I have been provided with a Nutrisystem plan in exchange for sharing my honest experience and results on my blog. All opinions are my own.
When Ryan began Nutrisystem several months ago his goal was to lose weight. When we signed up we were asked to provide a goal weight for him to eventually reach. I remember us discussing what his goal should be. In the end we said 210 pounds because that was about a 50 pound loss. That seemed like a huge amount to lose, and saying less seemed unrealistic. Still, we knew that even with a 50 pound loss his BMI would not be in the healthy weight range quite yet. We just didn’t think more than 50 pounds was even possible. Yet, he passed that goal and has created a new goal of losing at least 70 pounds total, making his new goal weight 190 for now. He might even change the goal lower once he gets there, but we thought it made sense to aim for that and then reevaluate from there.
It’s pretty amazing that he’s completed the goal that we worried was unrealistic, and he’s confidently striving to go further now. Seeing the number on the scale drop has been so exciting. He is currently at 203, and is excited to be so close to being out of the 200’s.
Still, this week’s big victory wasn’t scale related. Warm weather finally showed up here in Michigan. We got too warm wearing jeans outside so I realized it was time to find our shorts.
First attempt at fishing of the year, no keepers!
I went out to the garage to find a plastic bin of spring/summer clothing. Ryan started Nutrisystem last July, and we knew we would be moving in early fall. So when packing up our summer clothing bin I packed away clothing that he wore last summer in one bin, and summer clothing that was too small for him as summer 2016, with the hope that Nutrisystem would help him fit into those clothing for this summer. I went out to the garage and found the generic summer bin, full of clothing that was now too big. I set that aside to send to Goodwill. Then I found the one labeled summer 2016 and drug it inside.
When I opened it, I was surprised to realize that the “smaller clothing” I had packed away in hopes of it fitting him this year, were now all too big! I packed away 38’s and 36’s and he’s now wearing 34’s. Last summer he was wearing 40’s, so he’s down 3 full sizes. How cool is that?
Of course, this means we’ll have to buy him some new clothing because he doesn’t even own shorts that are a 34, but it’s a great problem to have.
Have you had any non-scale related health or fitness victories lately? Share them in the comments!
Hi there! I am Emily Evert, the owner of Emily Reviews. I am 28 and live in a small town in Michigan with my boyfriend Ryan and our two pugs. I have a large family and I adore my nieces and nephews. I love reading memoirs, and learning about child development and psychology. I love watching The Game of Thrones, Teen Mom, Sister Wives and Veep. I like listening to Jason Isbell, John Prine, and other alt-country or Americana music. I created Emily Reviews as a creative outlet to share my life and the products that I love with others.
What a great story. I am so glad to hear that nutrisystem actually works. I was wondering if it did or not. I would love to try nutrisystem and see if it works for me….
Yes it really does work. I know sometimes people are thrown off by the commercials that showcase foods like pizza and burgers. I think sometimes that makes people think that Nutrisystem claims to be an “eat what you want and still lose weight!” program which is not true. They do have pizza, burgers and lots of other yummy foods on their menu but all of their meals are within a certain calorie range (150 calories to 300 calories or so each) and you’re given a set number of meals and snacks that you are allowed to eat per day while on Nutrisystem. The snacks you eat have a certain calorie range as well. For Ryan his meals and snacks work out to 1800 calories a day which is low enough for him to lose weight as he is 5’10” and roughly 200 pounds, but a smaller person would be put on a plan with fewer calories in order for them to lose weight. How many you get per day varies based on your size, so men usually get to eat more snacks than women, for example. So it’s just a program that provides you with food that is low in calories based on your body size to keep you within a set calorie range each day and of course the key to losing weight is always staying within a certain calorie range. No ‘tricks’ or magic just calories. 🙂
You two will have to celebrate at the one year mark in July. That’s so great Ryan’s been successful. He did it the healthy, slow way too. I’ve been gaining a bit of muscle, lifting a bit more weight and with bodyweight exercises. It was my New Year’s resolution so it’s slowly coming to realization.
Good for him! 🙂 I had my youngest two babies only a year apart, so after having my youngest daughter I was in a size 6 and it took a longer than after my first. Now, almost 2 years later I can’t find a single thing that fits and everything is so baggy! I also have to buy a whole new wardrobe, but it feels good! 🙂
He has come so far,i an so happy for him being overweight myself i know how difficult it is .It must feel wonderful to take out last seasons clothes to find they are now to big.Cheers wishing your hubby all the success.
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This program sounds like something I should try to help me lose my baby weight.d