"JennyCraig" news and stories

Now that Kirstie Alley is slim and trim, Jenny Craig needed a new celebrity face for their campaigns. Stepping up to the plate is none other than Valerie Bertinelli. Though I may be dating myself a little, I remember watching her on the sitcom One Day at a Time, plus a huge number of made-for-TV movies.

Valerie is maintianing weight-loss and video blogs on the Jenny website, so if you are interested you can hear about her progress, tips, and updates there. Apparently she has lost 10 of her planned 30 lbs. so far, due to a mix of Jenny food (natch) and 10,000 steps of walking a day. I have to commend Valerie for going public with this though. Weight loss is a very personal issue, and I can't imagine what it takes to have millions of people along for the ride.

On a side note, Valerie's ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen, has been getting a little makeover of his own after his stint in rehab, which, if you haven't seen, is pretty amazing too.

Just about any diet will work if you stick to it, even if your diet consists of eating only banana bread. The problem with diets is that people do not stick to diets and even if you love banana bread, there are so many other good things to eat out there that it would just be too boring. Not to mention, of course, that very restrictive diets are not usually the healthiest ones.

Forbes has worked out their list of the top 10 diets that work. They correctly point out that restriction is the reason that many diets fail. Because most people will only have enough willpower (or interest) to stick to a diet for a short time, a very restrictive diet will produce maximum results quickly and is more likely to be selected by someone looking to lose weight. This is not the right way to lose weight. Diets are also a multi-billion dollar business, so there is a question as to whether the originators of some diets actually want people who try them to maintain their weight loss.

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