Sara Rue Loses 30 Pounds With Jenny Craig

Posted on Apr 1st 2010 3:00PM by Amber Greviskes

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment

Actress and Jenny Craig spokesperson Sara Rue is on a roll. She has lost 30 pounds in 12 weeks, and she's not stopping there. Rue has plans to shed another 10 pounds.

When she started the Jenny Craig program, Rue said that the hardest part was being in the public eye as a spokesperson, but now she realizes that overcoming her own demons was much harder.

"The changing of your mind is often the hardest part," Rue, 31, told "People" magazine. "Now that I've conquered that, I'm ready for more!"

Rue, who has struggled with her weight throughout her childhood, attributed her weight fluctuation to emotional eating. Eventually she realized that her weight was a becoming a problem when she lost a role because of her size.

Through Jenny Craig, Rue has learned how to watch her portion sizes and eat healthy food. She has also had a lot of help to achieving her goals. A Jenny Craig nutrition consultant, exercise experts and a team of dietitians has been at her disposal since she started the program shortly after Thanksgiving.

Like former Jenny Craig spokesperson Valerie Bertinelli, Rue said that she likes the diet plan because it's a lifestyle change that is easy to accommodate once you get used to it. Bertinelli, who plans to run the Boston Marathon to raise money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, has also acted like a role model and source of inspiration throughout Rue's diet.

Rue still has a lot of work to do to reach her new goal, but she's celebrating each milestone with manicures. If you're inspired and ready to lose weight, learn how to set goals that will work for you.

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Tags: eastwick, jenny craig, sara rue, valerie bertinelli, weight loss

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mal 4-02-2010 @ 2:26PM

Whenever there is an article about weight loss this letter pops up.It is an advert for a weight loss programme. Isn't it time it was stopped. I have seen the same letter at least 4 times in the last 2 weeks. Can't you block spam?

lzllon 4-02-2010 @ 6:40PM

I was lucky enough to never have been overweight in my life. That all ended after the birth of my second child. I got down to 20 pounds over my normal weight but no matter what I did I couldn't lose the rest. I didn't know if was age catching up with me or if somehow my metabolism changed. Whatever the reason, nothing was working. I tried all the bogus "diet" pills that we see all over the internet, but are just scams. All I ever lost with that stuff was money. One of my friends, knowing what I was going through, told me that she had been losing weight using a special plan that she found at this web site (Http://ta.gg/3tw) It laid out the facts in a way I never saw before and had easy to follow meal plans and diets. Not only have I lost the weight and kept it off but I'm leading a healthier lifestyle, mostly from the knowledge I gained from this amazing program

Glo 4-02-2010 @ 2:28PM

HOW COME WE CAN SEND MEN TO OUTERSPACE BUT AOL CAN'T GET RID OF GREEDY...STUPID ADVERTISMENTS FROM PEOPLE SUCH AS PAT? EASY TO LOSE WEIGHT ON JC DIET. THE FOOD COST IS OUTGRAGEOUS. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT TO BUY FAST FOOD-PUT THE WEIGHT ON HAMBURGERS AND FRIES. AND IT TASTES LIKE GARBAGE TOO.

Carrasco25 4-02-2010 @ 2:32PM

I'm with ya, Mal. Why can't people just stop buying into diet fads that don't work?? Burn more calories than you take in!! Eat healthy foods! It's not a diet...that's life! When you start doing what you should have been doing your entire life, it's not an abnormal diet...it's getting back to what your lifestyle should have been like all along.

Leon 4-02-2010 @ 2:34PM

let me tell you how to lose weight. get sick for a week and lose 10 lbs

Ro 4-02-2010 @ 7:39PM

#Leon: Hahahahahaha - you're right. Worked for me!

CelluliteQueen 4-02-2010 @ 2:34PM

NOTHING tastes as nasty as Nutri-System food! It is actually inedible! Their cinnamon buns and other breakfast cakes, such as their scones, etc., are stale... when I called to complain, they said the freshness dates are very current, so that's the way they come to you! EW! Their other foods are equally as nasty and the texture is gross. They even have dried 'cardboard' hamburgers that you soak in boiling water to make 'fresh' again! GIMME A BREAK!! http://www.CelluliteQueen.com

ROSE 4-02-2010 @ 2:36PM

LIKE IT

stupid duck hunter 4-02-2010 @ 3:33PM

kinda funny, but all these people loose this weight on jenny craig and they are on tv and look good, dont forget american there is art touch up, and then you see them again and they are as fat as a cow...who is playing who here????

