Will a 1200 Calorie Diet Work for You?

My Jenny Craig plan has me on a 1200 calorie diet because of how much I weigh right now and how much I need to lose. I started Jenny for the first time back in February or March, I think. But then I took a break and I started back again about 4 weeks ago.

I’ve been a little discouraged with the rate of my weight loss because I’ve only lost 4 pounds since starting back again. My counselor told me that I needed to look at the positive side, which is that I’ve lost about a pound a week. That’s healthy weight loss, slow and steady. And I’ve lost 17 pounds total since I started earlier this year. That’s a major accomplishment for me which I need to celebrate!

This past week, I started doing something kind of new that has really helped me stay on plan. I’ve actually started counting calories and it really works for me! With Jenny Craig, you get a menu where all your food is listed and you just eat it and check it off as you go through your day. But it’s really easy, once you’ve eaten all your food and you’re still hungry, to just add on a pile of pretzels at the end of your day, especially if you’re a night eater like me.

So now that I’m counting calories as I go along, it’s a lot harder to cheat when I’ve got those 1200 calories that I’ve already eaten staring me in the face.

By the way, it’s really not normal to be hungry on Jenny because they teach you to supplement your meals with lots and lots of vegetables and fiber. So it’s really my fault if I’m still hungry at the end of the day because that means I’m not doing it right.

You don’t have to be on Jenny Craig to do this. Sometimes going back to the basics of just counting what goes in and what goes out (in the form of exercise) is all you need to lose weight successfully.

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