How to Pick Jenny Craig Prepacked Meals

Once you join the Jenny Craig program you will have the option of creating a customized weekly menu plan. Faced with all of the choices the program has to offer, you may wonder what foods you should select.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Membership with Jenny Craig
• Access to a center or a computer for online enrollment

Menu Selection

1. Have your weight loss counselor give you the menu of all available Jenny Craig foods, if you are meeting in a center. The menu features food options with accompanying photos that are presented in sections including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. This presentation makes it easy to focus on one category at a time. If you are joining online, consult the online menu planner.

2. Start with breakfast and pick foods that are similar to your breakfast preferences, such as a cup of tea and a muffin, a bowl of cereal or bacon and eggs.

3. For some people, lunch is their heaviest meal of the day. For others, soup and a sandwich do the trick. Again, select foods based on your eating style. The chicken salad kit that Jenny provides is a good option for a light luncher. For something a little meatier, try the meatball stuffed sandwich.

4. Dinner meals range from fish and chips to chicken fettucine, from pizza to meatloaf. If you know that a pizza won't fill you up or satisfy your after-work hunger, pick something with a little more substance.

5. Snacks often represent the favorite "meal" of the day. If you like salty snacks, choose sourdough bites or Jenny's cheese curls. For cake lovers, decide between cookies and cream cheesecake or lemon cake. The toffee bite cookies are another great option for the sweet tooth, and popcorn always goes well when paired with a good movie.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't worry about exceeding your allotted calorie intake by mixing and matching menu options. The program is structured so that items within the same meal category have approximately the same number of calories.
• Make an effort to try all of the food items available to you because you might be surprised and end up liking a meal that you wouldn't have expected. But, if you don't like it on the first try, don't go back to it. Being challenged to eat something you don't really like might foster temptation and make you more likely to stray off the plan and make a less healthy choice.
• Planning your daily menu doesn't just include selecting the main course items from Jenny's list of choices. You must also supplement each meal throughout the day with fruits and vegetables, so when grocery shopping choose the veggies and fruits that most compliment your meals. For example, if you have chosen cereal for breakfast, some strawberries or bananas might make a good add-in.
• Most of the prepackaged meals on the Jenny Craig program are frozen. Although the program claims to regulate sodium quantity, it might not be a bad idea to check with your doctor before selecting your foods.

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