Plans without the lties

raz this was a message from someone on another site.I told her about you. I she posted it to the wrong forum so I am giving it to you

I was on the gold plan and misplaced my plan menu book. Is there anyway you can tell me what my servings should be? And what is good replacement for the take off juice and la lites as I have nothing.

I was refered to you by an "angel" from franchisepick.com. I pray that you are able to help me as LAWL has left thousands out to dry:(

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Ok, first if you don't have lites and are not replacing with something like the Luna bars you need to move to the purple plan.

Purple plan:
2 Protein
4 vegetable
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

The protein sizes are basically 8 ounces for lean choices like white meat chicken and 6 ounces for choices that are not as lean such as beef.

Vegetables are 1 Cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked

Fruit usually 1iece except those high in sugar like banana or pear is 1/2 Berries 3/4 cup

Starch 1/2 potato, 1 slice lo cal bread,pasta and rice 1/3 cup

Dairy 2 ounces fat free cheese, yogurt, 8 ounces fat free milk

Fat generally a teaspoon except for cream cheese or Mayonnaise which are a tablespoon

For the Fast forward juice...if you want to do either a Fast forward or a take off you can use 4 oranges (each day) in place of the juice...it works quite well.

If there is anything else I can help with please let me know.

Also, this is the only forum I receive an email from when someone posts...I got tired of reading all the back and forth between the people who got hurt and those who are still loyal.

Ok raz I have nother one that was posted to the wrong forum. I will post it below

Raz,

First I want to thank you for your faithfulness on helping us along the way. I am just lost! I have nothing and have no idea where to go from here. I was on the gold plan, however I will be switching to the purple plan as I have read your recommendations for the gold plan without the lites. I just can't remember what the service sizes were (ounces, cups etc.)

Also, I will do the 4 oranges for two days as well as a substitute for the take off juice. Can I juice them or should I eat them as is? Thanks again and may God bless you can keep you in his loving arms!

Thanks for the support!

The difference between gold and purple is that purple's proteins are 2 ounces bigger and that purple gets an additional vegetable.

As far as the using the oranges for the Fast Forward phase I have never heard of anyone juicing them. I honestly don't know if this would change the effect or not. You could try it then let all of us know how it worked.

Thank you so much Raz and you as well Fran. I will be starting this on tomorrow and let you guys know how I make out by the end of the week. You guys are the best and know that you are Heaven sent!

razmataz in West Chester, Pennsylvania said: Ok, first if you don't have lites and are not replacing with something like the Luna bars you need to move to the purple plan.

Purple plan:
2 Protein
4 vegetable
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

The protein sizes are basically 8 ounces for lean choices like white meat chicken and 6 ounces for choices that are not as lean such as beef.

Vegetables are 1 Cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked

Fruit usually 1iece except those high in sugar like banana or pear is 1/2 Berries 3/4 cup

Starch 1/2 potato, 1 slice lo cal bread,pasta and rice 1/3 cup

Dairy 2 ounces fat free cheese, yogurt, 8 ounces fat free milk

Fat generally a teaspoon except for cream cheese or Mayonnaise which are a tablespoon

For the Fast forward juice...if you want to do either a Fast forward or a take off you can use 4 oranges (each day) in place of the juice...it works quite well.

If there is anything else I can help with please let me know.

Also, this is the only forum I receive an email from when someone posts...I got tired of reading all the back and forth between the people who got hurt and those who are still loyal.

This is a dumb question, please forgive me. I would have to eat 4 oranges for two days straight to replace the take off juice or I am diluting it with water?

Yes, you eat 4 oranges a day for the 2 days. I'm not sure what you mean by diluting it? You still need to get your 64 ounces of water if that's what you mean.

