Jenny Craig Sponsors Queen Latifah’s Trav’lin’ Light Tour

My girl Jenny (LOL) is sponsoring Queen Latifah’s tour of small venues in support of her new album (dang, do we call these albums anymore? I am getting so old), Trav’lin’ Light. Interestingly enough, Queen is not going to be Jenny Craig’s newest spokesperson (too bad, wouldn’t she be awesome??), but Queen has taken on Jenny Craig in support of getting healthy to avoid type II diabetes, something VERY close to my heart as well. Here is what Queen has to say about it:

We felt my Trav’lin’ Light Tour would be a great opportunity to educate my fans about something that’s important to me. Diabetes plagues so many people today, especially in the African- American community. In fact, I lost my great-grandmother to this disease that we now know is preventable through the very thing Jenny Craig provides…

Did you know that – if you’re overweight – losing just 5 to 7 percent of your body weight can lower the risk of developing type II diabetes by 58 percent?** It’s true! And taking even the smallest steps – including eating more healthfully and increasing your activity a little each day – can significantly improve your health.

How am I doing on ye old Jenny Craig, you might ask? Well, my illness last week knocked me back a smidge – but I am officially at minus 20 pounds, and going strong again. I am doing pretty well drinking my water, and getting some regular exercise (via brisk walks during soccer practice and the elliptical machine when I am home) and I got some new food to try this week – so I am looking forward to more poundage down soon! Yay for me! I am working on a video to post soon – and while I look horrific in it (as it always seems that skin care videos make me look!), maybe you can see an ounce or two out of my face. Not sure I can, but I can sure feel way more than an ounce or two out of my butt. I am happily out of my fat, FAT jeans, and down in to my fat jeans. Next jean size is my “Im starting to feel hot again” size. Whoop! LOL