CRYSTIE 4-02-2010 @ 4:15PM

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATS TO HER ON HER WEIGHT LOSS. HOWEVER, I WISH THERE WAS SOME HELP FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO CAN'T AFFORD THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AND DOESN'T HAVE THE EXTRA TIME TO WORKOUT LIKE THE STARS DO. JUST WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR ALL THE NORMAL PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT NEED AND WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT!

Cindy 4-02-2010 @ 5:40PM

My husband and I are currently on JC. My husband has already lost 60 lbs.... and me, well, I'm struggling to get down 30 lbs. Anyway, the JC food is expensive so the way I take care of making sure hubby stays down WITHOUT going broke on JC food, is Lean Cuisine meals. They are just like JC meals, around 250-300 calories AND a buttload cheaper -- 1/4 the cost of JC meals. I can usually get them on sale for around $1.50-2.00 each, which sure beats the $5-6.00 each for the JC meals. Check 'em out.

christa 5-07-2010 @ 10:37AM

Hey Crystie,
I thought I could not afford to pay the extra of Jenny Craig too. I also do not have a whole lot of time to burn off extra calories. I finally decided it's pay now or pay later. I can pay for the JC food now or pay later for difficulties related to me being overweight. I've lost close to 18 pounds and have just over 30 more to go. Of course it's take ne longer than the 'stars' we see but I'm a whole lot happier these days. It's helping me to re learn how to eat. I'm also passing on healthier meals to my three kids as well. I could not afford not too. As far as the exercise I've just resorted to taking my dog on longer walks...he's happier these days too!

Dawn 5-07-2010 @ 1:00PM

Crystie,
There is a great program. I have tried it and lost 46 lbs so far within 2 months. Its Herbal Life. I drink 1 great tasting shake in the morning then 1 for lunch and eat dinner that isn't full of fat and calories. I have to admit that I get hungry during the day so I buy some lower cost protein bars to curb the hunger. If I want a night time snack I eat a bowl of cereal with skim milk. It gives me extra vitamins and fiber. Herbal Life is not too expensive.

RevRilly 4-02-2010 @ 4:17PM

If she had found what I did in my food ... would she still be eating it?

Michele 4-02-2010 @ 4:21PM

All anyone has to do to realize the effectiveness of the JC diet is to look at Kirsty Alley. She lost all that weight on JC only to put it all back on (and then some). Queen Latifah the same thing. I hope Sarah Rue's weight loss will be long-term. Let's check back with all these people (add Jason Alexander too) in a few years and see how well they've maintained their weight loss.

CiCi 4-02-2010 @ 4:27PM

By the end of the year she'll be huge again. It was sad seeing her on The Big Bang Theory looking as big as she was. She seems to yo yo with fat more than most people

anita 4-02-2010 @ 4:35PM

JC food taste horrible and i would eat anything. 99% tasted ok. breakfast and the snack bars which i would eat all at once.

Doris 4-02-2010 @ 4:40PM

This is not an advertisement, I lost 32 pounds on Weight Watchers. It's a program that teaches you to make better choices and portion control. You buy all your food in the supermarket. My husband's doctor recommended WW to him.

cherry 4-02-2010 @ 5:34PM

I did it too in Jr. High. Funny I know, because I was so young (I'm 21 now), but it worked enough for me. My parents got a divorce when I was in elementary school and I started to eat my feelings. I was tired of it when I was 14 or 15 and didn't want to be that way anymore. Weight Watchers teaches you a life style change. Smaller portions, better food (that is if you want to conserve your points), and room to eat something yummy and not as good for you every once in a while. Not to mention it was a healthy way for me at a young age, because I didn't take anything out of my diet that I needed! That said, I don't encourage parents to encourage their kids to diet. I did it all on my own, because I was unhappy with myself, and didn't want to spiral into eating habits I couldn't get out of. I didn't lose too much weight, just got healthy.

Gina 4-02-2010 @ 5:29PM

I have never heard of Sara Rue but I do know that once you have achieved your weight loss with Jenny Craig, then what? You have to buy her food while you are on a Jenny Craig diet and yes, that usually works, but guess what happens when you go back to your own food after the weight loss is achieved and you don't buy her food anymore? Guess.

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