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Jenny Creig
Me and my mom are going to sign up for Jenny Creig tomorrow. Has anyone ever tried it or does anyone know anyone who has? Does it work?
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If you signed up for Jenny Creig - congratualtions. I used Jenny Creig about 15 years ago. Very supportive and caring staff that helped me lose about 60lbs. There are other diet groups available besides Jenny, but the group that fits you and your mother is what is important. I wish you both great sucess!
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Jenny Creig doesn't exist. Jenny Craig does, and the meeting are SO stupid. It doesn't work and is SO expensive.
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well jsut to tell you the truth i have heard that jenny creig really doesnt work.. but i do no a plan that does. it called dr. seigals weight management( i know form experience) and wat you do is eat cookies( not real ones , they have protein and stuff in them) and these shakes ( i suggest vanilla) and you loose 5 pounds a weak and that isnt including exercising.. and it isnt that expensive( google it) trust me its much better than JC
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Since I researched a similar question a while ago, I hope you don't mind if I just paste the same answer in again.
Six weeks of Jenny Craig can run you about $600 for everything.
Meals are $65 a week, supplements are $4.50 a week, and you have to buy additional fruits and vegetables. Sometimes they offer special discounts, but you're almost certainly still looking at over $75 per week.
And remember, watch or read their ads carefully and you'll see the words "results not typical". Lots of people lose very little weight or no weight at all on programs like Jenny Craig. A few people lose a LOT of weight - they're the people that they put into the advertisements. But those people have great metabolisms, and would probably have lost weight using ANY program, or just a home program of sensible eating and exercise.
And that's your best choice in any case, unless you're really overweight (I'm talking 60 lbs. or more, for most people). By making sure to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, drinking LOTS of water, cutting down on sugar and fats, and getting some exercise every day, you'll get better results than you're likely to get from Jenny Craig. And it will cost you a LOT less money, and you'll develop healthy habits that will stay with you for life.
You have to enjoy your new habits - that's the key. If you can find a way to have fun eating more fruits and vegetables, and exercising, you're more likely to stick with it. Remember, none of this should be torture! Walking is a fine exercise, and so is swimming. Mild weight-training will tone up your muscles and give you a better shape. Cardiovascular exercise (walking, running, jogging, swimming, biking, or aerobics) will rev up your metabolism, helping your body to burn fat more quickly even when you're sleeping! And you'll find that you have a lot more energy and can sleep better, too.
If you're severely overweight, speak to your doctor. S/he may recommend a medically-supervised liquid diet program, or even some form of stomach surgery such as stapling or banding. But unless you're grotesquely obese, that's really unlikely.
And please remember that stomach surgery is serious. Some people die from it every year, and if you've never had surgery, take my word for it: it's NOTHING like what they show on TV. On TV people go into surgery and within half an hour on the show they're awake and feeling fine. What they don't show you on TV is that even after minor surgery, you HURT. You KNOW your body has been cut open, and it hurts for quite a while. Medication can make that tolerable, but no one in their right mind would get surgery if they could get the same results by a healthy program of eating and exercise.
Good luck!
Followup: You might want to show this answer to your mother. As for diets, most of them don't work. They require the sort of willpower that most of us just don't have. But if you talk to your doctor, she or he should be able to get you started on making the lifestyle changes that can lead to safe, permanent weight loss and a healthier, longer life.
The Jenny Craig corporation makes many millions of dollars every year. Hundreds of thousands of people go there. If they had a magic cure for obesity, you'd not only have heard it by now, you'd know people who'd GONE there and lost a lot of weight. And they wouldn't need to advertise.
Promising great results for almost no effort is a great way to make a lot of money, but it's not a good way to help people.
For the money that you'd spend on Jenny Craig you could both join a gym (it's a lot easier to stay with a workout program when you've got someone else to work out with), and have some sessions with a personal trainer and nutrition counselor to boot. And the results would almost certainly be a lot better.
For the price of six months of Jenny Craig, you could both go on a medically-supervised liquid diet. Your doctor can tell you more about those. Last I heard, those had a success rate of over 75%, at least for those programs that include additional training in healthy eating.
And remember that you'll have to sign a contract with the Jenny Craig corporation that will lock you in to a long-term commitment.
Really, you can both do better for yourselves - and save a lot of money at the same time.
Good luck!
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