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Cook Less With No Stress: The Secret to Simple Weight Loss

Mealtimes can be so stressful, especially when you’re trying to eat healthy and lose weight. You need to come up with ideas for what to eat that will satisfy your hunger and please your taste buds. Then you must gather all the ingredients and run out to buy any you don’t have on hand. Prepping and cooking take time, which tends to be in short supply on busy days. As we all know, the challenges of planning and making your meals often leads to unhealthy impulse choices, like picking up fast food or ordering takeout.

Fortunately, the solution is simple. When you sign up for a Nutrisystem weight loss plan, you get to enjoy a wide variety of delicious food anytime you want. And your meals are even more convenient for you than calling up of one of those pricey delivery services. Best of all, you can drop extra pounds just by eating your favorite foods. Here’s how Nutrisystem makes cooking and meal prep less stressful.

Mouth-Watering Choices

Nutrisystem turkey sausage pepperoni pizza

Just about anything you’re craving, you’ll find it on the Nutrisystem menu. There are classic favorites, like Italian Sausage and Turkey Pepperoni Pizza, Mac and Cheese, and Hamburgers. If you’re hankering for a heartier meal, you can go with Chicken Enchiladas or Roasted Turkey Medallions. When your favorite restaurant is on your mind, you can enjoy dishes such as Sesame Beef and Broccoli with Brown Rice or Bistro Style Toasted Ravioli. And when you’re ready for dessert, a Chocolate Brownie Sundae or Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake are waiting for you in your freezer.

With more than 100 menu options and over 450,000 5-star food reviews, you will have more options to pick from than you could ever make yourself. You would have to spend hours making dishes this full of flavor from scratch. Or you can let the Nutrisystem chefs do the hard work and you just get to dig in.

On-the-Spot Decision

Nutrisystem chicken alfredo dinner

Cooking meals takes lots of planning and shopping, so you have to decide what you’re having hours in advance of when you want to eat. With Nutrisystem, you can make cooking less stressful by stocking up on all the meals you like. When it comes to mealtime, simply select which one will satisfy your appetite in that moment. No pre-planning necessary.

Ready Whenever You Are

cinnamon rolls

In our busy lives, it can be hard to find enough time to prepare a delicious, balanced meal or even to sit down and enjoy it. Nutrisystem meals are ready in minutes, so you can have warm and satisfying meal anytime hunger strikes—even first thing in the morning. Got a snack craving? Whether it’s sweet or salty, Nutrisystem snacks are there to satisfy your hankering while keeping you on track with your weight loss.

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Perfect Portions

Nutrisystem frozen foods in the freezer

How much protein do need to eat when you’re trying to lose weight? How much fiber? How many calories? These are critical questions for you while you’re shedding extra pounds. The answers will determine how much energy you have and how full you will feel until your next meal.

On Nutrisystem, all of that work has been done by our dietitians and chefs, so you can just choose what you want and enjoy eating it. Our easy-to-follow meal plans and perfectly portioned foods are nutritionally balanced to support your goals. All you have to do is choose your favorite menu items, add in a few of your favorite grocery items, and enjoy losing weight the delicious, stress-free way.

Delivery Done

Nutrisystem getting started

Smart-phone apps can make it quick and easy to order takeout from restaurants and have it delivered to you. But you know what’s even faster and simpler? Ordering all your favorite meals and snacks from Nutrisystem. You get to stock up on a wide selection of tempting foods—with new options being added all the time—and they come right to your door, ready to be stored in your freezer or pantry until you’re ready to eat. With the free and super-handy NuMi app from Nutrisystem, ordering is just as easy as using one of those food delivery apps.

Take it With You

blueberry muffin

In today’s busy world, we’re not always at home at mealtimes. With Nutrisystem, you don’t have to meal prep in advance and package food up to take with you when you’re on the go. Many of the most popular Nutrisystem meals, such as the Blueberry Muffin, Spicy Kung Pao Noodles, Chewy Trail Mix Bar and Classic Tuna Salad, are pantry-friendly and come in shelf-stable packaging so you can carry them anywhere your day takes you.

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Cook When You Want

healthy holiday meal with green beans and turkey

For many of us, cooking can be enjoyable if you have the time to devote to it. With some Nutrisystem plans, you will get to prepare some Flex meals each week. This lets you make delicious meals the whole household will enjoy while you stay on track to your weight loss goals. Most important, you’ll have the flexibility to choose when you have the time and motivation to cook. The rest of the time, you can just enjoy your favorite Nutrisystem foods without the stress of making them.

Ready to make cooking and meal prep less stressful? Try a Nutrisystem plan today!

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