LA Weightloss

Has anyone out there lost weight on LA Weightloss?  Did you keep it off?  I just started the program 10 days ago and it seems to work -- as long as I stick to the program.  I lost and gained in the past 10 days.  It's frustrating to put out a chunk of money and still screw up!  It's going to take a year to lose 100 pounds and I'm worried I'll give up - - again - - before reaching my goal.  This is basically my last ditch effort before getting a home equity loan and going the WLS route.  I need to hear real stories of how others did on the program and would appreciate any advice.  Thanks! Sonja 

Hello Sonja, I was thinking about joining LA weightloss, but I went and joined Medical Weight Loss Clinic which I believe are similar.  I'm not sure. I also lost and gained in the first 10 days. And so far following the clinics diet plan is going good. But it has only been umm 3 weeks or so. Tell me what your diet plan consists of? Also, I wanted to lose 123lbs and where I am going it would only take I think 42 weeks, 10 weeks shy of a year.  But I didn't want to pay for that many weeks so I am on he goal of 24 weeks, 72lbs instead. Which ofcourse cost a BUNCH!  So inform me what LA does.  ---Christa

Christa:  It's very similar to another program I tried 5 or 6 years ago (Well 4 Life).  Basically, they tell you how many servings of the "types" of foods to eat daily.  Since I have Type II Diabetes, I couldn't do the 2 day liquid "melt down" to start the program, but I get 2 1/2 Proteins, 3 Veggies, 3 Fruits, 3 Starches, 1 Dairy, 1 Fat and 2 LA Lite bars daily.  They suggest eating 5 times a day, which works for me since I get smaller portions and am usually feeling hungry after 2-3 hours.  They also want you to have at least 64 oz. water a day, which I haven't had a problem with - surprisingly.  Plus, there's a TON of vitamin supplements to take every day.  My problem has been the weekends.  I do really well when I'm stuctured and at work, but when the weekend comes I want to sleep in (so I miss breakfast) or we are really busy (and I don't plan or take food with).  I know the problem is me, not their program, but that's what worries me the most.  I've been on pretty good programs before and even lost about 25 pounds on one before I gave up.  That was so long ago though I don't remember why I quit??

Yours is the same as mine.  For the first 3 days I had to "cleanse" eat only green veggies and red meat blah! But now I am at.....2 1/2 Proteins, 4 veggies, 3 Fruits, 3 Starches, 8oz skim milk, oh and 3 of the weight loss clinics "nutrients" They're like hot cocoas, just powder mixes you can drink, eat, cook with. And yes 64 oz of water. So you and I are on the same program....woohoo I have someone going through the exact same thing. On the weekends....oh this is bad of me....I skip breakfast because oh I sleep LATE oh yea extra LATE! haha. So this will work I know it will....curious how much did it cost ya?  ---Christa

$550 to join for 50 weeks (1/2 price deal).  This also includes 6 weeks of "stabilization" and 52 weeks of maintenance.  Plus $630 for 60 boxes of LA Lite bars, which will last about 30 weeks.  They wanted me to buy bars for my entire program, but I couldn't swing the $1,700!!

Yea I did mine 1/2 price deal as well. $533 for 24 weeks. Gosh mine was more...man! I shoulda went there....well I don't have to buy the nutrients all at once though. Which I kind of think the nutrients are useless. but hey my opinion it's just a waste of money to me on those. So good luck on the program keep us posted!!!!!!

 

 

---Christa

I have not personally tried it but a friend of mine at a previous job swears by them. She was about 180-200 lbs on a 5'4" frame.  She got down to 140 lbs the last time I talked to her. I think it took her about 6 or 7 months.  I wish I had more information for you on this. Your weight is going to fluctuate from day to day. Try not to weigh yourself daily. For example last week I weight 310lbs every single day then on Saturday morning I woke up and weighed and I was 305lbs. I weighed again monday and I was 307 lbs. This morning I didn't weigh and I don't plan on doing it again till Saturday morning.  Perhaps it's worth some time to think about why you failed in the past?  Maybe you can make sure you don't go down that same road again so that you can ensure your success. There are a lot of very intelligent people here who are struggling through this with you, including myself!  I know you can do it and it's great that you've already put forth such great effort and joined a clinic! That's more than I can say for myself! I'm solo'n it!  It's very important to not beat yourself up. You're gonna have days (wow, like yesterday for me) where you just blow it. It's okay, you'll get back on track and we're here for you to keep ya going! Tell us a little about your history?  What do you want to do when you reach your goal weight and what has drove you to restart your journey? Chris

