What diet do you recommend that isn't so expensive

The eat less of normal foods diet

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I recommend the lifestyle change diet where you get to eat whatever you want (in moderation) as long as it fits in your day! It's sometimes slow going, but it doesn't cost anything more than your daily groceries and you don't ever have to go off the 'diet' and put all the weight back on!

Count calories using my fitness pal. You can eat anything you want within your allowance. This at the bare minimum will absolutely work. You do not have to avoid your fav. foods and mfp makes it easy to be accurate and immediately accountable.

You can workout with weights to speed up the process and shape your body, you can do some cardio training to burn extra calories and improve overall fitness levels. You can eat 'clean' by selecting quality foods and tweak your macros (protein, carbs, fats) to best suit your needs. All good stuff

Virtually every diet out there will put you on a calorie deficit and give you instructions on what to eat, when to eat etc. In truth, if you actually look at the underlying data.....they will have you eating less calories than you generally do, and you will lose weight. There is no way around science!

If you need the structure, and support and regiment of a program...say 'weight watchers' be prepared to pay a lot of money for it. Yes it does work, and there is no problem with that. To each their own. MFP and calorie counting is amazing and works but some people are not disciplined enough to track every meal, and stay within a budget. In my mind........it is all about discipline and if you cannot learn some self control...all 'diets' will fail.

good luck

Buy yourself some chicken thighs from your local butcher. Here in Boston they are about $3-$5 per pound and two pounds will make about 6-7 meals. Then head over to the frozen food isle and grab yourself some frozen, unsauced vegetables. These things will range from 1.50 to 5.99 per bag and often go on sale (3 for 4$ etc) Grab a five lb bag of brown rice for about 7 dollars and a bottle of extra virgin olive oil or flaxseed oil ($10). If you have a store club card or can find a circular and don't mind clipping coupons, you can save even more money.

If you've done the math, a full shopping trip will cost you about $30 bucks for between 6 and 7 meals. That's roughly $3 per meal. (The olive oil will yield about 64 1tbsp servings)

Eating healthy and cheap means you're going to have to learn to cook. Make sure you watch a lot of YouTube videos and read a lot of books on the subject. You're have to learn how to properly season things etc. Of course there is always the crock pot....

That's it. I usually eat meals like this once or twice a day and they work well, don't break the bank, and keep a little extra in your pocket.

The eat less of normal foods diet

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I like this "diet". :drinker:

Quoted for emphasis. Time to change your mindset, not necessarily your diet.

Iifym-not a diet a lifestyle

Logging your food and hitting your calorie goals, while walking an hour every day for exercise. Drink lots of water. Didn't cost me a cent.

The eat less of normal foods diet

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I like this "diet". :drinker:

Quoted for emphasis. Time to change your mindset, not necessarily your diet.

^ What they said. You don't need a Diet® to lose weight, just a change to your diet in the sense of "the foods I normally eat." Eat less of them, and perhaps cut back especially on the nutrient-poor, calorie-dense foods such as chips, crisps, biscuits, etc. and have more veg and legumes.

I've lost 59 lb. (over 4 stone) following this kind of "diet."

Another fan of this diet. It can even include Dairy Queen Blizzards!

Joining MFP. Preparing all my food and limiting eating out, and processed foods as much as possible
I stick with eating fresh fruits and vegetables as possible, lean low fat meat and fish, low fat dairy, whole grains, raw almonds and walnuts, and most importantly of all, stick to portion sizes.
I have been doing this on MFP for almost 2-1/2 years now and I am spending less on food than I did pre-MFP. It definitely can be done.

Most posters have the same thought, don't diet. Eat the amount of calories of your normal foods that create a slight deficit, and lose weight.

Buy a food scale.
Weigh and measure everything you consume
Log these foods accurately on mfp.
Eat at a deficit, eat the foods you love, but in moderation.

You'd be better off spending your money on a gym membership. Things like the Cambridge diet are expensive!

As everyone else has said...just eat normally, but at a deficit. And exercise. Done. And you're more likely to keep the weight off.

On Cambridge I was allowed nothing but there shakes and soups was hard going but done the job.

If it had "done the job" you wouldn't be here.

IMO you need a fundamental rethink of what you're doing.

IIFYM diet. There's no special foods, in fact you can eat anything you want including the McDonald's dollar menu. The only trick is to make sure you still meet your calorie goal for the day while reaching your minimum protein and fat goals. I personally don't mind if I go over my fat and protein goals, I just take it out of carbs for the day.

Costco, Walmart, Alde's, plenty of cheap places to buy groceries too.

Oatmeal, rice, dry beans, potatoes.
Apples, bananas, oranges, carrots, broccoli.
Eggs.
You don't need fancy supplements.

Buy things when they are on sale or in season.
Freeze extras.

Don't eat at restaurants more than one meal per week.
Cook at home and make small portions.
Never let food go to waste.