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LA Weight Loss
LA Weight Loss is a center-based weight loss program with over 650 centers worldwide. While LA Weight Loss is based in the US, there are weight loss centers in both the UK and Canada.
Over recent years LA Weight Loss clinics have been closing down, and the franchise company closed down at the beginning of 2010. All LA Weight Loss products are now available on-line from LA to your door. There are still a few centers around, but most customers are directed to use the on-line site.
If there are still centers out there, they are few and far between and the company is instead marketing and promoting their at home/online program which is meal replacement based.
History
The LA Weight Loss clinics attracted some controversy. This was often due to the significant costs involved with the program, and the practices of some sales staff. However with the newer LA to your Door program (delivered diet) – the program has become far more cost effective.
LA Weight Loss Meal Plan
The basic meal plan is similar to that outlined below:
Consists of 2 PROTEIN SELECTIONS, 3 FRUIT
SELECTIONS, 3 VEGETABLE SELECTIONS, 2 STARCH SELECTIONS, 2 FAT SELECTIONS,
AND 2 PROTEIN SNACKS.
Selections are made from the following food groups:
PROTEINS
2 Servings Daily
The following foods must be measured to equal 4 ounces:
steak * beef * lean pork * liver * ground beef * lamb * veal * ground
turkey * crab * salmon * fresh tuna * swordfish *
1 % cottage cheese * canned tuna, low sodium *
OR
The following foods must be measured to equal 6 ounces:
chicken breast * turkey breast * codfish * flounder * shrimp * bluefish
* sole * scallops * whitefish * red snapper *
haddock * lobster * grouper * yellowtail * orange roughy * striped bass
* halibut *
Two eggs or egg substitutes may be eaten in place of one protein
1 ounce of low fat hard cheese may be eaten in place of one protein
FRUITS
3 Servings Daily
apple * lemon * orange * tangerine * peach * plum * kiwi * banana, (one
small) *
grapes * strawberry * cherries 12 medium * cantaloupe * watermelon *
cranberries * raspberries 1 cup *
blueberries ~ cup * grapefruit ~ medium * papaya 3~ cup * pineapple 3~
cup * prunes 3 medium * apricot 3 medium *
VEGETABLES
3 Servings Daily
celery 2 stalks * cucumbers ~ large * green peppers ~ large * radishes
12 medium * tomato 1 small *
One cup of the following equals 1 serving: asparagus * bean sprouts *
broccoli * cabbage * egg plant * mushrooms *
lettuce * green onions * string beans * wax beans * mustard greens *
spinach * kale * zucchini * squash * cauliflower *
STARCHES
2 Servings Daily
1 slice diet bread * 1 rice cake * ~ medium baked potato * ~ cup brown
or white rice *
You may substitute ~ cup of the following cereals daily for one starch:
Total * Special K * Bran Flakes * (not with raisins) Grape Nuts *
Shredded Wheat * Puffed Rice * Oat Flakes * or 1 packet instant oatmeal or
cream of wheat. 1/4 cup cup Skim milk is optional each day.
FATS
2 Servings Daily
one tablespoon diet margarine * one tablespoon diet mayonnaise * You
must use LOW fat, not fat free.
PROTEIN SNACKS
2 Servings Daily
These will generally be soy protein based bars.
I lost 30 lbs on this diet. It actually worked very well despite what you hear everywhere else. south beach makes a HIGH PROTEIN cereal bar that i used instead of the la weight loss bars. Also R.W. Knudsen makes a juice called morning blend that can be used in place of the take off juice. Keep in mind you still want to mix 16 oz of the juice with 16 oz of water both days. One bottle will get you through take off. I have the menu plan 2 in my hands. Let me know if you have any ?’s. minhasselbach@aol.com
Heidi, I did the Gold Plan, I have lost my Menu Plan book with all the Restaurant Guides in it, how can I get one? ANy info would be appreciated. Thanks
Rather that the juice for takeoff you eat half a canteloupe one day and half the next for take off. Also i just got the basic nutrition facts for the bars and buy a comparison at walmart. Its a lot cheaper and with la closing anyways 2 friends and myself continue the diet without them
the program was great for me, unfortunately all of the locations shut down around me. Be AWARE! I lost all of my refund money even though I lost the weight I was suppose to. Forget the expensive products and focus on eating he right foods. Working to lose it with Body for Life now. try it out! No expensive products to purchase unless you want them. 10 lbs loss in 5 weeks
Thanks I’ve been looking for this plan for a long time. I used to be on LAWeight Loss about 6 years ago but never finished the program did loose a total of 25 pounds. Thought the plan was good but the sales part of the company was too much for me. They were very aggresive with trying to sell there products and all I wanted was the diet plan and support from them.
