This time on Nutrisystem, I've lost 77 pounds and I will keep it off ! I went from a size 24 to a size 8!

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"I have such a feeling of accomplishment, and every time somebody says something, it's amazing. It's all gone so quickly, and everyone I've met online has helped me so much. This is a defining moment in my life; everything is different."

"I am so thankful to NutriSystem for changing my life, and how I feel about myself. I have so much more confidence, and I've learned a new, healthy way of eating that's NOT A DIET. This is a lifestyle change for me."

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"I haven't felt denied in any way. A teacher at the school yesterday said, 'You just have a spring in your step.' I feel the best physically maybe that I've ever felt. I feel strong."

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Losing 50 pounds is a major commitment and I know I needed to do it for better health.

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"NutriSystem made me feel great...the support and help was very available. And, the food tastes good and is real easy. I especially liked how easy it was to get."

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Glenda overcomes pain, heartache to lose 53 lbs.* on NutriSystem

I went to West Point for college. Even though I was in a military school, I actually had to put on weight because I was a nationally ranked hammer thrower. I lifted weights a lot, but I had a difficult time controlling my weight; I would joke with my friends about muscle weighing more than fat, but I knew things were getting out of control. I rose to upwards of 200 pounds. But I started running long distance and was able to keep it under control.

Then my life took a near-tragic turn in the summer of 1998, when I was nearly killed in a car accident. After driving for 16 straight hours between duty stations, I fell asleep at the wheel. I woke up to the bumps on the side of the road and tried to get the car back onto the highway, but overcorrected and hit a highway divider; my car flipped end over end about 9 times before sliding into a dirt embankment. Another West Point cadet, who was my co-driver, was sleeping in the passenger side and suffered multiple broken bones. I was hurt much worse. We were both rushed to the hospital.

Hi, I'm Glenda, a 27-year-old second-year resident psychiatrist at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. This is my weight loss story.

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"NutriSystem has definitely changed my life for the better. I feel like a new person. If you look at my picture, my smile says it all."

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I didn’t have time to cook complicated recipes or tally up points all day long, and NutriSystem gave me the answer I had always needed.

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A music educator for the last 24 years, I am also the 44-year-old mother of four children ranging in age from 22 to 4 and wife to James, an electrical engineer/cellist. I currently teach middle school chorus, direct the Prairie Youth Orchestra, and am the author of Three Weeks in Vienna, and a soon-to-be-published technical manual for music teachers. In my "free" time, I am active in community theater, performing both on stage and in the pit orchestras for local shows.

Each May, my youth orchestra competes in a statewide music festival at Six Flags Great America. After the performance, we spend several hours at the theme park, going on roller coasters and other rides. In May of 2005, after an hour and a half of standing in line with a couple of students and their parents, I finally got settled in my seat on Déjà vu (my favorite ride). Imagine my embarrassment when, in front of those students and parents, the ride attendant attempted to lock the safety harness on my seat and was unable to do so because I was too fat! I had to get off the ride and wait for my party to finish it without me. I just wanted to go home and crawl under a rock, but I knew that was the last straw and I really had to do something about my weight.

Hi, I'm Susan ("CandleSusan" on the NutriSystem bulletin boards), and this is my weight loss story.

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“I loved the food and the plan was so easy to follow! I went from those size 18 jeans down to a size 8 and from a tight XL top down to a small top. I love shopping for new clothes!”

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Susan lost the baby weight and swears by the NutriSystem program. Her weight loss counselor was there to provide answers, support and even encourage her to send in a photo or two.

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Sugarcookie is a name familiar to anyone who's ever visited the nutrisystem.com Bulletin Board. Through all her posts, we feel like we've gotten to know her. She's funny and spunky, challenging and supportive. She can work wonders with a variety of NutriSystem foods just by adding a little curry powder and cilantro. The truth is, she's an inspiration—to NutriSystem veterans and newcomers alike.

