Kitchen

[GCR18]

I was on Jenny years ago, but I quit before I reached goal. I bought 21 meals and 7 desserts a week. It was around $85 a week for food and you supplement it with things from the grocery store. Exercise is a help with all programs, but you could do it with little/no exercise. It would just take longer. You can go into a center and talk with a counselor to get details. If you don't like it, you don't have to sign up.

I guess the problem I had with the program was I am a vegetarian and there weren't many dinner choices. I would eat the same dinner choice every other night and grew tired of it. Breakfast and lunch were easy. I dreaded dinner.

[qvcaddition]

I love the meals. I have been a life long member for many years. With no family to cook for I buy their meals the first two weeks of every month to keep my weight down.

Unlike what one poster said and was mislead, you can buy the meals without seeing a counselor. I get ten percent off the total because of senior discount. The person who told her you couldn't, get the meals without a counselor was wrong, just wanted more money. I call in the morning of the two weeks I am buying, order , go in and pick up. No other fee except food. I weigh my self before and give my weight to them. The person there said they have a few customers that do this.

For me it is less expensive than buying at the market because when I go to get fruits and vegetables, I don,t get the goodies and other stuff we don,t need, but are enticed to buy.

[adelle38]

On 2/23/2014 qvcaddition said:

I love the meals. I have been a life long member for many years. With no family to cook for I buy their meals the first two weeks of every month to keep my weight down.

Unlike what one poster said and was mislead, you can buy the meals without seeing a counselor. I get ten percent off the total because of senior discount. The person who told her you couldn't, get the meals without a counselor was wrong, just wanted more money. I call in the morning of the two weeks I am buying, order , go in and pick up. No other fee except food. I weigh my self before and give my weight to them. The person there said they have a few customers that do this.

For me it is less expensive than buying at the market because when I go to get fruits and vegetables, I don,t get the goodies and other stuff we don,t need, but are enticed to buy.

That surprises me because I spend far less than $100 a week on food.

[steiny3844]

I am in my extremely late sixties and have lost 35 pounds since August with no exercise using Lean Cuisine meals. They are often 5 for $10 on sale. If I decide to eat them for lunch and dinner it's 4 dollars a day for 2 meals. They have a large variety too. I snack on Kind bars and 100 calorie a serving snacks. They have snacks that answer cravings for salt or sweets. I imagine Jenny Craig works well, or it wouldn't still be around, but I can't afford 500 dollars plus food.

[MoJoV]

On 2/23/2014 steiny3844 said:

I am in my extremely late sixties and have lost 35 pounds since August with no exercise using Lean Cuisine meals. They are often 5 for $10 on sale. If I decide to eat them for lunch and dinner it's 4 dollars a day for 2 meals. They have a large variety too. I snack on Kind bars and 100 calorie a serving snacks. They have snacks that answer cravings for salt or sweets. I imagine Jenny Craig works well, or it wouldn't still be around, but I can't afford 500 dollars plus food.

Congratulations on the 35 lbs. gone! That's quite an accomplishment and I'll bet you feel great. Thanks for your informative post. It sure seems a simple way to lose weight, but I worry about the salt content. I'll check it out. Thanks again.

[qvcaddition]

My food there is less than 100 because I get the 10 % discount and don't pay to visit a counselor plus I don't overspend at the supermarket, so for me it is less, maybe not all can claim this, don't know.

[terrier3]

I lost 20 pounds on JC about 12 years ago.

The food was VERY tasty, compared to the other diet foods out there.

And it worked too. My friend and I both said it must contain "crack" because it worked for us when other plans didn't!

[HULAGIRL]

On 2/23/2014 qvcaddition said:

I love the meals. I have been a life long member for many years. With no family to cook for I buy their meals the first two weeks of every month to keep my weight down.

Unlike what one poster said and was mislead, you can buy the meals without seeing a counselor. I get ten percent off the total because of senior discount. The person who told her you couldn't, get the meals without a counselor was wrong, just wanted more money. I call in the morning of the two weeks I am buying, order , go in and pick up. No other fee except food. I weigh my self before and give my weight to them. The person there said they have a few customers that do this.

For me it is less expensive than buying at the market because when I go to get fruits and vegetables, I don,t get the goodies and other stuff we don,t need, but are enticed to buy.

Since I've been on maintenance, I'm allowed to pick up the special items I really like and also get the ten percent discount......the cheesecake is to die for and I also love the broccoli and cheese stuffed baked potato....

[HULAGIRL]

On 2/23/2014 MoJoV said:

On 2/23/2014 steiny3844 said:

I am in my extremely late sixties and have lost 35 pounds since August with no exercise using Lean Cuisine meals. They are often 5 for $10 on sale. If I decide to eat them for lunch and dinner it's 4 dollars a day for 2 meals. They have a large variety too. I snack on Kind bars and 100 calorie a serving snacks. They have snacks that answer cravings for salt or sweets. I imagine Jenny Craig works well, or it wouldn't still be around, but I can't afford 500 dollars plus food.

Congratulations on the 35 lbs. gone! That's quite an accomplishment and I'll bet you feel great. Thanks for your informative post. It sure seems a simple way to lose weight, but I worry about the salt content. I'll check it out. Thanks again.

Not all programs are that much.....they do have cheaper options. I just went for the "whole hog" (so to speak). Getting 1/2 of my money back pretty soon will make it a real bargain considering the amount of time I've been going and the individual attention is the best....you talk about your issues and not those of everyone else.

[Mary Bailey]

I've gone back to JC since my kids were born in the mid 80's. The food is great. I get a 15% discount, usually I spend less than $75 a week.

I have 8# to go. I would do much, much better if I would exercise regularly. I'm only losing about a pound a week, with some stalls during the holidays. I'm 54 now.

I agree with hulagirl about the one-on-one. I never liked the group meetings at WW.