{"id":40586,"date":"2011-01-16T10:46:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T15:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=40586"},"modified":"2011-01-16T10:45:17","modified_gmt":"2011-01-16T15:45:17","slug":"the-cost-of-losing-20-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/the-cost-of-losing-20-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Losing 20 Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Cost of Losing 20 Pounds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/the-cost-of-losing-20-pounds\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40588\" title=\"losing-20-cost-conclusion-blog-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/losing-20-cost-conclusion-blog-image.jpg\" alt=\"Price of Weight Loss\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>There are many factors that go into choosing to sign up for a diet plan, and cost is one of the most carefully considered. Jeanne Lee for <a title=\"Cost of Losing 20 Pounds\" href=\"http:\/\/shine.yahoo.com\/event\/financiallyfit\/diet-plan-review-cost-of-losing-20-pounds-2439508\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBS MoneyWatch<\/a> takes a look at this question from a unique perspective: the cost to lose 20 pounds. She calculates the cost per pound lost for eighth different popular weight-loss systems. Most of these diets are meal delivery services that provide balanced, portion controlled foods. On the other hand, <strong><a title=\"Weight Watchers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Weight_Watchers\/\" target=\"_self\">Weight Watchers<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a title=\"eDiets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/ediets-fresh-prepared\/\" target=\"_self\">eDiets<\/a><\/strong> are support-only programs provide the customer with tips, goals and meal plans, but not food. These support-based programs are far cheaper per pound lost, but some may find them hard to follow.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the diet program that&#8217;s the best investment is the one that helps you lead a healthier lifestyle and see long-term results. MoneyWatch recommends the diets with proven track records and economical fees.<\/p>\n<p>Flip through this slide show to compare the costs of <strong><a title=\"Medifast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Medifast\/\" target=\"_self\">Medifast<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"Zone Delivery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/zone-delivery\/\" target=\"_self\">In the Zone Delivery<\/a><\/strong>, eDiets, <strong><a title=\"Bistro MD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Bistro_MD\/\" target=\"_self\">Bistro MD<\/a><\/strong>, Weight Watchers, <strong><a title=\"Nurtisystem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/NutriSystem\/\" target=\"_self\">Nurtisystem<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"Jenny Craig\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Jenny_Craig\/\" target=\"_self\">Jenny Craig<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a title=\"South Beach Diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/South_Beach_Diet\/\" target=\"_self\">South Beach<\/a><\/strong> Online.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/the-cost-of-losing-20-pounds\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/the-cost-of-losing-20-pounds\/the-cost-of-losing-20-pounds-player.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View The Cost of Losing 20 Pounds Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many factors that go into choosing to sign up for a diet plan, and cost is one of the most carefully considered. Jeanne Lee for CBS MoneyWatch takes a look at this question from a unique perspective: the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/the-cost-of-losing-20-pounds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[7246,3608,12,156,13,629,74,17,720],"class_list":["post-40586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-bistromd","tag-ediets","tag-jenny-craig","tag-medifast","tag-nutrisystem","tag-south-beach-diet","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-watchers","tag-zone-delivery-diet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40586"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40590,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40586\/revisions\/40590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}