I used LA WEIGHT LOSS a few years ago and was very successful losing 30lbs. They (councelors) tried to make me buy those bars and other incidentials but I refused.
I found at Wal-Mart a juice that is almost identical to the Takeoff juice. It’s the Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet. It costs less than Takeoff and I think it takes better.
One of the biggest problems with La Weight Loss has always been the price of the food, but you can get discount la weight loss bars on eBay.
I had great success on the la weight loss diet. I need a jump start again & want to know where I can find the juice to start the program again or is there something else on the market that I could use instead.
What can you substitute for a snack instead of those protein bars?
I just saw la weightloss bars for sale on ebay, I have the gold plans and the take off was changed. The 48 hr hollywood diet sold at local pharmacies and walmarts is the same as the juice. Bars not so easy to match up but luna & kashi seem to compare. If anyone is interested in the gold plan, I have the book.
Well, I did join the program 2 1/2 years ago, see sawed back and forth for 12 months and then had a counselor “Jean” who basically told me to either “sh-t or get off the pot”!! Kinda made me mad at the time but I did
get in gear and lost all my weight but now is when I really need someone there each week to cheer me on in Minnesota. I started to get a feel that things were not going well around Sept or October as the hours that the center was open started cutting back. Totally was out by end of November or 1st part of December. I really liked the Take off though
I need some help. I started the plan again about 2 weeks ago, I did the quick start and within the first week I had lost 8 lbs, but now I have gained back 3 what am I doing wrong. I am working out about 1 hour a day 4-5 days a week. This work for me before. I am using the luna bars. and the gold plan. please help
I did LA Weightloss, and it worked but the program is way to expensive for not very much help. Everyone is nice, but they should tell you before that you pay for bars and everything else there that they offer. I went to the centers in Oregon. So I’m not impressed by the lady that ran two centers. Both of the centers I went to were the same. They also wore the lab coats. Every time I went in there the lady I was talking to tried to sell me something new. It got very annoying. I think that the LA weightloss program isnt something that someone should pay money for. Even though it worked for me, I stopped the program before I had to pay any more money. I would not reccomend it to anyone.
2009, Why is no one considering a class action suit against LA for contract fraud We all signed a contract with these people and they have breached that contract!! Where are the lawyers who are savvy enough to go after these people?
I worked for LAWL in TN for over 2yrs. I have no doubt that their plan works, but then again, just about ANY plan will if you adhere to it. That being said, upon opening of our site, we rec’d 4-5 wks of extensive training on nutrition and how the company works. They DON’T tell you that once you move up in the company, they work on GUILTING clients into buying. I don’t care WHAT area LAWL is in, this is what they do. I was told (during corporate training and individual/management training) that if a customer says they can’t “afford” it, to tell them they must not be that serious about losing weight..then CLOSE THE BOOK so they can’t see the pictures. It’s supposed to be a mind game. If they think that they have no other option to lose weight, many will “find” the money. WE WERE EVEN TAUGHT TO TELL THEM TO TRY AND CALL FRIENDS OR FAMILY TO BORROW THE MONEY OR ASK TO USE THEIR CREDIT CARDS!!! I didn’t like this but I really needed a job and thought..”surely it’s not THAT bad”. Wrong. They are very “pressure sensitive”. Now, one thing I do have to comment on…the bars. Yes, they are expensive but honestly, they DO work. I was top seller in our location for these but not by pressuring people. When I started working there, I weighed over 400lbs. SERIOUSLY. I got the job because I told the supervisor “I want to lead by example! If I can do the plan, so can they and I can prove it.” So I did. I became friends with my clients because I knew what they were going through. Then, one day I overheard my manager/owner going through our “gift” jar. (when someone loses weight, their name would be entered to win stuff/George F.grill, etc). She was pulling each name and looking them up on the computer to see WHO HAD SPENT THE MOST MONEY THERE!!! THAT’S the person she would put as the “winner”! I WAS FREAKING FURIOUS! I had believed in this company. I was one of those people that would have had to scrimp and save to join, like so many others, and to base the winners on that!!!! So. When she left, another employee and I drew a NEW name, like it was supposed to have been done the 1st time, then called her to come p/u her prize (before bosslady got back!). Anyway, to make a long story short, the plan DOES work but NO-ONE should be treated and tricked the way that office did. Maybe they’re not all like that but I worked out of 2 diff offices and they BOTH were like that. So, after being treated so badly for sticking up the our clients like myself and 4 other employees did…we ALL QUIT. ON THE SAME DAY. LAWL could be a good company but sometimes, the freaking “all-mightly dollar” isn’t worth treating people that way… as they are now finding out b/c my old “office” had closed and trans to a new loc..and now it’s closed too. God watches out for us little guys, I promise. Good luck to all of you.