Sugarcookie seems so confident now it's hard to imagine there was ever a time in her life when she felt defeated or really low, but there was. In fact, just about a year ago, the Minneapolis, MN native was standing in front of her mirror. She was 28 years old, she'd just been rejected by a guy she'd wanted to date, she weighed 285 pounds, and all she could think as she stood there was that she hated herself.

Sugarcookie, whose real name is Megan, started gaining weight when she was about 7 years old. "I was always a pudgy kid," she said, in an exclusive interview with NutriSystem, "then I became a fat teenager then just a very large woman." When asked how her weight affected her, Megan answers confidently at first. "I thought I was really cute. I had a good sense of humor, and I was intelligent and a hard worker. I refused to let society dictate how I was supposed to look." But then, her voice soft, she slowly opens up about the more painful experiences she's had. "One thing I missed out on was dating," she admits. "I didn't date in high school at all, or during my teen years or my 20s. I never had a boyfriend or went on any dates. The people who sought me out for any romantic things were abusive types who could sniff out low self-esteem and would treat me like garbage because they knew I would let them." Thankfully, none of these relationships lasted very long, but at some point, Megan wondered if all men were like that.

In 1992, Megan went on the NutriSystem Meal Plan. Each week, she'd take the bus to a NutriSystem Center across town, weigh in, then return home with her food. "Lugging that 30-pound bag of food on the bus was very inconvenient," she recalls. But over the next year, she did lose weight—85 pounds in all. Her success turned out to be short-lived. "My Mom died, then I lost a job. A guy I had been living with for two years broke my heart. I started cheating with my food, and I was drinking a lot. It was really hard. The NutriSystem Center in my area closed, then I completely stopped caring about how I looked and about how I felt."

For a long time, Megan decided it was enough to be popular with her friends and good at her job as an office manager for a large Minneapolis bookstore. It was crazy, she decided, to let society dictate how she should look. She meant that, too, but whenever there was a camera around, she'd hide. "And when I saw videotapes of myself, I'd cover my eyes and think, 'I hate this!'"

Things might have continued that way indefinitely for Megan, but then she was rejected by the man she wanted to date—not because of who she was but because of how she looked. It led to that moment alone, in front of her mirror.

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This is for anybody who wants to lose 20-100lbs. It's happened to me, very successfully!

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I'm here to tell you that I cannot believe how easy the NutriSystem program has been. The plan is easy to follow, sensible and healthy—not gimmicky.

“I have much more energy; I can swim a mile; I have taken up kayaking, and have developed an active new circle of friends as well as keeping the old ones who stood by me through thick and thin.”

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"Bruce In LA" Gaining Health and Happiness

I work as a sign language interpreter and real-time captionist for the deaf and hard of hearing in a local college. When I am working, people are looking at me as I give the interpretation. That has always bothered me to a point, simply because I have never been satisfied with the way I look.

I had known for approximately two or three years that I really needed to do something about my weight. Aside from developing a generally negative attitude toward myself, I was well on my way toward accepting that I would always be a "fat" person, suffering from all the health issues that were coming along with it.

About two years ago, during a period of re-location and transition in my life, my weight took a sharp increase and I developed some sinus problems. I was also having problems sleeping due to the fact that my stomach was causing so much pressure on my body that I was having a hard time breathing. However, I refused to acknowledge that this could be related to my weight, and instead chose to just learn to sleep on my side.

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"I think I have more confidence now and I feel better about myself. You're not depriving yourself of anything. It's really not a diet, it's a new way of eating."

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"NS has given me the tools to finally change the way I live my life & to realize that life does not revolve around food. I eat to live, not live to eat."

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Nikkia thrives on "sensible" NutriSystem plan

When I started NutriSystem last February, I weighed 339 lbs. Now, I’m down to 254 lbs. and still losing!*

When I look back at what the last ten months have meant to me, my eyes begin to water with tears of joy. When I started NutriSystem, I wasn't on a grand mission; I just wanted to be healthier. While there is a fad diet for every day of the week, I wanted to lose weight and not ruin my body.

