Good afternoon all!

I am returning to Jenny Craig after 20 years. Wow 20 years! I am weighing in at 195-197 and honestly I need to lose some weight. I just turned 50 years old and I stand at 5'2. My goal is to get to 150. That weight seems realistic for me. I am pescatarian so i am doing the vegetarian plan with very little fish. I definitely need some support so hopefully this will work for me. last time i did this program I lost 22 pounds . I know with consistency I will lose the weight. 

Hi! I am at end of my 4th week. (and yes I have experienced some of the same frustrations I have read on here with the food not matching what my app showed I should be getting and eating). I have lost 7lbs but can tell a big difference in my clothes. The last few days I have felt stressed and hungry but determined to keep going for at least 7lbs. more. Has anyone hit any places that it was really hard to stay on track even though you know it works?? I am going to place my own order this week and try to start incorporating some of my own food keeping under the 1200 cal. I'm sure this will be a challenge too. Any pointers? 

I just started the program again. I bought the plan and was not given the option of foods. Does this mean they will send whatever? I also have not been able to get ahold of anyone through email, phone calls, live chat. This is one of the reasons I left the last time, there was little to no support until you leave the program and then they call all the time. PLEASE HELP!

I love this way of eating. I have lost 8 pounds in 3 weeks. I however cannot eat three of the dinners that are sent to me. Is there a way I can request another type of meal choice? The meatloaf, broccoli baked potato,  and the Mediterranean beef I just can't eat. I would love some guidance. Thanks all. 

Hi!  Curious on other experiences.  I am just starting my second week of Rapid Results.  I love the food and am getting results.  However, the process to understand the program and communication from Jenny Craig has been frustrating.  The only way to get the menus and quick guide is in the app on my phone (nothing sent in the package). I was then trying to flip through the guide and the menu to plan my grocery shopping for the veggies/milk/protein to compliment the meals.  My coach, luckily, was able to email me the menus.  That has helped this week.  I also had to figure out what my calorie intake should be.  Luckily, I found an article on another website (not in the app and the Jenny article has me at too high) that showed me the formula.  My coach was no help there, as she didn't know what level I should be on.  Nothing in her computer showed her what I should be at.  I had to explain the calculation.  There has also been substitutions in each of my boxes.  I don't mind that.  There is just nothing on the packing slip that lists what substitution was made.  So, it will be the day of, and I will have get my menu out and go through every meal left to see what I have leftover that is supposed to be the substitution. I feel really alone on the diet to figure out what it is supposed to be.  The reason I went with Jenny was the support.  Honestly, Nutrisystem is having a 50% off sale and I though about switching, as I can get frozen meals elsewhere.  I was here, as it is supposed to be a well communicated and monitored plan.  I haven't seen any of that.  Hoping it gets better?  Maybe I am just hangry? 

I just ordered my first week of Rapid Results.  I cannot find where I can download my menu...any help would be greatly appreciated. Do they send you the weekly menu to follow?  

Really Frustrated and Depressed!  I just completed my first week of Rapid Results.  I stuck to the plan perfectly and I did not lose an ounce!!!!  I am the same weight!  Should I quit and conclude this plan does not work for me?  I am not used to eating so many carbs and so much food.  Maybe my metabolism is too slow for Jenny Craig.  My consultant just said to keep at it but, ya know, she is motivated by commissions.  How do I know when to throw in the towel?  If I had zero weight loss on a subsequent week, I would know that it won't come off every week and I would not be upset.  But my first week???!!!  This is really upsetting.

Not trying to start a firestorm here but what really happens if I were to use the meals and snacks in a totally different order than the menu?   Yes, I do understand that the menu is optimized for front loading calories earlier in the day and balancing the protein and carbs for the day but if I ignored that and just picked what I want for meals and snacks from the products I have and used them without the "balancing", would weight loss stop or just slow down?  I'm already a slow burner (5 pounds in 4 weeks with perfect compliance).  It doesn't seem like at 1200 calories it could go much slower than that.  I'm only interested in the results from anyone who has actually done this (and is willing to admit it).  

Does anyone have the new menus as files? 

If so - can you paste in a reply? Thanks

Does anyone have the new menus as files? 

What an inspiration you are.   I have been on and off diets for most of my life also.  

