Jenny Craig

I am thinking of joining Jenny Craig next week and following their menu / food etc.

Has anyone done this and have any comments about it?



chur

sezrox has, i'll let her know you are asking shes unlikely to wander round these parts.

Oh thanks that would be good, I'd like to hear what she thinks about the programme!

I haven't done it, but from other friends' experiences I'd look into seeing an independant nutritionist. Whilst Jenny Craig will probably give you decent results, I'm not sure you'd learn a great deal about how to easily maintain a healthy lifestyle once the programme has been completed.

A nutritionist might be a little more expensive initially, but over time you'll find you need to visit less frequently as you learn more about what you eat etc.



gc.

I've been told that Jenny Craig will work out to be around $140 - $150 a week for the food/consultation. would a nutritionist be more than that?

I'm looking at doing the 10kg for $10 though jenny craig and when I have completed that I will look at at seeing a nutritionist to help me maintain / loose a bit more if I struggle

I'm sure sparkymo is doing it, PM her She probably won't look over here.

Seeing a nutritionist is probably the same $$ wise once you have bought your food. A nutritionist is more about 'real food'..JC is more about pre packaged meals etc?? don't quote me, I've haven't really looked at it before.

Yeah that's my understanding. Using real food to help you lose weight, maintain weight loss and most importantly... Be healthy. I think the good thing about something like Jenny Craig is that it would give you a programme to stick to if you find it difficult to motivate yourself. Otherwise seeing a nutritionist would be more beneficial in the long term, IMO.



gc.

I worked with someone who did that, she lost weight.

Then she stopped. She put it back on.

And as smf said, she has no more clue about nutrition than she did to start with. So it depends if you want to quickly lose weight with out much effort put into the food preparation or if you'd like to lose weight and change your habits for life.

Ok well I'm starting this week for 10kg and then see how I go ...

I have no doubt it will work tbh. Well, if you stick with the programme it will definitely work, so good luck. However just like Smiley has said, it's about what happens after that matters.



gc.

That’s how Jenny Craig works…you sign up but you have to keep buying the food etc. Jenny Craig & those companies are no better than crack dealers.

Nutritionist is the way to go. You have to permanently change the way you eat…not “diet” your way thinner as you’ll just put it all back on when you go back to your old ways.

The best thing I ever realised given about permanently changing eating habits is that you’re not giving anything up…you’re actually taking back ownership of your health and wellbeing.

Probably helps that you're a running machine as well, Greenie.



gc.

Greenie: can you recommend any nutritionists in London?

Oh ok, I didn't really explain myself.... didn't want to go too into detail as I don't think it's very interesting for other people..

But my plan is to lose 10kg with Jenny Craig and while having the food and menu ready for me I can focus more on exercise.. when I've lost the 10kg I will see a nutritionist to focus on the food side and learn as much as I can, then when I've got to grips with food and exercising in a good routine and understanding of my body ... then I will hire a personal trainer to kick my ass into my final goal and push me out of my exercise comfort zones...

I'm not really into wasting money/mucking around.. especially when all this probably 3k could be sitting in my daughter's trust account rather than on me... it's hard not too feel guilty focussing on myself...

Hope this makes sense and I don't sound more tardacious..

hah...more like a noming machine. I just seem to eat and eat at the moment...training for 2 hrs+ a day does that to you. I'm doing an Ironman in July, the foolish boy that i am.

I have to confess I haven't consulted a nutritionist in the UK. I've done it myself through a lot of reading, hosted sessions with my club and 1:1s with my coaches about what to eat/intake fluid and when through the day and before and after training. i probably will at some point but right now it's working - my biggest problem is staying on the straight and narrow!

Please don't take this the wrong way, I don't know you from a bar of soap, but for the last year or so (?) you have been posting heaps about how you are getting on top of your health, yet it seems it's just a way to justify that you haven't properly committed to anything.

If you are failing at self motivation, then the chances of bouncing back to bad after JC are around 100%.

You need to find that part of you that really wants to change and become healthy (which doesn't equal thin, JC crap is like mcdonalds, and it won't make you healthy on the inside).

A good nutritionist will help - and a good exercise regime will help. Together. You can't remove the two, they are inextricably linked. Just like your mindset.

You don't need much time to get healthy, each time you eat a chicken salad over a sandwich you win. Each time, your body is getting healthier.

Just like your mind. Each time you make a decision to do something good, your mind gets healthier, and so, just like a good healthy body, you will feel and act healthy.

This then just naturally flows onto looking good etc etc.

My calculations for peak performance:
$300 initial nutritional advice.
$25 per week exercise ($1300 per year)
$200 follow up in a few months for nutritional update

So that's $1800 for your 'kickstart' year. Sweet fuck all for an amazingly healthy body.

Your daughter will love the fact that you are feeling on top of the world, and that you are able to maintain healthy lifestyle throughout your life together, just as much as you will feel great that you offer her healthy and nutritious meals and make HER healthy too, which, after all, is priceless.

Get smiling, cos that's the first step.

Thanks for that mattdrake I probably should have posted earlier as that is good advice and you're right I have been wanting to get healthy/fit and loose 10kg for a long time now...... (5 years maybe)...

JC is working well for me so far... eating all the food is a little difficult I'm used to running on coffee throughout the weekends....

Cool, well just make sure you drink plenty of water no matter what you do (try to avoid bottled water in plastic)... and use the motivation JC can give you to start strengthening your motivation gene so when things move away, you'll still be kicking ass.

Hey QT, I'm just reading this atm, most of the info I know but I like to constantly reinforce stuff in my head. - But there is stuff in here that may be helpful for you to just be aware of, they are pretty basic concepts.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/10_fat_loss_secrets.htm

Cool thanks so much to learn !!

I'm really enjoying JC the food is unbelievably good and I'm eating truckloads of veges and salad .. hard to believe it's a "diet"