Several years ago, I had filled out a diet profile on the NutriSystem website, but then just left it at that—I looked at the info and didn't look back. For the better part of 2002, I was traveling on company business and my active lifestyle caused me to lose about 40 lbs. However, when I returned home to my sedentary lifestyle, I felt the weight slowly creeping back on, so I decided that I needed to exercise. I researched a few pieces of home exercise equipment and bought an elliptical trainer, but in the process, while researching the equipment, I came across information that stated, "For best results, combine with a sensible diet." That statement struck a cord with me and while I was online, I saw a link for NutriSystem. Having saved money on the exercise equipment, I thought I might as well buy a "sensible" diet plan to go along with it.

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NutriSystem has been a wonderful, positive influence on my life. Not only has it improved my health and helped me drastically lower my weight, it really helped to improve my attitude and boost my self-confidence. The only regret I have is that I waited so long to start NutriSystem in the first place!

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Mother Of Two Survives Weight Gain Turbulence

My name is Kristen. I'm 32 years old and a proud mother of two kids who keep me very busy. For almost six years, I worked as a flight attendant and that's where I met my husband (yes, you guessed it—a pilot!). But once we had our second child, our schedules just did not work out—trying to raise two small children with both of us working—so I left the job I loved, to stay at home with my kids. That's when the weight came on.

Because I was so used to being on the go, and mainly just around adults, the lifestyle change for me was overwhelming, to say the least. My husband is often away flying a trip for 4-5 days a week, so to take care of two kids, there was often seemingly no time to really take care of me. I became depressed that I was no longer working out of the home, and I basically began putting myself last. I didn't worry about my diet or exercise—I was just lucky to get five minutes to myself to shower.

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When my wife first started to lose weight on NutriSystem, I I am eating better now, with NutriSystem, than I ever have before. In fact, the people at the takeout Chinese place up the road used to know the sound of my voice, but now I'm getting home cooked quality without the hassle.

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"Everyone was blown away. My son came home at Christmas time and he hadn't seen me in four or five months. He took one look at me and said, 'Mom, where did you go?'"

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Counselor understands weight issue first-hand

When I moved to Pennsylvania in January, 2002, I threw my back out lifting furniture and boxes. I was unable to get out of bed for a week and for the next year, my chiropractor became my best friend. The following summer, I decided that I never wanted to feel helpless like that again. I needed to help myself and decided it was time to started losing weight. Now, everything about my life is different.

Hi, my name is Jessica, and I'm a counselor here at NutriSystem. I started working here about a year ago, right in the midst of my effort to lose weight. Overall, I've lost 70 pounds and it has changed my life forever. Now I have more confidence in myself and I know that I can accomplish anything that I set my mind to!

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"I feel like my old self. I am much more confident, outgoing, and happier than I have been in more than 10 years."

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NutriSystem isn’t just a program for women. Charles proves that men can be just as successful with the NutriSystem Program. He lost over 100 pounds and has more energy than ever.

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Leah changes her eating habits for good

Last December, I realized that I could barely walk up a flight of stairs without gasping for breath. My weight had skyrocketed, and my body fat was hovering around 48%. My mother had already passed away in 1990 from heart disease at the age of 65, and my father had recently had some heart problems, too. I knew that at 46, I needed help—I was a disaster waiting to happen.

Hi, my name is Leah, and this is my weight loss story.

This past New Year's Day, I decided that losing weight was going to be my resolution—not just for the new year, but for life.

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"I am a stronger, healthier mom. Since hitting my goal weight, my entire life has changed for the better."

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"NutriSystem was a no-brainer: they do all the work for you. You just do it and reap the benefits!"

"After I lost the weight, a friend looked at me now and said, 'Hey, man, what happened to you? Where'd you go?' I'm in better shape than I've ever been in my life."

Janet learns healthier eating habits

Last summer I realized that I was huffing and puffing going up just two flights of stairs at work to reach my desk. To me, that is just not healthy. I was very uncomfortable in a bathing suit at the pool, and I saw other young mothers in great shape and thought, "Why can't I look like that, too?" I was definitely not eating healthy at all. My husband and I were always going out for ice cream or heading to Dunkin Donuts. It got to the point where my kids would ask for some cookies that they knew we had just bought, and I'd have to confess that they were gone because I had eaten them all. I felt that I had completely stopped eating healthy, and I had to do something about it before I completely lost control.

