Can You Choose Your Own Foods On Nutrisystem?

 

By Ava Alderman

I often hear from people who are interested in the Nutrisystem diet but who first want to know what their experience might be like on a daily basis. One of the most common concerns is if you get enough variety and if you get to choose your own meals.

I heard from someone who said: "I am thinking about Nutrisystem, but I like to be spontaneous with my meals. I don't want to be told what to eat and when to eat it. Do I get to pick my own foods? Or will I just have to eat what they send me with no choice about what to eat and when I eat it?" I will address these concerns below.

You Can Always Customize Your Nutrisystem Package: Admittedly, Nutrisystem does have a favorites package for each plan and these are very popular. They include the most widely purchased breakfasts, dinners, lunches, desserts, and snacks in each favorites package. So you can be pretty sure that you are getting the foods that many people like the best. And better yet, you don't even have to think about it or make a lot of choices. However, we are not all alike. What someone else loves might not be the best choice for you.

So, Nutrisystem does offer a customizable package where you get to look over a menu of all possible options and chose your own. Essentially, you're given the entire menu at the time and you go through and just check off what you want. It does keep track of how many choices that you've made so it will tell you how many choices of each meal that you have left.

You Also Get To Chose Your Own Grocery Add Ins: In case you don't know, you eat three main meals plus a snack and dessert for each day that you are on this diet. In addition to this, you are asked to add in grocery items with each meal. This might be a piece of fruit, a small salad, some string cheese, or a yogurt. (These are just examples, you are free to add in whatever healthy sides you wish.) And this gives you a little more variety. While the company does offer side suggestions, you are free to add in whatever sounds good to you at the time as long as it fits in with the guidelines for the grocery add ins.

You Get To Decide Which Food Choice You Want To Make And Also When You Want To Make It: You are also free to choose whenever you want to eat each meal. Although it makes sense to eat every few hours to make sure that you get all of your meals in for the day, you are free to choose a schedule that works best for you.

So to answer the question posed, yes, you can pick and choose your own foods. You are able to do this both in terms of the menu that you chose and also in terms of the sides that you add in. Additionally, you are free to choose any food in your stash at any time.

Want more tips on being successful on or starting Nutrisystem while saving money? Ava's Nutrisystem Information Website features articles meant to help you evaluate and have success with this diet. There's also a link to a free eBook and the latest coupons to help you get started. You can visit her at http://ava-alderman-weight-loss-articles.com/