I think most of us who cook from scratch, and who shop carefully, would find that our food bills haven't increased unduly. Another reason not to go OTT with packaged meats etc.
Joanne
Start weight: 141K (March 2002)
Target weight reached: 67.5K (December 2003) - healthy eating
Maintained until Feb 2007 when I quit smoking and regained 13K
Discovered Dukan diet Nov 2007 at 71.1K. Have been coached on French official site .
2011
High: 79.5 (Jan)
Low: 66.5 (May)
2012
High: 80.6 (Nov)
Low: 71.6 (Feb)
74.5K got married Sept 2012
2013
High: 84.9 (Jan)
Low: 76.3 (Oct)
2014
High: 85.2 (Jan)
Low: 64.7 (Nov)
2015
High: 70.2 (Jan)
Revised target 65.0K
6/1: 85.2
14/2: 77.7
14/3: 75.6
11/04: 73.2
20/05: 70.4
06/06: 72.4
3/07: 68.9
31/07: 70.4
29/08: 68.3
18/09: 67.4
2/10: 68.3
31/10: 65.3
25/11: 64.7
18/12: 66.3
8/01: 69.3
17/01: 67.3
19/02: 69.3
7/03: 69.3
Walking lots and healthy eating (and rubbish at weekends)