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amy April 9th, 2007

Bankrate has an article (original can be found here) comparing the costs of different weight loss programs. The article seems to assume that dieters will lose 2 pounds a week, which is really a best case scenario as this is the maximum that experts say you should try to lose per week and it is often not a sustainable rate when you have less to lose. While these aren’t necessarily accurate numbers for how much it will actually cost to lose 30 pounds on a particular program, it is still interesting to see how the programs compare to one another. The costs of the diet range from reasonable to extreme. There are no real surprises here, though, except maybe the zone diet. $39.99 a day for food delivered daily?

The extravagant cost (and the fact that research shows that you are likely to gain all of that weight back in a few years) is yet another reason to avoid diets and lose weight your own way: by eating healthier foods, smaller portions, and exercising. If you set your own nutritional and exercise goals based on your personal preferences and triggers, and learn to eat like a naturally thin person instead of eating boxed foods or counting calories, hopefully the changes you make and the weight loss you achieve will be for like.

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