Jenny Craig and Me

The Jenny Craig Story: How One Woman Changes Millions of Lives

by: Jenny Craig

Amazon Price: $21.95 (as of 12/24/2009)

Amazon Product Description: The weight-loss guru celebrates her personal and professional journey in an autobiography that began as a journal for her children and grandchildren. In unadorned and sometimes awkward prose, Craig (Genevieve Marie Guidroz) tells how she and her husband built their business from a few storefronts in Australia to a company of 650 centers all over the world, where, she says, dieters can receive support and information about healthy living as part of the program designed to help them lose weight.

She writes how she made it a priority to hire women in the upper level positions of the company: "My whole life, I've done everything I could to promote women's advancement and growth, both in business and in my private life." Craig evinces a genuine enthusiasm for her life's work, even though now, at 70, she's relinquished day-to-day operation of the company.

She provides an in-depth look at the ups and downs she faced over the years, including a freak accident that left her with a serious speech impediment, and what she says were a series of opportunistic lawsuits that shook her faith in the American dream. Understandably, Craig takes great pride in what she has accomplished, and she relates her story with unwavering confidence. Craig spends a great deal of time explaining the technicalities of running a business.

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

by: Valerie Bertinelli

Amazon Price: $18.72 (as of 12/24/2009)
List Price: $26.00

Amazon Product Description: Valerie Bertinelli, then: bubbly sitcom star and America's Sweetheart turned tabloid headline and rock star wife. Now: actress, single working mother of teenage rock star, and weight-loss inspiration to millions.

We all knew and loved Valerie Bertinelli years ago when she played girl-next-door cutie Barbara Cooper in the hit TV show One Day at a Time, and then starred in numerous TV movies. From wholesome primetime in America's living rooms, Valerie moved to late nights with the hardest-partying band of the decadent eighties when she became, at twenty, wife to rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Losing It is Valerie's frank account of her life backstage and in the spotlight. Here are the ups and downs of teen stardom, of her complicated marriage to a brilliant, tormented musical genius, and of her very public struggle with her weight.

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Tanita BF680W Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor with Athletic Mode and Body Water

Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 12/24/2009)

Amazon Product Description: Tanita BF680W Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor with Athletic Mode can monitor both body fat and body water percentages. This scale also features a daily calorie intake function that estimates how many calories should be consumed in a 24-hour period for a user to maintain current weight level, and a dual recall feature that compares both current weight and body fat readings to the previous readings.

Kidney Bean Strict Diet - Black Tote Bag JUMBO 20w X 15h X 5d

Amazon Price: $33.74 (as of 12/24/2009)

Amazon Product Description: Kidney Bean Strict Diet Tote Bag is commercial quality high resolution heat transfer product. This versatile tote bag is perfect for school, errands, or trips to the beach. Comes with 12-ounce cotton twill, cotton web handles.

Jenny Craig's No Diet Required: Recipes for Healthy Living

by: Jenny Craig

Amazon Price: (as of 12/24/2009)

Amazon Product Description: Besides being a cook book, Jenny talks with you about a nutritional lifestyle and suggestions for dealing with temptations of eating very fattening foods.