LA Weightloss

I've never been to this group before - hi all! You guys look very
interesting and good for me

I'm going to a place called LA Weightloss tomorrow
http://www.laweightloss.com and talking to them about what they do. I've
been to weigh****chers and didn't stick with it. Has anyone been to this
place before? I wonder if there's been any successes (besides the ones they
provide!).

I was reading down through the posts and saw mention of pizza and beer - I
think I'll have some of each tonight before I crack down on it

Thanks for being here & sharing...

Mary

Have you worked with your doctor? Did he give you a referral to a
registered dietitian or state-licensed nutritionist? If not, then you need
a different doctor.

Apply the same standards to LAW. Who are you working with? What is their
training? Look at their diplomas. Check their school out on the web. If
they don't have state licensing as nutritionists and they aren't registered
dietitians, they shouldn't be advising you on eating.

What tests are they going to run while you pay them money? If they won't be
checking cholesterol and triglycerides and other blood chemicals, how will
they know you are healthy?

What do they say about exercise? Do they have training as sports
instructors? If not, why not? If they don't tell you to exercise, leave.
You can't be healthy without exercise.

Do they want you to buy supplements? What is in the supplements? Get a
printout of the values. Take them to the store and check the price of the
supplements against a bottle of Centrum. Then consider two facts. One is
that clinical studies show that anti-oxidants and fiber from supplements are
less effective than getting them from food. The other is that megadoses of
all nutrients can cause problems.

If you didn't stick with weigh watchers, why not? The chances are the same
thing will happen with LA Weightloss. Did you ever join a gym? Did you
stick with that? If not, then your pattern is not to stay with anything.
Why go to the expense?

If you want to be healthy, you have to exercise and you have to eat portions
that are limited in size and number from a wide variety of high fiber low
fat food. You
can do this on about $2500 in food and $200 in shoe-leather per year. Now
look at what LAW will charge you. Why spend the money? First learn to
stick with whatever program you start. Then if your health doesn't
improved, work with your doctor first.




"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
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I've never been to this group before - hi all! You guys look very
interesting and good for me

I'm going to a place called LA Weightloss tomorrow
http://www.laweightloss.com and talking to them about what they do. I've
been to weigh****chers and didn't stick with it. Has anyone been to this
place before? I wonder if there's been any successes (besides the ones
they
provide!).

I was reading down through the posts and saw mention of pizza and beer - I
think I'll have some of each tonight before I crack down on it

Thanks for being here & sharing...

Mary

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:06:30 -0400, "Mary E. Hill"
wrote:

I've never been to this group before - hi all! You guys look very
interesting and good for me

I'm going to a place called LA Weightloss tomorrow
http://www.laweightloss.com and talking to them about what they do. I've
been to weigh****chers and didn't stick with it. Has anyone been to this
place before? I wonder if there's been any successes (besides the ones they
provide!).

I was reading down through the posts and saw mention of pizza and beer - I
think I'll have some of each tonight before I crack down on it

Thanks for being here & sharing...

Mary


Well, Mary. I used to WORK there, if that counts.

LA Weightloss is much the same as any weighloss company. They tell
you what to do, show you how to do it and then it is up to YOU. If
you are motivated to lose, you will, and if you aren't - you won't.

Trouble is - if you are motivated to lose you don't need LA
Weightloss. You can get the same information from any library or
probably a zillion websites on line. There is no magic wand that they
wave that makes you lose weight. It is all up to your following their
diet and sticking to it. Their diet plans are based on calorie intake
(surprise!) just like most other sensible weightloss plans.

They also have "snacks" that they require you to eat which, surprise
again! they sell. Those snacks are nothing more than meal or snack
replacements and, again, have no magic effect on the diet. But it
makes them a pretty penny to require them as part of the diet and sell
them as a pretty price, if I recall.

They will give you the hard-sell (there was a lot of emphasis on SALES
there, as I recell). Really you are better off saving the cash and
doing your own research as to a low-cal diet plan (with exercise, of
course) that will work for you.

EM

"Auntie Em" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:06:30 -0400, "Mary E. Hill"
wrote:

I've never been to this group before - hi all! You guys look very
interesting and good for me

I'm going to a place called LA Weightloss tomorrow
http://www.laweightloss.com and talking to them about what they do. I've
been to weigh****chers and didn't stick with it. Has anyone been to this
place before? I wonder if there's been any successes (besides the ones
they
provide!).

I was reading down through the posts and saw mention of pizza and beer -
I
think I'll have some of each tonight before I crack down on it

Thanks for being here & sharing...

Mary


Well, Mary. I used to WORK there, if that counts.

LA Weightloss is much the same as any weighloss company. They tell
you what to do, show you how to do it and then it is up to YOU. If
you are motivated to lose, you will, and if you aren't - you won't.

