Nutri-System

A co-worker brought on a NutriSystem "pizza" one day. It appeared he was putting the contents of a colostomy bag onto a stale convenience store cookie. If all the meals are as bad as that, I imagine the reason you lose weight is because looking at your food makes you ill.

 

Your son is probably young enough that if he just cuts out pop/soda and works out for 30 minutes a day, he'll be fine in no time.

He's probably too young to need a gimmick diet.

 

Nurti-System stuff looks completely inedible to me. I'd lose weight if I starved myself, too. My family swears by Weight Watchers, since it involves changing your lifestyle rather than dieting. My wife has lost 25 pounds in 14 months, and my dad lost 70 pounds in 11 months six years ago and has kept it off. I haven't done it myself, but I've lost about 10 pounds accidentally since my wife started, just due to her healthier food choices for our family.

 

My mother went on Weight Watchers years and years ago. She was about 175 when she started on it and lost at least 35 pounds if I remember correctly.

NO diet is going to have long term effects unless it's accompanied by an exercise regimen.

 

Worked with a woman who did Nutri-System. She did indeed lose a bunch of weight. Got lots of compliments, bought new clothes.

A year later, she was as big as ever.

 

My brother tried Nutri-System once, and hated it. Couldn't stand the food, and said there wasn't enough of it.

Of course, he is the one who delivered to our family -- over a hearty holiday dinner one night many years ago now -- this exasperated and immortal line regarding the rules of this touchy topic:

"If you like it, you can't eat it." :

 

Its crap - loaded with sodium and all kinds of preservatives. It works because the total calories are so low. The only good thing about nutrisystem is that it gives people a track to follow.

Buy him "Body for Life" by Bill Phillips - its a complete workout/ proper nutrition program who's principles are very easy to follow.

 

Nothing keeps the weight off of me better than playing hoops a few times a week.

The hard part is finding a decent game. I am playing in a nice 35+ league once a week. I just need to find another.

No open gym in the college? Lunch time hoops?

When I worked in a college athletic department we played every day at lunch, and I was in the best shape of my life.

 

A temporary and unappealing fix to a lifelong challenge.

Get him a gym membership and a nutritionist, or send him over here, we'll whip him into shape.