Do You Have to Exercise While on the Nutrisystem Diet?
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How the Program Works
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Nutrisystem is designed to take guessing out of meals and even portion control. Those who enroll in the program sign up to have meals and even snacks delivered to their homes. These meals are pre-cooked and only need to be heated before they are eaten. By eating these meals and snacks at the scheduled times, the dieter is told that he will lose weight.
Nutrisystem counselors design the program to fit the specific needs of the dieter. Other than height and weight, the intake counselors take into consideration the amount of exercise that the dieter is accustomed to doing on a weekly basis. This plan needs to be adhered to if optimum results are to be met.
Exercise
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Nutrisystem is designed as a diet and exercise program. Because there is a set number of calories to each meal and snack, exercise is necessary to get optimum results. This is true of most diet programs. If the dieter does not follow the exercise recommendation, then he needs to adjust his food intake to compensate for the lack of exercise.
Benefits of the Program
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Nutrisystem is a great program for busy people with a limited amount of time to shop or cook. This program essentially simulates fast food in that all that has to be done to have a healthy meal is to heat up one of the meals and eat. As long as the program is followed as intended, the average dieter can expect to lose between 1 and 3 lbs. per week.
Problems with the Program
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One key reason people are overweight is that they make poor food choices. The dieting process helps to educate a person about his food choices and to help him learn new habits. According to Nutrisystem, the average person is on the program for 10 weeks and most people tend to regain the weight. To maintain a healthy weight, people must learn to make good choices about what they eat and how they prepare that food. With Nutrisystem, this does not happen.
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