Trouble is - if you are motivated to lose you don't need LA
Weightloss. You can get the same information from any library or
probably a zillion websites on line. There is no magic wand that they
wave that makes you lose weight. It is all up to your following their
diet and sticking to it. Their diet plans are based on calorie intake
(surprise!) just like most other sensible weightloss plans.

They also have "snacks" that they require you to eat which, surprise
again! they sell. Those snacks are nothing more than meal or snack
replacements and, again, have no magic effect on the diet. But it
makes them a pretty penny to require them as part of the diet and sell
them as a pretty price, if I recall.

They will give you the hard-sell (there was a lot of emphasis on SALES
there, as I recell). Really you are better off saving the cash and
doing your own research as to a low-cal diet plan (with exercise, of
course) that will work for you.

EM


Thanks for the answer. That's the type of info I'm looking for. Not a
lecture. I'm not 12 - I've been at war with myself over weight since that
age. But a bit of support IS helpful. So thank you for an actual answer to
the actual question!

My sister made an appt for both of us there today. I had never heard of the
place before yesterday, that's why I asked about them.

She thought it might be helpful to have one-on-one with someone and to be
weighed every week with someone else watching over your shoulder.

We do already know about nutrition intake (we're professional dieters), but
because this offered the personal interest of another individual, we thought
it might give us that extra oomph (sp?) needed to stick with it!

Ah well. It's good to check into this stuff

Mary

I hope this isn't offensive to the OP, but I had to laugh when I read
this part of your statement.
" We do already know about nutrition intake (we're professional
dieters)"
Something I had to learn the hard way when I first started my new WOE
was this a.) wasn't a "diet" and b.) I had to toss out all my old info,
preconditioned ideas, opinions on losing weight. Obviously none of them
had worked for me anyhow. For me.. and YMMV of course.. I had to start
from scratch. Totally relearn things I thought I knew. Toss out all the
old wives tales I had heard, all the info I'd been fed over the years or
my interpretation of them anyhow. One of the hardest parts of dealing
with my weight and subsequent weightloss was learning that for once in
my life I didn't know it all.
Just a thought.

Good Luck with your journey.

Susan
280/189/140
"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...

"Auntie Em" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:06:30 -0400, "Mary E. Hill"
wrote:

I've never been to this group before - hi all! You guys look very
interesting and good for me

I'm going to a place called LA Weightloss tomorrow
http://www.laweightloss.com and talking to them about what they do.
I've
been to weigh****chers and didn't stick with it. Has anyone been to
this
place before? I wonder if there's been any successes (besides the
ones
they
provide!).

I was reading down through the posts and saw mention of pizza and
beer -
I
think I'll have some of each tonight before I crack down on it

Thanks for being here & sharing...

Mary


Well, Mary. I used to WORK there, if that counts.

LA Weightloss is much the same as any weighloss company. They tell
you what to do, show you how to do it and then it is up to YOU. If
you are motivated to lose, you will, and if you aren't - you won't.

Trouble is - if you are motivated to lose you don't need LA
Weightloss. You can get the same information from any library or
probably a zillion websites on line. There is no magic wand that
they
wave that makes you lose weight. It is all up to your following
their
diet and sticking to it. Their diet plans are based on calorie
intake
(surprise!) just like most other sensible weightloss plans.

They also have "snacks" that they require you to eat which, surprise
again! they sell. Those snacks are nothing more than meal or snack
replacements and, again, have no magic effect on the diet. But it
makes them a pretty penny to require them as part of the diet and
sell
them as a pretty price, if I recall.

They will give you the hard-sell (there was a lot of emphasis on
SALES
there, as I recell). Really you are better off saving the cash and
doing your own research as to a low-cal diet plan (with exercise, of
course) that will work for you.

EM


Thanks for the answer. That's the type of info I'm looking for. Not a
lecture. I'm not 12 - I've been at war with myself over weight since
that
age. But a bit of support IS helpful. So thank you for an actual
answer to
the actual question!

My sister made an appt for both of us there today. I had never heard
of the
place before yesterday, that's why I asked about them.

She thought it might be helpful to have one-on-one with someone and to
be
weighed every week with someone else watching over your shoulder.

We do already know about nutrition intake (we're professional
dieters), but
because this offered the personal interest of another individual, we
thought
it might give us that extra oomph (sp?) needed to stick with it!

Ah well. It's good to check into this stuff

Mary

I just tried LA Weightloss and I am going back in on Wednesday to quit the
program.. It is pretty ridiculous unless you have over $2,000 to spend on
loosing only 40 pounds. But I have their program menu, for which I have
spent $150.00 and gained almost 3 pounds on. Write me back.

