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Why Dan Marino Trusted Nutrisystem for Weight Loss

Why Dan Marino Trusted Nutrisystem for Weight Loss

Dan Marino is one of the most famous and accomplished NFL quarterbacks in history. Yet as he left football, even he was not immune to packing on some extra weight. He struggled for a long time to get back into shape, but losing the structure of football made it difficult. Marino found that he couldn't just exercise the excess weight off. He was getting older and dealing with lingering pain from injuries in his playing career. And, he felt it.

"I still worked out," he says, "but not at the rigorous efforts of two-a-day practices. I just wasn't seeing the results I used to when I was playing."

Making exercise the main thrust of your weight loss efforts, especially early on, can be a losing strategy. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2011, people who exercised without dieting did not have a significant change in body weight over the course of a year. However, people who dieted without exercising over the same period lost 10 percent of their body weight.

When Marino joined Nutrisystem, it was because he saw a friend have success on the program: Jim Stuckey, a former member of the San Francisco 49ers, lost 45 pounds.* Marino leaned on Stuckey for support, asking him questions about the plan and getting suggestions as he geared up to start the program. And once he did, the weight started coming off.

Nutrisystem's goal is to simplify the complicated dieting process. They provide a 4-week shipment of food from their extensive menu of perfectly portioned meals, including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. This means customers don't have to worry about tracking points like they do on other diets. Their meals have the right amount of fat and high quantities of lean protein, fiber, and good carbs, and no artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners. Everything on the menu takes less than five minutes to cook, which means having a healthy breakfast is as easy as grabbing a bar or muffin on the way out the door.

Nutrisystem members also have access to professional weight loss counselors via email, online chat or phone from 7 a.m. until midnight every day. If you're a new Nutrisystem member and have a question about food preparation, the meal plan itself or your next shipment, Nutrisystem counselors can help guide you through the program and make sure you're set up for success.

Nutrisystem provides the tools you need to be successful, which is why the program worked so well for Marino. It gave him the structure he needed to lose weight without the feeling of being hunger.

"I ate pizza, pasta and burgers on Nutrisystem," said Marino. "It didn't even feel like a diet."

Dan lost 22 pounds on the program and he finally feels like he's taken control of his life after football.

"It just comes down to making a decision to lose weight. Just make that decision, believe you can do it, and go for it."

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Weight lost on prior program. Expect to lose an avg 1-2 lbs per week. This content is sponsored by Nutrisystem.

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