Guess Who's The New Jenny Craig Spokesgirl? (And other boring diet advice)

[lazypadawan]

No, not me.

Remember when I noted on Facebook during Celebration V that Carrie seemed to have gained a significant amount of weight? Well, I saw on TFN that she's on a Jenny Craig program and will soon appear in the weight loss company's ads. Thus far, she's managed to lose 12 pounds in six weeks, which is pretty good.

Jenny Craig has had success with Valerie Bertinelli, who has managed to keep the lbs off thus far, and Sara Rue. Kirstie Alley lost a lot of weight and then topped over 300 pounds. Hopefully, Carrie will be one of the long-term success stories.

Since October 2009, I've lost 59 pounds using a different method. Personally, I think programs like NutriSystem, Jenny Craig, etc. can work if you can stick out their programs. The main criticism I have with them though is that you never learn how to handle food in the real world, which is the main thing you have to master in order to lose weight and not gain it back. And you kind of do get bored eating all of that processed stuff. At least Weight Watchers is a method to handle "real" food.

I read in the TFN piece that Carrie is using something that monitors caloric intake. That's very helpful. I'm now a nut for checking calorie content on labels and I will look up nutritional information if I'm planning to go to a restaurant to eat. Losing weight is a numbers game. An average person has to clock in around 1700-2000 calories a day just to stay where he or she is.

Lots of luck to Carrie; I know where she's been on this issue. Maybe she'll be back in that bikini sometime soon ;).

Comments

[nic]

What method are you using? Like you, I calorie count constantly.

I discovered that my daily maintenence amount is 1570, which is remarkably easy to go over. No wonder I gained so easily last year.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

I've been using this stuff called Sensa. You dump it on whatever you're eating and it makes you feel full faster. Over time you get accustomed to eating less. Of course, watching what you eat helps a lot but Sensa makes the process of eating smaller meals and healthier food a lot easier.

[skywalker-child.livejournal.com]

I'd wondered about Sensa; I'm glad to hear it's working for you!

XD

[animekawaii.livejournal.com]

man i gained alot of weight last year but since im doing some work out and eating healthy i feel so much better and now im 139 lbs XD
YAY!! X3

Re: XD

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[may-child.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your weight loss!

I read about Carrie joining WW. I hope it works for her. Losing weight is a lifestyle change.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[may-child.livejournal.com]

Ooops, I meant to say Jenny Craig.

X3

[animekawaii.livejournal.com]

especialy for a new looks for th new year XD

[laariii.livejournal.com]

I've cut out suger. theres a book you can get titled "Swet Poison" by David Gillespie that has been helpful for me. I also use Calorie King which helps you count you're calories for you.

http://www.calorieking.com.au/

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

I don't eat as much sugar as I used to and as a result, I can't stand anything too sweet anymore. I'll still eat a piece of cake for example (small one), but I have to scrape off all of the icing. After one or two bites, I feel ready for a diabetic coma.

I can't stand anything too salty anymore either.

[a-blue-moon-cat.livejournal.com]

The amount of salt in so much prepared food, whether in a restaurant or the canned or frozen stuff from the grocery store, is just stunning. That gravy in the glass jars: scary! I can't eat french fries any more, and had already quit pushing salt on them before that. Most frozen food tastes too salty to me. It's a good thing, because high blood pressure runs in the family, and salt is one of those things that I have cut down on.

Sugar, on the other hand, is a besetting sinful taste treat, along with fat, but they too must be cut down on, alas.

[a-blue-moon-cat.livejournal.com]

Diet advice is never really boring. I check all packages for sodium and fat content, those are two bad things. I mean, we need some to stay alive, but once we have hit the day's requirements, that's that!

The "Eat This, Not That" articles at the Men's Health and Women's Heatlh sites have been eye-opening! One article on the 20 salads worse than a Big Mac/Whopper/whatever it was was truly astounding. I do ask for dressing on the side (but I love me ranch, alas, and creamy dressings aren't good for us, esp. when people pour it on like there was no tomorrow) and croutons are empty calories--I jokingly call them stale bread and ask for them to be left off.

Good luck to all of us who are dieting!