I used to manage a center for LA Weightloss and can provide you with any
information that you want to know. If you are considering signing up for
their program you may want to keep a few things in mind. First there is a
very high turnover in the centers so if you become comfortable with your
staff at your center, chances are they will not be there long. Second
everything is pay up front and it is EXPENSIVE! Your first visit will be
sitting with the center manager who will try to use everything she can to
get you to sign up on the spot (and her tactics will include using
everything youve said to her in your conversation against you). By the
time you go to your third visit she will be asking you to 'bulk' you LA
Lites (soy protien bars) for your entire program which depending on how
much weight you want to lose will run at the minimum of $800. If your goal
is to lose weight and your depending on the center staff to help you, you
will become frustrated fast. Since the turnover is so high and training so
short, you will not get the support you need. The staff dosent know all the
answers and it seems that you have to go in circles to find them. They do
have dieticians that used to be on call (now they have to send an email
and wait for a reply) but their response is usually one that your
counselor has already recommended to you. Their main goal is to help you
lose weight, but they will try and sell you everything in the store when
you are not getting all of your food groups in. The advice that you
already recieved about starting an exercise program and just making common
sense decisions about what you are eating is probably the best advice that
you will get. You can contact me and I can give you more information, even
if you just want to know what foods to eat. Good luck in your weight loss
efforts

Hi Thanks for allth info onla weightloss.i think you saved me a whole lot
of money. I would love to know what foods they want you to eat.Thanks

I hope this isn't offensive to the OP, but I had to laugh when I read
this part of your statement.
" We do already know about nutrition intake (we're professional
dieters)"
Something I had to learn the hard way when I first started my new WOE
was this a.) wasn't a "diet" and b.) I had to toss out all my old info,
preconditioned ideas, opinions on losing weight. Obviously none of them
had worked for me anyhow. For me.. and YMMV of course.. I had to start
from scratch. Totally relearn things I thought I knew. Toss out all the
old wives tales I had heard, all the info I'd been fed over the years or
my interpretation of them anyhow. One of the hardest parts of dealing
with my weight and subsequent weightloss was learning that for once in
my life I didn't know it all.
Just a thought.

Good Luck with your journey.

Susan
280/189/140
"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...

"Auntie Em" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:06:30 -0400, "Mary E. Hill"
wrote:

I've never been to this group before - hi all! You guys look very
interesting and good for me

I'm going to a place called LA Weightloss tomorrow
http://www.laweightloss.com and talking to them about what they do.
I've
been to weigh****chers and didn't stick with it. Has anyone been to
this
place before? I wonder if there's been any successes (besides the
ones
they
provide!).

I was reading down through the posts and saw mention of pizza and
beer -
I
think I'll have some of each tonight before I crack down on it

Thanks for being here & sharing...

Mary


Well, Mary. I used to WORK there, if that counts.

LA Weightloss is much the same as any weighloss company. They tell
you what to do, show you how to do it and then it is up to YOU. If
you are motivated to lose, you will, and if you aren't - you won't.

Trouble is - if you are motivated to lose you don't need LA
Weightloss. You can get the same information from any library or
probably a zillion websites on line. There is no magic wand that
they
wave that makes you lose weight. It is all up to your following
their
diet and sticking to it. Their diet plans are based on calorie
intake
(surprise!) just like most other sensible weightloss plans.

They also have "snacks" that they require you to eat which, surprise
again! they sell. Those snacks are nothing more than meal or snack
replacements and, again, have no magic effect on the diet. But it
makes them a pretty penny to require them as part of the diet and
sell
them as a pretty price, if I recall.

They will give you the hard-sell (there was a lot of emphasis on
SALES
there, as I recell). Really you are better off saving the cash and
doing your own research as to a low-cal diet plan (with exercise, of
course) that will work for you.

EM


Thanks for the answer. That's the type of info I'm looking for. Not a
lecture. I'm not 12 - I've been at war with myself over weight since
that
age. But a bit of support IS helpful. So thank you for an actual
answer to
the actual question!

My sister made an appt for both of us there today. I had never heard
of the
place before yesterday, that's why I asked about them.

She thought it might be helpful to have one-on-one with someone and to
be
weighed every week with someone else watching over your shoulder.

We do already know about nutrition intake (we're professional
dieters), but
because this offered the personal interest of another individual, we
thought
it might give us that extra oomph (sp?) needed to stick with it!

Ah well. It's good to check into this stuff

Mary

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 at 01:04:23, Auntie Em wrote:

Trouble is - if you are motivated to lose you don't need LA
Weightloss. You can get the same information from any library or
probably a zillion websites on line. There is no magic wand that they
wave that makes you lose weight. It is all up to your following their
diet and sticking to it. Their diet plans are based on calorie intake
(surprise!) just like most other sensible weightloss plans.

Of course, one of the big motivators about Weigh****chers, LA
Weightloss, or any of those is that you have paid good money to join and
follow their programme, which you don't want to waste. Another
motivator is that someone is going to stand you on the scales each week
and record exactly how much you lost or gained, so someone else is going
to see if you've been trying or just pretending.

This group can, I'm sure, help with the latter, if you post your weight
each week - but you have to be honest! Not because of us, but for your
own self-esteem.
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 18 July 2004