Hi, I'm Janet. I'm 39, married, and have two young sons. Brandon is six and has a great passion for drawing and art. Matthew is two and is our little sportsman—by 18 months he knew the difference between every sport! They are very active and definitely keep me on my toes—in fact, sometimes it makes me wonder why I had to diet in the first place, I'm so busy with them—but lose weight was exactly what I needed to do after Matthew was born.

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"I love the Chat and the Bulletin Board--there's always someone around. Plus, I don't have to lug food home. It comes right to my door. I'm different now; I'm not hiding anymore."

"NutriSystem really works and keeps on working… even after 9 years."

Introducing a new face at NutriSystem...Kat Carney!

If you've seen the NutriSystem infomercial on TV lately, it's likely you've already "met" one of our newest success stories, former CNN Headline News health anchor and medical reporter, Kat Carney. But she's not just another pretty face! Kat has worked hard to overcome her own weight issues and says, "I know from personal experience how complicated dieting can be, and how extra weight can affect everything from your health and energy level to your confidence and overall attitude toward life."

A veteran in the battle of the bulge, Kat is very honest about her personal struggle with weight, and now she's decided to dedicate her talents to helping America's weight-challenged dieters reach their goals and improve their lives, too. Having lost 41 lbs. herself on the NutriSystem® Nourish™ program, Kat is currently the host of both the new NutriSystem television infomercial, and the NutriSystem shows on the QVC network, and says she's proud to tell the world all about her weight loss experience.

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When my wife first started to lose weight on NutriSystem, I thought, "Man she's really losing weight. She's looking good. I have to look good, too!"

“All of a sudden it just clicked with me. I thought, here is a program I can do. I'm actually in better shape than I ever was, so it's never too late to start.”

Begun with a single step

Hi, I'm Mary Ann. I've been overweight my entire adult life and it seems like I've tried every diet under the sun. With each, I would give up after a few weeks, and although sometimes I'd lose 5 or 6 pounds, most of the time I would lose nothing except my interest in the diet. I hated the way I looked, but with each diet I would gain back more than I had lost. It was a vicious cycle.

Then, in January 2004, I saw a TV commercial for NutriSystem. I thought, Why not? What have I got to lose? Maybe sixty pounds if I'm lucky! So, I took the first step and went to the website and signed up before I could talk myself out of it—and I'm so glad I did.

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“I’ve tried everything to lose weight, but nothing has been as easy as NutriSystem. This is the first and only time I’ve ever been successful on any diet or weight loss program. There’s no measuring or counting. You just pick your food and go. It’s so simple, and the food tastes great! I’ve learned portion sizes, and I’ve learned how to eat healthy. That’s what has helped me so much.”

Shelley loses 41 pounds* in only six months!

I will have my 20-year high-school reunion on September 10th. When I received the invitation last December, I was so worried about showing up to the reunion and having everyone think that I had really "let myself go." That was about the time that I was "hitting bottom" with my weight.

Around the same time last year, while taking our family photos for Christmas, I came to the realization that I had gotten used to making sure my son was in front of me in pictures to hide how fat I was. But my son had gone on a huge growth spurt, and was now taller than I was—I couldn't hide behind him any more! I was so ashamed of my appearance while taking those pictures.

It was at that time that I decided to try NutriSystem. I started the program on December 26th, when I weighed 169 lbs. Within six months, I'd lost 41 lbs.*! Now that I have lost the weight, I am really looking forward to going to my reunion, knowing that I look and feel as good as I possibly can.

Hi, I'm Shelley, a 38-year-old wife and stay-at-home mother. This is my weight-loss story.

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"With NutriSystem, I've gained confidence and feel freer to be who I really am inside. Plus, more doors get opened for me and more compliments turn my way and it's nice to have that attention. It's nice to be noticed!"

Joni loses over 100 lbs.* with NutriSystem!

