3010 Weight Loss for Life

I love the ladies of 3010 downtown. They are a great group of women who have supported me through the most major weight loss in my life. I have tried so many other things: running, paleo, Crossfit, counting calories, and many others, but nothing has worked as well as 3010.
I look forward to my weekly visits with them and they have been nothing but supportive for me as I have worked through my own temptations (alcohol and bread amongst others) and my own needs (finding which foods on the program I liked and didn’t).
I have definitely noticed not only the changes to my body, but the changes to my cravings and urges. I think I used to buy snacks at Starbucks or similar locations because I thought it was cool or that they would taste good, but now looking at fakey food products and over sugared items makes me cringe. I have definitely turned over a new leaf thanks to these ladies.

I just completed a 6 week session at ³⁰⁄₁₀ weight loss for life using the downtown Seattle office. There are few «pros» and many «cons». I was swayed by the blitz of radio advertising and even some recommendations from second party references.
The pros: Friendly staff, nice facility and I did lose some weight. This acted as a catalyst to have me search out other high protein, high green vegetable, low carb, low sugar diets that would be sustainable at a significantly lower cost.
The cons: I am big on expectation setting and was repeatedly told that male weight loss on the program averaged 4 to 6 pounds per week. I rationalized that if i could lose 5 pounds per week i could justify the expense in order to drop 30 pounds in 6 weeks. Only once did I hit 4 pounds per week and my overall weight loss for the 6 week time frame was 16 pounds.
The cost for the program was $ 1520 for 6 weeks. Simple math demonstrates that I paid $ 95 per pound. Really! The only time
i strayed from the program was on Thanksgiving where I had some wine and one small piece of pie.
In order to receive the weight loss for life benefit you must meet their body metrics numbers.
I started at 16 and after 6 weeks had only dropped to 15. According to ³⁰⁄₁₀ i needed to be at 9. My actual weight had to go from 196 to 167. At $ 250 per week plus you have to buy your own protein and veggies for dinner this gets really expensive!
The packaged food was tolerable but not for 3 or 4 months and the diet of outside foods is VERY RESTRICTIVE.
I was never offered a long term maintenance program as to the plan to keep the weight off once I had reached their required goal.
The weekly weigh in sessions with the quasi hypnosis tapes and the vibration machine seemed to be of little benefit to me.
My girlfriend was also on the program at another office and experienced similar results so she discontinued the program and returned to Dr. Dukan’s diet that had worked successfully for her but did not provide as rapid a result as 30 10 had offered.
Again, in 30/10’s defense I did lose some weight BUT at a significant cost, significantly less than I had been led to believe and there was no long term plan provided. There are better and more affordable alternatives out there.

If you need a strict program and accountability, this program does work. It’s a very low carb (30g/​day) diet. If you follow it strictly, you WILL lose weight quickly.
That said, it’s too expensive for what you get. It’s about $ 280 per week for a weigh-​in and few minutes of coaching, $ 50 worth of protein supplements/​meals, a 30 minute «relaxation» audio session and 10 minutes on a vibrating platform. You pay in advance for the number of weeks it should take you to reach your goal if you follow the program perfectly.
You can subscribe to the audio programs yourself so you can listen when you’re falling asleep — much more useful — but that’s a separate $ 30/​month that they SHOULD include.
If you don’t need the weigh-​ins to motivate you, you can do this program on your own for less than $ 70 per week: buy «BariWise» foods online, and subscribe to «PorterVision» audio.
Google «Ketogenic Diet» for more information about this type of weight loss program.