Nutrisystem ads on Fox News.

[vt_shooter]

I watch those ads and I think of the dog that chases a car and wonder what the dog will do if it catches the car. Let’s say you want to lose 40 pounds, you subscribe to Nutrisystem, and you lose the 40 pounds - what then? Do you stay on Nutrisystem and continue to lose weight (no), go back to the old eating habits that made you over-weight in the first place (presumably no), or do you change the diet you ate pre-Nutrisystem diet to maintain your new weight? That would seem to be the most sensible answer. But if you have it in your head that you’ll be changing your diet, why not just go to that new diet that you design and control, lose the weight, skip the Nutrisystem step? What am I missing?

 

[Tyrod]

What am I missing?

Not a thing!

 

[eb07]

Diet and exercise to lose weight, and it takes time. There is not magic solution.

 

[Arik]

I watch those ads and I think of the dog that chases a car and wonder what the dog will do if it catches the car. Let’s say you want to lose 40 pounds, you subscribe to Nutrisystem, and you lose the 40 pounds - what then? Do you stay on Nutrisystem and continue to lose weight (no), go back to the old eating habits that made you over-weight in the first place (presumably no), or do you change the diet you ate pre-Nutrisystem diet to maintain your new weight? That would seem to be the most sensible answer. But if you have it in your head that you’ll be changing your diet, why not just go to that new diet that you design and control, lose the weight, skip the Nutrisystem step? What am I missing?

The point is that you'd learn that with proper eating you will either loose or maintain weight. It's no different than a good diet and exercise. If you stop both of those and start eating junk food again you'll of course gain weight

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[tedog]

I have often wondered why people would go through surgery to lose weight when it would be cheaper and easier just to push away from the table.

 

[Arik]

I have often wondered why people would go through surgery to lose weight when it would be cheaper and easier just to push away from the table.

Most people use it as an easy out but there are people for whom surgery is the only option. Hormones play a big part and not all of it can be solved with a pill

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[chief38]

Diets do not work - long term! You need to CHANGE YOUR LIFE STYLE! As soon as you get off a diet, weight starts pouring back on. That is actually worse for your heart than being a few pounds over weight. CHANGE LIFE STYLE!

 

[Tom K]

How about the ads that say, "Lose weight without diet or exercise!" That pretty much leaves illness.

 

[rwsmith]

My wife eats a lot of salad.....

My wife eats a lot of salad and works a very physical job. She might sit for about 1/2 hour a day, but is always doing some housework, too. She is gaining weight rapidly and is fighting like anything to keep it off. Obviously, there is something to do with aging and hormones. She's been getting tested and nothing shows as the culprit. She hasn't just been 'trying', she's really fighting it. So I love her all the same for it.

 

[GaryS]

There is probably a maintenance program for once you reach your goal. However, none of these plans are anything that a person couldn't do on their own.

Diet and exercise are the key to losing and keeping weight off.

Read the food labels, limit calorie and fat intake for the day. More fruits and vegetables, drink water (or some other non calorie drink).

I'm in a study where everyone keeps a "food diary". Tracking what I eat helps me be more aware of what and how much I'm eating.

The harder part is keeping the weight off.

 

[chaparrito]

Depends what kind of salads she eats. Lots of fast food salads will hit close to 1000 calories each.

 

[mojave30cal]

Want to lose weight: diet, exercise. Repeat.

 

[GaryS]

Toppings and dressings account for most of the calories and fats. Creamy dressings are the worst, along with fried anything on the salad. Also serving size of the dressings can be deceiving. Most serving size for dressings is 2 Tablespoons. That's not a lot. The dressing on the salad in front of me is "Lite Italian". 45 calories, 40 of those from fat. 4.5 grams of fat in 2 TBLS.

A good hint when getting a salad in a restaurant is to ask for the dressing on the side. Most places seem to poor about half a cup of dressing on their salads.

Dieting is a journey, not a destination.

Depends what kind of salads she eats. Lots of fast food salads will hit close to 1000 calories each.

 

[coltle6920]

How many have seen Kirstie Alley pimping weight loss commercials? I guess after she got paid it was okay to put all the weight back on again.

 

[Arik]

How many have seen Kirstie Alley pimping weight loss commercials? I guess after she got paid it was okay to put all the weight back on again.

No. As been said. Weight loss has nothing to do with diets. Diets don't work. Sooner or later the person gzins the weight back. Doesn't matter if it's Kristie Alley or you! Once the diet stops weight comes back! What works is a lifestyle change. Better eating and exercise

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[rwsmith]

Well, not fast food...

Depends what kind of salads she eats. Lots of fast food salads will hit close to 1000 calories each.

You right, it doesn't mean it's healthy, but she doesn't eat junk and always gets the vinigrette type dressing. I'm the one that's bad about piling on the Thousand Island and French stuff. We like Greek salads, which are pretty healthy, though I"m sure Feta cheese has got to have calories, we don't eat that much of it.

 

[rwsmith]

The main difference..

No. As been said. Weight loss has nothing to do with diets. Diets don't work. Sooner or later the person gzins the weight back. Doesn't matter if it's Kristie Alley or you! Once the diet stops weight comes back! What works is a lifestyle change. Better eating and exercise

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We don't get paid for losing weight and touting a product. But yeah, we all have the same problem, rich and poor, famous and non famous

 

[fiasconva]

Look very closely at the small print running at the bottom of those ads. They always say something like how it works effectively with a proper diet and exercise program. Ya think?

 

[coltle6920]

No. As been said. Weight loss has nothing to do with diets. Diets don't work. Sooner or later the person gzins the weight back. Doesn't matter if it's Kristie Alley or you! Once the diet stops weight comes back! What works is a lifestyle change. Better eating and exercise

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Arik,your answers are becoming tedious to say the least...

Going on a diet is a lifestyle change and one would think (unlike you) that if it works you should stick to it.If it works then it is no longer a diet but your new lifestyle.Everyone processes what they eat differently according to their life style.Not everyone needs the same amount of proteins or carbs in their diet.Exercise can be just walking a little bit each day.It doesn't have to be an hour at the gym or 20min. at home on the treadmill.Not everyone is able to exercise to the same degree as others but if a particular plan of weight loss works for you then it would behoove you to stick to it and not show your fat face on TV just to make a buck.

 

[Arik]

Going on a diet is a lifestyle change and one would think (unlike you) that if it works you should stick to it.If it works then it is no longer a diet but your new .

Nope. Diets don't work not because I said it but because it's proven. Over and over. Diets don't work because no one ever sticks to them can you eat Jenny Craig for the rest of your life? No! No one can! What works is constant exercise and a lifestyle change. If diets worked they wouldn't be making billions. Once and done!

Her peobl is like 99% of the people. Once it works they stop. Stop because it's working and stop because it's nont sustainable.

Also, I like how you're "behooving people! Maybe you should be her manager! You obviously know what's good for her.

What you think about me I couldn't care less
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