What diet do you recommend that isn't so expensive

The "eat less and move more" diet. You simply eat less of the things you would normally eat and move (exercise) more.

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

I'm another fan of the portion control diet. I'm on a journey to loose around 100 lbs and have currently lost about 30 of it.
I even had a Dairy Queen Blizzard yesterday like the above poster.

I've tried other diets such as Sugar Busters, Atkins, etc. and found that they are hard to maintain as well as expensive and hard to shop for. I'm now in it for the lifestyle change and it is working better than ever before.

I follow a "mostly" Paleo style diet... Meat, Veggies & Fruits from the local farmers market.. don't get much cheaper than that! Good Luck with everything!

Portion control and a bit of movement. Even if you don't have a gym membership, you can go walking, get some handweights, or do an exercise video. When you use the word "diet" like that, you are assuming it is a temporary fix. You need to make a lifestyle change, as in something you can live with for the rest of your life.

Eat the food you like in smaller quantities than you ate to gain weight. It doesn't have to be any more complex than that.

This!^

The great thing about measuring & logging real foods......you actually LEARN something. I've figured out what portions should be and about the caloric "price" of foods. Some foods have much steeper "price" than I thought....some aren't worth it anymore.

I recommend forking out the cash for a decent food scale, then cook and eat regular food in proper portions, weighing and measuring whenever you're dining at home. Accurate logging & consumption of foods you plan to stick with for the rest of your life is the best diet - especially if you plan out menus ahead of time and shop for what's in season and on sale.

Try to eat within 45 minutes of waking up and eat every 2.5 to 3 hours. You don't have to eat big portions or specific foods but keep track of calories and try to get lots of fresh fruit and veggies and some protein. A can of drained tuna with pepper is a great snack with lots of protein and only 100 calories and it's cheap. If you cut down on the snacks like candy and chips you won't be as hungry and won't crave as much. But be sure to have a little sweet something now and then so you don't feel the need to binge. I find that apples and pickles help me if my sweet tooth is starting to act up. If you eat every 2.5 to 3 hours (before you get really hungry) you won't get to the point where it costs a fortune for one meal because you want everything in the store. Good luck!

Instead of doing a diet that has a name like Cambridge or South Beach and all that, make up your own meal plan by selecting high nutrient low calorie foods of types that you like and cooking from scratch. Track the calories on here so that you eat the right amount. Measure and weigh things so that you know what you are getting. It's cheap to get a food scale on Amazon.com for example. The cheapest way to eat is to prepare all your own food from scratch and stay away from prepackaged processed items, or these diets that always call for things no one can afford. Chicken is cheap and good for you. Get chicken breasts, remove the skin, eat 4 oz portions. Get fresh or frozen vegetables; pay attention to specials and coupons that your store may have. Apples and bananas are cheap and low cal and good for you. Bake potatoes and have a small one or half a large one, seasoned with salt and spices not butter. Eggs are nutritious, cheap, and low calorie. Greek yogurt is good and doesn't cost a fortune, again compare brands and use coupons. I bake my own whole wheat bread rolls. cheap and better for you and each roll is 170 calories. The way to eat the right proportions of food types without doing a lot of complicated analysis is to do the My Plate method. 1/4 of your plate is protein, 4 ounces (meat, fish, or eggs), 1/4 is starch, half a cup (potato, rice, corn, Lima beans etc) and half is either all nonstarchy veg, or half nonstarchy veg and half fruit. Like say a cup of green beans and a big slice of cantaloupe.

I use coupons, store cards, etc to make things cheaper. If the store coupon says "$1 off any frozen food" then that includes good stuff like frozen vegetables, it doesn't have to be junk. There are many legitimate sites for downloading and printing coupons. Red Plum, coupons.com and your store site itself.

bro you need that cabbage soup diet works every time and cabbage is way cheap

bro don't listen to these haters talkin about a lifestyle change and healthy choices what you need is a magic bullet and cabbage soup is the weight assassinating fully automatic battle rifle of magic diets take it from me peace out

Eat whatever you want (just at a calorie deficit, MFP is free and can help you out with that.). I suggest healthy, whole foods because it'll improve your health and you'll feel more satisfied than if you were to say...eat McDonalds all the time. (Although mcD's can still be part of the diet on ocassion.) Shop sales and use coupons. Fresh fruits and veggies in season. Move more.

It's the diet nobody wants to hear, but it will work and can be kept up long term, which is the key to makng sure you don't gain it back.

I'd recommend a website called "MyFitnessPal" that let's you track your calories and exercise for free. I've heard good things about it.

Stop paying to lose weight! It is so not necessary!

For once, I agree with you. All the way through the new clothes.

It really is so much more simple (and free) than people want to make it.