Re: Anyone ever been on the Nutrisystem diet? Originally Posted by Stanley-RN2B 
Try eating more food. Stop with the portion control and do proper balancing of meal parts (proper amount of carbs, protein etc). Do proper exercise, less aerobic more anaerobic. You will find that you lose fat faster this way. I went pseudo-vegetarian and pretty much eat every hour. The only time I am hungry is when I wake up and a protein shake cures that quickly. I also consume 3000 calories a day, ride an elliptical for 45 minutes 3 times a week and do moderate weight lifting on the alternate 3 days. Went from 320 to 235 in 7 months.
Don't forget, you want fat loss NOT weight loss. Waiting for weight to go down is a bummer, you can lose whole fat % of your BMI and not lose more than 5-10 pounds.
It's not quick and it's not easy but it's really the only way that always works. Everything else is a fad and only works with a few people.
As far as portion control, bah I eat until I am stuffed, literally every time. However, 3-5 pounds of Veggie products a day does NOT make you fat. Before anyone nay says. Do research, watch what athletes eat. The only other method that has guaranteed success is the hardcore military boot camp method but no one has the time to do that much activity on a daily basis and be a nurse.
Congrats on the weight loss!! That's awesome.
There's a lot to be said for the grazing way of dieting, especially when you're eating good quality vegetarian foods like fruits and veggies. I tend to be a grazer myself.
Obviously too exercise works along with a sensible diet program.
Sorry but I'm not buying the "it's really the only way that always works." One size of dieting doesn't fit all. Personally I could never eat 3000 calories a day, work out like you do, eat every hour and eat until I'm stuffed and lose weight. Also if you read the success stories in magazines like Men's Health, or People Magazines "they lost half their size" annual issue, you'll find many different approaches. Almost all of them do exercise, but eating programs seem to vary from person to person.
Perhaps for a 320 pounder that type of eating works well, but I would think eventually you'd have to decrease the calories as your weight dropped and perhaps exercise some restraint in portion control. But your body and your metabolism is unique to you.
What works for me is reduction in overall calories by eating healthier foods (not necessarily less food, but lower calories quality food) and of course exercising.
I just had the lasagna for dinner and again- it was pretty good. The lasagna would be one suggestion. I liked the meatloaf. They also have flatbread and thick crust pizzas- I ordered those though I haven't tried it yet. I did the custom menu myself because not a lot of the food appealed to me. So far so good. The bars are pretty good too-especially the ones with chocolate and peanut butter 
. But I'm sure we have different tastes so things that I like you may find you don't like and so on..but like I said, so far the things I've had have been good. Thanks for keeping up with this thread!
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