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.

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

Hi Mary!

I just read the response from EM.  I, too, also worked at LA Weightloss and I
can confirm all the advice she gave you!  LA Weightloss is a good program but
it is high presssure sales and they will "require" that you buy their
supplements!  I hated that part of my job.  I was a nutrition counselor who was
given very little training.  My main job was to motivate people and I really
enjoyed helping them achieve their weightloss goals.  I had one client who lost
110 lbs and I was her main counselor.  I was very proud of her.  I gave her a
hug every time she came in!  When she reached her weight loss goal, she brought
her Mom and boyfriend in to meet me....she thanked me for helping her lose the
weight...and I said "Honey, you don't need to thank me,...you did all the
work"...and she said...."Yes, but you loved me through it"...I will never
forget her words.  They brought tears to my eyes.  It was clients like her that
kept me working there.  I would still be there, but they fired me when I was
hospitalized with crohns disease.  I went to the labor relations board, got my
job back, went back to work and was hospitalized a month later...they fired me
a second time!!!!!..Said I was "too ill" to work there.  I have nothing
positive to say about LA Weightloss...I would advise you to  save your money
and go to Weight Watchers or a similar program where you will get
support....that, in my opinion, is one of the most important things.  As others
have said, you will get the same support here!!!!!  Good Luck, MaryAnn

I was looking for reserch on la weight loss as I went yesterday and joined.
I do not think it has sunk in yet as I will not actually start the detox till
tomorrow.  If you need a battle buddy let me know.  I see you have your
sister but as for me, I have no one joining with me so I could use one.  Good
Luck!!

Thanks,
Karen T