The Jenny Craig Diet Plan
Jenny Craig first opened in the Unites States in 1985 after finding success in Australia beginning in 1983. The diet follows the three level food-mind-body plan to help people lose the weight and keep it off. Many celebrities have recently supported Jenny Craig with their plan success stories.
The Jenny Craig Diet plan is built around a core of support either at the center level or through Jenny Craig Direct where the food is sent to you via the mail and your support is via telephone. Currently there are more than 640 centers around the world. Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, had the following to say about the Jenny Craig program,
I think support is always critical to the success of any weight loss program. But you are dealing with a limited range of items you are provided to eat. This does not give you as much ability to customize to individual preferences. And the support staff are not trained nutritionists.
The first level of the program focuses on eating small, frequent portions of the foods you want. The second level of the program focuses on increasing energy levels through simple activity. The third level of the program focuses on building balance in your life in order to maintain a healthy diet and weight loss.
The Jenny Craig Diet food wise is based on prepackaged meals with over 75 choices. Basically frozen dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even desserts which are supplemented with low fat dairy products, fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grains.
Bonci also had the following to say about the Jenny Craig program,
the negative is once you go off of the packaged meals, it is difficult to translate those portions of food to real eating. Normal foods are not sold in those tiny portions. And most people say whatever one of those packaged meals you buy tastes all the same. It is like going camping. Everything you eat is out of the box, and you don’t have that stimulatory enjoyment. And that can be a problem. It’s important to have people enjoy eating over the long term. The crucial question is how to help someone back to a semblance of normal eating. That is where the program doesn’t hold up as well.
The pros vs. the cons:
Pros
o Counseling – one on one relationship
o Trusted brand
o World wide
Cons
o Low calorie diet
o High cost of prepackaged foods
o Transition from prepackaged foods to real world foods
o Inconvenience of meetings
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