Herbalife - anyone using the products?

Camo_xxx

farfromthetree wrote: »

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?

The opportunity to join a pyramid scheme

Sabine_Stroehm

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.

Did you keep the weight off 10 years ago? Why the need to lose more?

Hornsby

Camarose79 wrote: »

I also used it more than ten years ago and lost weight then too.

So it didn't work then and you want to try it again?

Hornsby

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

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.

Did you keep the weight off 10 years ago? Why the need to lose more?

Yes, i see where you are going with this...

erikgoya

While I know plenty of people that have lost weight on the product...I still have to side with everyone else telling you to not waste your money.

They will always try to get you to buy more of the shakes or their other products and its just a huge waste of money that you could be using differently.

I've also noticed that while people on Herbalife tend to lose weight, they hardly ever seem to get "toned", just kinda skinny-fat. But that might just be because of all the cardio they do.

My advice: ditch the products, switch to a CICO approach, or keto, or paleo, or iifym, or whatever. Find a cheaper meal replacement shake if you INSIST, but whole foods will always be better.

cheezels83

AVOID.
I did it for a year and even though the lady was a nurse and knew I had an underactive thyroid, she said NOTHING about the product affecting my medication. The shakes are soya based. I kept going as it was a weekly weigh in with others but looking back it was such a waste of time and energy.
I lost next to nothing while taking two shakes per day and 5 gym classes per week. In fact I got sicker and sicker. It was not until I cut all soya from my diet that my meds went into overload and the connection was made. (My doc had kept on increasing my thyroid meds as my blood results were shocking and even they were unsure about why it wasn't working like it should. I didn't know at the time that Soya should be avoided by people with thyroid problems until it was too late. )
I also made the shakes with soya milk as I am milk intolerant.

I now use an egg protein powder that I make with greek yoghurt, (it doesn't affect me like milk does and normal yoghurts for some crazy reason), and almond milk for my breakfast most of the time. When I feel like it I sometimes also throw in blueberries or raspberries.
I like having a shake like this for breakfast as I don't feel hungry until lunchtime plus I don't have to think about what I will have and so on.

This stuff is overpriced for what it is and before long the person who is "the leader of the group" will approach you to think about selling it yourself, with the premise that you will be able to buy it cheaper for yourself. Don't do it.

If you want to go the shake route go to a health shop and check out the various tubs of protein powder that you can buy. There are many different types and usually a great range of flavours.

But Herbalife? Run.
As fast as you can in the opposite direction.