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Originally Posted by BrunetteAtty
Irishchik, thank you SO much for that rec. NLS starter pack was just ordered by me and it says it should be here in 8 days. May get here sooner! I was just so shocked at the WS price increase, especially since now it seems close to Medifast's prices and that just bothers me. WS always proudly touted itself as being so much cheaper but actually now it seems to be inching closer to Medifast. In this economy and with a HUGE wedding being planned, I need to save money where I can.
I am especially excited about the book I get in the Starter pack. It is normally almost seventeen dollars ITSELF and I read the table of contents and it looks like a great book for any dieter! I like how all the topics look like REAL world applications to dieters...for instance, I am a big social eater..family eating, fiancee is a foodie, holiday eating. I am not a depressed eater, more eat when bored or when totally happy and celebrating!! I would love a book that could tell me how to deal with this better  Thank you again! |
You are very welcome. It did take a while to get here, but it was OK. I have been counting calories for the year, and still have all my old weight watcher stuff, so I have been able to combine that with ************. It has taken me a year to lose 15 pounds and thats just not fast enough for me. I have come to the conclusion I just do not have the time, or the patience, right now in my life to plan 3 meals a day, cook them, and try to prepare things both me and my family can make. I have done NutriSystem in the past, but it just did not appeal to me, neither did the price. I did not want to eat ALL of their food. I like that these plans allow you to eat one meal, which I can have with my family.
I did start reading some of the book. It is refreshing to have someone talk about what it is like being overweight, some things many people do not want to talk about.
I looked in to MediFast first since their are magazine advertisements all over, and they want $299.50 for their 4 week program. Sometimes the magazines have a $35 coupon. Separate boxes are over $15
I then debated about WonderSlim for a LONG time. I like that DD offer more than just WS on their website which makes for great variety. I think I will be using them for hot cakes and other flavor drinks or snacks. New Lifestyle is still pretty new and they do not have all of those products in. So now, WS is $260 for a month for me. Free shipping and the bulk discount. The single products are $8.50 to $9.99 each.
New LifeStyle offers some perks such as weight loss incentives, star pins. A free coach, website tools and message forums where their are a lot of people on the plan. I really like that I have a personal coach, it is small things like that which make me happy as I am huge on customer service. A little goes along way. The only thing I don't like is that they don't have all the products WS has. They also charge $12.50 per single box. But, I can get their 4 week program for $273, free shipping and I have a $35 coupon which they have been sending me every month. That makes it $238 for a month. That made their month a little less than $30 cheaper. Being a poor college student and freelance writer (LOL) I need to save any amount of money I can. So, even though they do not have hotcakes and as much as a variety as DD/WS it was worth it to save the extra money, and they do have a nice variety.
Right now, today is my first day of Day1 of the sample pack. So far, I have just had breakfast - Mocha Pudding/shake - which I made into pudding. I loved that you only had to give it a quick whisk and it was done, and it was YUMMY!
I am worried that I am not going to be able to stick to the plan. But, I know I have to do this, I have to get the weight off. I also love that NL offers a 6 week Maintenance program when you reach goal. I need to lose about 50 pounds to get to a healthy manageable weight for me.
It is going to be hard because my family depends on me for meals, now it is going to have to become a group thing and not just me. Also, me and my fiancé tend to surround our events with food, so that is going to be hard too. I had to talk to him about this so he did not hinder my efforts. Hopefully he will help me and not try to entice me with food! My mom was terrible about that growing up.
Anyway, sorry I wrote you guys a novel.
I am engaged, only we keep changing our wedding date. We would like to try for a family next year (he already has a 5yr old daughter) and I want my weight down before I begin.
is that what he's doing??? I just thought maybe he LOVED the products so much he worked for the company and wanted to encourage everyone who is still on the fence to give it a whirl...shows you how naive I am!!