Two years ago, my life hit rock bottom and my entire world fell apart. My mom died, I lost my job, and my marriage fell apart—all within about a six-week period. I weighed more than I had ever weighed in my life—including when I was 9 months pregnant. I had pushed my weight up to a whopping 250 pounds and was wearing size 24 pants! I wanted to crawl into a hole and just make the whole world go away.

Hi, I'm Joni. I'm a registered nurse with two boys, and this is my weight-loss story.

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When my wife first started to lose weight on NutriSystem, I thought, "Man she's really losing weight. She's looking good. I have to look good, too!"

"NutriSystem is the perfect plan for new moms who need to lose weight. You don't have to worry about you or what you need to be eating and you can concentrate on your children because NutriSystem does all the work. It is so worth every penny. "

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"Superwoman" conquers her biggest foe: her self–esteem

"I will do today what others won't, so I can live tomorrow like others can't."

This quote by Zig Ziglar means exactly what it says: I will make sacrifices when other people out there won't. This is a quote I live by. My perspective on life is that I can do anything I put my mind to. I am a very goal–oriented person, and when I set a goal, I mean it! I will do whatever it takes to reach that goal. So by nature, I always strive to be the best at everything in life. I try to be Superwoman.

Hi, I'm Tiffany ("Tiff–in–TX" on the boards), a 25–year–old Texan working as a Unit Coordinator for a medical research department. This is my weight loss story.

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I now see that food is fuel for my body. I no longer eat out of boredom or stress. I have found other ways to reward myself for a job well done.

Tammy has kept 115 lbs. off for 3 years!

I've struggled with my weight on and off my whole life. I was a semi-chubby kid, a bigger teen, and an even bigger adult. I thought I was a happy camper the way I was, but then one morning I really saw inside myself and realized I wasn't living at all, I was just alive.

I would say the turning point for me was about a week before I started NutriSystem. I was having a conversation with my fiancée about wanting to lose weight–we had had those conversations lots of times before (I had talked the talk, but never walked the walk). I looked at him and then went to the mirror and looked at myself and said, "I've had enough." I didn't like, nor was I happy with myself, and couldn't imagine how I could I expect anyone around me to be happy with me, either.

So I started NutriSystem on October 22nd, 2000, weighing 260 lbs., and it took me less than a year to lose 115 lbs. Now, for the first time ever, I can see my collarbone, feel my hips, and wear a two-piece bathing suit out in public! (You just don't know what that can do to a person's self-esteem!) And I am so proud to say that this past October was three years since I lost the weight, and I'm still at my goal weight!

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NutriSystem has given me an education about portion size, and knowledge about nutrition and eating right that I will always be able to use. I’m so grateful for that.

The NutriSystem Program is so easy to follow, and if you let it work for you the way it is designed to, you will see the results.

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Stay-at-home mom finds time to lose 44 lbs.* on NutriSystem

I've always been shy, but when I gained all the weight I was really shy. I wouldn't go into convenience stores, I hated to go shopping by myself, and I never approached anyone because I was embarrassed about my weight. Basically, I never wanted to leave the house. And when I did drag myself outside, I would wear huge, baggy clothes, or hide behind strollers or shopping carts, hoping no one could see how big I really was. Worse, I never got up to play with my kids; I was just too fat and uncomfortable. Being overweight also made me feel angry at everyone and everything. I hated feeling like that all the time. I was never in a good mood. And I was never like that before I gained weight.

However, when my son Ryan was born in May of 2003, I almost lost my life during childbirth. I knew then I had to change. I needed to do something about my weight and get myself healthy to be around for my family.

Hi, I'm Tracy ("mrsgeonice" on the NutriSystem bulletin boards), a 35-year-old stay-at-home mom with 4 beautiful children (and a 5th in heaven). This is my weight-loss story.

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"I've tried other programs in the past, and they didn't work. I decided to try NutriSystem. I feel great, and I feel healthier. It's changed my life. I feel like a new woman."

Looking back, I can't believe how easily the weight has come off. The food tastes great, and following the meal plan, I have very rarely been hungry. I love the convenience and the variety.

