Jenny Craig Platinum Membership

Pros: Can teach about portion control
Cons: EXPENSIVE, poorly trained counselors, high pressure sales, frozen food gets boring

I joined Jenny Craig with high hopes. The food was decent, and I felt like I could stick with it because of that. I also initially liked the idea of having a counselor and some accountability. WRONG! The food, while palatable at first, began to be ...

Pros: quick weight loss
Cons: expensive food

many people have negative things to say about the jenny craig diet. I have been on this diet 3 time ...

Pros: Good selection of tasty food.
Cons: Way too much money! Extremely expensive and not healthy!

Well, I was hoping for wonderful things from Jenny Craig. After just having a baby, I had more than a few pounds to lose and Jenny Craig looked very appealing. If Kirstie Alley could do it?!?!? I went in to the center and got pressured to get the ...

Pros: I lost weight
Cons: It came back, with friends!

I had never tried a formal diet before, and I thought that having pre-made meals would make it very easy for me to lose weight. Well, it did. I lost 33 pounds in 3 months and I was thrilled. It was hard to pay for the food, but I kept telling myself that...

Pros: good tasting food (mostly), high energy,
Cons: very expensive, hard to cheat on this program

Jenny Craig seems to be very highly advertised through the media in North America. I have tried this program three times, over a four year period. I personally feel that this program will work if you first have a lot of money to spend on such a program...

Pros: Give you structure, weekly weigh ins
Cons: Very Expensive, nothing extraordinary

I recently joined Jenny Craig's platinum membership, which you pay almost 180 dollars as a starting fee plus your weekly food bills. The only advantage of this membership is that you never ever have to pay again even if you suddenly after years of not...

Pros: flexible structure, effective
Cons: expensive

I joined Jenny Craig two years ago. I need the structure of a set diet, the accountability of weekly weigh-ins and the education to maintain my new weight. Jenny Craig provided all of that. The program follows the food guide pyramid so you are assured...

Pros: Hunger pangs are non-existent and the food is delicious
Cons: You need to be able to afford this program.

I am bewildered by all of the negative comments as well. I just started JC and yes it is expensive! But so are larger clothes, food binges that I go on when I get depressed about clothes being tighter, eating out, etc. God blessed me to pursue my...

Pros: Don't have to think about food, Convenient, Teaches you to eat thru-out day.
Cons: Expensive, Consultants goal is money, Stuck on JC to lose, New customer first, Family food?

I've been a JC member for over a year. I had about 30 lbs to lose. In the first 6 months, I was one lb away from goal but what happened in the next 6 months was a tell tale sign of this Jenny Craig's huge faults, I gained almost all the weight ...

Pros: I did lose weight (temporarily)
Cons: I gained double 10 months off the plan!

You will lose weight while on this diet, but as soon as you get off it you won't believe how fast you regain it all and lots more! The food isn't so bad but there isn't much of a selection so if you need to lose a lot of weight you will get sick of these foods pretty fast. The foods cost about $100.00 a week! Anyway, the first time I went on this diet I lost 40 pounds in 4 months, got off the diet and put on 80 in ten months! A few year later I figured maybe I would try again and this time be more careful when I got off. Well lost 25, now 6 months later the 25 is back on! I think I'm going to give Weight Watchers a try!

Pros: Strict diet and supportive associates.
Cons: Food did not taste very good and I was hungry all of the time.

Personally I did not care for the Jenny Craig diet. I found it to be expensive for what I got out of it. Yes, I lost a few pounds, but the food was horrible and I was starving all of the time. Likewise, it was difficult to stick to the diet when I traveled as it was not as flexible as others. I think that this program is great for the support that the associates give to dieters, so this diet may work for some. However, I needed a more flexible diet.

Pros: It is easy. It also moves you into maintenance ultimately promoting a life style change.
Cons: Probably the cost, but I was buying unhealthy groceries; it's was more than worth it.

I have spent my life on diets. I have done them all. I, in fact, was put on my first diet at 7. It wasn't a good experience. About 10 years ago I gave up and said I wasn't going to diet again. And I meant it.

Well last year I was up to 295lbs and my body, which has been very good to me, was starting to complain. So I tried Jenny Craig. I hadn't tried that program before and had heard good things.

Well, in 9 months I have lost 92lbs. I found the program made it very simple for me, no thinking involved. As an overeater I needed something that just told me what to do. It also follows the food pyramid so all foods are incorporated.

I also started exercising with my counselors encouragement which I never did before...never.

I love my counselor, appreciate the program.

There is no one and only way though, it all comes down to less calories and exercise and with those two things we will all become healthier.

Pros: Good Food. Im not tired of the food yet.
Cons: Expensive, have to convince the counselor not to use the planned week meal.

I{ve been only 2 weeks and I´ve seen results, I already lost 10 pounds. Food is Good. I have to lost 40, but I got the 20 per 20 offer.. just to loose this first 20. Ill let you now how it was.

Pros: Convenient, healthy, and tasty food. Very easy to follow...
Cons: The platinum membership is expensive but what price can you put on your health??

I started Jenny Craig (the 20 lbs for $20 or 10 weeks) on 7/7/06 and ended on 9/13/06. I lost 21 lbs during those 10 weeks and have 10 more lbs to go to get to goal. I was very happy with most of the food, other than a few items that just were not for me. I was very pleased with my consultant as well. I prefer the one on one consultation to Weight Watchers group meetings. I also really enjoyed not having to "think" about what I was eating in the beginning. Once you get used to the diet, they begin to show you how to do meals on your own, which was the best advice I've ever gotten. I have never been able to stick to a diet or take life-long habits away from a diet, which I have done with Jenny Craig. When I go out to eat now, I consistently choose healthy meals and have changed my whole outlook on why/how I eat. I still have lots to learn but this diet has changed my life.

Pros: Good food.... teaches portion control.
Cons: some of the food is pricey....but you don't have to buy it.

I have been on the Jenny Craig weight loss program since 1/07....I love it, I have lost 42lbs so far. it is easy to follow the program, I choose my own menus, and I buy Jenny's food for 4 out of the 7 days for a week...the other 3 days I plan my own menu and use regular food(they teach you how to plan your own meals)....You can do this...I am on a budget, and cannot afford a weeks worth of meals, if you ask to see the price list(its not a big secret) they will give you one, and then you can choose your foods....I am a "Jenny Rewards" member, it cost me 319.00 for 1 year plus the cost of food...but I now recieve a 30% discount on all food purchased....My consultant is great, she lost 50lbs with Jenny, and has kept it off for more than 10 years.....The program works, and I find it no more costly than any of the other weight loss programs out there....and believe me I have tried them all......