Quick Weight Loss Centers
A diet plan catching the eye of celebrities.
BACKGROUND
Quick Weight Loss, founded in Florida, provides individualized weight loss therapy. The program boasts no exercise and you eat the foods you love including the diet program's own line of diet foods and herbal and thermogenic supplements.
Made popular by Rush Limbaugh who in 2009 lost a remarkable amount of weight in a short period of time following a Quick Weight Loss created just for him, this southern Florida company has helped many lose weight.
Currently, the only bricks and mortar Quick Weight Loss Centers are scattered around southern Florida but there is an online program that you can join from anywhere in the country. This home-based program is a six-week program in which you receive support and counseling via email and phone from Quick Weight Loss Center specialists.
Once you have signed up for either program, you work individually with a Quick Weight Loss Center expert in order to create your own customized diet plan.
In general, the Quick Weight Loss plan provides participants a diet that is low-carb and low-calorie (up to 1,500 calories/day). You buy the foods you like to make and supplement with Quick Weight Loss brand's bars, beverages, soups as well as supplement s that are intended to facilitate weight loss.
You can expect to lose three to seven pounds each week while following the Quick Weight Loss Center programs.
PRO
- Doctor clearance shows they are being responsible
- Helped Rush Limbaugh lose 80 pounds in 2009
- Offers an individualized program to weight loss
- One-on-one support provides motivation and accountability
CON
- Weight loss claims may be exaggerated
- Required to buy program's special line of foods increases costs
- Herbal supplements and other stimulants are required
- Supplements may be unsafe and carry side effects
- Bricks and mortar locations are limited to southern Florida
- Low calorie diet plan may lead to rebound weight gain
- Diet program rules are not scientifically founded
DIET and NUTRITION
While all Quick Weight Loss Center diets are custom-designed, there are a few benchmark features that are applied to every participant's diet.
Most diet plans include a low-calorie and low-fat daily eating plan that is comprised of about 1,500 calories a day. In addition, most diet plans begin with an [Atkins] plan of eschewing carbs, including fruit for protein and fat.
(http://www.dietsinreview.com/diets/Atkins_Diet/ "Atkin's Diet")
And while the company remains pretty hush-hush about what their diet looks like, a few secrets slipped through the cracks thanks to Rush's public discussion about his experience with Quick Weight Loss Centers.
There are a host of other food rules that you must abide by while following the program such as eating green peppers but not red bell peppers and not combining two different kinds of proteins in one meal. For instance you can have seven ounces of grilled chicken breast but not three ounces of white fish and four ounces of turkey breast in one meal. In addition, alcohol, sugar, refined flours and fried foods are not allowed.
You can also supplement with Quick Weight Loss Centers proprietary foods which can be purchased online or at one of the Center's Florida locations. Such foods include special puddings, shake mixes, nutrition bars, soups and oatmeal.
In addition, you are also encouraged to take Quick Weight Loss Centers own line of dietary supplements like essential fatty acids, herbs and carb blockers, all of which are supposed to facilitate speedy weight loss.
EXERCISE
You can engage in moderate exercise while following the Quick Weight Loss Center diet but hard-core exercise is not a strong feature of this plan.
Con
Made popular almost overnight by conservative radio-host Rush Limbaugh who lost 80 pounds in just a few months, Quick Weight Loss Centers is a Florida-based customized diet plan that helps you lose weight quickly with its low-calorie, low-carb, and highly structured eating plan. But it is exactly this stringent plan that lands this diet in the category of countless other plans that take off a lot of weight in a short amount of time and then risks gaining it all back once you are no longer on the plan.
But with this rather mysterious diet plan filled with specific eating rules and special supplements that contain hoodia and ephedra-like stimulants, you might want to think twice about spending the money on Quick Weight Loss Center and instead think about incorporating more natural, practical and long-term strategies for successful weight loss.
Common Misspellings
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We started QWL about a week and a half ago. My partner and I have been together 8 years and it took that long for the weight to pile on each of us gained 43 and 48 pounds respectively. We decided something had to be done, so I bumped into an old co-worker that had retired and WOW! Holy Crap!! He looked incredible! He informed me about QWL and that's where we headed. Yes, it is pricey.....don't give in too quickly, they will come down on their prices and don't buy it all. Nashua Nutrition sells all of QWL's supplements much cheaper. Follow the eating plan and you will be successful; we have lost and continue loosing everyday.
I like QWL -- but loosing very slow. Life keeps getting in the way and I find it hard to keep focused during social functions and holidays. The cost is very daunting for me and I'm wondering where to get the suppliments at a lower cost. I know you can get the EFA at drug stores. But where can I get the appitite suppresants and quick boost.