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Sheila goes from size 14 to 4 in just six months!

I have always been a binge eater and an "event" dieter. Part of my job is being a Corporate Meeting Manager, so it always took an event like a company meeting or a family gathering to get me to change my eating habits. I'd always want to lose weight prior to it and I'd try every diet gimmick and every diet pill. I would practically starve myself to get the weight off. The problem was, after the event, I would go right back to my old eating habits and gain even more weight. Then, in July of 2004, everything finally reached a breaking point.

Hi, my name is Sheila, and this is my weight loss story.

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“I like NutriSystem food. It’s really enjoyable and easy to prepare, even to take to work and cook in the lunchroom. There’s very little planning involved, so it fits my lifestyle very well.”

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It was inspiring to find a program that I could really stick with. And I never felt deprived.

Amy overcomes medical adversity to lose 33 pounds* on NutriSystem!

Have you ever had a time in your life that was supposed to be the greatest, but unexpectedly turned into a nightmare? Have you ever had to deal with one major crisis suddenly piling on top of another?

That's what happened to me, and that's why I quickly gained a lot of weight earlier this year. See, I've always been an active person. I ran a half-marathon in 1998, played volleyball and ran track in high school, and was a gymnast for 10 years. But when I landed a job at a major pharmaceutical company, I found myself working 10 hours a day, seven days a week, and I wasn't nearly as active as I had been. That didn't make me overweight, though.

I actually gained weight because I was pregnant—but not for the "usual" reasons. It started last year, when my husband Brad and I were so happy to find out we were expecting our first child! Our daughter was due in mid-March of 2005. But surprise—she came 8 weeks early!

That's when everything started to go very wrong.

Hi, I'm Amy, a 35-year-old stay-at-home mom living in Georgia, and this is my weight-loss story.

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"I've felt so good about who I am and what I've become. It's about me liking me. NutriSystem has changed my life, not only physically but emotionally."

"I'm getting those wonderful 'You've lost weight, haven't you?!' comments that we all love so much, on a daily basis now. I feel fantastic!"

Wilma wins lifelong struggle with weight

I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember. Even as a child, I was always the "chubby" one in the group. My mother was very heavy her whole life, so my father told me over and over again that I would never be skinny. He would always tell me, "You can't make a Doberman pinscher out of a Rottweiler." Well, NutriSystem changed all that.

Hi, my name is Wilma and like many of you, I have tried most diets out there—some more successfully than others—but with each, I'd struggle in an attempt to reach my goal. I'd weigh and measure every morsel that went into my mouth and exercise almost to the point of obsession, but mostly in vain. Most of the time, I never reached my goal before giving up out of frustration, and even if I did reach my goal, I could never maintain it. But with NutriSystem, things were different.

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Thanks to NutriSystem, I'm a new person—and I love this new person and the life I lead. Now, not only am I alive, but I'm living life to the fullest!

Now I have lost 108 lbs. and am close to my goal weight--and I have NutriSystem to thank.

"The plan was easy to follow, the weight came off easily and quickly. I feel good about myself and have improved energy and self confidence."

Ellen finds her solution in NutriSystem

I just turned 39. I am a homemaker, a mother of two, and have been married for almost 21 years. When I was a young kid, I was the skinny one, but when I hit my teens, I began struggling with my weight and have ever since. I starved myself. I exercised myself sick. I tried diet pills, diet gimmicks, liquid diets, all-fish diets, fruit diets and anything else I could think of—but nothing ever stuck.

Then, as an adult, I was diagnosed with congenital degenerative disc disease and during the past twelve years, I have endured five spine surgeries. My first and last surgeries were big ones—spinal fusions. The last one, in September of 2003, was "life altering" and I never thought that I would ever feel good again. After it, my body felt like a 95-year-old lady, and I decided that NutriSystem was the only way to change this pattern of doom—and DOOM is really what it was. My life had come to consist of lying in bed, eating, watching TV, and that was it. But through this program, I turned my life around. That's why I say NutriSystem saved my life.

