How Much Do Weight-Loss Programs Cost?
The Zone Diet™
You could buy the book and follow the diet independently, or
opt for the company's "In the Zone Delivery". The service
delivers a customized daily supply of food (three meals and two
snacks) to subscribers in most metropolitan areas by 6 a.m. each
day. Outside major cities, you can receive two to three
days' worth of food at a time for a higher delivery fee.
Signing up for the 30-day "Chef Selected" plan will cost $39.99
a day plus a shipping charge, which is $3 for customers in most
cities and $10 for those in other areas. If you want to
try it out for two weeks, you'll pay $44.99 per day plus
shipping. The average Zone dieter loses 8 to 10 pounds a
month, and it takes three or four months to drop 30 pounds.
Cost of losing 30 pounds: $3,800 to $5,100 but that
does include $3 a day for delivery!
Jenny Craig®
This is a great diet (Just look at Valerie)! The
weight-loss brand marketed by celebrities boasts a sensible
approach to weight loss, advocating an average drop in body mass
of about 1%, or 1 to 2 pounds per week. The program
addresses mind-body aspects of weight loss by helping clients
adopt healthful eating and exercise habits, as well as
encouraging them to examine the underlying causes of their
weight problems.
The "Jenny Rewards" plan, priced at $399 or $359, is a 12-month
program that rewards dieters' efforts and weight loss with
discounts on food. There's also an at-home option that is
similar except you also pay for shipping and have consultations
by phone.
Sign-up costs include weekly one-on-one counseling, personalized
menus, motivational plans and assorted manuals and guides,
depending on membership level. Then, there's the cost of
food. The prepackaged foods generally cost $12 to $18 per
day, or $84 to $126 per week. So…
Cost of losing 30 pounds: $399 or $359 (if paid
upfront). The Food costs are an additional $4,380 to
$6,570 based on a 12 month, 365 day diet.
Weight Watchers®
This is one of the most popular diets in the world, probably
because there's no such thing as taboo food. The diet is
based on portion control and involves weekly support meetings.
You can also do the program online.
The Flex plan means each food is assigned a point value, and you
can eat anything as long as you stay within your allotted
points. The Core plan involves a pre-approved list of
foods. Though there are plenty of Weight Watchers food
items on the market, they are optional.
Registration is between $15 and $20, depending on location.
Weekly meeting fees range from about $10 to $15, again,
location-dependent. The standard monthly plan for Weight
Watchers Online costs $46.90 the first month and $16.95 for
subsequent months. Plan to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week for
20 weeks to reach a 30-pound weight-loss goal.
Cost of losing 30 pounds: $214.80 to $299.80,
depending on location, or $97.75 online, not including food.
With this program, if you lose 2 pounds per week, it will
take 5 MONTHS to lose 30 pounds. Afterwards,
counting points would be required to keep that weight off.
NutriSystem®
This at-home system (no office visits or weigh-ins) will
appeal to those who don't like to cook. It involves eating
the company's prepackaged meals. The 28-day program
includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks (you may add fresh
vegetables, fruit and dairy). Support is offered through a
free Web site.
"Some people lose 1 pound a week; some people lose 3 pounds a
week," says a NutriSystem sales representative. If, on
average, you lose 2 pounds a week, the diet will take about four
months. It's cheaper to sign up for the Auto-Delivery
Savings program (the food keeps coming until you cancel it),
which costs $299.95, including shipping, per month.
Cost of losing 30 pounds: $1,174.88 which includes
food (except fresh fruits, vegetables and any dairy).
Now, we admit that one can lose the 30 pounds with any of the
above diets, but about 60% of our patients are "graduates" of
these and/or several other programs, who have gained most if not
all of their weight back; usually within the first 4 months
after stopping the diets.
The above diets for the most part, do not "reset" the brain’s
"fullness point" so when the special (many times "chemically
prominent" foods are discontinued, so is the ability to lose the
fat.
Dr Simeon’s protocol is not for the undisciplined, is not for
the person who wants to lose 50 ponds but is unwilling to change
the way they eat and not for those who don’t like a temporary,
low-calorie, strictly regimented and doctor supervised fat-loss
program.
With that in mind, we ask you do your homework by reading Dr
Simeon’s book, make sure you are mentally prepared to give-up
something for a time and only then, call us for your
appointment.
We make no promises that you will succeed, but we promise we
will give you all the tools you require to do so and the
guidance to carry you through the 12-week journey.
The Doctors and Staff of Better Health, DC, MD
(The above information is public
domain and acquired as such.)
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