Sport How the hell does it work?

[Oblivion02]

My dad is paying for a nutritionist to see him, its more like an organization. They are called LA Weightloss... I have no idea how the hell it works, but he has lost 55 pounds in 5 months. Wierd thing is tho, it isnt calorie counting... You can just eat a certain amount of macronutrients per day, so how the hell does it work!? He doesnt do ANY excersise at all ... I dont get it, its just wierd...

[[[[JUST IF YOUR WONDERING, IM NOT A SPAMMER, JUST CURIUS]]]]

 

[Hoss]

Macronutrients are just groups of calories, so just because you're 'only counting f,p,c' doesn't mean you're not following a calorie restriction.

 

[theleip]

Also its likely that he is eating a severe caloric restriction to lose that kind of weight with no exercise. I have yet to see one program that is successful where the weight loss is healthy and it stay off and their not be exercise involved.

 

[deschain]

A client of mine went there. She did lose weight while on it, a lot of weight pretty rapidly and gained it back super fast the second she quit and starting eating better.

She followed it religously, and nearly passed out more than once during our sessions. From what they allowed her to eat, it couldn't have been one bite over 1200 calories, and believe me, she needed way more than that. I finally had to tell her that she would have to get more food in on her workout days or she wouldn't be able to safely workout. When she voiced her concern with LA Weightloss over not having enough food for exercise - their official plan was to add 1 veggie on the days she exercised.

Another client of mine went as well, and the same thing was happening to her while exercising.

When you meet your goal and get to maintenance, you are allowed 1 or 2 more servings (I believe) of a few things. Still well below a healthy amount.

So, in a nutshell, yes, you most certainly will lose weight while on the LA Weightloss plan, and keep it off, if and only if you are willing to adhere to a very stringent extreme caloric deficit forever.

 

[Oblivion02]

Thanks for the info... Will inform my father about it, well actually no, because he was quite fat, and is very motivated and happy with his weight loss, i dont want to discourage him...

 

[Hoss]

Thanks for the info... Will inform my father about it, well actually no, because he was quite fat, and is very motivated and happy with his weight loss, i dont want to discourage him...

Good idea, instead just motivate him to exercise..

 

[Oblivion02]

Thats what I was plannin on... Once he is in a good weight, i'll try to motivate him to at least do cardio if he doesnt want to lift weights... And try to get him to eat a bit more, but keepin it healthy... Afterall, he can eat more if he's working out since he needs the nutrients for the woirkout, and he will still be burnin the cals... Right?

 

[deschain]

Definitely don't discourage him.

You are correct, his caloric needs will increase with exercise. If he begins an exercise program (which would be great), you might have to gently encourage a few more calories then what the plan may allow him to have, since they don't increase them by enough for exercise. The last thing he needs is to start a program, only to find that he doesn't have the strength and energy to get much out of it, get discouraged, and quit.

 

[sparrow]

My husband is doing LA Weight loss. He feels he needs severe accountability to succeed losing weight. I think he's been on a "diet" ever since we married 9 years ago! ha, so I'm kind of excited that hes taken the initiatiave to do SOMEthing to jump start weight loss and healthier eating. Anyway, he is losing tons of weight and looks great and also doesn't exercise since the one day he tried he felt TERRIBLE. I encouraged the increase of protein and carbs the days he works out and promised he would still lose weight regardless of the increase. He adds 1-2 carb exchanges, 1 extra protein and an extra veggie on his workout days and doesn't voice that to the person who checks on him each week at the center. He still loses 2-3 pounds or more a week, even with increasing food on exercise days. Non exercise days he goes by the exact plan he originally had. LA IS a severely calorically restricted diet. I totalled up his cals per day and its like 1400 and he's 6 foot 225 pounds. If nothing else though he is learning healthy foods and balance. I think he could easily stick with eating well once he goes "off" the plan just by being more educated about moderation and balance. Plus then he'll have ME to be accountable to since there is no way I'm letting him waste all that money just to gain it back!!