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"I feel wonderful. I feel years younger, and I'm finally seeing that thin person in the mirror. Now, I have that broken arm syndrome from patting myself on the back all the time!"

I feel YEARS younger! I can't say strongly enough how much better I feel! NutriSystem will provide you with all the tools and support you need to ensure your success.

Bachelor loves ease and convenience of program

I decided back at the end of February 2004 that enough was enough. I had been feeling overweight for years, and I was only 29. Whenever I showed someone my pictures from high school or college, they couldn't believe it was the same person because I was so much skinnier back then. I was using food as a tool of comfort, eating when I had nothing else to do, or using it as a reward after a tough day. Unfortunately, though, I got a little too lenient with judging which days were "tough."

My name is Chris, and I'm a single guy with no kids. I live a thousand miles from most of my friends and family back in New York and New Jersey, as I moved to Nashville last year for a new career opportunity as a marketing executive. I love to read, watch good movies, hike, volunteer, and study philosophy, but one of my main problems is that I work long hours, and that doesn't leave a whole lot of time for cooking healthy meals. Some days I find myself coming home late—and starving. I don't know about you, but I really don't feel like cooking myself a meal after working 12 hours! Therefore, I was eating a lot of take-out and dining out almost every night.

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"I get compliments all the time. 'You're so tiny, you're so little.' I haven't heard those words for a long time. I love it."

Police Department bites the bullet on weight loss

Take 13 men, 1 woman, 12 weeks, and the hottest weight loss program around and what do you get? Well, if you're the Police Department in Augusta, Maine, the answer is…a whole lot thinner!

This past summer, NutriSystem® was proud to challenge fourteen of Augusta's finest, including the Chief of Police himself, to take part in The NutriSystem Weight Loss Response—a 12-week weight loss challenge in which two teams of officers competed to see which could lose the most weight and earn departmental bragging rights. In an effort to take a bite out of time, so to speak, the officers vied to see who could get back into fighting shape by following the NutriSystem® Nourish™ weight loss program. In just three short months, from May to August, 2005, the group lost a collective total of 439 lbs.*, with individual successes going as high as 50 lbs.* lost.

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Thanks to NutriSystem, I feel I now have control over food. This program has taught me to realize what true food portions should be, and it's helped me to really make a true lifestyle change.

My self-confidence has increased along with my optimism for life. I am now happy and enjoy life. It feels wonderful when women smile at me and start talking to me.

An interview with past contest candidate, Amanda

You've probably seen NutriSystem success story, Amanda, in one of the many NutriSystem TV and print ads, but did you know that she was "discovered" during our last "Elect A Loser" contest? Amanda sent in her before and after photos to the contest, and although she didn't win any of the top three prizes, she walked away with so much more. Since entering our contest last fall, she's been featured nationwide in both TV and print ads, and her life has taken amazing turns.

Here's what she had to say about the contest and her experiences since then:

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Carrie started with a plan and the right attitude. "The program was really simple to follow and the food was really good. I knew I was going to do this." She refused to stop and refused to let anything stand in her way. Now, 140 pounds lighter, Carrie has changed her life. She has more energy and is happier than ever before.

I have been overweight my entire life and was always paralyzed by the task of losing weight. I knew that I wanted something simple……NutriSystem had that something simple, and when I started to see results, I got so excited!

Former contest finalist Jaclyn loses 27 pounds*

I've always been self-conscious about my weight (as many of us are), but NutriSystem taught me a valuable lesson: if I was to become more self-confident, I had to stop letting food control me. Before I started NutriSystem, I had allowed food to take over my mind; all I wanted to do was eat. Eat when I was happy, eat when I was sad, eat when I was bored, eat when I was watching TV...you get the picture. I just decided that I was the only one who could make the changes needed for a better body. Once I won the fight over food being in control of me, I was able to realize that I had the willpower and the self confidence to attain my goal weight.

Hi. I'm Jaclyn, a 26-year-old third-grade teacher, and this is my weight loss story.