I have lost 20 pounds but need to loose much more.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
75 down - 70 to go. The counselors have been very helpful and seem interested in helping this big lug shed some weight, even though there is always the product push for selling herbal supplements, vitamins, protein supplements and bars, as well as added weeks of consultation. It gets funny after the first few weeks.
So, after staying pretty close to the plan assigned, which is a high protein, low carb, balanced diet of about 1200 to 1400 calories, I have now lost 75 pounds or about 4.5 lb/wk.
When I see people going in there to lose 5 or 10 lbs, I keep wanting to tell them that the center is really for people who are morbidly obese, but never do. They will take anyone with cash.
My goal is now to continue to lose another 75 lbs., stay with the plan through maintenance, throw out clothes when they get too big, enjoy the many things I can do at a lower weight and never turn back. Wish me luck in Hawaii and my World cruise. Then, the road trips across America begin. My quest will be to find healthy food along the way, but the real secret is to not abuse food, but to use it as fuel for the body to function right.
Bottom line is that to get help losing weight does cost money. If you have the finances to pay about $20 per pound to lose weight this is a good plan for you with no cardboard food like Jenny or Medifast, not the humiliation that goes with Biggest Losers, but it does take food prep time & some will power (really will not power).
Just because I'm getting thinner doesn't mean you can push me around though. I'll be thin, but wirey :--) MAKE YOUR GOALS * PLAN TO REACH YOUR GOALS * CELEBRATE LIFE * LOVE WITH ALL YOU HAVE AT ALL TIMES * LIVE LIKE YOU ARE GOING FULL SPEED DOWN A ONE WAY STREET AND SMELL THE ROSES ALONG THE WAY WHEN YOU HAVE TO STOP TO REST * IF YOU ARE NOT HAVING ALL THE FUN YOU CAN, YOU ARE NOT DOING IT RIGHT ! * IF NOT REACHING YOUR GOAL KEEP TRYING - GO FASTER - IT IS A COMPETITIVE WORLD AND WE PLAY FAIR BUT WE PLAY . . . ALOHA YALL
I am almost done with the first month of pills.
I am looking at dietdirect.com to get the pudding and bars but are the pills there also?
I found a similar carb blocker, but what about the Gold XTRM?
And is there somewhere to get the QuickBoost?
I visited a QWLC in Atlanta and would love to do the program but the cost is too much for me.
Can anyone email me the diet plan? Detox, foods, suppliments, etc.
Thanks so much
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Queston I out of some of the pills. I see eft on dietdriect but the direction are different & some of tingret. Are they the same or where are the same pills.
Thx for all the tips on finding the supplements at discounts. Does anyone know where to find the "Quick Trim Gold"? If so, where can you get it and what is it called? Thx!
I lost nearly 70 pounds from August 31 to January 20. IT WORKS!
Thanks for providing the info on QWLC, but does anyone know when you're supposed to take all of the supplements (i.e. in the morning, before meals, etc.)?
i tried qwl and i liked it. but i just couldnt lose weight. i wish i could rejoin and see what was i doing wrong. i also want to know do i have to start all over with a new payment plan or can i just pick up where i left off at?
I just started a week ago and have lost 5 lbs. I was ordered to lose 20 lbs in the next 4 mos. by my doctor or he would have to put me on insulin. Yes, it is expensive and some of the "supplements" are gross. The bars are yummy...but can only have one a day. The drinks are tolerable, except the green "quick boost". The diet as already explained is bland, but tolerable. If you aren't a fish eater, it's tougher. If you don't like chicken either...you are SOL. My toughest meal is lunch. I can, and have, eaten the same thing for breakfast for years, so that wasn't a big difference. I still eat out. Just don't eat it all or as much. My biggest problem...I am a DIABETIC...and although they alter the diet for me. I have sugar lows a lot and I hate those. If anyone else is a DIABETIC, and you have this problem and have found out how to solve it, please post. Good luck to all who are trying to lose weight...it is a SUCKY thing to have to do. But diabetes is worse.
It looks like most of the people really getting into the feedback are really looking for a free diet plan - The thing that makes this work for most of us is the consulting staff we visit 3 times a week to keep us on track, take BP,etc.
There are some really good free programs available online - Calorie Count is the most helpful for getting support from RD & others online. WebMD has some good info available and also support from users. The use of supplements, quick weight loss and medication is not promoted by most of those not seeing someone to give proper help. I'm not criticizing folks for wanting free help, but this is really not a good approach & most of what is given here is only part of the whole needed for rapid and sustained weight loss.
The cost upfront for having someone keep track and offer advise throughout the weight loss and maintenance is what is being paid for by those having made the commitment. Most of us have tried doing these things on our own and failed at least a few times. Take this in good spirit and good luck losing weight
After staying pretty close to the QWLC plan for the past 13 weeks, I have lost almost 70 lbs & have almost 75 to go, so that's about on track for 5lb. loss per week.
