Here are the leading companies offering diet food delivery services. Most of the companies offer freshly packed vacuum-sealed meals or frozen meals that they ship to you. The last company in the list does not use frozen food. Both options offer advantages and disadvantages. I like my food to taste real good and for this reason the companies that offer this type of food are ranked higher.

However if you travel a lot then using the company that delivers the non-fresh or non-frozen food would make sense for you. So if it would be hard for you to keep food refrigerated or frozen then check them out.

Company: Bistro MD
Website: www.bistromd.com
Rank: # 1
Cost: Starting From $21.42 a Day

Bistro MD is a company founded by Dr. Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D. She is one of a few doctors who specializes in helping people lose weight. Her idea is that a diet plan should be healthy, good tasting and convenient. Dr. Cederquist has lead a team of professionals for the past 15 years helping clients successfully lose weight.

The program is designed around four basic steps. First you select a plan. Then you order your meals. The meals are delivered to your address. Then you enjoy the food while you lose weight.

They deliver three meals for each day. If you like you can also include snakes for a couple more dollars a day.

The menu has a six week rotation giving you lots of variety. The meals are quick and easy to heat up, tasting better then restaurant meals. It really is gourmet food. These folks have some of the best tasting food and many people say they never feel hungry using the Bistro MD diet food delivery plan.

If you are diabetic you will be glad to know the meals will fit your needs perfectly. Many of Dr. Cederquists's patients are diabetic or pre-diabetic.

Bistro MD also uses calorie shifting to further enhance this diet plan. It really is just what the Doctor ordered!

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Company: Diet to Go
Website: www.diettogo.com
Rank: # 2
Cost: Starting at Less Than $17.00 a Day
Guarantee: Meal Satisfaction Guarantee

What I really like about this company is they offer several meal plans. They offer a vegetarian, low-carb or low fat options. This lets you select what is best for you. In addition they offer 1200 and 1600 calorie plans. So if you are really active and need more fuel they have you covered.

The low-fat diet food plan has helped thousands of busy new mothers, executives, home-bound individuals and many others shed unwanted pounds. On the average, their customers lose from 2 to 3 pounds per week while on the full meal plan.

Customers say the food is better then other leading diet food delivery companies.

"I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you all how pleased I have been with Diet-to-Go. Your staff is outstanding and always ready to help. The food, well, it was wonderful! I was actually pleasantly surprised. Thank you for making a difficult process a great deal easier."
--C.M.C., Bethesda, MD

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Company: Chefs Diet
Website: www.chefsdiet.com
Rank: # 3
Cost: Starting From $14.95 a Day
Guarantee: 100% Money Back

Chefs Diet offers several programs. The best price is the My Total Solution. This provides delicious chef-prepared gourmet frozen meals based on the Dr. Sears' Zone Diet delivered to your door. Every other week you'll receive a shipment of 14 days worth of meals from the program you choose. You may select programs that feature breakfasts, lunches and dinners that are balanced using the ratio of 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein and 30% favorable fats.

There are several options available including a vegetarian and a kids meal plan.

You will find that this program has a long list of celebrities that use the program to both lose weight and keep it off.

"Chefs Diet isn't a crash diet, it's a way of life. It allows me to maintain a perfect healthy diet on a daily basis that is precise and accurate. And yet, without the effort!"
--Tanya Ballinger Waugh, Actress/Model

WARNING: Due to popular demand there is limited space for the Chefs Diet - My Total Solution Program. Go check it out and reserve your delivery date.

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Company: NutriSystem
Website: www.nutrisystem.com
Rank: # 4
Cost: Less then $11.45 a Day
Guarantee: If, after one week, you do not like the food, within 30 days of receipt of your order, simply send the remaining four weeks of food back to NutriSystem for a full refund of the purchase price, less shipping.

NutriSystem has re-done their program and updated it for 2008. They are adding new meals and including Omega 3 into their foods to support your heart health. Also included are updates to the food to help control hunger.

This diet food delivery service is the least expensive but it also suggests you add in things like fresh fruit, vegetables, salads and dairy items that you purchase from the grocery store. So you need to consider that into the total cost.

From my research I've learned that the meals provided do not need to be refrigerated or kept frozen. This can be very helpful in traveling and such but often impacts the taste and quality of the food they provide.

Most of the other programs provide meals that do require the food to be refrigerated or frozen. The advantage here is that the food tastes better. The lack of fresh taste is the reason Nutrisystem is at the bottom of my list.

But if you travel for your work and keeping gourmet meals cooled is a challenge, then this system will work with you to achieve your weight loss goals.

SPECIAL DEALNutrisystem is currently offering a special. You get 2 weeks of free meals with a 28 day order, plus a free exercise DVD and starter kit!

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Let's put it straight. Losing weight is a lot harder than putting it on. Inevitably, you'll find once you start a diet that it's hard to keep going--the food is hard to prepare, it's not tasty, keeping track of calories is a real hassle. It's easy to cheat and then you feel bad and that starts a vicious cycle of sabotaging your diet.

Losing weight should be easier. In my research to find an easier and more effective dieting strategy, I came across a weight loss secret that most diets I've seen don't share.

As mentioned above in the study done by Brown University, people attempting to lose weight by eating prepared meals lost an average of 31% more weight than those who prepared their own meals.

Here are some reason for this.

1. As a dieter you don't want a lot of food in your kitchen. With an already prepared meal, you don't have to cook, so you won't nibble!

2. Meals are gourmet chef-prepared and tasty (if you select the right diet deliver service). You don't have to eat those cardboard recipes!

3. Menus rotate every 4-6 weeks in most plans. You get a wonderful variety of foods which is healthier than making those few diet recipes you finally learned to make and like.

4. Everything is portion-controlled to the number of calories needed to lose weight. No more calorie counting! Yeah!!

5. Food is almost too easy to prepare. Most meals are in vacuum sealed bags that just need heating in a microwave or boiling water. How easy is that?

6. You have time for exercise. If you don't have to prepare ANY meals, you certainly will have time to do a few sit-ups, pushups, or running in place while your food warms up. No more excuses.

7. You actually don't have to think about your diet! It just arrives at your doorstep every week with exactly what you need to enjoy life and lose weight.

There are dozens of other reasons why the study done by Brown University makes perfect sense. I don't know why more people don't talk about this but it certainly has caught my attention. I don't see why someone should struggle with a normal weight loss diet if by simply making things easier, they could also lose an average of 31% more weight.