Just about everyone was very nice and friendly and I did enjoy the workouts. The workouts got me into the best shape of my life, I didn't reach the goal which I'll explain later but I was much more toned and physically capable after the 6 weeks But the program is very misleading and you don't get the full picture of what your life is going be be like on this program until after you've handed them the money. I said several times during my intake that I was having trouble coming up with the money, and at one point they put me on a payment plan. I ended up paying all at once but what I'm saying is they knew I am not made of money. Yeah, you get your $500 back if you lose the weight, but the diet they put you on costs $100 a week, at least. They put you on what's basically a body builder's Paleo diet, with huge servings of produce and lean meat 6 times a day. It's a lot of food, at least for me. At one point the fruit servings came to me eating more than an entire pineapple in one day. I'm 5'0 and at the time weighed 130, I'm kinda tiny and couldn't eat as much as they wanted. They have this one size fits all approach to fitness, saying that if you do it it works no matter what and of you can't do it you're not trying hard enough. I know almost nobody who has the time to prepare and eat as much food as they require.
The gym membership they're going to ask you to buy after is $50 a week for the full thing. They don't mention that to you up front though.
I would recommend this program as a last resort. If you've seen nutritionists and doctors and personal trainers and still can't get the weight off, give this a try. I know it's worked for a lot of people. I had already lost 10 pounds already when I started, and the program actually really threw me off track and it took me a while to get to losing weight again.
Please consult your doctor before you join a program like this, ask them if it's safe for you to be doing vigorous exercise and switching suddenly to a diet with 6 large meals a day. Highly overweight individuals, anyone who could be categorized as morbidly obese, could get seriously hurt doing the kind of exercise they have you do. Walking, seated exercises and swimming are safest for individuals that size so they don't risk falling or putting too much pressure on their joints. At a large size just a fall can be seriously damaging. read more