Comments on: Queen Latifah's Jenny Craig Commercial

By: Joblo

Joblo — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:24:31 +0000

Latifah is fat for chrissake! Her whole thing is about being overweight, which attracts the 99% of American women who are also fat. How is she going to sell weight loss?

By: C

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:15:57 +0000

BS.

She joined Jenny Craig for the money and decided to lose weight for LOOKs and NOTHING else.

By: jgjhgjf

jgjhgjf — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:34:26 +0000

Listen…She does not need your approval on this. Shes doing it whether or not you guys “approve” of it, so get over it. Even if shes doing it for the money shes still making a healthy choice and perhaps now she will be around longer then she would have if she didnt join jenny, didja think of that? Shes doing somthing good for HER body. so why does it bother you? Shes not forcing you to go on Jenny Criag,Shes not trying to prove anything. I respect her choice, because now she has a chance to live a longer life, no matter how she does it. Its not about selling out, or fitting in. Jenny is proven to work, and its probably easier for her busy lifestyle. Shes not asking for your approval shes trying to be healthier and thats all that matters!

By: Lisa P.

Lisa P. — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:59:37 +0000

Getting paid or not, sometimes you have to have a goal to look forward to. I am a fitness instructor–I usually only exercise when I teach. To motivate myself I usually enter small 5k races or some event that will hold me accountable for exercising & eating right. Once that event is over I start training for another. I say this to say–diet, exercise–lifestyle changes–it’s easier if you are accountable to somebody or some thing. Don’t knock the program, don’t mourn the junk you may have to give up. I’m sure we’d all join a program if someone were paying us. Be outrageously happy, eat right, exercise and be a good example to others.

By: shona

shona — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:28:04 +0000

I did Jenny craig and I noticed my health improved.

It is expensive and so if someone is going to pay you to go on the diet I say all the power to her.

It helped me learn tools to continue losing weight on my own after I lost my 10 percent. If I could have afforded it longer I might have joined it longer but I also found there is only so much of the jc cuisine I can handle but the point is it taught me better eating habits, it got me back on my exercise program and how to deal with my mind when it comes to the issues behind food.

Maybe the Queen will learn this too or other things.

Why people have to go around putting diets down especially when they haven’t tried it themselves is beyond me. I am also suprised about the big focus on yo yoing. People have to try things and if they don’t work try something else. I did research on the yo yoing being worse than staying overweight and they linked some evidence which means it is partly inconlusive because other factors may be involved either way they can’t prove it. Anyway there is way more proven evidence about how being overweight and obese can cause serious illnesses such as diabetes therefore I think it is safer to try and lose weight.

If you don’t want to lose weight than fine, why must people who don’t, put it all down. People can call it what they want but everyone is on a diet. Whether it is a fatty one, a healthy one, a diet just means how a person eats. People can use the word lifestyle for psychological purposes because the name got a bad rap but lets be realistic any weight loss regiman requires the same process portion control, not giving in to cravings, exercise, and a lot of hard work to keep with it regardless if we changed the name or not.

As for Q Laifah, I think it is nobody’s business to judge her, nor to lose respect or decide if she is wrong or right to promote JC, she is a person who can do whatever she wants just like you and I and because she is part of the public eye PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO COMMENT ON WHETHER SHE DESERVES THEIR RESPECT OR NOT AND I SAY SHE CAN LAUGH AT YOU ALL ON HER WAY TO THE BANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS NOBODY’S BUSINESS BUT HER OWN DEAL WITH IT

By: jafabrit

jafabrit — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:04 +0000

I have done very well with the jenny craig program and you don’t stay on their program and then suddenly quit a diet per se. It is more to do with restructuring your eating habits, portion control and getting used to eating more fruits and veggies. You get to a certain weight and then start incorporating the structure of the jc plan into you own menu plan and eat less and less of their food. My weight issue had to do with age, menopause and metabolism and severe restrictions on exercise due to chronic back problems. What the program has done for me has helped me reset my bodies set point/eating pattern ( I used to skip breakfast and sometimes lunch which slows your metabolism way down), get used to eating LOTS of fruit and vegetables daily and eating frequently (it has really helped my metabolism).

I needed the support and structure and it has worked. It may not work for everyone, but as far as my health and my weight it has been brilliant program for ME.

Just wanted to share my take on the program :)

all the best to you
jafabrit

I think Queen Latifah is gorgeous as she is, and while I wasn’t very unhappy with how i looked the weight was not helping my back.

By: CindyS

CindyS — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:06:09 +0000

Here’s the thing: you are not going to get “healthier” eating Jenny Craig or any other sodium-filled, highly processed food. It’s just an advertising gimmick.

I don’t *blame* Queen Latifah for doing this. It’s a money-making venture. She’s a celebrity and this is her business. But I am also not the type of person who is impressed into doing something because some celebrity is doing it. I don’t think she’s necessarily a sellout for doing it; but it does not impress me, either.

By: Fat Girl

Fat Girl — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:44:28 +0000

I hate this because it’s just another way that the diet industry is trying to wise up to the fact that more people are realizing that DIETS don’t work, so they gotta revamp so they don’t LOOK like a diet even though THEY ARE A DIET.

By: bigpersonal

bigpersonal — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:26:57 +0000

Yes, queen is really a big beautiful. I like this. “Her answer was that she is very healthy and exercise is not a problem for her,” To be big is not equal to lose the ability of exercise.

By: Non-Diminisher

Non-Diminisher — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:41:19 +0000

I agree with those who say it is about money. It is also about attention and a career boost. We give an inordinate amount of attention to weight loss, because it is one way the average person can have their 15 minutes of fame. Ever notice that talk show audiences will applaud someone who lost 50 lbs harder than a Nobel Prize winner. The average woman can’t win a Nobel Prize, but she can lose weight and become “Thinderella” for the day. So, in preserving an honored status for those who lose weight, they are preserving their own hopes and dreams. Notice how many other revived careers depended on weight loss. There was Fergie (princess not singer) who was financially irresponsible, but became a saint after WW commercials. Even Monica and Bill got in the act for redemption. I would not even be surprised if some of the popularity of that slimmed down simpleton Huckabee was due to his weight loss and fat bashing. It is too bad we can’t reward people for being decent on the inside, or making a contribution to the community!
p.s. I hope we all know yo-yoing INCREASES the risk of diabetes. And diets don’t work. The Dieter’s Dilemma by Bennet and Gurin is excellent at explaining why!