I did the program a few years ago and it really works. I lost 70lbs in about 10 months. I did keep it off for about 3yrs. I was wondering if anyone had any updated material. What I have been able to get a hold of is from 2005 and I didnt know if maybe there have been any changes to it.
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED PLANS
YOU DID NOT SAY WHAT PLAN YOU WERE ON OR NEEDED.
Like (Lisa back in October) I too am looking for the menu plans ect… this diet IS RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE BUT it worked for me I just can’t find my books! And of course you can’t get anyone on the website… someone please help! thank you & good luck to all you dieters!
For anyone looking to continue the program on their own but no longer has access to the bars, one of my counselors informed me that the Kashi brand of granola bars has a fairly close comparison to the LA bars in terms of protein and calories so you can use those now if you want to continue on your own path to weight loss without LA!
the program really does work, but like others I see, I have been scammed. they suddenly closed up and I paid for a years worth of service as well as for my bars in bulk; and I hadnt recieved all my bars yet as I always picked up a few boxes when I visited. Over 900$ down the drain, and no hope in site to get compensated… thanks L.A.
I ordered bars 3weeks ago!Still have not received them!Help.
For the past few months I have read numerous messages about how clients and employee’s of LA Weightloss have been wronged. As a former manager of an Oregon Center I want to say ”
Grow Up!” I ran two centers over a two year period of time and I am fully confident that we provided full disclosure of the services we provided. We didn’t have “Lab Coats” on and we certainly didn’t “PRESSURE” anyone to buy our products. THE PROGRAM SOLD IT’S SELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do believe that there were certain franchise’s across the country that may not have operated the same as we did in the Oregon and Minnesota markets. Having said that I do feel bad for anyone who feels they were taken advantage of.
I began my career two years ago with LA Weightloss. I lost over 40 pounds on the program myself. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to follow the diet. I was so impressed that I gave up a 17 year career in another field and asked to work at LA Weightloss. It truly changed my life.
As a manager, I was responsible for making sure my team was well trained on our diet program and that they knew how to recommend solutions to our clients problems with losing weight. Oh yeah, I forgot, you consider that “Selling”. Well let me tell you that there is not a business in operation that isn’t trying to make a profit selling a solution to your need. Just think for a minute about the company you work for. Are they a “non-profit” organization? How do you get paid? Do you work for free? Does your company make a profit on the items or services it provides? I thought so.
Well, I just want to tell all of the Wilsonville, OR 2007 clients and the Washington Square, OR 2008 clients that my teams did their sincere best to help you lose weight. They were never pressured by me, their manager, to sell you anything. They were however required to know what products we had that could help you on your journey to easier weightloss. You may never believe this but the following statement is true from what I witnessed, “The clients who followed our program and used our products (vitamins, etc.) lost weight faster than the clients who didn’t. I’m not saying that you needed “Our Vitamins and Our Supplements”, but I am saying that the clients who stayed within the amount of food we asked them to eat, took vitamins and Omega III supplements did better than our clients who modified their plans.
