Herbalife - anyone using the products?
chrisandleahtotheend
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Looking for people who are using Herbalife and that would be willing to share shake ideas and healthy meal options.
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Very expensive and it does nothing to teach portion control. You will put all the weight back on once you stop. You could have the same effect by flushing your money down the toilet and eating a calorie deficit.
Or just eat at a calorie deficit, hold on to that money, lose weight, and buy something that will actually add value to your life.0 -
You won't get much love for Herbal Life on here. Seeing as it is completely unnecessary, uses sub-par ingredients, and is basically a mult-level marketing scam, most on here have already seen the light on what a crock that stuff is.0
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to the two previous posts.
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I dont always support pyramid schemes, but when i do, it's sure as s##t not Herbalife.0
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Agree with the above. Diet and exercise - that simple. Those pills are a marketing ploy.0
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Badger_Girl99 wrote: »Agree with the above. Diet and exercise - that simple. Those pills are a marketing ploy.
it's shakes. :P0 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Very expensive and it does nothing to teach portion control. You will put all the weight back on once you stop. You could have the same effect by flushing your money down the toilet and eating a calorie deficit.
Or just eat at a calorie deficit, hold on to that money, lose weight, and buy something that will actually add value to your life.
I bought it due to a friend selling it. It did nothing but waste $130.00. I tried it for 2 weeks and lost nothing, the friend didn't supply me with a meal plan or anything.
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I have I shake a day made with water and add a bit of a protein powder to it. Sometimes add some fruit. Super yummy and easy way to get something into my stomach on workday mornings. My distributors also offer a FREE fitness class for thier customers, so I get to workout as much as 3 times a week without paying to a gym membership. I don't buy the "pills" and yes it gets expensive the more products you use. So it's a win with the free exercise sessions.0
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Btw I've lost about 8 lbs in 3 months.0
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It's pretty bad when Barry Minkow says your business practices are shady.0
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Camarose79 wrote: »I have I shake a day made with water and add a bit of a protein powder to it. Sometimes add some fruit. Super yummy and easy way to get something into my stomach on workday mornings. My distributors also offer a FREE fitness class for thier customers, so I get to workout as much as 3 times a week without paying to a gym membership. I don't buy the "pills" and yes it gets expensive the more products you use. So it's a win with the free exercise sessions.
Exercise in general is free. Go for a walk. Ride a bike. Go swimming.
A gym membership and eating less food is still a lot cheaper than Herbalife snake oil.0 -
Can Herbalife be added to the list of words this place automatically censors?0
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Camarose79 wrote: »Btw I've lost about 8 lbs in 3 months.
I've lost 1st9lb in 3 months just by eating at a calorie deficit and walking everywhere. Cost me nothing.
Good old food.
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I didn't even have a car for the last 7 years. I walk and ride a bike everywhere. Yes exercise is free but for me, I appreciate having the structure of a specific time and place to work out, with instruction. Works better for me. I've been fat and out of shape for almost my whole life. What I'm doing now is making me feel better. So what if Herbalife isn't the top product out there, I've been eating crap food choices for years and years already! Most of you previous commenters have a pretty awesome looking bod in your profile pics, I'm guessing you haven't been considered obese in your lifetime. And how many if you don't use ANY kind of muscle milk, plant protein powder, protein shake, or pre or post workout product? Who cares what product I'm using. It's helping me.0
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Camarose79 wrote: »I didn't even have a car for the last 7 years. I walk and ride a bike everywhere. Yes exercise is free but for me, I appreciate having the structure of a specific time and place to work out, with instruction. Works better for me. I've been fat and out of shape for almost my whole life. What I'm doing now is making me feel better. So what if Herbalife isn't the top product out there, I've been eating crap food choices for years and years already! Most of you previous commenters have a pretty awesome looking bod in your profile pics, I'm guessing you haven't been considered obese in your lifetime. And how many if you don't use ANY kind of muscle milk, plant protein powder, protein shake, or pre or post workout product? Who cares what product I'm using. It's helping me.
