It’s hard not to know about Jenny Craig, especially with all its celebrity spokespeople — including Kirstie Alley and now Valerie Bertinelli. But what exactly is it? Boiled down to its essence, Jenny Craig is basically a commercial diet company that sells a line of nutritional meals, products and one-on-one consultation to dieters.

You can join Jenny Craig in one of two ways — either by signing up with one of their Jenny Craig Centers, or by signing up for their Jenny Direct at-home program. Dieters who opt to visit a center in the neighborhood are asked to visit once a week, where they are weighed privately, given a 20-minute consultation on how to prepare a weekly menu, then allowed to buy from about 75+ “Jenny Cuisine” meals and products. Dieters without a Jenny Craig center close to home can use the Jenny Direct program, where they call in each week for a 15-minute consultation, and then are given menu suggestions for ordering their “Jenny Cuisine” (which they do on a bi-weekly basis.) Jenny Craig offers a variety of programs, each with a little more to offer the dieter — and a little bit more expensive — than the last: The Jenny Tune-Up, the Jenny OnTrack program, the Jenny Rewards program, the Gold program and the Platinum program.

• The Jenny Tune-Up is a trial membership that let dieters experience some of the program’s menus, one-on-one consultations and other aspects of the program for 30-60 days.

• The Jenny On Track program is a six-month membership that provides the same services as the Jenny Tune-Up, only dieters are given more weight-loss tools, such as weight loss manuals and a personalized “YourStyle” profile meant to focus on your individual weight-loss goal.

• The Jenny Rewards program is a one-year membership that offers everything in the Jenny Tune-Up program, as well as discounts on products and extending your membership.

• The Gold program is also a one-year program that offers all of the above, plus a few other additions such as an audio walking program.

• Finally, the Platinum program is a lifetime deal, offering everything that the Gold program does, along with even more benefits, such as a cookbook, discounts off of their meals, etc.

After a certain amount of time, dieters move from eating their pre-packaged meals to making healthy meals on their own, utilizing the lessons they’ve learned from the program. As they continue, dieters are still instructed to write down everything they eat — as well as any physical activity — and stick with meeting with a counselor. The entire Jenny Craig program claims it is designed to help dieters lose an average of one to two pounds per week. Dieters have access to a hotline 24/7 if they need support or any other information.

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