Raz,
Francine here ok need some help.Recap. I am 32 and 5 1. I started back on the plan about 1 month ago. I have lost 10 pounds, but that happend in the first 2 weeks. I have not droped a poung since then. I am now at 150 ponds. My goal is 130, my dream is 120 and my fantasy is 115.You have me on the gold plan. I do my best to keep my work out under 5 hours. 45 min of cadio M,W,F and 45 min of weights T,TH,SAT.Sometimes I might go over the week by 15 mintues. I do have the lites.Can you think of what we can try.

Francine,

Your regular amount of exercise is at 4 1/2 hours per week. I don't know if you caught it when I told someone else that sometimes people need more food at slightly less than 5 hours.

I'm going to try moving you to the Blue plan since you have lites. The serving sizes on blue are the same as gold. But, you will get 2 1/2 proteins and 3 starch.

Try it for a week and get back to me right away if you haven't started losing.

razmataz in West Chester, Pennsylvania said: twinzmom1229,

Ok, you need to make a decision with regards to the lites...you either use them or you don't. Sorry to be so blunt but that may be why you're stuck on a plateau.

If you're planning on using the lites, try switching to the purple plan.

Purple:
2 protein (2 oz bigger than on blue)
4 vegetables
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat
2 lites

If you're going to go it without the lites, go to the red no lite plan.

Red/No lite
2 1/2 protein (2 oz bigger than blue)
4 vegetables
3 fruit
3 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

If you decide to do a "no lite" plan for now, you can incorporate 1 lite a day once you get to maintenence. It's up to you. It's just that during the weightloss everything is carefully balanced. If you get too much, you won't lose. But ironically, if you don't get enough, you still won't lose.

If you want to "jump start" things you can do a take off. (2 days)

6 oz lean protein
2 servings of green vegetables
2 lites
4 oranges

divide this up over the day

I usually suggest:

Breakfast: 1/2 lite, orange
snack: 1/2 lite
Lunch: 3 oz lean protein, 1 serving vegetable, orange
snack: 1/2 lite, orange
dinner:3 oz lean protein, 1 serving vegetable, orange
snack: 1/2 lite

Let me know if you need any more help!

Hi Raz!

Color me dumb ;-), but what would "1 serving veg" be? 1 cup, 1oz?

Thanks!

Hi, it's me again. I am on the purple plan like you suggested and I have added 1/2 protein because of the hunger issue, but I still find myself hungry all the time, especially at dinner. I try to save some extra food for dinner, but then I am hungry during the day. Do you have any meal suggestions that are more filling so I won't go off plan and onto an eating spree.

Please Help! I was on LA Weight Loss 6 years ago & lost 50 pounds. I have gained it all back & more. We no longer have a center near me, they have all went out of business. I was on the Gold plan with lites when I lost my weight.Now I weigh 195 pounds & am 5' 3'' tall. Could you please tell me which color plan I need to be on now with the Luna bars & without the bars also? Thank you SO MUCH!!

razmataz in West Chester, Pennsylvania said: Yes, you eat 4 oranges a day for the 2 days. I'm not sure what you mean by diluting it? You still need to get your 64 ounces of water if that's what you mean.

Gotcha! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! What would we do without you!

Tammy,

Are you exercising? If so, what type and how much? Are you working either long hours or "weird" not the usual 9 to 5 hours?

And, have you started losing again, at all...even slowly?

Besides answering these questions it would also be helpful if you sent me 3 days from your food diary...speaking of food diary are you weighing and measuring servings?

Stick with me, we'll figure it out and get you to GOAL! I promise!

Got it. Will let you know in a week how it is going

2big4me,

Cute name! Ok, you should go onto the gold plan if you are using the lites or a replacement. Purple plan if not.

Gold:
2 protein
3 vegetable
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat
2 lites

Purple:
2 protein
4 vegetables
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

Proteins 6 ounces for very lean choices such as white meat chicken, 4 ounces for the not so lean choices. On purple the proteins are 2 ounces bigger

Hope this helps and keep in touch!

