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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 ;).

Date: 2011-01-13 01:19 am (UTC)
nic: (Leia)
From: [personal profile] 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.

Date: 2011-01-13 04:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Date: 2011-01-14 01:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skywalker-child.livejournal.com
I'd wondered about Sensa; I'm glad to hear it's working for you!

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