About 3 days ago, I was knee deep in my depression. I’ve been depressed for a while. I didn’t want to diet, I had ZERO motivation. Within these 3 days, I’ve woken up. I’m still depressed, but I am distracted. I’ve gotten my diet-hat on again. I thought I would hate it. I thought I would lose interest fast. Granted, it’s only been 3 days, and I am sure to have setbacks and whatnot.
However, I’ve awoken the nutritionist inside of me. In 2009, I embarked on an EPIC diet quest, one of my own design. I was successful and I kept it off for years, but it was lots of work and planning. I was single and I had the time to do it all -- My Way. Then I got married, got into a major car accident shortly afterwards where I received a Traumatic Brain Injury. This lead to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a broken foot and just a whole bunch of unfortunate things. Inevitably, this would lead me to severe depression, like I had never known before. I couldn’t get happy and I didn’t care about anything.
The weight packed on. The health problems increased. I knew I needed to lose the weight but my depression made me not care about my health. Then I got sick twice. My immune system is shot. I needed to change.
I didn’t want to repeat all the hard work I had done in 2009, because I just wasn’t in the mood to spend all that time counting, measuring, and whatnot. I wanted something easy, that I could follow and stick with. I recalled my experience with Jenny Craig back in 2003 and how successful I was at that. I knew it could help me and give me focus and discipline. I was right. I am focused, and I am working on my discipline.
My diet-hat is on right again. I am taking what I learned in 2009 and applying it to my previous experience with Jenny Craig, by joining Jenny Craig. I am sort of sad because Jenny Craig is not the same program it was 15 years ago. To be honest, it seems to be just a food manufacturer. Back-in-the-day, there were far more support resources that helped you stay on track. What’s different: The App is gone. The educational materials are almost nothing. The nutritional supplements are gone too. However, I’m okay with it, because I know what to do. I know what kind of nutritional supplements to take to help my body. I just feel bad for someone starting out who has no understanding of what it takes to be successful.
In a way, the lack of support resources, makes me look for my own. I will do Jenny Craig for as long as it takes for me to reach my goal. When I reach my goal, I will go it on my own. Who knows, maybe they’ll bring back the support resources. I am not trying to discourage anybody from using the Jenny Craig program, just know it is not as robust as it was back in 2003. It will be interesting to see what additional resources are going to come my way through the program. If not, the food is still pretty good. All in all, it’s nice to have something to distract me from my depression.