I've been obese for the last 2 years. I'm still 1 1/2 stone overweight. I don't drive. I don't use any powders, pills, shakes, ketones etc. I don't need to. Neither do you. Being overweight is awful. Yep. But I stopped making excuses and worked at making a change.
Use Herbalife if you need that crutch. Personally I prefer the CICO approach.0 -
Camarose79 wrote: »I didn't even have a car for the last 7 years. I walk and ride a bike everywhere. Yes exercise is free but for me, I appreciate having the structure of a specific time and place to work out, with instruction. Works better for me. I've been fat and out of shape for almost my whole life. What I'm doing now is making me feel better. So what if Herbalife isn't the top product out there, I've been eating crap food choices for years and years already! Most of you previous commenters have a pretty awesome looking bod in your profile pics, I'm guessing you haven't been considered obese in your lifetime. And how many if you don't use ANY kind of muscle milk, plant protein powder, protein shake, or pre or post workout product? Who cares what product I'm using. It's helping me.
How do you know they haven't been obese???? Maybe they have just worked really hard for their awesome looking bod. I think you will find many people on MFP in that boat.
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Camarose79 wrote: »I didn't even have a car for the last 7 years. I walk and ride a bike everywhere. Yes exercise is free but for me, I appreciate having the structure of a specific time and place to work out, with instruction. Works better for me. I've been fat and out of shape for almost my whole life. What I'm doing now is making me feel better. So what if Herbalife isn't the top product out there, I've been eating crap food choices for years and years already! Most of you previous commenters have a pretty awesome looking bod in your profile pics, I'm guessing you haven't been considered obese in your lifetime. And how many if you don't use ANY kind of muscle milk, plant protein powder, protein shake, or pre or post workout product? Who cares what product I'm using. It's helping me.
It doesn't bother me at all that you use the products. What bothers me is the fact that people seem to think that they are somehow magically more effective than a calorie deficit. When people come into these boards and ask for advice/opinions on a product like Herbalife, the resounding opinion in here is that the products are generally a waste of money.
You are an adult, so spend your money on what you like. But I will continue to tell people that you do not have to pay some stay-at-home mom on Facebook an arm and a leg for some shake/pill/supplement/wrap/detox to lose weight. All you have to do is eat less food.
*Edited to add that I am currently considered "obese." I've also tried several of the magic weight loss products and I know from experience that none of them work.0 -
rainbowbow wrote: »Badger_Girl99 wrote: »Agree with the above. Diet and exercise - that simple. Those pills are a marketing ploy.
it's shakes. :P
Oh, they have pills, shakes, teas... anything to sell to you. Like @missannette67 said, they don't even provide you with a meal plan... they just say buy this, this, and that... drink them and you'll lose weight.
They get rich, you stay fat... or fatter. Definitely a waste of money.Camarose79 wrote: »I get to workout as much as 3 times a week without paying to a gym membership. I don't buy the "pills" and yes it gets expensive the more products you use. So it's a win with the free exercise sessions. Btw I've lost about 8 lbs in 3 months.
BTW, I lost that and more in my first month with just a calorie deficit, eating all the yums, none of the fads.
And free workouts at home by using Youtube... and keeping my moneys. 
