Fran-

Glad to see that you are back Please feel free to post here as much as you like! We all need as much encouragement and support as we can get!! After all...we are a bunch of losers...

Hi,

My friend started the take off today but lost the diet page...can you please tell me what you can eat for the 3 days...she thinks eggs, meat & vegetables.

Thanks!

Which take-off are you doing the one with the juice or the one with the protein and oranges?
Diane

She's doing the juice, I actually gave it to her with the diet sheet but she lost the diet sheet. I joined LA Weight Loss but had to back out when I found out I was pregnant. Thanks...she had a salad today with roast beef on it and a little dressing, hopefully this is okay.

With the JetStart program you can have the following:
"the juice" (two 5 oz servings mixed with 5 oz of water)

beef
chicken and turkey
fish
lamb
liver
shellfish
canned tuna (water packed)
veal

asparagus
broccoli
celery
cucumbers
endive
escarole
green beans
green cabbage
green onions
green peppers
iceberg lettuce
romaine lettuce
swiss chard
zucchini

2 eggs daily (or 1/2 cup eggbeaters)

1/4-1/2 tsp morton light salt

eight 8 oz glasses water

The take-off with the juice is 6 ounces of protein 3oz. lunch 3oz dinner 2 la lites bars only a day and 2 vegetables & La juice 4 times a day
vegetables: Broccoli
asparagus
green cabbage
celery 1 stalk
chard
collard green
cucumber 1/4 medium
green onions
kale
lettuce'
mustard greens
green pepper 1/2 medium
Spinach
string beans
zucchini 1/2 c cooked or 1c raw
protein choices beef, blue fish, liver, poultry breast
tuna low sodium turkey breast veal

Hi jibbelle:
I am having a terrible day I seem to not be able to control myself and tomarrow is my wiegh in day guess who does not want to go. It is my munchie week but I am usually able to control myself better. I amm also thinking I won't reach my Christmas goal unless I have bettter control of myself than I have had in the past few days.
How was your day?
Diane
Jibbelle I never did the take-off like that, I guess it is different from when I started. I must have posted the wrong take-off I did the two- day sorry.

Hi all,

Jibelle- Thank You for welcoming me with opem arms. I like posting messages on the internet but I haven't had a place to post as often as I want. I am really curious to know about your weight loss history. When did you start LAWL? I had started LAWL I think when it first started. I was desperate to try to get this weight off. The counselors were helpful in the beginning but after it was not good news. Do you weigh 3x a wek? I remember telling them I couldn't due to the fact of the distance of the place rom my home. It was a bit of a lie. I just didn't really believe in weighing that much a week. I guess to each his own.

Talk to you soon,
Fran

I pulled out my Jet Start sheet that they gave me in August. It says you can have unlimited amounts of everything I listed....except for eggs and juice. I am guessing all centers have the same thing but I have no idea! LAWL is not very consistent (ie. fat free vs light dressing! )

Diane-
Sorry to hear you are having such a muchie week. I know the feeling as I have been there before. I dont know if you have any hobbies....but whenever I get a craving I pick up my sewing or a book. After 15 or 20 minutes I am not even thinking about it anymore. Try to find something you can do every time you get a craving....especially something that keeps your hands busy! I also bought a bag of sugar free hard candy. If I am really desperate...I suck on one of those for a bit. I hope you get back on track sooooooon!

Fran-
I started LA on August 4.....32 lbs ago! I have been losing around 1 to 1.5 lbs per week. Some weeks are more, others are less. I started out weighing in 3 times a week, but after I started taking classes again (while working more than full time!) that became really difficult. Now I go 2 times a week and that seems to work really well. I really dont like weighing twice a week so I usually hide my eyes once a week. I tell her not to tell me! I only look at my Saturday morning weights, otherwise the ups and downs discourage me.

Marcie....how are you???

Bunny...you still with us???

Better get dinner started! Take care all.

Hi Fran:
Welcome. I have done LA a few times. On April 10th, 2001 I decided to give it another try. I have done very well this time this is my 7th month being on it and I have lost 54 pounds. I do go to the center three times a week it keeps me honest. I do have tough weeks sometimes this is one of them. I just don't let it ruin all the progress I have made. I did have to buy extra weeks though because I did not lose at the rate of weight loss that they wanted and I cheated a lot in the beginning until one of the councelors got me on track. For me since I started there have been a lot of changes the jet start for instance did not have juice included in the three day. I even think at this point I might buy a couple of extra weeks since it is so cheap take some of the pressure of of being perfect at Christmas. I have about 12 pounds until my goal as of yesterday. Some councelors I like some I don't but I do like posting here, there is a lot of support. When I am not happy with my center I am always able to express it here.
Marcie we are hear for you. Let us know how you are doing?
Jibbelle thanks for the advice, I knew what I was doing was wrong and I could have handled it better. I just have to cut it out before it becomes a pattern or habit. I do have hobbies knitting and reading. I chew gum alot, I shouldn't though alot of the sugar free stuff gum, candy sends me to the bathroom I think it is the sorbitol I have trouble with.
Have a good night
Diane
4/10/01 201
11/27/01 147
goal 135

Hey Ladies,

I'm back... I've missed all of you... sitting here now, trying to catch up & saw a few new names... which that is always GREAT...
Hello All!


I see that you all seemed to have survived Thanksgiving. We had so much going on... just to busy... & a lot of emotions, too... we had a funeral last Tuesday... had company for Thanksgiving, had a wedding Saturday... & so on... this is the first time that I've had a chance to turn on the computer.

With all the craziness, I did lots of 's... mainly missing my water & eating non OP foods... don't think that I can make it to the center until Friday... will post the damage after my weigh-in.

I would like to brag & boast a little... I made a veggie basket and a fruit tray with a melon swan for the wedding reception along with a broccoli salad and the bride & groom made from squash. It was all lovely (the wedding was just beautiful)... I don't cater... I just did this for my close friend's daughter, the bride. But, I received so many compliments... I had one lady to tell me that she had relatives in Montgomery who were caterers & that she had never seen anything so lovely... I was from ear to ear... I was so pleased that they turned out well.

Jibbelle, hope that your interview turns out & that you get the job!

Diane, thanks for thinking of me... I need all the encouragement that I can get... especially with a housefull & so much going on.

Have a great OP week!

Nancy

hello. i just re-started lawl yesterday so today is my first day on express. i had been a member at lawl before but did not have much success. now i have put on extra pounds and thought i would give it another shot.

hopefully the support of others will help me out this time.

i am on the gold plan...anyone else????

Nancy-
Glad to see you are back! It sounds as if you have been busy! I hope things are a little slower for you now.

Chershi-
Hello and welcome! Good luck getting back into the swing of things with LAWL. You mentioned that you are on the gold plan....I am on the red. When I get to 239 they are switching me to purple. Then gold sometime after that. A long time away!

How long ago did you do LAWL for the first time?

i joined lawl last spring!!!!

our center moved locations and has all new staff. that's one thing i didnt like. no consistancy.

the new people arent too nice but its not about them, its about me, right? the staff seems pushy at this new location.

well, i am off to eat lunch. turkey and some veggies--celery, cucumbers and broccoli.