A very good friend of mine who has been overweight for years called me this weekend looking for advice. She's feels like she's finally in the right state of mind to start losing weight. I could help her with the workout advice she was looking for, but she was also asking about different weight loss programs which I really don't know to much about. My sister-in-law did the LA Weightloss program after my nephew was born and she did very well on it, but from what she's told me it sounds really expensive and my friend needs to lose about 120 pounds to be at her goal weight. Another friend of mind did Weight Watchers and she did ok, but seemed to struggle. I think a lot of it had to do with her hectic schedule and having 3 kids to chase after. She didn't have the kind of time necessary to plan meals and snacks ahead of time. Have any of you or anyone you know had great success on these or any other plans? I'd really like to help her because her excess weight is eventually going to cause some health problems, but I think she needs help beyond my telling her how I eat and giving her my support. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.