Jenny Craig

In early 2000, Monica Lewinsky somewhat controversially served as the plan's spokeswoman. The quick reply she gets is: "It's from Long Island". As of 2005, actress Kirstie Alley (Cheers, Look Who's Talking, Fat Actress) is the spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig Weight Loss Plan. In the movie Cruel Intentions, the innocent girl Cecile Caldwell is drinking what she thinks is regular iced tea, and says: "This doesn't taste like iced tea". The ultimate goal of the Jenny Craig plan is to help change lifestyle and eating habits of participants so that by the time they have reached their pre-chosen goal weight, they no longer need to rely on pre packaged food, pre-planned menus or consultations to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Marge Simpson, in an episode of The Simpsons, once quipped, "I'd like to visit that Long Island place, if only it were real." after having several servings of a Long Island Iced Tea. Once they have reached the halfway point they are switched to a pre-planned menu wherein 3 or 4 days each week do not include Jenny Craig food.
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Initially they are given a completely pre-planned menu to follow; it includes both Jenny Craig food items and store-bought items. Variations of this drink include:. Members join any one of a number of types of plans and then purchase prepackaged food from the company. Long Island Iced Tea served outside the States are often made of liquors and cola alone(without sour mix). Certification to perform in the position is provided internally. This American cocktail is however altered in other countries, due to the minimal use of sour mix. Members are provided with one-on-one counseling sessions with individuals called "consultants." These persons may be professional nutritionists or health professionals, but it is not a requirement. Because of strict liquor laws in Utah, the cocktail must be served in five shot glasses with the soda, sour and ice in a separate glass, or a single glass with a single shot of alcohol with the 'flavors' of the other liquors.

Jenny Craig Weight Management Program headquarters are located in La Jolla, California. The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration (~28%) than most cocktails because of the small amount of mixer. Neither the Craigs nor other board members of the Jenny Craig Weight Management Program have any formal training in nutrition or exercise. However, stronger evidence suggests that the Long Island Iced Tea was in fact invented in the 1970s by Robert "Rosebud" Butt, a bartender at the Oak Beach Inn (OBI) nightclub in Oak Beach on Long Island. Her personal success with weight loss inspired Jenny and her husband to establish the Jenny Craig Weight Management Program in Australia, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and New Zealand. This has led to its frequent use in fiction as a method to get a teetotaler drunk. In 1983, Craig started her first commercial weight loss program in Australia. The drink also shares a similar taste to tea.

She owns a successful race horse called Candy Ride, and along with her husband has made charitable donations to the University of San Diego. Some claim that the drink, like most cocktails, was invented during the Prohibition era, as a way of taking the appearance of a non-alcoholic drink (iced tea). Born in Louisiana around 1933, she started the weight-loss company with her Australian husband, Sid, in the mid-1980s, and was one of the major players in transforming weight loss into a booming industry. Close variants often replace the sour mix with sweet and sour mix or with lemon juice, and the cola with actual iced tea. It is also the name of the corporation associated with this plan, which operates thousands of localized centers worldwide. A popular variation mixes equal parts vodka, gin, rum, tequilla and triple sec with 1 1/2 parts sour mix with a splash of Coca-Cola, Pepsi, or a similar soda. Jenny Craig is a weight loss guru who founded the Jenny Craig Weight Loss Plan. A Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequilla and rum.

Texas Tea - a Long Island Iced Tea with the addition of Burbon/. Long Beach Iced Tea - made with Cranberry Juice instead of sours mix, without Coke. Electric Iced Tea. Walk Me Down- Made with Blue Curacao instead of Coke and mixed with ice in a blender, giving an almost margarita impression.

California Iced Tea - made with Lemonade and Blue Curacao instead of Coke. Beverly Hills Iced Tea - made with Champagne instead of Coke. Baptist Redemption - a Long Island Iced Tea without Coke. Alaskan Iced Tea.

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