Diet Cost Calculation

How much does it cost to lose 10 pounds in 1 month?

With holiday seasons around the corner, you are very likely to put on some weight. As usual, weight loss will be yet another resolution of many people for year 2008. Inspired by The Consumerist and Forbes, I’ve checked out the popular diet and cost associated with these diets. The calculation is based on the rate of losing 10 pounds in 1 month. In the first table, the cost calculation for foods are based on per serving basis.

Diet Cost Per Month

Diet Cost ($) Source
Atkins Diet 402.08 forbes.com
Dr Siegal Cookie Diet 224.00 cookiedietonline.com
Dr Sears Zone Diet 371.36 forbes.com
Diet To Go (1600 Calories) 523.96 diettogo.com
Diet To Go (1200 Calories) 467.96 diettogo.com
Jenny Craig 550.60 forbes.com
MediFast 275.00 medifast1.com
NutriSystem 293.72 nutrisystem.com
Ornish Diet 299.36 forbes.com
Slim Fat 310.92 forbes.com
South Beach Diet 314.44 forbes.com
Sonoma Diet 274.00 forbes.com
Weight Watchers 386.56 forbes.com

In following table, you can see the cost of popular diet membership available online. Note that the cost does not include the foods.

Diet Membership Cost

Diet Cost ($) Source
Atkins Diet 17.96 ediets.com
Best Life Diet 19.95 bestlifediet.com
Biggest Loser Club 19.98 biggestloserclub.com
Dr Weil Optimum Health Plan 16.00 drweil.com
eDiets 17.96 ediets.com
Diet.com* 39.90 diet.com
Jillian Micahels 17.33 jillianmichaels.com
LA Weight Loss** 14.95 laweightlossathome.com
Mediterranean Diet 17.96 ediets.com
South Beach Diet 22.00 southbeachdiet.com
Sonoma Diet 22.00 sonomadiet.com
Weight Watchers*** 16.95 weightwatchers.com
Denise Austin Fit Forever 13.00 deniseaustin.com

*Registration fee: $19.90
**First month: $219.00, $14.95 for each additional month
*** First month: $46.90, $16.95 for each additional month

Forbes Reference Source

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