Chris:  Thanks for the encouraging words - you're sweet!  I really don't weigh myself at home since I go to LAWL 3 times a week to weigh in.  That's when I see how badly I've done.  I know that I just started this program and have to give it time to "sink in" and to give up old habits.  I just feel so desperate to do this now that I'm 40 and 280 pounds at 5'5".  I don't want to still be trying to lose weight in 10 years.  But, I'm not giving up either!!  I just don't have the best track record of sticking with it.

A little about me . . . I'm 40, 2 boys (17 and 11), married for 23 years - yes to the same person, originally from Central Illinois but living in Arizona for the past 13 years.  I wasn't fat as a kid, but I wasn't skinny either.  I was always the girl that wore size 12/13 when all my friends were in size 8/10.  I was a size 16 when I got married and felt a little big, but not huge.  I stayed between a 16 and 18 until I had my first child in 1989 - - after that, it was a battle to keep my weight stable.  Now I'm a size 24 inching up to the 26's.  I started researching WLS about 5 years ago, but my husband all but refused to let me do it.  He had only heard horror stories and didn't want to lose me.  I finally convinced him about 1 year ago, found a local surgeon and started the process.  I was denied by BC/BS in August 2006 and have been floundering since then about what step to take next.  Which brings me to going to LA Weightloss.  The people at LAWL are really nice and very supportive.  Although it is difficult to take advice on weightloss from a size 2!!!   When I reach my goal, I just want to feel better, healthier.  I want to like what I see in the mirror.  I have no misconceptions about being a size 2 - - I would love to be a 14 again.  I want to feel sexy again.  I used to be sexy - - damn hot even, but that has left me.  I know, that comes more from my head than anything, but it's difficult to get back there.  My husband is extremely supportive of me doing what I need to do, but hopes I do it healthfully instead of through surgery.  I just know that right now my feet hurt at the end of the day; my ankles and feet swell until it looks like I have Fred Flintstone's feet; my knees are starting to hurt and give out; I feel old - - and I'm not an "old" person.  Honestly, I'm just tired of being so damn tired!! Chris - thanks for letting me vent.  You must be a saint!! Sonja 

Sonja, Wow, you almost told my story.  I'm 42; married to the same great guy for 24 years.  We have two beautiful daughters, age 19, and 15.  After the first was born, I really put on weight, and when I decided to try to have another baby the doctor told me because of all the complications I had with the first that it would be doubtful that I would be able to have another.  Of course then depression took over, and more weight piled on.  After about 3 years I decided I had to take care of myself in able to be a good mother, I lost down to 135 lbs.  WALAH!  Guess what, next thing I knew I was pregnant.  After the birth of my sweet baby girl the weight just never came off.  I tried everything short of drugs, or WLS.  I'll lose 15-20 lbs, turn around and gain 25.   I decided to start changing things in my life last year gave up smoking and gained another 25 lbs.  Of course I panicked and bought a pack of cigerettes. Now I'm trying to change more than one habit.  I have been calorie counting using the food pyrimad as my guideline.  I have been down to about 1500 calories a day for about 45 days.  I now have incorparated exercise into that equation.  When I prove to myself that I can eat enough food to sustain myself on 1500 calories a day, I'm going to quit smoking again. What is ironic is that I weighed 150lbs the day I got married and thought I was fat.  Lord, just to be that PHAT again. I'm still not given up on the thought of WLS.  I'm going to try to give this plan a fighting chance to work, if not in six months, I may look harder at LapBand surgery.

I knew I couldn't be the only one out there!  Like you, I thought I was fat when I got married - - I was at about 165.  I actually refused to go to stores to look for a wedding dress because I didn't think they would have my size - - 14 (at the time).  How warped was that!!!  I actually gained about 20 pounds during the summer before my wedding and the dress my mom made for me (which was gorgeous!!) had to be altered.  For me, I've taken the WLS option out of the equation.  I can't use it as a fallback.  I know me, and I know if I leave that option open I'll set myself up to fail at doing it on my own.  I'm committed to doing this program for the year I've paid for - - even if I spend half of the time kicking myself and starting over more than once.  Thanks for sharing your story with me.  It helps to have support.