I've been doing Jenny for about 2 months now.  I'm down 20 lbs - which is great, but I've got a ways to go.  Up until about a week ago, I was feeling quite satisfied with the amount of food and it was pretty smooth sailing.  Now I've hit a bit of a plateau and I'm hungry alot of the time.  Anyone else experience this?

So I'm confused....I don't receive any menus with my food deliveries and am getting advice to look at the menu on the app. But my food delivery doesn't match up at all with what is on the app. So I have to add a substitution for practically every meal, every day. Any suggestions? And what else are we supposed to eat for breakfast when we receive one packet of the protein smoothie as one breakfast option. Isn't that considered a milk and fruit option? So is something missing? Unfortunately my consultant was not too interested in helping me so am trying to figure this out on my own.

I am about to start my third week on rapid results and I must say, I find the food very good and I"m very happy with my weight loss so far.  When the four weeks is up can you continue on the same program?

Where do I find the menu?  received the food but I dont know what food to eat what day and what veggies or fruits or dairy and how much?  I only received the food.

Hi!  Question....I try to avoid dairy, I don't like how it makes me feel...does anyone substitute the milk for something else?

Hi everyone,

My name is Hannah, I work a sedentary job from 8-4 5 days a week and I am new here in hopes someone can help me out. It’s been a long emotional journey and honestly now I feel like it’s worse.

I've been on my weight loss journey for two years, I feel as though I have plateaued or I am doing something wrong and I thought I can ask you for some help. I am 23 years old, 5ft2 and I weigh 165 in hopes of going down to 130. Honestly my focus is more losing fat than the number on the scale.

Firstly, I went to the doctor's office and got my thyroid, hormones, cortisol and insulin checked. Everything is normal except my insulin is high, the doctor thinks I may be insulin resistant (I don't have diabetes or any problems with my blood sugar) because in the past I used to eat a lot of high sugar and processed foods. Anyways, last month, I did my yearly checkup and the doctor found a cyst on my right ovary 7.5 cm big. Due to the Cyst on my right ovary I am required to take Aless 21, a birth control pill to help shrink the size because the ovarian cyst is 7.5 cm big. I started them yesterday

Secondly, in terms of working out I used to strength train 3 times a week for 30 mins (squats, lunges, plank, jumping jacks, one arm dumbbell row, these are just a few). Then I added 2 days of Cardio (HITT for 20 mins). I personally do not feel that my workouts are effective, I have tried Fitness Blender, Youtube videos, Body-building.com, a fewpopsugar workouts made by celebrity trainers. Nothing has worked. I like to workout at home personally, I have some dumbbells, a treadmill (I'd rather do cardio using youtube), resistance bands, etc.. I noticed that I didn't lose any weight/ decrease in measurements, however some places of fat are now hard muscle. Now I’m not sure how to Exercise due to the cyst. The doctor told me I need to be careful because it could rupture, didn’t really advise me on what type of exercise I can and cannot do. She said not to lift heavy items.

Thirdly, in terms of food, I usually have 2 pieces of gluten free toast with peanut butter, then a nut bar from Costco as a snack, for lunch i sometimes have a protein shake or some rice with meat or something with both carbs and protein, I sometimes have snack in between lunch and dinner which is usually a piece of fruit and for dinner I usually have something similar to lunch. I have been calorie counting and trying to eat between 100 to 150 grams of carbs. I never used to weigh my food (I did used to eat A LOT of Carbs), now I started to, I use MyFitnessPal on the setting: lose 1 pound per week with a calorie intake of 1300. I am still struggling with this, I am not sure why but I find myself always wanting to eat more when I count calories. Not going to lie, I have a sweet tooth and I have cut a tremendous amount of sugar out of my diet. Also, I tend to gain a lot of water weight which ends up in me eating more junk food and sugar, changing out of this mindset has been a challenge.

I have no idea what I am doing right or wrong and what I should do more to see results, I don't even know how long into the journey one should start seeing. The number one place I accumulate far (this is just for ur info) is on the arms, inner thighs and abdomen. Please if you can advise me to get on the right track that would be great.

To sum up, I am an emotional mess that really needs help and I have no idea what to do now especially due to this cyst and I’m worried that on birth control I’m going to gain even more weight because I’m already having so much trouble now losing it., especially because I can’t exercise the way I used to as well. On top of it, my body type in general always retains water it’s just like that idk why. Please, please advise me.

Thank you,
Hannah