Diet Meal Plans - Delivery

These prepackaged meal plans are generally amongst the easiest diets to follow as they require little or no cooking. As you will see, the costs vary widely.

Most of these diet meal programs are delivery only -- their food is delivered to your door packed frozen in dry ice.  A few, like Jenny Craig, offer you the additional option of picking the food up yourself to save the shipping cost (which can be considerable), but of course, you must be lucky enough to have one of their stores within comfortable driving distance.

The cheapest plan is I Love This Diet, which uses frozen entrees from Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, and Smart Ones, which you buy in your local supermarket, so is technically not a delivery plan, but like the others, is a pre-packaged frozen meal plan.

BistroMD
This is the chef designed diet meal plan that features low calorie, low carb, high protein meals. The meals are created to meet Dr. Caroline J. Cedarhurst’s (the doctor behind the diet) nutritional guidelines to ensure that the menu contains the proper nutritional balance for individuals to lose weight.

Each week a new delivery of food arrives via FedEx. Dieters can choose from plans that include 7 days of food with snacks and 7 days without snacks or 5 days of food with snacks or 5 days of food without snacks (all plans include breafkast, lunch and dinner).

BistroMD can cost up to $800 per month with shipping charges. Popular dishes include the Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breast as well as the Pork Tenderloin with Apple Cider Sauce. Worst: the Monte Cristo Sandwich.

Chef's Diet
Available throughout the U.S., Chef’s Diet is a meal delivery program based upon the 40/30/30 balanced nutrition ratio (40% complex carbs, 30% proteins and 30% good fats) to have the metabolism operating an optimal rate for weight loss.

Each day, fresh meals are delivered to dieter’s doorstep. The cost is contingent on the program dieters select.

Program options range from a one-day sampler at $61.99 (plus tax) to a 14 day program at $44.99 per day (plus tax) to a 31 day program at 42.99 (plus tax) per day. The gourmet menu includes items like quiche lorraine, grilled salmon, blueberry pancakes, tostadas and more.

Diet-to-Go
Diet-to-Go is a diet delivery service that offers 3 different options: a low-fat meal plan, a vegetarian meal plan and a low carb meal plan. All plans are available throughout the United States and are shipped via UPS each week.

Depending on the plan dieters choose, they can spend anywhere from $80 to $150 per week. With Diets-to-Go one can order up to 7 days worth of food at a time, including 3 meals and 1 snack or just 5 days worth of lunch and dinner meals. One of their most popular meals includes the Egg & Broccoli Pie, while one of their least popular is the Herb Baked Atlantic Salmon.

ediets
Built around balanced proteins, carbs and fats, eDiets is the  fresh meal plan that arrives at your door each week.

Dieters lose weight because with eDiets food, dieters consume up to 1200 calories per day including recommended fruits and vegetables. Dieters are given two plan options: five days worth of food, including one snack or dessert or seven days worth of food, including one snack or dessert.

Dieters can anticipate spending $99.95 or $139.95 per week plus $19.95 in shipping costs. Meal favorites include the Turkey and Black Bean Chili. eDiets has a minimum 3 month sign-up period. Cancelling before the 3 months is up will result in a $25 charge.

Eat Like The Pros
The Chicago-based diet meal plan allows individuals to participate in eating a whole food-based diet, one that is free of processed food and focuses on organic produce as well as hormone and nitrate free meats.

The founder, Julie H. Burns, used this method to keep world-class athletes healthy, fit and operating at optimum performance. The Eat Like The Pros philosophy employs portion control, carbohydrate control and eating a gluten/wheat free diet.

Meals are delivered three days a week and arrive before 5:30 a.m. Dieters can also pick up their meals from the Chicago center. Average cost of Eat Like The Pros is between $7.50 and $15.00 per delivery, based on location. They deliver to most of the downtown Chicago area and in many neighboring suburbs.

5 Squares
5 Squares is a regional diet program that delivers to people living in the New York, Connecticut and South Florida area.

5 Squares takes the low-carb approach to dieting, customizing plans for each customer based on preference or personal health issues. Dieters have food delivered to their door each day by 6am, this includes 5 meals for the entire day, for anywhere from three to seven days.

Focus 28 Diet
Focus 28 is based upon eating as many as six meals a day along with green vegetables to keep the metabolism active. The overall program promotes portion control, reduced calorie meal replacements, supplements and high protein snacks.

The food itself requires very little prep beyond adding water and mixing. Dieters can chose from 2-week weight loss programs to 12-week weight loss programs. As for the pricing, Focus 28 ranges from $160.35 to $749.95, plus shipping. Focus 28 also requires light exercise in order to enhance the weight loss process.

Each week the menu is updated on the diet website. No matter what dieters choose, they’ll pay a $43 a day rate.

Fresh ‘n Fit Cuisine
The Fresh ‘n Fit way is all about calorie control. Dieters will find themselves consuming 1200 to 1800 calories each day.

Fresh ‘n Fit food is easy prep (just heat and heat) and meets guidelines put out by the American Heart Association. Meals are low fat, low sodium, low cholesterol, high fiber and high grain. Plans vary, but include options such as just lunch and dinner plans (2 meals per day), 5 or 7 day plans (3 meals per day) and just dinner plans.

Plans begin at $22 per day. There are several pickup locations throughout Georgia, but meals can also be delivered throughout the Southeast area, standard or overnight for an additional $15.

Freshology
Freshology is one of the newer diet delivery plans to hit the market, however it has a positive response. The entire program is built around calorie control to ensure healthy weight loss and to help dieters maintain a healthy lifestyle once they've reached their weight loss goals.

