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On Joining Jenny Craig

by Christina Jones on September 10th, 2007

So, about a week and a half ago, I joined Jenny Craig .

As you can see from my *oh so lovely* videos, we have a problem. :) I have never, ever been truly skinny - at my skinniest as an adult, I was around 140 pounds (and am 5′ 9 for reference). Which, compared to now, was damned skinny. *Oh* to bring back those days - but they came along with lots of partying and what I call the beer diet - beer and bar food and dancing til the bars close. Awesome exercise!

So fast forward 15 (or so - ha) years - I was still pretty skinny (for me) 8 years ago when I met my hubby for the first time - about 165. That still feels way skinny to me now, although it doesn’t sound so skinny! Then I fell in *luv* and quit running the bars and dancing and not drinking… So up we go. Slowly creeping on up there. I was about 185 when we got married, and hung on to that pretty well for awhile. When my hubby got sick with MRSA is when I really started to go up (or down, depending on how you look at it…lol). So after that ordeal, and a good 20 stress pounds, I got skin cancer. No stress pounds there, but since then, along with being an indoor goddess with a life behind a computer and a fear of the sun, I have now seriously attempted quitting smoking about 6 times. Have you tried that before? I have whined about it a lot on eBeautyDaily over the last couple of years, but I watched my weight go up a solid half a pound a day for two full weeks all the while I was eating minimally, drinking lots of water, and exercising daily to try to avoid the weight gain. I quit watching after that.

I have been on soooooo many diets over the years. I have been to numerous weight loss centers, have done Weight Watchers, Protein Power, Dr. Atkins, soup diets, cookie diets, juice diets - just about all of them. The one thing I have never really tried were diet pills - no Phen-fen for me (or is that Fen-phen - I have no clue…lol) - not sure why I never did those. Some worked for me, some didn’t, but obviously none of them were a long term solution.

So, right now I am working on 60 pounds that I desperately need to get rid of. Desperately for ME, and my health, and my vanity. I am sick of being the fat girl (surely you have seen enough of that in the recent months that I don’t need to show more pictures…lol). So after months and months of consideration, I have chosen the lovely Jenny Craig to do it. I think it was that darling Valerie Bertinelli to be honest. I just love her - I always have! I am still upset she and Eddie Van Halen got a divorce, but I suspect that she is long over it now, I should be too. ;) If you are unaware, Jenny Craig is one of the programs that you eat their food for awhile, and then eventually you wean off their food and onto your own. Ideally in much smaller proportions than you were eating before! You also have to meet with a counselor for 15 minutes, once a week. I am on their Jenny Direct internet program , so I do everything from home and have my weekly meeting via telephone. I thought our little town was sort of half grown, but I was shocked they don’t have a Jenny Craig here. Maybe sometime before too long…

My initial impressions of Jenny Craig so far:

1. 85% of the food is really good.

2. The other 15% isn’t awful, just not my favorite (I have already made one reorder and could nix the food I didn’t want and replace it with something I did).

3. I LOVE a diet where I can have an occasional dessert (and their deserts are YUM).

4. I am sick of going no carbohydrate and relish eating things like what I had for dinner tonight - macaroni and cheese!

5. I like meeting with the counselor once a week - it keeps me on my toes and keeps me from cheating knowing that I have to report in.

6. Damn, my mother was right. It’s all about moderation. ;)

7. I like fake chicken (Chick’n), turkey burgers and Veggie sausage! Who knew??**

**Now, just a few products have meat replacements in them - not all, by a long shot (in case you were scared). The meatloaf is awesome. I might even say better than mine. Oy.

Ok, if you haven’t fallen out yet, I will wrap this up. As of today, I have dropped 11 pounds in about as many days - no doubt its water for the most part and will slow down dramatically from here, but so far, so good. I have been a little hungry on a couple of days - but I think its emotional hunger (I figured out I eat when I get mad!) and a little of that “time of the month” need for munchies. I am going to use eBeautyDaily to help me stay on track, so if you don’t hear me give a report every few days, I hope that you will poke me and ask!

I would sure love to hear from any of you that might be on JC or have done it in the past and how it worked for you, so please speak up - I need all the support I can get!!! And if you are in to weight loss, please keep an eye on Claire over at Burning The Scale - she is writing a wonderful blog over there that is chock full of useful information!

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