If you need to lose weight while eating gourmet meals, a diet delivery program might be right for you. Nutrisystem Select offers 10 days of fresh-frozen meals and 18 days of convenience meals per month, and all the meals on Bistro M.D. are fresh-frozen. When you are trying to choose between them, consider their overall nutrition, and get your doctor's approval before starting.
Program Options
Nutrisystem has separate plans for men and women, and in addition to the regular program there are programs for older adults and individuals with diabetes. Bistro M.D. does not have separate plans for men and women, older adults or individuals with diabetes, but it states that its meal plans are appropriate for all these groups. Both plans state that their programs have low-glycemic carbohydrates. Nutrisystem Select claims it can help you lose 1 to 2 lbs. per week, and Bistro M.D. says you may lose about 2 to 3 lbs. per week.
Program Foods
Both programs allow you to purchase plans where you receive meals for seven days or five days each week. You can order your meals online or over the phone, and both programs deliver your meals in a weekly shipment. A sample day of Nutrisystem meals might be apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast, tomato soup for lunch, chicken Alfredo for dinner and chocolate cake for dessert. On Bistro M.D., you might have a corn muffin for breakfast, bacon cheeseburger meatloaf for lunch, cheese ravioli for dinner and chocolate pudding for a snack.
Additional Foods
Nutrisystem Select recommends you purchase foods from the grocery store to supplement your Nutrisystem foods. You can eat unlimited amounts of low-calorie salad vegetables, and you will receive details about how much to eat of other vegetables, fruit, healthy fats, low-glycemic carbohydrates, lean proteins and low-fat dairy products. Bistro M.D. does not require you to purchase foods in addition to the program foods, and it recommends that you do not eat more than one serving of fruit and four servings of raw vegetables each day.
Resources
Nutrisystem offers online tools for tracking your weight loss and measurements and planning your physical activity and meals. You can participate in community forum discussions and challenges, and chat with or telephone a Nutrisystem weight loss counselor at any time if you have questions about your diet plan. Bistro M.D. does not offer community support, but you can look through the website to find answers to nutrition questions. Both Nutrisystem and Bistro M.D. both allow you to exchange meals if you receive the wrong order.
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