Twinsmom,

Vegetable serving is 1 cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked. Also, I don't know where my brain was but for the fast forward or take off the vegetable servings need to be green vegetables.

Hope this helps!

razmataz in West Chester, Pennsylvania said: 2big4me,

Cute name! Ok, you should go onto the gold plan if you are using the lites or a replacement. Purple plan if not.

Gold:
2 protein
3 vegetable
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat
2 lites

Purple:
2 protein
4 vegetables
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

Proteins 6 ounces for very lean choices such as white meat chicken, 4 ounces for the not so lean choices. On purple the proteins are 2 ounces bigger

Hope this helps and keep in touch!

Thank You So Much! I will keep in touch, you are an Angel for helping all of us! I really appreciate your help.

Good morning Raz,
To answer you question, I have started walking about 30 minutes a day, 4 days per week. However, this weekend we are supposed to go on the Epilepsy Walk and spend the day at the Dallas Zoo, so I will be getting lots of walking in on Saturday. I just restarted following the plan faithfully on Monday so today is the day I am supposed to weigh in. I try to weigh in at the same time every time which is after my afternoon snack and before dinner.
3 day diary.............
03/24/08 - weight 199.8
Breakfast - oatmeal, 1 1/2 tbsp fat free peanut butter
Mid AM - 1/2 cup fruit, fat free yogurt
Lunch - Lean Cuisine, 1 cup broccoli
Mid PM - Luna bar, apple
Dinner - 3/4 cup Egg Beaters, 1/2 cup spinach, tomato, 1 tsp butter
Evening - Luna bar, apple
03/25/08
Breakfast - apple, 1 1/2 tbsp peanut butter, yogurt
Mid AM - 1/2 panara bagel, 1 1/2 tbsp cream cheese
Lunch - 8oz ckn fajita meat, pico, grilled onions
Mid PM - Luna bar, apple
Dinner - tuna, 15 grapes, 1 tbsp fat free miracle whip, 6 baby carrots, tomato
Evening - Luna bar, cherry tomatos
The plan for today 03/26/08
Breakfast - 6 baby carrots, 1 1/2 tbsp peanut butter
MidAM - apple, 8 oz skim milk
Lunch - 3/4 cup Egg Beaters, 1 cup broccoli
Mid PM - Luna bar, apple
Dinner - 2 pieces Nature's Own Light Wheat Bread, 1 veggie patty, lettuce, tomato, 1 tbsp fat free miracle whip
Evening - Luna bar, 15 grapes

In addition to this, I always drink more water than recommended, somestimes double, and I have been using my salt also.

Raz
How do you realy measure 1 cup of lettuce. I mean do I just put it in the measuring cup or do I push it down in the cup to make it compact.I have always jut put it in and not push it now

Pack the lettuce in. You can actually have as much as 3 cups for a serving if you want. Lettuce is low low calorie and high in nutrition.

I'm glad to see you pre-planning. Let's try a couple things.

First, watch very carefully whether you're getting everything. For example, by my calculations it looks like you missed a vegetable day 1, a starch day 2, and there's isn't a fat scheduled for today.

Check your peanut butter to see the sodium level. Between the peanut butter all 3 days and the Lean Cuisine I'm wondering if water retention might be part of the problem. Try some hot lemon water to see if that helps.

I'm also thinking you might be having too much sugar right before bed with both the bar and the fruit. Try moving one or the other to earlier in the day. Maybe a second afternoon snack to cut the hunger before dinner?

Let me know if this is helpful.

RAZ,
Hi, thanks for the helpful hints. Also, thanks for the info on the lettuce. I have always just put it in to instead of packing it down. I think I am a little confused though. You said I missed a veggie on the 24th but I had 1 cup of broccoli (2), 1/2 cup of spinach (1), and a serving of tomatos (1). Then, on the 25th, according to my meal plan book, 1/2 panara bagel counts as 2 starches. Am I doing something wrong? I really want to get this right. As for the peanut butter, I will try to cut down. That just seemed like an easy way to get in that 1/2 protein.

