How much does it cost to lose weight?

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Dec 18th 2007 11:35AM

As 2007 gives way to 2008, many people are going to resolve to finally lose weight, and, tired of unsuccessful diets, many of them will sign up for one of the popular dieting plans out there. But diets are expensive. Want to know just how expensive? The Consumerist recently looked into this -- here's what the popular diets cost per month on average:

Atkins Diet: $402
Diet To Go (1600 Calories): $524
Diet To Go (1200 Calories): $468
Dr Siegal Cookie Diet: $224
Dr Sears Zone Diet : $371
Jenny Craig: $551
MediFast: $275
NutriSystem: $294
Ornish Diet: $299
Slim Fast: $310
South Beach Diet: $314
Sonoma Diet: $274
Weight Watchers: $387

Wow -- that's a lot of moola, and some of them don't even include the cost of food. What do you think -- is it worth it? Or are we being ripped off by the diet industry?

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FitClubScott 12-18-2007 @ 3:37PM

These calculations don't seem to subtract out what you would have eaten had you not been on a diet. Even if you are not on a diet, you still have to eat something...and that food obviously costs money. Are these diets more or less than the alternative?

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Vishaal 12-18-2007 @ 5:08PM

This is insane! This does NOT include food?! Are you kidding me? Just eat less and less processed food, exercise everyday! Americans are sooo keen on instant gratification. Just get over it and do it slowly the right way.