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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I understand the pain...I signed up w/o getting all details and just ended up with expensive supplements that I don't know how to use...Could anyone tell me how to use the supplements? I don't want to go back to the centers. I feel like they took advantage of me and they don't give refunds.
I’m fighting to get my money back. I really haven’t lost any weight. I can’t take the stupidity of advise (i.e. you gained a lb because you ate a whole fuji apple in one sitting). My biggest issue was being called a lair this week. I’ve followed the plan to a T – no cheating at all. One day I even put my salt and butter on a piece of toast just to get it in (yes it was disguising).
Even if I was losing weight, there is no way I can reconcile the hostility and accusations from this week. The only highlight of the experience, was a newly transferred “counselor” that tried to help me.
If anyone has any suggestions on getting my money back, please let me know. Thanks.
Wendy, what is the exact link of your support group? I can't seem to find you by google-search. ... My experience with QWL began 5 weeks ago, did the prep, lost 3 pounds and lost a total of 4.4 for week 1. Week two saw another 3.6 pounds come off. Week three-five, I've been hovering (gaining/losing) the same 4 pounds for three weeks. Very frustrating. Following the diet to the letter. They had me do a protein break one week, lost two pounds, gained it back. This week I'm doing a water flush, I'm on the last day, lost the same 2 .... and unfortunately expect to gain it back by Saturday once I go back to my "luxurious and indulgent" 950-calorie diet. Needless to say, I need the online support since all they say at the center is "stick with it, it works." Thanks in advance for the link. C
Been on it since Aug. 19th and have lost around 55lbs. I have cheated maybe a total of 4 days during this time. It works but u must stay focus and follow plan.
I still have the QWLC cookbook if anyone is interested. It is only two months old. The program has worked great for me. You just have to stay with it.
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ItalianAngel,
The Stuart center is nice... there are a few good people... there are also a lot of new people that I have not delt with yet so seem to fit that dim bulb category.
It depends on what you use them for i guess... I go in to get weighed and measured and don't worry much about the other stuff. No one has ever yelled at me for eating something bad or anything like that.
I don't think the counselors anywhere are going to be super helpful since they are not nutritionalists or doctors, but some of them really know the program well and can give you good advice from your food diary about don't eat this with this.. or we're going to do a protein break, etc.
Good luck!
Hey Lisa, contact me about the items you have left. Thanks,
The QWLC diet is NOT working for me! I have everything that you need to get you through 2 full months of this plan! Please let me know if you are interested in buying!
I've been on the program 5 weeks and I've lost 28 pounds. This is the best program I have ever tried. By the way, the article above is incorrect about brick and morter locations limited to South Florida. There are several locations in Metro Atlanta.
It's working - just a really intense & expensive program. However you cut it, the cost is several thousand before it is all done & maintenance is achieved.
So far, so good - lost 13 1/2 pounds the first week, fixed some good recipes from the approved foods. The only down side is the cost & taking 19 to 21 pills & natural supplements every day. Over 100 to go, so I need to stay with the plan.
Here's another.
Mexican Scrambled Eggs
1 Protein, 2 Vegs.
2 Large Eggs
1 Small Tomato
1/2 Green Pepper (chopped)
1 Tbsp. Skim Milk
Dash of Onion Powder
2 Drop Tabasco Sauce
Mix eggs, milk and Tabasco sauce. Spray frying pan w/small amounts of Pam. Saute green pepper for a few mins., turn heat to low and add egg mixture. When eggs are just about done, add tomato and onion powder. Cook about 1 min. more or until eggs are set.
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Here is a recipe from the QWLC cookbook:
Oven Fried Chicken or Fish
1 Protein, 1 Starch
6 oz. Chicken or Fish
2 Pieces of Melba Toast (made into crumbs)
1/2 tsp Oregano
1/2 tsp Poultry Seasoning
1/2 t Thyme
Rinse off chicken or fish and place in pan. Sprinkle w/mixture and bake at 375 degrees for 30 mins. Serve w/tossed salad!
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I just started yesterday and I was not given a detox period. i had orientation on thursday and started eating of the plan yesterday. Major headache last night and today. I broke down and had a cookie, headache is gone. Is this withdrawal I am going through that causes these headaches? Any thoughts? I know I am supposed to go in immediatley and tell them about the cookie but tomorrow is sunday so I can't. I feel like I am going to get 20 lashes with a wet noodle for my "fall". Maybe I just won't tell them.
I just joined this week. This is my first "real" day of the diet. I've been doing the 3 days of prep.
I'm fine with the diet. It’s not all that much different then how I eat now. But, it's a lot of money. After the $450 for the program and then another $350 for supplements, I'm wondering if it's worth it. Considering that I don't have that much to lose and could (and was) doing it on my own.
The only troubling thing I see is that most of the counselors are heavier then I am now. Just guessing here, but I'd say most are about a size 10 and I fluctuate from a 6 - 8. Well hopefully this helps me get the last few pounds off that I seem never to be able to lose.
I just joined this week. This is my first "real" day of the diet. I've been doing the 3 days of prep.
