La Weight Loss Associates

Question: Are all of the la weight loss centers closing?

(Posted by: babette_noir on 2009-01-09 12:32:33)

First the one in my town was gone, and now there are none left in my state. is the whole business going under?

Posted by: pebblespro on 2009-01-09, 12:46:45

I think so.... I'm in Ohio and there's none around anymore. Although, I think they changed the name.. I've seen them advertised on television same basic commercial as LA weightloss but, the name is different. I just can't remember the name.. Before I got married I went in there for a FREE consultation and what a scam! I took a questionaire which asked about my weight and feelings associated with my weight and basically the "consultant " used it against me to try and get me to join there ridiculously expensive program.. It was $5 a week my foot! It was more like a 54 week program and you pay 1/ 2 upfront it was around $400 to join.. PLUS an additional $100 for blood work-up.. When I asked if my primary care phys. could do the blood work some phony in a doc. lab coat said, "NO " it had to be done in the LA. Weightloss Centers office...! SCAM! So, I left.. It was the biggest rip-off ever.. You'd be better off checking out your primary health care phys. and getting seen by a nuitritionist... Pay the co-pay and go from there... At least you know that actual doctors are taking care of you.. Good luck

Posted by: Ashley D on 2009-01-09, 12:40:41

I dont know if ALL of them are closing down, but the one in my town shut down after only being open like, three months. i havent heard anything about them going under though, and thats kind of a big company so i think i would have seen something on yahoo's news section. i havent though. maybe LA weightloss's website says something? or you could just do a search on yahoo and find the most recent news on it

Posted by: Melissa F on 2009-01-09, 12:47:39

I have read from numerous websites that the company went out of business last year and since then the stores have all been closing slowly. I'm not sure how accurate it is since their website says nothing however and the articles date back from late Dec. 2007 up till November 2008.