Title: Dieting on a budget
Headings: Dieting on a budget
Dieting on a budget
Plus the secrets of thin people, based on our survey of 21,000 readers
6 secrets of the slim for your diet plan
What didn't matter
Realistic expectations: A key to dieting success
What you can do
Price vs. nutrition: Making smart choices
Cooked black beans
Hard-boiled egg
Cooked noodles
Glazed doughnut
Cooked broccoli
Chicken breast
Stay-thin strategies
Lifetime weight history
Downturn diet

Content: Limit fat. Specifically, that means restricting fat to less than one-third of daily calorie intake. Fifty-three percent of successful losers and 47 percent of the always thin said they did that five or more days a week, compared with just 35 percent of failed dieters. Eat fruits and vegetables. The more days that respondents ate five or more servings of fruits or vegetables, the lower their average BMI score. Forty-nine percent of successful losers and the always thin said they ate that way at least five days a week, while 38 percent of failed dieters did so. Choose whole grains over refined. People with lower body weights consistently opted for whole-wheat breads, cereals, and other grains over refined (white) grains. Eat at home. As the number of days per week respondents ate restaurant or take-out meals for dinner increased, so did their weight.