LA Weight Loss - Can You Really Do This Program on Your Own??

I have been lurking and am wondering whether or not you can buy the LA Weight Loss program info off a site like Ebay and follow it yourself? Is it the accountability at the center or the money your spend that helps or is it the program itself? I started WW last fall but hated it and fell right off that wagon - I'd hate to spend all that $$ and not follow through :( .

Is anyone doing the program and being successful w/o the center? I am really on the fence and get easily discouraged lately:shrug: but I have to get rid of this weight. Your thoughts and experiences would really be welcome! Thanks :D

Loves- There are girls here who have done LA on their own and are successful! Personally, I doubt I could be sucessful on my own. Knowing that I am the only one that sees my weight makes it easier for me to fudge and stuff. Paying up front helped me a lot cause I don't want to waste that money. In the long run it costs about the same as WW. When you go in you don't have to go for every pd lost. My neice gave me the heads up and so I told them I only wanted to lose 50 lbs. And I will add weeks when they go on sale (actually already bought another 50 lbs worth!) The lites can be expensive. Lots of girls have found similar bars for less in the stores and just tell their centers a friend gave them her old bars or they bought them cheaper on EBAY. Luckily for me I was allergic to their bars and don't have to take them. I am still gauranteed the 2lb weight loss and will even get my refund if I keep it off. The one on one really helps me keep on track!

Welcome to 3fc LAWL!
Beanie

I woudl have to agree with Beanie, I tried all kins of things on my owna nd quit them all. Waht keeps me going now is the fact that I know it works, but at first, the truth is the moeny i spent kept me going and the accountability of weighing in 3 x a week.

If the $ are a problem for you then stay aways fromt he supplments, bars etc and get similar items cheaper from local stores. Right now the cost is only $3 a week (best i have ever seen so it would be pretty cheap)

From hearing whatyou have said about yourself and falling off of WW, I would personally suggest buying at least a few weeks from the centers so you can get into the program strong and be accountable.

Whatever you decide to do, stay close to this forum, and you will get a lot of support, encouragement, friendship, empowerment, ideas, ect. At leat I have. Good luck!!

Loves,
I think that it's possible. I would get the information and study it. I do believe that you have to have some discipline and some determination that you are going to make it work.

My initial 12 weeks are up at the end of the year and after that, I don't think that I am going to purchase any more weeks. I have been stuck for a good three weeks, and they keep telling me stuff to try when I am following the program to the letter.

Some centers have great counselors, but ours does not. They are really geared to sells. Which is extremely frustrating. One could really go broke trying to purchase bars, TO drinks, Shakes, supplements, etc. It sounds so convincing too that you need their products to get the best results.

I don't want to sound negative, but I feel that once you learn the basics and what works for your body, you should be able to have great success.

Just my two cents worth.

I have 30 lbs gone to prove that you CAN do this on your own. You have to be committed to cooking at home more and scheduling your meals in advance. You have to be committed to journaling. You must measure food out. You have to do these things with or without the center.

My brotherinlaw is paying to go to the center (how I got my info) and he has lost less weight than me in more time. He has an extremely busy lifestyle (he's a nurse practioner for a nephrologist and is on call/doing rounds/running dialysis in addition to being a good dad). He thinks going to the center is too much for him. Some people love that accountability factor. I have just committed myself to this board and to being honest to those on it for my accountability. I honestly have shyed away from several cheats because I wanted to give everyone a good report.

It can work, but it takes a commitment of time and honesty (as well as finding great chicks like these to back you up).

Mary

Hi Loves Saddlebreds! I just sent you a private message. I have the pdf of the plan if you're interested. I'm just starting the 2 day take off plan today so I'd love to be buddies!

Hi Loves Saddlebreds! I just sent you a private message. I have the pdf of the plan if you're interested. I'm just starting the 2 day take off plan today so I'd love to be buddies!


Please, would you send me the PDF too? I am really curious!

Beware on the pdfs, they can be extremely outdated (way too strict, esp. on the dairy servings). LAWL has changed the program up a bit since the pdf I had was created (and I won't even send mine out because it is too outdated and I don't want to risk it).

Thanks for the tip Mary.

Well, thanks for the heads up! Seeing as I don't eat dairy and would need to substitute, it shouldn't be too different for me :D

Well, I'll be starting LAWL on Monday. I ordered the 2005-2006 plan off of ebay and actually checked it with someone doing it at the center. Thank God i didn't get ripped off. Anyway, any tip/suggestions for me? Also, is there a place we can get recipes and stuff for this plan?:?:

How do you know that you have the 2005-2006 plan? Is it noted somewhere on it? I'm curious which one I have now...

It seems like this woman took her entire plan and typed it all into the computer. She did a great job though. Everything I have is color coded and she put a bunch of extra stuff in there too. She stated in the auction that it was the new plan, but as I said...I wanted to make sure, so I checked it with a woman who is going to the LAWL center and doing it. She compared it to her booklets and it's the same. The ebay woman even gave me a recipe for the juice, fast food guide, eating out guide, stabiliaztion, maintanence etc...TONS of stuff for my 40 bux!

The one I have is color coded as well. Does the first page say, "Plans for Weight Loss" with a table of contents? Have a light blue colored border around each page?

My first page says "Weight Loss Plans for Success Index - Updated June, 2005"

Oh well. You get what you pay for I guess (mine was free...haha)

the other thing to be leary of when buying the plans on e-bay is that you get enough plans to be able to switch down as you loose weight. some people only seel one plan. so be sure you get all of the plans and the dirrections on when to switch them.

you may have the older version, but who cares! i'm sure it still works...people were losing weight on it, right? And for the other post, yes...she sent me all of the plans and the chart/explanation of what color to start on and when to switch and what color not to go below. I'm really excited to start on monday. Have you guys had good success?????

Hi - I just wanted to chime in here -- the LAWL plan is not magic - it's just a low calorie, portion controlled plan - the size and number of the portions change depending on which color you're on. . .

So - whether or not you can do it by yourself - it really all depends on if the diet is a right fit for YOU. And if it's something you can live with.

At some point, we all are doing the diet by ourselves - since we have to buy, cook and eat the food according to plan, and make the best choices when we eat out. . - the counselors *can* be a mixed bag - some are terrific, others are driven by sales for the various lites, snacks, drinks, supplements. . .

However, paying the fees up front, like I did, has helped me continue to go to the center - and the chicks here have really been the filling in the sandwich, so to speak - if it weren't for 3FC, I'd have given up a long time ago.

Best wishes!
Julie

I agree with Julie, it is a good plan, but there are many good plans out there (south beach, weight watchers, calorie counting). It IS the fit with your lifestyle. I am not taking any lawl supplements or using any products from the center, so there is no magic ingredient in their products. For me, this just happens to work because it makes me be sure to get in fruits and veggies to fill up, whereas I would probably be eating all low fat starch and low fat dairy if I were just counting points or calories (and those starches would probably give me terrible munchies).

Mary