Our Program

SkillPower™ - The Jenny Craig Program

Since 1983 Jenny Craig has helped millions of people worldwide to deal with eating habits that stand in the way of their being the weight and size they want to be. We do not just deliver a Program; we are active proponents of our clients' quest to change their lives for the better. We are involved because we believe in what we are doing, and in what our clients are trying to achieve.

Our key to successful weight management is about changing the way we behave - breaking the bad eating habits that cause us to look at food as an enemy, to constantly worry about what we eat, to feel bad about ourselves for eating, and replacing them with something more constructive. This understanding is what is missing from most of the diets that people keep trying and failing with. Many diets tell people what to eat to lose weight, but they do not help deal with the habits that make those diets so hard to follow.

The Jenny Craig Program understands that weight management is about wellbeing: it's about health, energy, self-esteem, confidence and getting the most out of life. It doesn't rely on willpower alone to make it work, because most dieters already know that good intentions and willpower just aren't enough. It helps people learn to mange their weight by focussing on self-awareness, nutrition, activity and gradual behaviour change , without deprivation. A team of health practitioners including the Jenny Craig Medical Advisory Board, which includes psychologists as well as medical doctors and dietitians, has helped design our Program.

In essence our Program is based on what our founder, Jenny Craig, called

SkillPower™ - providing people with skills and strategies to change their old eating behaviours and replace them with new, constructive ones. Not just telling people what they should eat to lose weight, but helping them change their relationship with food and their eating habits so they have a better change of long-term success.

SkillPower™is not another fad diet - it's a lifestyle change. Our consultants help to establish a healthy relationship with food through our scrumptious Jenny Craig Cuisine, encourage a balanced level of activity and provide one on one support throughout the weight-loss journey. All the key elements of SkillPower are designed to help change eating habits for good. Jenny Craig addresses the three key areas critical to effective weight loss: Food, Body and Mind. 

In short SkillPower™ helps to build a

•  Healthy Relationship With Food - FOOD

First, you'll learn portion control and healthy eating habits with Jenny's delicious and nutritious preprepared meals.

•  Active Lifestyle - BODY 

Second, you'll gradually increase your physical activity with a program that is presonalised to your lifestyle and activity level.

•  Balanced Approach to Living - MIND 

Finally, your personal Jenny Craig Consultant will help you stay motivated and learn how to create more balance in your busy lifestyle. 

Tailored to your lifestyle 

In todays world, with easy access to such a delicious variety of food, virtually any time and anywhere, all the other reasons for eating kick in: sensory pleasure, sharing, relief of boredom, stress, to avoid doing something else we don't want to do, or just to lift our mood. Humans as a species are hard-wired to eat when food is available, so just eating for pleasure would be reasonenough to explain why we eat as much as we do. Add all these other roles that we use food for, and suddenly it's easy to see why so many of us are overweight despite eating mainly healthy food, or at least knowing enough about healthy eating to do so if we choose.

When we understand that being overweight tends to be about our individual relationship with food, about how and why we eat, we can start to understand why we eat more than we should, and do something about it. What most people are missing, though, is the knowledge they need to break the bad habits that have led to their weight gain.

With Jenny Craig you can meet with your personal Consultant in your Nearest Centre, or enjoy the convenience and privacy of our home-delivery Jenny Direct Program. Either way, you'll get the personal attention and support you need to be successful in achieving your weight loss goals!