I'm fine with the diet. It’s not all that much different then how I eat now. But, it's a lot of money. After the $450 for the program and then another $350 for supplements, I'm wondering if it's worth it. Considering that I don't have that much to lose and could (and was) doing it on my own.
The only troubling thing I see is that most of the counselors are heavier then I am now. Just guessing here, but I'd say most are about a size 10 and I fluctuate from a 6 - 8. Well hopefully this helps me get the last few pounds off that I seem never to be able to lose.
I can't comment on Rush's weight loss, as I don't follow him, but let me give you a little heads up about this program. You will go in for a "free" consultation. They will take your weight and throw a few words at you. Then they will ask you for money- the amount you want to lose is how they determine your "fee." They will tell you about the 3 day preparation phase, but not about what you will be eating afterwards because as I was told today- "we don't want to overwhelm you." They will tell you that they will be adding other foods back in. For this "fee" you will get a month's worth of their supplemental pills and a weeks worth of two of their food products. Then they send you on your way and you start your 3-day prep which consists of protien and leafy green salad veggies and water and an orange a day. When you go back on day 3 for your "nutrition" class to learn what your diet will consist of, depending on your plan, it's basically protien, a couple of choices of starches, more veggies, fruits and either lite marg or mayo and 2 of their supplemental foods a day. NO SUBSTITUTIONS. NO DAIRY (except cottage cheese or skim milk) All the seasonings you want unless it has salt or sugar in it (no salsa,no ketchup [but hey, they will give you a recipe so you can MAKE it- uh, really? Who has time for this??) You can use Mrs. Dash to your heart's content. This is basically a protien, low sugar, almost no salt, very low carbs (only in fruit, no fruit juice allowed) diet. If you can do this, than this diet is for you! I am sure that it works, because if you add up total calories for the day on plan II, it comes to JUST over 1000. This is not healthy!! This is the only way they will guarantee your weight loss. ALSO they don't tell you that on the first 2 weeks of your diet that they want you to come in DAILY and then 3 times a week afterwards. This will also be on your paper that you sign that "guarantees" your weight loss. And they say that you don't have to exercise, but if you do, they only want you to do cardio, no lifting weights because they want to see your "real" weight loss. Muscle is weight, but muscle also burns more fat, so this is totally assanine in my opinion. I for one, know that if I had seen the types and restricitions of the types of foods that I would NEVER have given them my money- all $517.00 of it. Getting it back is IMPOSSIBLE. Once you sign that paper you are screwed. I talked to corporate today after I sent them 2 nasty emails saying that I felt deceived. They tried to talk me into it for at least 1/2 hour. Then, "i'm sorry, I don't know what else I can do for you." Then, "well, $390 is non-refundable for supplements and the time that we took to take history, etc., but we can refund the remainder." Great, I get $127 back and i've just bought some really expensive supplements- thanks. All this, of course, is just my opinion and my interaction with them. If you think this would work for you, I recommend it, but PLEASE, FIRST, tell them that you need a day or two to think about it. DO NOT just sign up willy nilly. Us overweight people are desperate for a quick fix and for me, losing 65 lbs in 20 weeks sounded amazing. You know what the old saying is, "if it sounds too good to be true, it is." Julie
Hi everyone!!
Just joined and today was the last day of prep phase. I had some withdrawl symptoms of carbs but I was able to do it. Its hard to eat out on this plan, at least so far. Even grilled chicken has salt in it.
I am already scared thats why i wanted to joined a group to get support because i have to do it and i don't have any choice but to loose weight.
Wendy can you please let me know how to reach your group? i searched on yahoo for your group but no luck?
would you please put a link here? if not please guide me how to get to your group?
Thanks
It's now been a month. Lost 4.4 pounds during detox , and the month since 5 pounds, and this is after the protein break. I'm so discouraged. If the headaches would go away I would be grateful. I follow the program to the letter...no cheating, correct salt, fat, protein, fruit, starch, supplement, water, etc, intake. I spoke with one of the brain dead "counselors" about it tonight and all she said was to get through the weekend and come in on Tuesday.
Continuing to choke down chicken, fish and raw veggies is fine when one is seeing results! I am not getting acceptable results and I don't know what to do. The "counselor" said that I never mentioned the headaches and if that was my problem I could eat an extra orange! Huh? I've told those deaf broads about the headaches EVERY time I go to the center! It was explained to me that I must follow their rules,,,like I had done something wrong. Believe me, I have nothing to feel guilty about. If this keeps up, I may go on the Jaxson's Ice Cream Diet. Now, that would be something to be guilty about and if I ate the stuff really fast, I would have an explanation about where these headaches are coming from! To be honest, I was almost in tears when I left the center, tonight. I hope I can muster up the bottle to haul myself in there on Tuesday.
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Awsome diet. Easy to follow and after you get over the initial $$ dump, you can get everything else at other places. Only thing that was hard was to give up a Punchie/Mt.Dew/Ischabaha but after a the first week or two, smooth sailing.
I am on pace 4-7 lbs per week and no significant signs of dementia noted. Totally Jazzed.
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