10 Reasons Why You Should Not Buy or Eat Nutrisystem

If you've ever watched tv, read magazines or been online, then sure enough you've heard about Nutrisystem. They claim you can lose weight better than any other diet by eating their food. Often times they will offer deals on their food to get you to buy into the program.

I'll admit, I was once suckered into Nutrisystem and I bought the food. It was soon after I got the big box of food delivered that I realized I had made a mistake. Here are 10 reasons why you should not buy or eat Nutrisystem.

1. It is expensive! Don't believe what the commercials and ads tell you. It cost me over $300 for a month's worth of food. That is more than what most people pay in a month for groceries if they're single and almost an entire month's budget of groceries for a family.

2. It's deceiving. They try to make you believe that all you need to lose weight is to eat their food. This is not true, as you have to buy additional groceries to their "diet plan" and their food in order to lose weight. You have to add your own food to breakfast, lunch dinner and snacks.

3. Nutrisystem food does not taste good. I had a hard time eating their food because I just did not care for the taste. They do offer a fresh frozen meal plan, but that's is even MORE expensive. The prepackaged food they sent does not taste fresh at all. Everything pretty much tasted the same and a lot of it you had to add water to the dehydrated food and powder.

4. This food is NOT good for you. Thankfully, on every package there is nutritional information so I could find out exactly what I was eating. I am glad I gave up on this program soon because I was retaining water and feeling terrible after eating the food. It is LOADED with sodium, much more than your daily recommended intake.

5. You will feel bad eating this food. The reason why Nutrisystem food will make you full is because it's full of fiber. Fiber is a great thing you need to keep your body regular and feel full, but with Nutrisystem, it's TOO much at once. If you are not used to eating a high amount of fiber, you will feel bloated and gassy. Even after I was doing Nutrisystem for a few weeks, I was still doubled over with gas pain and believe me, no one wanted to be around me.

6. There are hidden fees. This is true for almost anything you order, but you really need to be on your toes with ordering Nutrisystem and read every single fine print you can find. They lure you into buying the plan where you are sent Nutrisystem every month. You will get a good discount if you do so, but if you try to cancel before another shipment you have to pay back all the hidden fees and discounts.

7. Their customer service is terrible. When I tried to cancel, I was sent through many hoops. They do not offer you the option to cancel online. You have to call a 1-800 number and talk to a "counselor". A "counselor" to them is just a sales rep making a commission off you. When I finally got through to someone, they asked a lot of questions about why I was cancelling and tried repeatedly to sell me a different plan.

8. Your weight loss will stall. With almost any diet plan, your weight loss will more than likely stall. This happens once your body becomes too used to the same calories and food intake and your weight loss will simply stall. If you bought into the Nutrisystem plan, you believe you can lose lots of weight just by eating their food. In reality you need to keep your diet changing and trying new foods to keep having continuous weight loss. With Nutrisystem it will not happen.

9. You do not get what you ordered. Nutrisystem is notorious for sending you the wrong foods and substitutions for ones that you picked. They go on and on about how you can choose which food you like and that they have lots of variety. The problem is, they put a lot of the same ingredients in their dishes. If you don't like mushrooms, then you're going to have a hard time finding enough meals that you'll like. Then, there's the possibility that they will substitute it for one of the meals with something in it you do not like. After that you're stuck with a meal you can not eat.

10. Nutrisystem does not help you in the long run. To lose weight, maintain a healthy lifestyle or overall live a better life, you need to make eating healthy a long term lifetime commitment. Nutrisystem is prepackaged foods made in a factory, that is very expensive. Your health and wallet are better off buying fresh foods from your local grocery store that is prepared in your own home.