself - for life.

Give a man a fish, he eats for today. Teach a man to fish, he eats for the rest of this life.

Rather than make all my food decisions for me, teach me how to make them for myself, so I can continue to do so - for life.

I'm very aware of the threat of gaining it back but I've lost and gained back on just about everything including WW, MFP and dieting on my own.

I actually did NS over 20 years ago and lost a bunch of weight.

I'm the heaviest I've ever been and I feel like I have Mt Everest in front of me and I need a strict regimen to see some progress...

I don't mean to harsh your day, but my followup question would be, "What will be different this time?" Obviously it's not your commitment or you wouldn't be here asking. It's not your intention. Unless your doc has told you otherwise, it's not the it's a biological impossibility for you to lose excess fat. Which leaves, skills.

I was in the same place, and finally realized I needed to change my internal conversation. As long as the "solution" is outside of you (e.g. the next diet program, the next fad diet, the next prepared-food scheme) it is very likely you will go down on NS, then creep back up because you haven't yet learned the skills and the mental conversations to control - really control - what you eat and how you burn it off. I don't have a dog in the fight, but I can tell you that the Beck Diet for Life ($16 book) is what did it for me. It's based on learning the skills, making a sustainable plan, figuring out what works and what doesn't and adapting, changing habits one at a time. No doubt other people will have other ideas about other tools like this, but the point is this: as long as the solution is "out there" instead of internal, you are at the whim of whether That Solution is present or not.

90% of weight loss is your food intake. You don't have to exercise to lose weight and you don't have to pay someone to bring you food that's had all the fat sucked out of it.

If you are committed to losing the weight you can do it without gimmicks. Plan your meals in advance. Make the best choices. Stick to your calorie budget faithfully. The only reason Nutrisystem will take weight off is because like all the other diet plans, it's a very low calorie diet with fats and sugars removed and replaced by artificial ingredients.

My sister in law has tried every diet plan known to man and always gains it all back because on the diet she can eat Fettucini Alfredo so when she goes off the plan she eats the same foods but the magic fairy hasn't waved her wand over it and taken out all the calories for her.

Eating healthy and in proper proportions isn't rocket science. If your weight loss has stalled then you're doing something wrong. Ask the questions you need to get a proper plan in place and stick to it. There's no magic out there and it will never work or be permanent until you get your mind in the right place.

My husband and I are on it right now! I know portion control.. and have lost 100lbs on my own perviously... I just gained so much weight with my pregnancy (hubby too!) and am so busy that its nice to have it all laid out for me. There still is quite a bit of prep involved still though, and my love for vegetables is being renewed. I have no regrets, and will probably stop doing it once I have lost enough weight to really kick up the cardio (old knee and hip injuries).

Years ago my husband did NutriSystem while he was working as a radio DJ. All the on-air staff who were overweight (pretty common with radio people haha) got to do it for free. He did lose a lot of weight, and actually got quite skinny. But of course the weight came back quickly when he returned to "normal" eating. Even with my gym membership and weekly sessions with a personal trainer I spend less than half of what NS would cost every month, and my investment is making me stronger. I think you can count calories, buy good natural food, and hire professionals to help you along the way (if you want) and still come out ahead. And you will have developed a sustainable lifestyle.