I have just now completed my first week with Jenny Craig. After being on another program where we had to count points, I thought maybe I wasn't losing becasue I was counting wrong. Since the margin for error is much less with jenny Craig, I have done everything exaclty as perscribed including the exercise and water. I am not planning on giving up but am definitely discouraged.

Don't be discouraged.

Sometimes our bodies react differently to change. You don't mention how many calories you are on, or how much weight you would like to lose. Or what type of exercise you are doing.

If you have muscle soreness, chances are you are retaining some water in order for your body to repair the muscles. Hang in there.

Have you talked with a counselor and have they recommended anything?

Thanks for responding. It sure helped. I have 45 pounds to lose and currently on the 1200 calorie program. I do a two strenuous hikes (1-2 hours, mostly up hill) a week, then walks on my lunch hour when the weather isn't freezing. I don't really get muscle sore anymore. I will talk to a couselor today, thanks for the reminder.

Let me know how it goes. I am hoping they can help you adjust something in your diet or exercise routine that makes it easier for you.

I am currently doing 1500 calories and work out for 30 minutes every day. Next week I bump it up to 45 mintues a day. Baby steps for me I don't want to kill myself with to much all at once.

Although it has been fun teaching my 4 month old German Shepherd puppy how to jog next to me instead of jumping on me, or cutting in front of me, or behind me. At least both of us haven't hit concrete face first from tripping or tangling

I hope you have a great weekend!

So My first week actaully turned out pretty good. Doctor's scales were 4 pounds different than the Jenny Craig scales. Since the Jenny Craig scales are verified by weights and measures, I think they are probably more reliable. So my 1 pound gain based on the Doctor's scale turned out to be a 3 pound loss on the Jenny scales.

Second week was a disaster though (I weigh tomorrow to be sure). I had 3 very bad days. I think because my Doc was so concerned about cholesterol levels, that I selected too many foods low in cholesterol so the food didn't stay with me as well. I also had to go out to a busness dinner. I had a salad but was probably still more than the program allows. If I didn't gain when I weigh tomorrow, I will be happy with that and move on.

There is a lot to learn about managing the food.

You are actually doing better than I am with the exercise. There is no way I can fit in 30 minutes a day with my schedule so my work outs are hit and miss. Consistant workouts are such a great thing to do. I really need to try to find the time somehow. errrg.

I have a young man who now works for me that was a personal trainer before he came to work here. He actaully has a college degree in health sciences and isn't just a certified trainer. I asked him which were the workout plans that are best fitted to weight loss and over all health. He said that rather than extending the programs beyond say 35 - 40 minutes, that the program itself should vary. The body will adjust itself to what ever training you are doing so about every 5 - 6 weeks, the training program you are on should be changed.

Take Care!

CONGRATS on your 3 pound loss! That is great news!

I completely agree there is so much to learn about managing food. I just returned from a business trip. I had carried a lot of my JC food with me so I could stick with the plan. I did not get all my exercise in that I had planned. Mostly because of a stiff and sore back from all the bag lifting, sitting and running through airports because they kept changing my gate!

As for the exercise; even 10 minutes of exercise 3 times a day adds up. Go for a quick walk around the building or block on break. If you go to the mall or grocery store park farther away to get some additional steps in. If you work in a building with more than one floor take the stairs. Mind you, start with one flight of stairs at a time if your building has more than two stories! Invest in a Pedometer. For the first week just do your normal routine. Write down your steps per day for the first week, add them together and divide by 7 this will give you a daily average. For week number 2, shoot for 500 steps a day more than your first week average. Example: you did 2000 steps a day for week 1, so you would aim for 2500 steps a day on week two. Keep adding 500 steps each week until you hit 10,000 steps a day. 10,000 steps a day

I am a certified personal trainer with the AFAA. Over the past 6 years I have not practiced what I preached and my normal day job got the best of me in the way of stress and I ended up "self medicating at night" meaning I would have 1-4 glasses of wine a day to take the edge off. Seventy pounds later, I decided enough of this nonsense and decided to take my life back in my own control instead of just sleep walking through life. The guy you work with is correct on varying your workouts. Your body will adjust to your workouts the better shape you get in and will become more efficient in burning calories. Which is why many in the health and fitness industry suggestion doing interval training to challenge your system.

To start out though, just get the steps in, start out slow and build a routine. This is the most critical of all. Just getting started and creating a routine. Once the routine is ingrained to where you are working out 4-6 days a week for the next month then you can start changing things up and adding weights, yoga, jump rope , whatever you enjoy!

Set a goal for yourself: I will work out 3 times this week doing the following exercise ____. My goal is to get _____ minutes in for the week.

Remember, the minutes do not need to be all in the same allotment. 10 minutes at a time to get that heart rate up. Be kind to yourself and patient

Hi,
I have been on JC for 17 days and have only lost 3 pounds. I'm getting very discouraged, also! I have stayed on the menus (1200 calories / day), water, and small amount of exercise. I can not believe that my weight is still "clinging" on. My goal is to lose 30 pounds. That sounds like a very long way to go!!

I've been on JC for 15 weeks. When I started I had 150-160 pounds to lose.

I had to stop eating the breakfasts and the desserts since they have so much processed sugar in them. Since I gave them up, I've been losing more than 2 pounds a week. I only lost 8 pounds in the first 13 weeks even though I was completely faithful to the program and was exercising 4-5 times a week.

I hated giving them up but apparently it was necessary. Apparently, not all of us can metabolize that sugar. I eat shredded wheat or oatmeal for breakfast and a SBD high protein cereal bar for dessert. Maybe this is your issue. I understand completely how you feel. I couldn't understand how folks with much less to lose than me were losing so much each week. Fortunately for me, I have an awesome JCC who believed me that I was not cheating.