LA Weight Loss

sounds fairlybalanced

too many protiens not good 4 most organs

I have gone through several diet programs, including Weight Watchers and have finally found a program that I can work with. L.A. Weight Loss is incredible. My counselor is great and I’m eating good food - not drinking it - as so many other plans require. It is a well balanced food plan and there is not an over abundance of proteins as Samantha would think. The counselors are just regular people who have completed the program. Just like Weight Watchers meeting leaders are lifetime members who have lost their weight and kept it off. If you’re looking for a nutristionist then ask your doctor for a referral. The counselors are just good support - don’t look to them for more than that. They will give you suggestions on where to improve based on a what your particular plan requires.

I did this diet a few years ago and got sucked into paying for all those dam protein bars! Blah!!! I landed up, giving up, because i couldn’t get to the center 2-3 times a week as they wanted. My advice is Weight Watchers…yes it’s a slow process, but it gets the job done. Thanks for letting me vent!

I actually worked at a center for almost a year and I can tell you that their number one goal is SALES, SALES, SALES! They hire people who haven’t a clue about nutrition, give them a white lab coat and coach them to get all members to buy something at each and every visit, which is 2 to 3 times a week. Otherwise a member is “noncompliant.” I worked with two “counselors” who both had eating disorders, but could sell so the owners let them stay. This diet is a huge scam and the center I was at was reported to our state Attorney General’s office on several occasions. I could not stay there because the owners simply did not care about the people who joined; just the size of their wallet. Beware!

BUYER BEWARE!! I joined Bozeman LA Wt Loss Center in Feb. 2008. It closed in June 2008. I had friends doing well and losing wt with the Bozeman store program so I felt encouraged. My friend later apologized and said her last 3 months on the program were hell and she could only imagine how difficult it was for a new person. No manager - no product on the shelf - untrained counselors - conflicting weight loss advise. I constantly heard “we’re sorry, we are without a manager”. It was TOTALLY frustrating. It is hard enough to lose weight, but I felt like I was being ripped off. Then when I got notice a week before the center closed I know my feelings were real. But if you tell LA that they get incredibly defensive. Before joining Bozeman, I had heard several LA store closing horror stories, but the Bozeman store seemed so secure and the counselors were so positive about store growth and programs. DON’T believe them!! From my own unfortunate experience - I know the blogs written about stores closing, no prior notice, no refunds, no delivery of pre-paid product are TRUE! LA is a mess to work with and a hassle to track down. Save yourself the headache. I’m sure the wt. success stories are true — I saw it work for a few of my friends — however the program only seems to be as good as the manager. It is too hard to sort out which is a good store and which is the bad. It would be different if the company had a policy that says “Oh, you encounter a bad manager or store — we will make it right”, but they don’t stand behind their product. Do yourself a favor and go else where !! On a happy note — I lost 6 lbs during 3 rocky months with LA and I have lost 11 pounds in 6 weeks without them!!! I believe your wallet has the best chance of thinning while on the LA program. They really push that you buy their product even though they advertise they don’t (but Jenny Craig does).

I really liked the program, they sold me the information I need to get myself going. I now need to drop about 5 more pounds but have lost the fast start diet that went with the 2 day fast start juice. If any one has it, please help me get started on the 5 pounds.

LA weight loss literally stole my money. I did lose 25 pounds but the store closed abruptly. They told me to start doing it online. Then that faded away. Then they told me to get the rest of my bars from some far away city. It was a hassle to get that because they ended up telling me they didnt owe me anymore bars. After being pissed off, i figured that i had been had with all the bars, pills, and other crap. The only info that I still use to this day is the actual information on the diet. It was informative to know that drinking 10oz of H20 a day with certain servings of protein, starches and vegetables. That has been pretty sucessful.

I did LA weightloss after my mother did it and was highly successful. Her friends joined as well. we all lost tons of weight over that first year. I alone lost 37 pounds in the first 22 weeks. The first 3 days were horrid (1999 the diet had a 3 day strict diet - no drink to accompany though) I had severe headaches eating basically lean protein and greens & 1 tbs of fat and WATER. It was a good flush though and it got me down a good amount the first week. like 7, 9 or 11 pounds I think.

Anyway… the bars… oh my god! what a hard sell… big time push on that… the only way to save is to spend hundreds of dollars at a time. So, we would all pool our money and split it (my mom, her friends & I) - but most places dont allow it. At the time the same counselors were there all year… the following year the counselors were quitting every month so there were new people all the time who knew NOTHING. Personalized service went out the door!!!!!!!

We started using Pria bars instead of LA bars because they were cheaper and you could buy at the store with coupons… still worked really well for the diet, but the counselors were really mad and would scold us LOUDLY in front of all the customers repeatedly.

finally I found out I had egg allergies and that was was the beginning of the end. I asked every counsler to help me with breakfast plans and they were mean to me about it. “well, either eat oatmeal or chicken or steak… it’s not my job to teach you to eat!!!!!!!!!” I got that from a few counselors. I then became lactose intolerant and at the tiem it was hard to find lowfat soy replacements so there I was unable to eat most dairy and my morning lean protein was gone (eggs) and I had horrible counselors and huge LA weightloss bills.

By the end of that next year - we all quit for good… it was way too $$$$$$$$… and they were nasty there.

Oh and by the way, when you quit and stop alltogether, bars included… you double and triple the weight back on!

AVOID THIS COMPANY ALL TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!