I thought I had you on the purple plan which gets 4 vegetables. About the bagel...sorry I miscalculated.

Sugar free jello in the cup is fine...one cup = one condiment

Hi Tammy, I know this message is for Raz But
just wanted to tell you to always remember
to drink ALL your WATER...that will help keep you full and make sure you are getting
your 4 veggies in a day, make sure you are
measuring everything and not eyeballing it.
The purple plan is alot of food. So hang
in there, you will get through..Drink a diet
soda when you get hungry that has always
helped me.. I just recently came back on the
plan because I was on such a plateau, so I
went off for a month or so and that really
helped kick start my weight loss again.
Email anytime you need help or just to talk.
we3@lmf.net Good luck to ya....

Thanks so much for all your wonderful suggestions!

Hi Raz

That did it, I followed your plan, since Monday I have lost 3 lbs. I am so excited that I am back on track now. Thanks a billion.

Candice,

I'm glad to hear this got you going! Keep up the good work!

We're all on our way to "Goal-ville!"

Hi Raz,

The help you are providing here is awesome!!! Thanks for everything you are doing! Can you help get me back on track. I did the plan about 4 years ago and lost 100 lbs. I'm 6' 2". When I started the plan I weighed 285 (started on Red plan with Lites) and finished at 185 (on the Purple plan with Lites). I'm now back at 230 lbs (fell off the wagon and got lazy) and want to get down to 180. I just bought enough Lites on eBay to give me 2 a day for the next 24 weeks. Which plan should I start on to get going again? Also, do I need to switch plans at a certain point and which do I go to? I walk 3.5 miles 3 times a week.

Thanks again for the help!
Thomas

Thomas,

Go back onto the Red plan with 2 lites.

Red:
2 1/2 protein
4 vegetable
3 fruit
3 starch
1 dairy
1 fat
2 lites

Let me know if you have any questions or problems

Raz
I tried the grahm crackers and cool whip for dessert today and it was very good. Do you have anymore dessert ideas

trisha1960 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania said: "I have 1900.00 PLUS tied up into this crap............It was a great plan while it was working.....

Hi Trisha,

That's awful, I completely feel for you. $1900 is a lot of money and it's not fair. But look at it this way. You basically spent $1900 on a plan you know works. You don't need them for it to work. As you can see on this forum you can still do it with other products. Indeed the counseling at the clinics help a lot but so can your peers and being on this site.

I know that I've spent more than $1000 on this program easy. So really, you don't have to think the money you "lost" is a waste, use it as incentive to keep at the program. So I say it IS worth it to stick to this plan. Don't give up! You have the resources, so you have no excuse. Just because they closed down and you spent all that money on "nothing" doesn't mean you can't do it. Instead of getting mad and frustrated about the money you lost, use those emotions to propel you to stick to the plan and see how far it gets you so that money won't be in vain.

A few years ago I lost 40lbs and 30lbs of that was in the first 3 months. I stopped after that year and well now I'm back on it again. After the boxes of LA Lite bars I have left, I'm definitely going to find a replacement bar such as the Luna Bars and use the 48 Hour Hollywood Miracle Diet instead of the Take Off. LAWL seriously charges an arm and a leg for their bars and Take Off juice. It's not worth it and gives them a bad name.

I'm so glad to have found this site though. You all rock!

Raz
I just looked at my graham crackers and notice that I did not buy the low fat honey. How big of a boo boo is this?

Hello, Everyone! I posted in another spot on this site, but I think this is a better fit for me. I found a lot of success with LAWL a year ago, but I got lazy and the weight came back. Raxmataz, you're a marvel! I've got the info for the gold plan, but no lites. I'm going to sub in something similar, because they really made a difference to me last year. What do you suggest once I reach the stabilization and maintenance stages? Also, do you have any suggestions for a good substitute for the fudge brownie lites? Those kept me out of the candy... Thanks so much!

