Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Interested in the cost of the Jenny Craig diet? Read This!

By Jessica A. Andersen

The cost of the Jenny Craig diet depends on the type of plan you select. There are short-term plans and long-term plans. Jenny Craig advertises an interesting statistic, they say that their participants spend only one dollar more per day than the average American does on food.

I spoke to a Jenny Craig representative on September 28, 2008 and was provided with information about the program's costs. The first option described by the representative is the 20 pounds for $20 program. This is a 10 week program that includes weekly meeting expenses with a weight loss consultant but does not include meals.

The meals cost between $12 and $18 everyday. For this price you get three meals, dessert, vitamin bars, and snacks. The meals themselves are frozen entres developed by Jenny Craig after years of trial and error. A majority people find them tasty, satisfying, and sizable. If at the end of 10 weeks you haven't reached your weight loss goal you can sign up for additional meal plans but you will be paying additional costs.

Barbara also described a second option, but Jenny Craig rewards plan. This plan is a one-year program. It costs $359 per year in addition to your food costs. For this price you will receive weekly meetings with a weight-loss professional and a discount on meals. The discount works as follows during the first 10 weeks you receive a 10% discount on meals, in the next 10 weeks you receive 20% discount, finally in the last 32 weeks he received a whopping 35% discount on meals.

According to Jenny Craig representative that I spoke with, the savings you'll realize through these discounts more than make up for the $359 sign up costs. As you can see you will be spending some money, but the program is comparable to your everyday food costs and the statistic quoted by Jenny Craig that you'll only be spending one dollar more per day on food seems reasonable. For more information about Jenny Craig and other prepackaged diet programs visit my site now! When you visit now and you'll receive your choice of a free diet diary or BMI calculator. Click on the links below now! - 15359

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