My experience in Texas has been that my handlers have been helpful in keeping me on track, moved me into a couple of new things through the weeks and for novices, they do a good job.
I agree that supplements and pills are too highly priced, but they did give me a break on food supplements in Dec @ $10 per box, so I have not ordered online yet - bought my own multivitamins and EPA - May get Carb Block & some of the supplements from Nashua Nutrition, but trying to stay with the exact things - Happy New Year from Texas, Good Luck in 2010 to become a svelte person.
After staying pretty close to the QWLC plan for the past 13 weeks, I have lost almost 70 lbs & have almost 75 to go, so that's about on track for 5lb. loss per week.
My experience in Texas has been that my handlers have been helpful in keeping me on track, moved me into a couple of new things through the weeks and for novices, they do a good job.
I agree that supplements and pills are too highly priced, but they did give me a break on food supplements in Dec @ $10 per box, so I have not ordered online yet - bought my own multivitamins and EPA - May get Carb Block & some of the supplements from Nashua Nutrition, but trying to stay with the exact things - Happy New Year from Texas, Good Luck in 2010 to become a svelte person.
Is there a support blog somewhere? So you can blog on how you are doing or questions that you have that you might want ask the center?
After reading Jeffs comments I decided I would to check out Diet Direct and found the BariWise bars and drinks are exactly the same as QWLC and 6 dollars cheaper! Got my first order and very pleased! The exact same purchase from QWLC would have cost me $115 dollars more!
I decided to do further research and found another web site called Nashua Nutrition, they also have the same bars called Health Smart. They also have the EXACT same Herbs ($20 savings) Carb Blockers, EFA's , ($6 savings) and the Quick Boost for $20.95 .
(The name they are under is Herbal balance)
They have free shipping with orders over $99 .
I really wish that I would have found these sites 5 months ago... would have been able to buy a new wardrobe with the money I could have saved!
Started tuesday with detox. On day 3 I'm going tonight for the class & to measure in for first time. I really hope I have lost some weight since I paid almost 600. Not really excited about the center but I have to do something to lose this weight. 40lb to go....
Still unsure on this. I do know 2 people who had successfully lost a good chunk of weight----1 gained it all back but said her problem was that she didn't do maintenance (mental note). She was happy though b/c she bought "premium" membership and can go back on the plan at the lesser cost---still cost $600 though. I went for my consult already sold on the product and did not have a good "counselor"---she was reading the info on the back of a flip chart the whole time. I'm in sales and it was probably the worst presentation i've ever seen. Anyway I signed up regardless because i was sold before by my 2 referrals. Spent $600 just for 1st month and they told me i'd be smart to spend another $1099 to get my insurance in case i gain it back (to come back cheaper) and that would include all of my supplements. I almost fell off my chair! The way it was done asking for the $1099 AFTER she had run my card for the $600 really made me have buyers remorse. But I went back today and spoke with a different counselor who explained things much better and said I do NOT need to buy all of that stuff upfront. I am going to get on those sites to get my products cheaper. This is the end of day 1 of detox and I feel fine. I did get a headache but that is not unusual for me in the afternoons. I didn't take anything and it did go away for the most part. Oh, by the way when I went in today for my measurements I had lost 2 lbs since yesterday. We shall see! I've got about 40 lbs to lose.
This program works ... if you work it. Remember, nothing is perfect ... but they have the right combination on counseling, intake of foods, and continued guidance. I'm 54 and had no control of food ... first, you have to hit the wall and admit your problem and that you need help. Second, nothing is cheap or free! This group just got me down 96.4 pounds in 10 months! I am now 8 pounds shy of my goal ... and it just a number. I am now wearing clothes/jeans from years ago! I joined on a DARE ... go ahead and PROVE that you can get me to 150! Never, never did I think that my 'pouch' would ever go. If you join ... go Platinum ... if you have always had problems with controlling food. They know their stuff and guide you daily (if needed) with your life ... no matter what weight loss you choose ... you have to get your head right ... and make food fuel for your body and not pleasure. This program also gets you to live 'outside' the diet box ... eating REAL FOOD and being able to eat out.
Worth every penny ... piecing it together and buying similar products may last for a bit ... you are paying for counseling on a daily basis. Conclusion: I am healthy and at a healthy weight for today. Thank you Quick Weight Loss for my new life! Tell them Linda Z from Stuart sent you!
I lost my 45 pounds in 13 weeks. If you stick to the program, you will lose the weight. If you aren't willing to follow the plan, you will fail. I'm very happy with my outcome!
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