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griderX (< 20) Submitted: 3/03/08 12:06 PM : Start Price: $13.84 NTRI Score: -42.71
The beginning of the end?With the FDA acceptance of over the counter pills at an average cost of about $40-70 a month vs. NutriSystem $300+ a month consumers are going to opt-in for the cheaper simpler solution...popping a pill is the better mousetrap in weight loss. Of' course nothing beats good old exercise and healthy eating.
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dcrednek (80.44) Submitted: 3/03/08 3:04 PM
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NTRI is real food, with an army of personal success stories as evidence of its effectiveness. And about the effectiveness of pills I have just one for you to remember and ponder: Fen-phen.
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SavvyCaveman (99.86) Submitted: 4/08/08 4:46 PM
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but NTRI isn't real food... or customers wouldn't be throwing it out because it's so revolting. there's a high profit margin on this stuff, but that profit margin gets ripped apart by customer turnover.i wonder when people will do the math... a simple conversion of mcdonalds to subway, say... 3 meals a day, bare bones prices... $1 for a dollar menu item at mcD's, $2.50 for a sub of the day. $3/day vs $7.50 per day, * 30 days... that means $90/month vs $225/month... upgrading from cheap disgusting fast food that makes you fat to delicious fast food that doesn't costs you $135/month more, while nutrisystem's disgusting food costs you $300/month, or $210/month more. it's still a rip-off when you apply common sense and easy math.
jlongholm (< 20) Submitted: 6/23/08 5:31 PM
Your math is broken unless you expect those pill poppers aren't going to need food. The average person spends 400-600 a month on food. Replace that with 300 for NTRI and you lose weight and save money.SavvyCaveman's math is broken too. If all you ate was a $1 double cheeseburger from McD's 3 times a day then you'd lose weight. The average person burns way more than 3 double chesseburgers worth of calories a day.
BondInvestor (< 20) Submitted: 7/14/08 10:29 PM
Popping a pill might be easier than eating pre-packed meals, but the side effects of ALLI are not good. It makes you "poop in your pants" which I think is a pretty big drawback for an adult that normally doesn't have a tendency to do that. The warning label for ALLI even tells you to bring an extra pair of underwear with you so that you are prepared to change once you "poop in your pants".
griderX (< 20) Submitted: 7/16/08 2:51 PM
"poop in your pants"This cracked me up...amazing it's actually true! Regardless, NTRI earnings are next week....lets see what happens.
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