I started Nutrisystem today, and I have to tell you that when a friend described it as “eating cardboard that tastes like tobacco,” he wasn’t far off. Not at all.
However: All the weight has crept back on, and then some. In order to save my poor aching left knee, I am doing two weeks of cardboard food as a jumpstart and then will switch to Atkins.
Did you know you can buy Nutrisystem in Walmart now? I hate going to Walmart, but they have an exclusive. It was either that, or sign up at Nutrisystem for home delivery, and I don’t trust any company to stop billing you when you quit. So.
For breakfast, I had oatmeal, allegedly with maple sugar. (With a tiny hint of shoe polish, I thought.) I am not used to eating carbs for breakfast, it immediately made me start to fall asleep. I ate a few forkfuls of chicken salad to compensate.
Lunch was a little container of “Homestyle Chicken,” which wasn’t bad in that it tasted like the highly-processed, salty and gummy stuff my mom used to feed us. Because we were poor.
For dessert, I had one of their Snacks: an oatmeal raisin cookie. I have no idea why it tasted so strange, but I have to get back to work, so I’ll leave it to your imagination.
Susie, do I remember right that you had gall bladder removal surgery a while back? You probably don’t need me to remind you, but remember to adjust the fat part of the Atkins down to what’s going to work with your system.
Good idea, hadn’t thought of that. Thanks!