Yes, I lost 42 pounds on LA Weight Loss, but gained back 50 a little more than a year later . .
Posted By: it works fast, but is very expensive (sm) on 2006-02-08
In Reply to: Has anyone used LA Weight Loss? - SM
I was on the program for approximately four months and lost 40 pounds. The weight did come off really fast. At the time I was a member, there was a rebate if you kept the weight off for one year. It sounded good, but you had to buy the supplements for the entire year, which by the end of the year added up to a few thousand dollars.
In any case, after I finally lost the weight, I got pregnant with my fourth child. I am now trying to lose the 50 pounds that I gained while pregnant, but my metabolism seems so much slower now. The weight isn't coming off nearly as fast as before. :(
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Has anyone used LA Weight Loss?
If so, what were your results. Any info would be greatly appreciated. TIA
LA WEIGHT LOSS
I tried it and lost 40 pounds in 3 months or so but it came back as quick as it went. They are VERY expensive. Currently not working on anything but GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!
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I needed to reduce my cholesterol, so I really cut down on fat in my diet. By doing this, I not only lowered my cholesterol, but I lost about 13 lbs. in 5 months! This is so much safer than those fad diets.
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weight loss over 50 years of age.
Your post is so inspiring--Would you mind telling your age (just roughly?) I so badly want to lose on my own--without going to expensive weight loss clubs. A so-called friend insists that once past age 50, metabolism is so slow, it is next to impossible--very discouraging to hear. Thanks for your uplifting post!
getting up and moving about or weight loss.NM
Such a tremendous weight loss!
Apple Scruff--Could you elaborate how you initially got started--did you follow a specific diet? With a sedentary MT job, did you force yourself to exercise much? A "scare" really is a tremendous motivator (it took a "scare" to get me to stop smoking, but I am not having success taking off approximately the same amount of weight that you succeeded at losing) Thanks for your tips.
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Hi! Several things here - 1)You are on COBRA now, is the insurance your husband has group or individual? If it group and you are on COBRA, then you are considered covered with no lapse in coverage and they HAVE to take you! I don't think they have to cover you if it is not a group policy.
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Gatorade ... push it. He is dehydrated maybe with that weight loss.
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I lost my dad last year too.....sm
And do we ever get over it? Doubtful. Especially if we were close to our dads. I was lucky, had him for over half a century!! Very lucky indeed and he lived til he was 96! He was shooting for 100 or the millenium (which he was around for 2000-01). I'll never get over his demise but I will always cherish what's in my heart and my head as I had one terrific Dad, as you probably did too.
If it gets too tough, one day at a time (ODAT) might not work, and in those times, one minute at a time works wonders. Best luck!!!
We also lost our 13-year-old
Golden Retriever. We had to put her down Thursday. Hardest thing ever to do. She actually had cancer in Nov and the vet gave her 2 weeks, well we had her until last Thursday. She had such a presence in our lives and we miss her terribly. We buried her in the back yard and are making a little sitting garden for us to spend time with her. I do feel your pain, and am sorry for that, I know we will get over it and thank God that we have our memories of our family member
I lost my Lab this year...
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Lost is definitely one of my favorites this year...nm
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Lost $300,000 a year accounts to EMR
Even the accounts that seem like there is no way they can go EMR find a way to do so. Lost my accounts. They loaded all of my templates and wham....
I have lost my entries in autotext. Does anyone know if I can bring them back? - sm
I know this has been asked before but could not find in the archives. Thanks in advance for your help.
I also lost my sex drive the minute I got pregnant the first time....never got it back....that was 8
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I was hit by all 3 that summer, I lost power, I lost work, I lost savings...but..sm
NEVER did my employer in any way imply or threaten or dare even mention that my job was in jeopardy because I could not work immediately following a trifecta of natural disasters! My jaw agape is not at your concern about working, but at your concern that you would lose your job because of it. Companies have to have a heart in some situations. You're one MT, your company won't go under without you working for a week or 2 or 3.
we've lost our sense of community, no more back yard fences, no more coffee klatches
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My dwindling paycheck, loss of benefits, and loss of respect is all the proof I need. nm
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Got $$$$ back last year but this year
I have to pay them, sold a property I never lived in but I had enough sense to set aside $45,000 so just waiting on them to send me my WT2s so I can get started.
So you could end up getting more back at the end of the year
if you have your home office deduction, etc.? At least if that happens I can feel like I am making more money doing this! GRR, I hate the IRS!
I did it for a year and have just gotten back
from a 6 week trip, though don't usually travel much now except for weekends and vacation.
I saw them in concert about a year back...
It was at a venue that was tiny, compared to most places anyways. They were on a stage that would spin around. It was so intimate and probably the best concert I have been to. The opening band was awesome too, Lennon. It was mostly just her playing the piano and singing. Awesome, awesome time. And, this is coming from a 26-year-old who loves them! lol
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In my area both the RN-AD and dental hyg. programs have wait lists, however the dental hyg. wait is like 4 years versus the RN wait being 1-1/2 years. I am just finishing up all my gen eds and I should be off the wait list and into the core program next fall. I am taking extra psych classes to fill my "elective" courses as I was told that hospitals prefer nurses with their BSN to have psych minors, and I'm only in the AD program (associate degree), but I can still list extra psych courses on my resume. I wish you the very best of luck!!!
back in the mid 1980s it was 80K a year.(sm)
I worked with an MT who went and that's what she made.
Not getting back - how much we made gross for the year. nm
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Congratuilations! I did a year ago and never looked back!
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