The program is broken up into sub-categories that fall in line with people’s lifestyle. Options include: FreshLite, FreshMommy, FreshDining, Whole Family & there are frozen meals plans as well.

Programs lengths include 14, 20,28 and 60 day plans. Depending on the plan, food can be delivered daily or once a week. As for cost, programs can cost as much as $54.95 per day (plus tax and delivery).

I Love This Diet
I Love This Diet is a dietitian-approved program that shows dieters a nutritionally correct way to lose weight by eating frozen entrees from Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, and Weight Watchers Smart Ones, as well as Progresso Soups. The diet also requires individuals to include specified amounts of fruit, vegetable and dairy servings.

Dieters are assigned one of four calorie levels of between 1300 and 1600 calories per day, based on their current weight. As they lose weight, their calorie level changes accordingly.  

Access to the I Love This Diet plan is a one-time cost of $47.97 (plus the cost of the food that you buy in your supermarket). The diet, which comes in the form of illustrated PDF guides, can be viewed on a Mac or a PC as well as an iPhone or iPad.

In The Zone Delivery
In The Zone Delivery is available throughout the United States and Canada. This diet is based on balanced approach of 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein and 30% fat. Meals are created by chefs to the dieters preferences.

The 40:30:30 ratio helps the body to eventually enter a hormonal balance, which fosters healthy weight loss.

In The Zone Delivery members spend will spend $35.99, $37.99, $39.99 or $44.99 per day based on their delivery frequency (90, 60, 30 or 15 days; 3,5,6 or 7 days a week).

Jenny Craig
The Jenny Craig program is one of the most widely recognized meal delivery plans. When one joins Jenny Craig they can anticipate 28 days worth of food being delivered to their home (or they can pick up if they are close to a Jenny Craig diet center).

The diet is calorie based and, in addition to dining exclusively on Jenny Craig frozen meals, the diet requires weight loss seekers to incorporate fruits and vegetables into their diet. Individuals have access to counselors 24 hours a day. Jenny Craig also allows dieters to splurge, making the diet more sustainable.

Jenny Craig can cost anywhere from $500 to $650 per month before shipping costs. Favorite meals include the Jenny Craig Sunshine Sandwich as well as the Chicken Fettuccini, Beef Chow Mein and BBQ Chicken Pizza.

LA Weight Loss Delivery Diet
LA Weight Loss is a diet delivery program with locations in North and South Dakota, Iowa and Canada. However, most recently they have begun to transition into a solely online based diet program.

LA Weight Loss employs the Transmetabolic Factor--a system that helps the body continuously burn calories. Dieters go through a three phases including a detox and adhere to a rapid weight loss guide to reach weight loss goals.

The diet’s Complete Success System comes full of products, bars, meals and guides at the cost of $289.99 per month if you opt for automatic rebilling. For those who choose the month to month option can expect to pay $419.99 monthly.

Nutrisystem
Unlike most of the other plans, Nutrisystem uses shelf-stable (pouched, non-refrigerated) foods as its core items. Rather than 3 big meals, dieters consume several small meals a day to keep burning calories and losing weight.

On average Nutrisystem members will spend $299.99. However if they opt for the Nutrisystem Select plan, which includes one frozen entree per day, dieters can expect to pay around $388 per month.

You’ll receive 28 days worth of food in one shipment. Most people enjoy the frozen entrees such as Shrimp Alfredo or snacks like the crunch bars, but aren’t big fans of the freeze-dried options that comprise most of the program's food.

Nutrition in Motion (NIM)
This Canadian-based diet builds on the Atkins approach with two phases. Phase 1 consists of eliminating bad carbs and processed foods from the diet and Phase 2 reintroduces good carbs. NIM has several different meal plans based on personal needs (traditional, Vegetarian, Halal, Ontario-wide). A day’s worth of food (3 meals and 3 snacks) are delivered before 6am. Price depends on Provence, but does not exceed  $44.99 per day. NIM also allows dieters to do a 10 day-trial.

PureFoods Low Carbs
Now known as PureFoods Fresh Start, this program is a weekly meal delivery plan that is designed around restricted calorie intake and the Glycemic Index (GI). PureFoods Fresh Start delivers chef prepared, low Glycemic foods to dieters doors, each week. The belief is that by eating more filling foods, that don’t break down into fat, carb cravings and the desire to overeat dissipates.

A week’s worth of meals includes breakfast, lunch, dinner 1 snack and 1 treat per day. You can use the standard plan or customize your menu. There are six plans to choose from, some complete with 7 days worth of food, others with 5, vegetarian optinons and a la carte options.

The average cost per day is $28.99 per day.

Seattle Sutton
Based on calorie and portion control, Seattle Sutton is a meal delivery plan that delivers to dieters homes each week. The plan prepares 21 fresh meals, which includes fruit, vegetables and salads, with each menu item serving a nutritional purpose. 

Seattle Sutton develops meal plans based on 1200 and 2000 calorie diets. The plan delivers nationally and pricing is based upon the dieter’s location.

The Fresh Diet
Rather than sending days worth of food at a time, The Fresh Diet delivers food to your door, daily. Dieters simply sign up and select meal preference and delivery times; wake up and a day’s worth of meals is on the doorstep.

The Fresh Diet has two plans to choose from, The Premium Choice, which includes 3 meals and 2 snacks per day, as well as several options for each meal, unlimited exclusions to the menu or the Chef’s Choice, which also includes 3 meals and 2 snacks per day but only 8 meal exclusions  to the menu.

Price will vary depending on both meal plan and packages: 7 day, 14 day, 21 day or 31 day.  Dieters can spend as little as $349.93 or as much as $1,394.69. The Fresh Diet is available to those in South Florida, Los Angeles, Chicago and the New York Tri-State area.