I’ve tried them all, Justin!!
Nutrisystem, while sounds good, the food is absolutely disgusting. The dry cereal wasn’t even that great, the lunches were no bigger than a large can of tuna and the dinners were just plain scary. I had chosen a lot of the lunches with noodles, chicken and vegetables and it was like eating thick globs of starch.
I liked Jenny Craig for the selection of food and the counselor. The food is actually pretty tasty and you get to supplement it with salad, fruit, yogurt and other veggies but it all can get pretty costly depending on the foods you choose. However… as with most packaged foods these contain A LOT of sodium and an unbelievable amount of carbohydrates. When you add up the amount of carbs you’ve eaten just using their food, it’s amazingly high. Granted, having the packaged foods does provide you with no fuss portion control. Unfortunately I cannot testify to whether or not Jenny works (I’m assuming it does… look at Kristie & Valarie) because with me it didn’t and that was because of a yet discovered thyroid condition soo….
If you don’t try on your own using books, advice, tips, a nutritionist or the like, my suggestion would be Weight Watchers. I have known may people who have had mucho success on this plan. Reason being: options & real food. You can go to meetings or use the tools online, if there has been no change from a year ago, you can chose a “core” plan or the “points” plan. Sure, I will admit that counting points was truly annoying, but after a while you can eyeball something and estimate its points value. It teaches you portion control and healthy life style choices as well as promoting a belief in your own self that you can do it vs. relying on “their” foods like the others.
I’ve seriously considered going back to WW myself!
Good Luck to you!