Jenny Craig
(diet review courtesy of dietsurf.com)
Jenny Craig's Diet
Prepackaged foods and weekly visits
Cost
$65 a week for meals">
Jenny
Craig's Diet Prepackaged
foods and weekly visits Cost
$65 a week for meals,
$18/month for supplements, plus you buy your own fruits, vegetables,
plus membership costs. This can add up to $400 for the first month
alone. Foods
You Eat on this Diet Comments:
Prepackaged foods
and supplements along with personal weekly consultations for
motivation and behavior change are the central parts of the program. Drawbacks: Safety and Health
Issues
Jenny Craig
(diet review courtesy of dietsurf.com)
Prepackaged Jenny Craig foods are the central focus of their diet and
menu plans. You are required to eat Jenny Craig foods at each meal,
every day during the first half of your weight loss goal. There is a
transition to real foods after that.
Can you keep it off on this type of diet?
Although Jenny Craig has been around since1983, there is no data
available on successful long term weight maintenance on their program
members.
Prepackaged foods take the
guesswork out of choosing foods, which can be helpful at first. Weekly
support may be important to some for motivation. Their program promotes
lifestyle changes and education on meal planning, exercise, and managing
stress.
A very expensive way to lose weight with no data to support whether this
will be more effective than other programs that are less expensive.
Prepackaged foods make it difficult to eat with
others and to dine out. If you cook for your family, you still need to
buy groceries, cook and clean up so you lose the convenience aspects.
This diet is basically nutritionally safe and sound at higher calorie
levels and when supplemented with vitamin/mineral supplement.
Jenny Craig counselors are not credentialed in
dietetics or behavior therapy and may lack the expertise to
address nutritional and behavioral issues. Some programs go
as low as 1000 Calories, which may compromise nutritional intake
Recommended for people who eat
by themselves, don't plan on cooking for others, don't dine out much and
like packaged foods.
Dietitians comments about the Jenny Craig Diet
Prepackaged diet plans seem like a good idea at first. They can help
control portion size and decisions are minimal. However, you can find a
variety of lower calorie convenience foods at the grocery store, and you
won't be locked into buying foods after you've grown tired of the plan.
You may want to try a plan that allows for convenience foods but allows
for flexibility in using recipes and dining out right from the start.
There are many diet programs where you can eat real foods and
convenience meals at the same time with more flexibility.