Flex Meals & The Nutrisystem Meal Plan Explained
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Here at Nutrisystem, we don’t just want to help you lose weight and live healthier right now, we want to teach you healthy habits so you can maintain your weight loss success for the rest of your life. That’s why our plan includes Flex Meals—meals you create using guidelines we provide. Once you wrap up your first week, you’ll get to create two healthy Flex breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks each week so you can practice healthy cooking and get prepared for life after Nutrisystem. (Check out the Flex Meals section of our Recipe Center for some delicious and simple Flex Meal ideas!).
So how do you know what to include in your Flex Meals on the Nutrisystem plan?
What you make for your Flex Meal depends upon the meal occasion. Breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks all have different guidelines. Check out the graph below for a quick overview of what your Flex meals should contain. Please note that if you are on Uniquely Yours Max+ and use NuMi SmartAdapt™, these numbers will not apply to you. Find your specific PowerFuel and SmartCarb goals in the NuMi app.
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If you’re still a bit fuzzy on what SmartCarbs and PowerFuels are, check out this article for more details on each category.
Regardless of your gender, you should always strive to include one to two servings of non-starchy vegetables at every Flex Meal occasion. This will help you feel full and will get you closer to your daily goal of eating at least four servings of veggies. And don’t forget, you can add in as many Free Foods as you’d like, along with some Extras (just don’t exceed three Extras a day). Need help understanding the difference between Free Foods and Extras? We’ve got you covered here! >
If you opted for a Nutrisystem plan that includes seven days of food each week, you don’t have to worry about Flexing. Just stick to your Nutrisystem foods for each meal occasion!
So what should you make?
To build your Flex Meals, you’ll want to consult with your Nutrisystem Grocery Guide to determine which SmartCarbs and which PowerFuels you’d like to include. Check out the images below for some examples of meals you could make using the specified guidelines. Or, if you’d rather not fuss, just visit our Flex Meals section in the Recipe Center for some delicious and easy recipes that fit perfectly into your meal plan!
Get some Flex meal inspiration below:
Snacks
Women and men follow the same guidelines for Flex snacks, so these are some options for both:
Breakfast
If you are a man or woman making a Flex breakfast, you might make:
Lunch
If you are a woman making a Flex lunch, you might make:
If you are a man making a Flex lunch, you might make:
Dinner
If you’re a man or woman making Flex dinners, you might make:
Ready, Set, Flex!
Ready to fix your first Flex meal? Check out the Flex Meal section of our Recipe Center for some great ideas! We’ve also included some delicious meal inspiration below:
- 3-Ingredient Flex Recipes for a Weight Loss Win >
- 21 Breakfast Recipes for a Flex-Approved Start to Your Day >
- 15 Skinny Sandwich Recipes for a Flex Meal Win >
- The Most Popular Flex Meal & Snack Recipes of All Time >
- 7 Hearty Power Bowl Recipes for a Filling Flex Meal >
- 4 Rotisserie Chicken Recipes for Quick and Easy Flex Meals >
- 13 Healthy Snacks to Beat the Afternoon Slump (Flex-Style!) >
If you’re dining out at a restaurant for your Flex meal, be sure to take a look at our Nutrisystem Dining Out Guide. Get tips and tricks for ordering different types of cuisines, as well suggestions at a variety of popular restaurants! We also have plenty of dining out tips for each meal occasion below:
- 10 Tips for Dining Out on Nutrisystem >
- Dining Out and Weight Loss: Breakfast Edition >
- Dining Out and Weight Loss: Lunch Edition >
- Dining Out and Weight Loss: Dinner Edition >
Have more Nutrisystem questions? Click the link below for answers to our top 10 frequently asked questions!:
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