Sally Forester in Bothell, Washington said: Hello, Everyone! I posted in another spot on this site, but I think this is a better fit for me. I found a lot of success with LAWL a year ago, but I got lazy and the weight came back. Raxmataz, you're a marvel! I've got the info for the gold plan, but no lites. I'm going to sub in something similar, because they really made a difference to me last year. What do you suggest once I reach the stabilization and maintenance stages? Also, do you have any suggestions for a good substitute for the fudge brownie lites? Those kept me out of the candy... Thanks so much!

Hello all,

Hope everyone's weight loss is going well. I just wanted to share my excitement with finally trying the Luna bars as an LA Lite replacement. I only had about 17 boxes left of the LA bars so I knew I had to find something to replace them eventually. I read some posts with negative feedback concerning the Luna bars so I took that into consideration but low and behold.... they are absolutely fantastic! Of course, I only tried "Caramel Nut Brownie" and "Nutz Over Chocolate" but they are both SO good and SO pretty. I mean they look and taste like actual desserts and not a processed gummy bar. I am so happy about this. It just means that I can really make this a lifestyle choice without it breaking the bank!

P.S. Down 3lbs since I restarted a week ago. About 26lbs more to go.

ratmataz
i left pure weight loss right before bankruptcy & had lost 48 lbs. unfortaunatley have almost gained all of it back. i was originally on the blue plan with lites. I now walk 4-5 miles a week & do cardio CD's 2-3times a wk. should i stay on blue plan? what about the lites? thanks

Francine,

I'm honestly not sure how big the "boo boo" is but I'm not too worried about it as long as you don't have too many.

Maria,

Go back onto the red plan without lites

2 1/2 protein (lean like white meat chicken 8 oz. not as lean like beef 6 oz)
4 vegetables
3 fruit
3 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

Let me know how it goes

Sally,

If you can't find a substitute for the lites switch to the purple plan.

2 protein (2 oz bigger than gold)
4 vegetables
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

M85cathy,

If you don't have lites move to the red plan.

2 1/2 protein (2oz bigger than blue)
4 vegetables
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

If you still haver lites it's ok to stay on blue

Raz
you had me worried for a minute there it is not like you not to answer back the same day. Nice to here from you

razmataz in West Chester, Pennsylvania said: M85cathy,

If you don't have lites move to the red plan.

2 1/2 protein (2oz bigger than blue)
4 vegetables
3 fruit
2 starch
1 dairy
1 fat

If you still haver lites it's ok to stay on blue

Raz
Thanks so much for your time & info.

Didn't mean to worry anyone. Work has been very busy we're expanding our program which will be wonderful because we'll be able to help more but we're having a few growing pains during the process. Thanks for caring how I am.

Raz
Francine here. I added the one more stach and the 1/2 protein and it did the trick. I lost 2 pounds this week. I am now 5 1 and 148. My dream is to be 120 by my 33rd birthday in July.Maybe I could reach my fantasy of 115 too. I just wanted to say thanks again.I know I could not do this without you.

Francine,

Glad to hear it worked for you.

Those are raw weights if you're maesuring cooked meats subtract 1 ounce

Raz. I hope you get this message, I started back on the purple
plan with lites. I still have some left, BUT I am not losing
what should I do, I am 181 5'5" and I am currently walking
5 miles a week to start off..I don't understand why I am not
losing, I did so good on the purple before they switched me
to the gold with lites....Please let me know what you think

Trisha,

At 181 you should either be on the gold with the lites or purple without the lites. Purple with lites is too much food.

Are you weighing and measuring? Are you getting enough variety? Are you keeping a journal to be sure you're getting the proper exchanges?

Weightloss is a deliacate balance. If you get too much you won't lose and what many people do not realize is that you also won't lose if you don't get enough.