Weightloss isn’t easy but it is achievable. I hope those of you who read this understand that LA Weightloss had a brilliant product but suffered from a bad business model. I think the idea of paying upfront for your program cost and then offering a refund for keeping it off for one year was brilliant! The clients who signed up for $99 specials always quit within a few weeks, the clients who paid upfront were always committed. Where the business model failed was asking you to pay upfront for all of your products. It might have worked if they had set money aside for future services promised but yet undelivered but they didn’t. So…When did the diet promise bubble pop? When 20/20 did their “Expose” of our company. Prior to that show airing we were helping approximately 70 new clients a month. From February 2007 the number of new clients dwindled quickly. It didn’t help that every person who ”
couldn’t stay on the program” complained on line.
Slowly, but surely, our parent company kept lowering the price of our program. Their thought was we need to get people in the door and then sell them products. That’s where they made their biggest mistake. You see, the reason LA Wieghtloss worked was not only the well balanced diet but the care and guidance the counselors gave. They devalued the most important part of our program, the counselors!!!!!!!!
LA Weightloss is no more. I will forever be sad. I truly enjoyed getting up each and every morning and going into the center to work with my team and help our awesome clients. There is nothing more rewarding than hearing a client tell you how much they appreciated one of your counselor’s advice and how much they helped them with their weightloss goal.
So…to my team, Marcia, Linda, Kim, Tom, Bonnie, Jamie, Holli, Rebecca, Tara, Lisa, Amanda, and Toni, I thank you for all that you did for our clients and for helping me provide the best customer service to our clients. You were the heart of LA Weightloss!!!!!!!!!! If I when the lottery we will start over and help even more people. I wish you all the best!
To our valued clients, it may not have seemed as though we cared but we did. We all wanted to help you find your way to a healthy, happy, and energetic new you. As you go through this next year just know that you can achieve your goal and it really gets down to portion size and eating less processed foods. Best of luck to you all!!!!!!!!
Tammy
I joined LAWL about 6 years ago. I lost 35 pounds in four months and this wass because I adhered to the program’s guidelines. I was very satisfied with my results. I must admit that I have gained about 15 pounds back but it’s my fault. I am very sorry to hear that they have gone out of business. I sympathize with those of you who weren’t successful during your time with them.
I think the plan is great. Too bad some of you are upset you gained your weight back. I started the plan along with my mother, for a family vacation/wedding, to slim down 20 lbs. I lost 25 all together and kept it off just as long as i followed the daily meal plan. (2starch, 2protien, 3fruits, 3veggys, 2fats.) We both kept doing well, even without the pills and bars. But, like some of you, we both let ourselves slide and gained some of the weight back. Simply by not eating often enough and healthy enough. I can only blame myself. I hope those of you who put weight back on, and are blaming the plan for it, stuck to the plan throughout your weight gain. Other wise, you should re-evaluate.
I joined LA Weight Loss in October and 3 weeks later I found out they were closing their location. I was promised a refund in 2-6 weeks and have since then just got the complete run around. They seem to have NO intention of returning any of my money, in fact they don’t even want to return a phone call. This has to be the worst company to deal with. Definately “Buyer Beware”.
Not only does this program work but I quit smoking and lost 45 pounds all at the same time, I have been on maintenance for months now and have not gained anything back and I did this without using the bars. It’s very unfortunate they closed all the stores in the GTA and left people hanging and the information they provided for the On the Go program is not valid. If they did this to me I would file a lawsuit against them. I think everyone should join together and do this as this was not fair.
How do I find the bars now? I went to a centre in Toronto but I would like to continue on my own. Tried ebay but no luck any suggestions?
SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!LADIES!!!!! This is a great plan! It works doesn’t it? They wouldn’t be in business if it didn’t! For all of you to say “Oh I gained all my weight back”, “it was too strict”, “they made me buy the bars”, “they made me drink the juice”, boo hoo. You made the choice to join, you paid, you ate and loved the bars, to the ladies that said the program doesn’t work…well you didn’t follow it. There is no way a 200+ lady can’t lose weight on this plan. You chose to cheat, you said but I hardly ate anything “so my body went into starvation mode” BS! or you would gain over the weekend and say I stuck to plan, or you gained by not eating. Please I know you cheat but you are only lying to yourselves. Just follow and it will work you choose not to follow b/c you are scared of how you will look and feel smaller. You are too comfortable, do not use the comfort as sabotage.
