I have been on Jenny Craig and lost 35 lbs. I love the program. When I joined I comitted to the full one year membership, it probably cost me about $200 to join plus whatever my food cost for the week, so it came out to just under $300. (I would guess that the breakdown was 200 to join and 100 for food). Joining for $200 for the year (and then 50 for every year after), and it also included alot of books. After I lost half the weight I earned back $50 (which I used for my food). In the beginning I probably spent $120 a week for food, but you could probably spend less. Now that I have been on the program I am spending less per week. I love the program, the weight loss has made me so happy it is worth every penny to me. I still have 15 more to go, and now that summer is over I am going to really concentrate on getting it off. The food is good, and yes you can get tired of it, it took a couple of months before I got tired of it. Let me know if you have any more questions.