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I had just had a baby and found the program to be so easy, healthy, and well balanced. Best of all, it was already made so I didn't have to worry about fixing time-consuming meals and keeping up with my three children.

NutriSystem offers more than 125 entrees and snacks to choose from. So what did the officers think of them?

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"I have tried every weight loss program out there. With NutriSystem, the weight came off and stayed off."

I am not hungry and the food is actually really good, which is key, considering that the tough part for me has always been portion control.

Work-from-home mom loses 115 lbs.*

When I was overweight, I hated the way I felt and the way that I looked. I was always too tired to do anything. I absolutely hated pictures. I always tried to be the one taking the pictures and not being in them. In fact, when I started NutriSystem, I refused to take a current "before" picture. I finally found one from Christmas 2004 (right), which was at my start weight of 247. I hated that picture! At that weight, I avoided people and going places. I didn't want to be seen by anyone I knew because I was too ashamed of how big I had gotten.

Hi, I'm Shannon ("losinandcruisin" on the member support boards). I am a work-at-home single mother to three wonderful children: 9-year-old Brandon and 4-year-old twin girls, Kaela and Kaelie. I am a self-employed medical transcriptionist, and I have been working at home now for 7 years. This is my weight-loss story.

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"Now my life is so much better. It's easier to exercise and play sports—I am able to be as active as I want to be."

Great Taste + Online Convenience = Success!

The new NutriSystem Nourish program is great! In just six weeks, I lost 14.5 pounds, and overall, I have lost 23 pounds (some of it on the old NutriSystem program, and some of it with the new NutriSystem Nourish foods). I am not hungry and the food is actually really good, which is key, considering that the tough part for me has always been portion control. I used to say, "I don't have a problem with food. I love it."

Just after the birth of my son, I was stuck at 140 pounds–20 pounds heavier than before I got pregnant. At just 31 years old, I could see a scary trend coming on. If I gained 10 pounds per year, plus about 20 with each baby, I would be overweight before long.

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"The program is so simple to follow. The meals are such a breeze to prepare. And I love the food! But the best part of losing the weight is just seeing my children's joy now that they have a much happier mommy who can keep up with them."

"I thought it was extremely easy. I carried them in my bag and there were plenty of choices. I never got bored and I'd say that it's foolproof."

"I am feeling so sexy and energized. I feel great. I am just loving what I can wear. I can go shopping with freedom. I am so excited! I love it!"

Julie rebuilds life, loses weight

Just a little over a year ago, my husband finished building our new home. However, during the two years in which it was being built, we lived in a motor home, and since I didn't have a kitchen to cook in or much of a refrigerator, eating out became a way of life for my family and me—something from which I physically suffered. While my husband was working hard on the house and my boys stayed active playing outside, there wasn't much to keep me from going overboard with my weight. I kept telling myself (and everyone else) that as soon as we moved into the house, I would be cooking again and able to lose the weight, but six months after moving in, I was still overweight.

By January, I had reached a point where enough was enough. I was having trouble sleeping, getting comfortable in bed, and breathing. I couldn't even bend over to tie my own shoes without having to stop and take a breath. I had tried low-fat and low calorie diets, but I was never really successful at anything—until NutriSystem.

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"My favorite thing about the NutriSystem program is the convenience of it all, the variety of food, and the fact that this Italian girl can eat pasta every night if she wants to!"

Mom Leads The Way To Health & Weight Loss

My weight has always been a struggle for me to keep in check. This January, I finally decided to do something for myself and get on a good diet. My daughter, Kelly, who's 14 years old, has also had weight problems and wanted to diet with me, and although I wasn't quite sure how she would do (being a teen and all), I decided it was a good idea and we jumped into this together. I started my NutriSystem program the first week of January, and she started the following week. As it turned out, it worked out great to have each other for support.

Right from the start, it was clear to both of us that staying on this diet would be easy! We always felt like we had plenty to eat, and we were both loving the foods we had chosen. My daughter added a few extras to her diet, as she is a growing teen (growing UP now, not OUT!), and the very first week, we both began to see results. That made it easy to stay on track.

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