To all the ladies that lost! Way to go!
Only stores left open and staying open are :
Madison West , WI
Madison East, WI
Janesville, WI
Rockford, IL
Merle Hay, IA
West Des Moines, IA
Ankeny, IA
But for you who liked/loved the program check into Healthy Inspirations, pretty much the same except they have a work out circuit, cellulite treatment (FDA), relaxation rooms! It’s fantastic, everything you need in one! But the plan is like the before SuperFoods Plan, FTL Plan. Its higher protein low starch.
I live in Ontario, Canada. So far (knock on wood) I have had reasonable success with my program. I joined in July ’08 and have since lost about 35 pounds. My initial goal was for 70, I’m halfway there but it’s been a tough road. Like many I’ve heard on this site, I’ve dealt with the sales tactics and was suckered into one of the bar plans when I joined and have spent about 1300 dollars in the last five months. I’ve wised up and no longer buy the products and am still slowly losing, just by writing everything down and for myself, weighing everything. I find if I don’t weigh it, I don’t lose. It may just be in my head but its working. My centre that I go to has been pretty good. Support had been great and I never feel like I’m not wanted or heard just because I don’t buy anymore. I had a bit or resistance when I decided to go it without the bars and supplements. They told me I may find a difference because I wasn’t doing the bars, my weightloss may slow or stop altogether. It has slowed but not stopped. I found at first, it took a good six weeks to get started again and I’m sorry but the Take off juice is horrid so I refuse to do that anymore to jump start things. Now, at this point, Ihave to add that I run a home daycare and have four of my own kids, all with after school activities and aports. My evenings are taken up with Karate and whathave you. I have NO time left for exercise. So the 35 pounds lost were done just with proper eating. Imagine what I could do with an hour a day on the treadmill or at the gym. I do notice when I slip, I don’t lose in fact, I may even gain a pound ot two. I’m petrified for when I’m no longer on the program and worry that I’l gain it all back. They claim to be a lifestyle change. so far, I’ve changed, my eating habbits, my way of looking at food, my goals, but the cravings are still there and the urges. I still want the cookie, I still want the pizza, I still want a big plate of spaghetti with the garlic bread. I don’t think that’ll ever go away. But now that I’ve had a taste of what it’s like to be a few sizes smaller and the compliments I’ve gotten and more off, the way I feel, I’m looking forward to reaching my goal and hoping that I can go it alone with confidence. I’ve enjoyed LA weightloss and all the counsellors I’ve dealt with have been helpful and encouraging, even after I stopped buying. I haven’t heard anything of closings in my area dn I hope that mine won’t but I think that even if it did, I’ve been on this long enough that I hope I could continue to lose even after. Me personally, I think that it’s up to you. I like the push I get every week when I know I have to go weigh in and be accountable. I think I’ll still have to be accountable to myself after my program is done and gaining it back is not an option for me. I’ve st that foe myself. I know how to lose it now, that I’ll take from LA, and it’s my job to keep it off. I know what makes me lose and what will make me gain. It’s knowing my limits that will keep me being successful. I’ve dieted most of my life, I was a pudgy kid, and overweight teen, it wasn’t until I hit about 20 that I evened out but now, after four kids, I tipped the scale at 221 when I joined. I’m only five foot two so you can imagine how that looked. I know my body type will never be waif like and tiny. I have a large frame. BUt after 13 years of diets and failures, I’m starting to see my waist and am not a size 18/20 anymore. I just bought and more importantly zipped up with ease, a size 14 jean. That alone makes me want to shoot for the size 8. The feeling of zipping up those pants without any resistance at all was indescribeable. I do know that I want to be healthy and energetic. I do know that I like feeling like I look good, I love hearing it and I know that I want to continue to feel good. This program is helping me get there. Good luck to everyone.