The over day, I?received an email from a woman who asked me if Nutrisystem was basically the same as lean cuisine meals.? She wanted to know why she shouldn’t just buy lean and cuisine at the grocery store and hope for the best.? She asked why it was necessary to order Nutrisystem online if the two were basically the same.? My opinion is that they are not the same – not by a long shot. I’ll explain this more in the following article.
Nutrisystem Vs Lean Cuisine:? I often have people who email and hope that they can just limit themselves to lean cuisine meals and take in as few calories and carbs as they would on other diets.? There are many reasons that I don’t think this is the best plan.? But to demonstrate my point, I’m going to outline a full day of meals off of both diets.
However, I can not compare a breakfast, snacks and desserts?because lean cuisine really does not offer these things.? So, I’m going to call it even here and pretend that you could get a comparable breakfast even though I?don’t think that this is likely.
Here is the day of Nutrisystem meals and snacks that I’ve put together.? Note that you’re supposed to add in fresh fruits and vegetables.? I’m going to pretend that you do this for both diets to keep all things equal.? So, we’ll have the pancakes for breakfast, the cheese tortellini for lunch,? the pizza for dinner, a peanut butter cookie for dessert, and pretzels for a snack.? This whole day of five meals nets us approximately?874 calories for the entire day?- eating five times and having a breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack. (Remember that this does not include your fresh sides.)
Now, let’s look at a lean cuisine day.? We’re going to have a very small breakfast (since it has to be under 154 calories to be comparable.)? Then, we’ll have fettuccine for lunch and deluxe pizza for dinner. Now, I can’t figure in the snacks and desserts because there isn’t any offered.? But, for the sake of argument, I will call this equal in the same way that I called the breakfast equal.? In this case, we are looking at 1124 calories.? The reason for the higher amount of calories is that in general, the lean cuisine meals are around 100 calories (and sometimes?more) ?more than their Nutrisystem counterparts.? For example, the Nutrisystem pizza comes in at 250 calories, while the lean cuisine pizza is 330.?
Over the course of a day, this can really add up.? You’re not as likely to get into ketosis if you take in too many calories and carbs. ?And, the lean cuisine meals have very high amounts of sodium which for people with water retention can actually impede your progress.
Many people who email me want to know about grocery store products because they think that they are cheaper, but this perception can be wrong. If you use coupons, Nutrisystem meals can be as low as around $2 per meal which I?believe to be cheaper than most diet frozen meals. Not only that, but you’ll have to go on your own for breakfast, snacks, and desserts.? This can be quite difficult not only in terms of time but willpower. If I was so great at choosing my own foods, I would not need to be on a diet in the first place.??
Ava Alderman is the author of the free ebook “Getting The Most Out Of Nutrisystem,” which includes a full food list of all of the foods offered, detailed information about how to be successful with this diet, a three weeks free coupon, motivation, and tips to ensure the most dramatic results. For a free copy, (no information required) click here or you can visit her diet website at http://celebrity-diet-review.com/