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Well for me, being fat all these years while walking and biking everywhere, obviously I've also been eating way too much. It's not like I didn't do any exercise at all and just got up walking and lost as much weight as someone else who just started exercising. You can make a shake just with fruit, yogurt, milk, water, or whatever you want, and not buy any Herbalife shake. Do what you like. It's helping me. I have had a lot of bad health habits for many years. I don't know what struggles the other commenters have had or how much work they've done to get fit. What is this a competition? I'VE lost 8 pounds and that makes me successful! I fit into my new jeans now! AND I'm using Herbalife shakes. As well as exercising. Tracking food. Counting calories. Making better food choices than I have in the past. Being more aware of what I eat. Learning as I go. Meh. I'm still winning.0
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A long time ago, I had a client start this product about 3 months after having a baby. She wound up on the psych ward after the product pushed her into a manic phase and she didn't sleep for about a week. It was a very frightening experience for her.-1
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Camarose79 wrote: »Well for me, being fat all these years while walking and biking everywhere, obviously I've also been eating way too much. It's not like I didn't do any exercise at all and just got up walking and lost as much weight as someone else who just started exercising. You can make a shake just with fruit, yogurt, milk, water, or whatever you want, and not buy any Herbalife shake. Do what you like. It's helping me. I have had a lot of bad health habits for many years. I don't know what struggles the other commenters have had or how much work they've done to get fit. What is this a competition? I'VE lost 8 pounds and that makes me successful! I fit into my new jeans now! AND I'm using Herbalife shakes. As well as exercising. Tracking food. Counting calories. Making better food choices than I have in the past. Being more aware of what I eat. Learning as I go. Meh. I'm still winning.
I think the other posters were trying to point out that weight loss is possible without products like Herbalife, not to "compete" with you.
And I'm glad that you are happy with your success and with the products, but think about it. You said:I'm using Herbalife shakes. As well as exercising. Tracking food. Counting calories. Making better food choices than I have in the past. Being more aware of what I eat.
Don't you think you'd be just as successful doing all of that minus the Herbalife? As well as learning better eating habits? All the money that you save from just dropping the Herbalife and doing all the other things that you mentioned could be spent on something worthwhile.
And don't think that any hostility that you may have read in my original post was aimed at you - it's more aimed at the companies themselves, which spread lies and prey on the people who are desperate to lose weight and may not know that much about nutrition. Not the people who actually fall victim to their sales tactics (let's face it, they're aggressive and the sales pitches can be pretty convincing at times). I am so excited that I finally realized that I don't need to spend money on products like Herbalife to lose weight that I want to help others realize it, too.0 -
Camarose79 wrote: »I didn't even have a car for the last 7 years. I walk and ride a bike everywhere. Yes exercise is free but for me, I appreciate having the structure of a specific time and place to work out, with instruction. Works better for me. I've been fat and out of shape for almost my whole life. What I'm doing now is making me feel better. So what if Herbalife isn't the top product out there, I've been eating crap food choices for years and years already! Most of you previous commenters have a pretty awesome looking bod in your profile pics, I'm guessing you haven't been considered obese in your lifetime. And how many if you don't use ANY kind of muscle milk, plant protein powder, protein shake, or pre or post workout product? Who cares what product I'm using. It's helping me.
How do you know they haven't been obese???? Maybe they have just worked really hard for their awesome looking bod. I think you will find many people on MFP in that boat.
<----twas obese less than 2 years ago... No magical shakes needed.0 -
Camarose79 wrote: »Btw I've lost about 8 lbs in 3 months.
I've lost 30 pounds in 4 months by eating less and moving more.
Spent no money doing it either.
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Camarose79 wrote: »I didn't even have a car for the last 7 years. I walk and ride a bike everywhere. Yes exercise is free but for me, I appreciate having the structure of a specific time and place to work out, with instruction. Works better for me. I've been fat and out of shape for almost my whole life. What I'm doing now is making me feel better. So what if Herbalife isn't the top product out there, I've been eating crap food choices for years and years already! Most of you previous commenters have a pretty awesome looking bod in your profile pics, I'm guessing you haven't been considered obese in your lifetime. And how many if you don't use ANY kind of muscle milk, plant protein powder, protein shake, or pre or post workout product? Who cares what product I'm using. It's helping me.
I've been fat and out of shape most of my life too.
I've also tried a bunch of gimmicks.
They don't work in the long run.
The secret to losing weight is to get to the root of the issues of what caused you to overeat and deal with them and then to break the behavioral patterns you've developed over the years in regards to overeating. The bottom line to both parts of that sentence is accepting responsibility for both things and resolving to move forward.
