Hi Julie Moon,
Do you do TO every 2 weeks? One of the counselors at the center suggested that I should. How long have you been on LAWL??

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Julian - I say just do the TO when you are stalled, having cravings, or just want to get yourself back on program after an off period. The counselor may be looking for the commission she'll make by selling you lots of TO drink. I have to say, though, that I like the TO drink better than the Knudsens...but I don't think I like it enough to pay the price difference.
I went to my COD today and the little tiny bit I lost doing TO last week is back...I wasn't 100% POP all weekend (maybe 95%), but I certainly did not deserve to gain anything....I don't care what the frickin scale said anyway. I feel good; I know I'm doing good and eating well and that's what matters the most. I'm going to go make a voodoo doll that looks like a scale and stick pins in it....that will make me feel even better.

Haha, great plan!

stick some in for me! I hate SCALES!!!

Thanks for the advise Julie Moon!

Stupid Scales!!! A Voo Doo Scale is a fabulous idea! Don't get down, this week will be better!

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Hello all! THis is the first time I've posted. You all are a God-send!! This is week 9 for me and I finally reached the 20 lb mark! I started out losing 3.3 lbs a week and hit a plateau around 185-186. The counselors were treating me like I was doing something wrong, but I've been strict about staying on plan. It just made me mad that they were acting as if they had never seen anyone stop losing when they were staying on plan. Not real impressed with LA Weight loss as a business, but the diet seems good. Even though I had lost 1.8 since I weighed in last Wednesday, she tried to talk me into buying the $25 TO juice. I refuse, that's ridiculous. So I'm glad to see from you all that there are alternatives. She also pointed out that I was going to run out of bars in about 12 weeks ( ihave 29 weightloss weeks to go) Also glad to see i don't have to do the bars (even though I like them)--the COD didn't tell me that. Also glad there are alternatives to the bars. Thanks soooo much for the info. I was going crazy--my COD is really pushing products on me. I have a daughter leaving for college in 3 weeks so I don't have money to throw at LAWL--after I have already dropped $1100 there. Just have to be strong!! Hard for a people pleaser like me :o)

Yea!!! :carrot: 20 lbs down and 49 to go!!!

Hi Martha!

Congratulations on the 20 pounds!!

It looks like we are close to the same weight and goal. My COD is really pushy too! I wonder if they are on commission to sell that stuff!! I get mixed signals from different "counselors".....one week I had 2 Lean Cuisine meals for lunch two days in a row....and got a lecture for it!!

I had a great counselor to begin with....but she went back to grad school this week!! I bought enough bars to get me thru X-mas....goal date is Jan. 24th. They said there is often a "sale" around X-mas on lites.

I bought the Knudsens Morning Blend Juice, I thought I would try to do a Take Off at the end of my 4th week. I'm curious to see what happens.

Keep up the good work!!

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I know that they do work on commission. However its annoying to dread going to weigh knowing that you are going to get a big sales pitch. Some of the counselors are fine, but some of them act like you are not going to lose weight if you don't buy their products!:(

Let me know how the Knudsen's works. I fear it will create quite the scandal when I start substituting other products for theirs!! I already raised a "stink" when I emailed the corporate office on their website. All I wanted was a scientific explanation of the diet. Well of course that never happened. I got called into the manager of the CODs office. She was very nice, but never answered my question. I asked her how many calories my plan was. She had to call corporate to ask. Then they had to get back to her. I saw that she left a "sticky" note in my chart which the counselors never shared with me. I can read upside down :p and saw I was on 1400-1600 calories. What's the big deal??:?:

What a bunch of jerks. Do you have any other LAWL centers in Birmingham? I would switch. Someone else, I think it was Lea Ann, asked her center to put a note in her file to stop trying to sell her stuff. Maybe you could try that. I have not bought one thing except my plan from them. You really don't need all of that extra stuff.

Oddly enough, we only have 2 in Birmingham that I know of. The other one would be way out of the way. Just gotta hang tough...:devil:

Welcome ladies-
Sorry that you guys have pushy centers. They are not all that way. My center is super and they just tell me what the specials are that week and on we go with the session. I would just flat out tell them that you can't afford it right now and would you please note on the top of my file in big red letters to not push anymore product on me.

Martha,
When I sub. products, on most occasions I just write in what LAWL sells. When I do TO, I do it with fruit instead of the juice. They have never said anything bad about that. If I do a slimfast, I write slimdown. If I have a 100 calorie packet of doritos, I write bag of LA cheese curls. How the heck are they going to know? For all they know, you could have bought some off of ebay or have a friend at a different center that gave you some. Just saves some explaining.

Also on the stall, when I hit 20 lbs. gone, I stalled for 3 weeks. I never heard one bad word about it. Everybody was super supportive about me breaking the stall. You WILL stall at some point. It is probably your body adjusting to the new weight or if you have been at that weight for a while in the past, your body remembers those things. Just stick with the eating program and don't let them bother you about it. Remember, you paid them to support you in your journey. You can also point out to them that on the first page of the diary on line 8, it does say- Be honest. You are not going to be criticized or judged on the foods you eat.

Deb, Funny that you say that because today I had a Slimfast for lunch and wrote in my diary Slimdown. The counselor I had today is great. In fact she told me early on not to buy food scales at LA because they were too expensive, but to go to Walmart. She won my heart then and there. But I don't get her very often. There are only certain ones that are pushy and I had a run of them while I was in my plateau. I think I may be back losing--I was down today 2 lbs from a week ago.:carrot:

Good Morning!!
I did TO on Sunday and Monday for the first time. After a little splurge on Saturday to PF Changs (Chinese Restaurant) I'm down 2 more pounds, but I've been going steadily down anyway. I don't know if it helped anymore than usual.

I used the Knudsen juice and added water just like with the LATO juice, taste almost exactly the same.

I was HUNGRY durning TO, it wasn't easy.....but I also kept exercising.
I've been riding my bike to Weigh In 2x a week - 8 miles round trip!

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