LA Weight Loss - Health Problems

In June 2007, i signed up with LA Weight Loss, to loose 100lbs i paid $1400 in signing up only. i also paid over $700+ in products (bars & take off juice) over 6 month period. I told them, i have IBS & Diebetic type

They did not explain the difficulties with IBS/Diebetics doing their program. I feel they were just interesting in taking my money and who cares about the client. i did the take off juice & that hurt my bowels. I can not do the bars due to the Soy in it, nor the Shakes (high sugar). I was not informed before starting the program about these facts. i bought a case of bars before i knew i was not able to eat them.

i worked on the program for approx. 6 months, and then i started to loose focus. i asked if they can help me to keep motivated. a month went by and i never received any contact from the centre, which they said they would. 8 months later i got a phone call from LA Weight Loss (Mona) stating that i had 25 weeks of maintenace left.

i went in and they said i have to pay $14 per week to get back on the program (and its not even my original program). i was a little upset that i had to pay more on top of what i have already dished out. so i signed up for 5 wks of weight loss, and i will not be purchasing more weeks. its been 3 out of the 5 weeks and i have not lost anything because i can not do the products. I have 10 boxes of bars that cost me $19.99 per box & they will trade them for products (which i can not use). i asked for a refund but they said they can not give any, you can trade then in for products.

Now they want me to buy their Supplement pills. i am not interested in the pills. i feel really ripped off. i dont know what to do about this. Atleast, i can complain about them.

consequences - no weight loss, out large amount of money, depression & angry they will not contact me.

I first visited LA Weight Loss in February, 2007. I have tried and had little to no success with other weight loss programs and was hoping that the one-on-one counseling would help keep me on track and provide me with the motivation I needed. WRONG. First of all, I know what my main obstacle with weight loss is. At one point, many pounds ago, I had someone take an inappropriate interest in me sexually. This sent me into therapy, cost me a job, and the pounds started packing. Obviously, I am not shy about this. I realize that this is the obstacle in my weight loss success, and I told the weight counselors about this incident and how I was working through it in therapy. Instead, the LA Weight Loss employees remained staunchly convinced that my husband was the cause of my slow (15 pounds in 15 weeks) progress, as supposedly he wanted to keep his wife fat so that she wouldn't be attractive to other men. I burst into tears right there in the office and fled, never to return.

While I don't expect that everyone's experience would be as severe as mine, the fact remains that I lost very little weight, and constantly roller-coastered the entire time I was on the plan. I also paid over a thousand dollars up front and was constantly pressured to purchase their product. I also never had my measurements taken or my blood pressure when I was supposed to. If you are like me and have a real emotional problem that is trying to set you up for failure, do what I did and consult with a therapist about what you should do.

I joined LA Weight Loss on April 24, 2007 after my doctor told me it was imperative that I lose weight to prevent further complications. At that point, I only signed up for the program. Approximately a week later, they hit me with the need to purchase LA Lites, which I was told would tone me as I lose weight. So I purchased them in bulk to save money in the long run. I stuck to the program's guidelines for the first couple of months, then my health began falling more. I went to get more blood work done and my results were worse than what it was when I started. I now have high cholesterol for which I have to take Vytorin for years to come. I had to take baby aspirins to prevent my arteries from clogging, and my stomach couldn't handle the product anymore. I was vomiting everyday.

Once I completely stopped using LA Weight Loss products, my LDL decreased and my HDL increased. I no longer have to take baby aspirins and I feel much better. I have $771.00 worth of LA Lites left, and Laura B. (Regional Manager) says she can only give me a store credit. If my problem is the products, a store credit is not helping me at all. My contract states products purchased on sale are non-refundable; but I didn't purchase them on sale, I purchased them in bulk. If bulk equals the sale price, that should also be stated in the contract.

I called LA Weight Loss on Beltline Rd. in Irving, Texas on Friday, November 25, 2005. I informed them that I could not have nuts, fish or shellfish in my diet, due to diverticulitius, and would not be interested in buying any products ro foods from them. I was informed that would not be a problem, as they planned the foods/diet around each individual and the menus would be foods that I could purchase at any grocery. I set up an appointment for Monday evening at 6:30. Upon my arrival, I was informed that I was early (it was 6:15).

After watching a film that showed testimonials and the LA Weightloss products, and filing out a questionnaire, I was taken to a small office. The representative informed me that since I did not eat nuts or fish, LA Weight Loss could not have me in their program. I asked why and was informed that the sugar in the LA diet was from their bars, which also contained nut products. This floored me as I had covered my no-nut/fish diet with the representative 3 days earlier. Basically, I was informed that since I could not/would not be buying their bars/product, they did not want me. I feel discriminated against.

My damages are psychological. I feel as though I am a lesser person because I can't have nut products. I feel discriminatied against and lied to. I wasted a lot of time and have nothing to show for it except a very bad mood.