After that? This site is a great tool. Sign up, plug in your stats, create a calorie deficit. Read the forums. Learn some more about nutrition. Start making better food choices. One food at a time. You're building a lifestyle. It's okay to take baby steps.
The people here who use protein shakes (I'm one of them) use them to supplement an already healthy overall way of eating. For example, I'm a vegetarian. I use shakes to supplement my protein intake. I buy a high quality one from a reputable company for that purpose.
You don't need to throw money away on something as sketchy and potentially dangerous to your health as Herbalife.
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Camarose79 wrote: »I didn't even have a car for the last 7 years. I walk and ride a bike everywhere. Yes exercise is free but for me, I appreciate having the structure of a specific time and place to work out, with instruction. Works better for me. I've been fat and out of shape for almost my whole life. What I'm doing now is making me feel better. So what if Herbalife isn't the top product out there, I've been eating crap food choices for years and years already! Most of you previous commenters have a pretty awesome looking bod in your profile pics, I'm guessing you haven't been considered obese in your lifetime. And how many if you don't use ANY kind of muscle milk, plant protein powder, protein shake, or pre or post workout product? Who cares what product I'm using. It's helping me.
How do you know they haven't been obese???? Maybe they have just worked really hard for their awesome looking bod. I think you will find many people on MFP in that boat.
<----twas obese less than 2 years ago... No magical shakes needed.
I agree though, can't make assumptions like that. I've been an active member of MFP since August 2011.
Also, yes, I was in the Obese BMI range when i started. And when i started i had the same mentality. The amount of dumb stuff i tried (think pills/shakes/fad diets), only doing cardio, trying to go vegan, etc. It wasn't until I posted on the forums with questions that i learned about nutrition, proper exercise for my goals, etc. I wish i had done so sooner and not wasted the 4-ish months when i first started!
It was the tough love and no BS approach that helped me reach my goals and help me maintain a 18% body fat physique year round.0 -
At my high point I was just a shade under 300 pounds, and honestly, it would not surprise me if I tipped the scales at 300+ and just didn't know it. At 5'11" I'm pretty sure that put me in the morbidly obese category. I never used any "weight loss" gimmicks, and I'm currently in search of 10% body fat by the end of the year. Herbalife, and all other such products do little or nothing for you, and you have to pay through the nose to receive the nothing that is provided. It's a scam, and people that defend it are either diluted, or complicit. Sorry if the truth stings, but it is what it is. I'd save your money in the future.
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I know it's obvious and common sense to just eat less, exercise more. For me, being fat and unhealthy has been a lifelong struggle. Chrisandleahtotheend stared this post just asking if anyone uses Herbalife and I do. I also used it more than ten years ago and lost weight then too. At another point I just walked 5 km a day and lost weight. Another point I did karate for 2.5 years and lost weight. Now, at THIS point, Im just having a herbalife shake once a day. I'm not a die hard promoter of it, but im not against it. It was my Herbalife distributor that told me to go on my fitness pal and start tracking my food. And I'm having results. It's a lifelong struggle to permanently change my lifestyle for the better. Congrats to all of you who are also trying.0
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Camarose79 wrote: »I know it's obvious and common sense to just eat less, exercise more. For me, being fat and unhealthy has been a lifelong struggle. Chrisandleahtotheend stared this post just asking if anyone uses Herbalife and I do. I also used it more than ten years ago and lost weight then too. At another point I just walked 5 km a day and lost weight. Another point I did karate for 2.5 years and lost weight. Now, at THIS point, Im just having a herbalife shake once a day. I'm not a die hard promoter of it, but im not against it. It was my Herbalife distributor that told me to go on my fitness pal and start tracking my food. And I'm having results. It's a lifelong struggle to permanently change my lifestyle for the better. Congrats to all of you who are also trying.
Im curious (not being facetious), What do the shakes offer you that a protein shake or real food doesn't offer?0
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