WHO WANTS $30 OFF THEIR FIRST ORDER?! And other tips

If you would like $30 off your first order of Nutrisystem, simply leave me a comment with some way to contact you. I can send you an email with a coupon code.

My advice: find the BEST deal you can online. Search, for days if you have to. The basic offer on their website is never the BEST deal they offer. For example:

If I went to their website and ordered the Core plan, it would have been $279.99, and I would have gotten their free "fast five" 5 day program, which includes 3 meals and 2 shakes per day for 7 days. Which, including the shakes, ends up being about $1.90 per meal the first month, and $2.50 per meal for subsequent months. I don't know about you, but I can get protein shake powder for a lot less than $1.90 per serving!

I searched around and found a coupon for up to 40% off, plus $50 off your first order. $229.99 my first month ($2.05/meal), but back to $2.50 per meal after the first month.

Then I found 40% off (locked in), plus a free week of regular food in your first order. $254.99 for the order, which means $1.82 per meal to start, and $2.28 after that.

Plus, I found a friend who had this same $30 off coupon for my first order. Over the next two months, I should average $1.90 per meal. Not bad!

If you choose to use my $30 off coupon, I get rewards as well...so contact me! Benefits for both of us :).

Other tips:
Unless you LOVE the bars, oatmeal, and cereals, don't order them. You can get very similar bars in stores for much less, which will help stretch/flex your Nutrisystem orders. There are bars from 100 calories (Think Thin, Special K, etc), up to meal replacement bars that you can purchase for $0.69-$1.49 apiece, easily. Plenty of yummy cereals are very similar to the nutrisystem ones, just make sure you're only having one serving (I used measuring cups and snack size ziploc bags to separate out several servings when I first open a box). Prepackaged oatmeal is also often similar--make sure you're getting a low-sugar or "healthy" one. Spend the money on things like the muffins, bagels, cinnamon roll, etc. Those are harder to find at low cost in the lower calorie/high protein proportions that Nutrisystem provides.

Same rule applies to lunches. Go for the prepackaged hefty stuff--you can get microwave soups for pretty cheap! Also, lean pockets are great lunches, and usually $2-$3 for a 2-pack, still less than a Nutrisystem entree.