{"id":5107,"date":"2009-01-29T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=5107"},"modified":"2009-02-02T11:49:35","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T16:49:35","slug":"the-price-of-losing-30-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/the-price-of-losing-30-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Price of Losing 30 Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/topics\/budget-diet\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5108\" title=\"diet-expense\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/diet-expense-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"diet budget\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>Just because you want to lose weight, doesn&#8217;t mean your <a title=\"budget diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/topics\/budget-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">budget<\/a> has to go along for the ride. More and more studies suggest Americans are continuing to get heavier, while our obsession with losing weight continues to feed a $30 billion industry. The tried-and-true diet and exercise approach proves to continually be the most effective for weight loss, but millions still seek the support and expertise that comes with a paid diet program. <a title=\"diet expense\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.moneycentral.msn.com\/SavingandDebt\/ConsumerActionGuide\/WhatDoesItCostToDrop30Pounds.aspx\" target=\"_self\">MSN<\/a> took a look at Weight Watchers, NutriSystem, Jenny Craig and Zone Delivery and broke out the price you&#8217;ll pay to lose 30 pounds on each.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"weight watchers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Weight_Watchers\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Weight Watchers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Registration $15-$20; Weekly Meetings $10-$15; Online $46.90 first month and $16.95 thereafter<\/li>\n<li>Average loss of 1-2 pounds\/week<\/li>\n<li>20 weeks to lose 30 pounds<\/li>\n<li>Investment: Meetings $214.80 to $299.80; Online $97.75<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"nutrisystem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/NutriSystem\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>NutriSystem<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$299.95\/month with monthly auto-delivery<\/li>\n<li>Average loss of 2 pounds\/week<\/li>\n<li>4 months to lose 30 pounds<\/li>\n<li>Investment: $1,199.80<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Jenny Craig\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Jenny_Craig\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Jenny Craig<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$399 or $359 upfront cost with 12-month Jenny Rewards plan<\/li>\n<li>Average loss of 1-2 pounds\/week<\/li>\n<li>Investment: $399 or $359 (does not include cost of food, about $84 to $126\/month)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"zone diet delivery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/zone-delivery\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>The Zone Diet Meal Delivery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$44.99\/day (+ shipping)<\/li>\n<li>Average loss of 8-10 pounds\/month<\/li>\n<li>3-4 months to lose 30 pounds<\/li>\n<li>Investment: $3,869 to $5,159<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just because you want to lose weight, doesn&#8217;t mean your budget has to go along for the ride. More and more studies suggest Americans are continuing to get heavier, while our obsession with losing weight continues to feed a $30 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/the-price-of-losing-30-pounds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[127,157,12,13,38,17,720],"class_list":["post-5107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-budget","tag-diets","tag-jenny-craig","tag-nutrisystem","tag-product-reviews","tag-weight-watchers","tag-zone-delivery-diet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5107","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\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5107"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5111,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5107\/revisions\/5111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}