Opinions on Herbalife?
Lucy___A
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A girl at my gym has recommended I do Herbalife because the weight I've lost at the minute is muscle and not fat (I'm gutted about this). I feel like it's just a fad but I don't know enough about it and I'm leaning towards trying it because I'd just like to lose the weight really.
Has anyone done it or tried it?
Has anyone done it or tried it?
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Save your money for something that's actually useful.
How does this girl know you're losing muscle and not fat?0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »Save your money for something that's actually useful.
How does this girl know you're losing muscle and not fat?
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She's my trainer at the gym and does Herbalife as a sideline. After googling and seeing it was a multi-level marketing scheme I'm rather skeptic over the whole thing.
Thanks for the advice!0 -
I agree 100%DeguelloTex wrote: »Save your money for something that's actually useful.
How does this girl know you're losing muscle and not fat?
Herbalife is a pyramid scheme where you're roped in by a friend who wants to sell you over-priced supplement junk, then recruit you into the Herbalife Multi-Level Marketing business. Google Herbalife Scam...or Herbalife pyramid scheme...or Herbalife rip-off...
And next time you see your friend...
RUN!
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Yeah, no conflict of interest at all in someone who sells you the stuff being your trainer.0
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I'd avoid it.0
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She's my trainer at the gym and does Herbalife as a sideline. After googling and seeing it was a multi-level marketing scheme I'm rather skeptic over the whole thing.
Thanks for the advice!
Might want to report to the manager/owner that she's pushing this junk on the clients. I don't know about this gym in particular, but most companies frown upon this sort of thing.
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While losing weight you are always going to lose some muscle along with the fat. Strength training will help minimize the muscle loss but you're not going to avoid it altogether.
Your trainer has a conflict of interest and seems to try to be taking advantage of it. I wouldn't trust her at all.0 -
LOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day...
I would seriously question her credentials as a trainer if she is pushing that garbage. And how is she so sure that you are losing muscle? What did she do to determine this?0 -
Sounds like you need a more knowledgeable trainer. There is no possible way to lose 100% muscle and 0% fat while being active in any capacity (in other words, you aren't bedridden 24/7).0
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A girl at my gym has recommended I do Herbalife because the weight I've lost at the minute is muscle and not fat (I'm gutted about this). I feel like it's just a fad but I don't know enough about it and I'm leaning towards trying it because I'd just like to lose the weight really.
Has anyone done it or tried it?
Short of a metabolic disorder, your body won't harvest large amounts of muscle for energy while it still has glycogen or lipid (blood sugar or fat) to consume. If you don't use your muscles at all then you may lose some via atrophy, but just eating at a reasonable calorie deficit won't make your muscles shrivel up.
Evolution gets us to a place where animal physiology tends to make sense. How much sense would it be if during a time of mild famine (which you are simulating by eating a calorie deficit) your lost all your muscle. This would mean that as soon as you stopped eating, you'd lose the ability to catch or gather any more food to eat. Doesn't make sense and critters who worked like this would probably be bred out of the gene pool quickly.
Keep doing what your doing. Eat sensibly, with a modest calorie restriction, do whatever exercise you like. The weight will come off.
tl;dr: It doesn't work and you're probably doing everything right already.
http://www.factsaboutherbalife.com/0 -
They know she does it because she can't do it in work hours but it is such a big conflict of interest! Thanks for all the help
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You really might want to consider changing trainers, as this one may not really looking out for you.0
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Monkey_Business wrote: »You really might want to consider changing trainers, as this one may not really looking out for you.
I'm only there another month and then moving quite far away. I don't think she'd be right for me long term though.
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jeffpettis wrote: »LOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day...
I would seriously question her credentials as a trainer if she is pushing that garbage. And how is she so sure that you are losing muscle? What did she do to determine this?
She has one of those scales that tell you body composition, I'm not sure how accurate they are though
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You should strongly consider getting a new trainer. Any trainer that would say what she did as a means to pimp per product, is a trainer that isn't honest or concerned about you and your health, in my opinion.She's my trainer at the gym and does Herbalife as a sideline. After googling and seeing it was a multi-level marketing scheme I'm rather skeptic over the whole thing.
Thanks for the advice!0 -
jeffpettis wrote: »LOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day...
I would seriously question her credentials as a trainer if she is pushing that garbage. And how is she so sure that you are losing muscle? What did she do to determine this?
She has one of those scales that tell you body composition, I'm not sure how accurate they are though
They are not accurate. The output varies a lot based on your hydration level, which fluctuates quite a bit during the day.0 -
I'm sure your trainer does not know a thing.0
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Want your own home-made herbalife without all the schemes and liver damaging ingredients?
http://diy.soylent.me/recipes
Personally I would rather chew on my shoe that live on a liquid diet.
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jeffpettis wrote: »LOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day...
I would seriously question her credentials as a trainer if she is pushing that garbage. And how is she so sure that you are losing muscle? What did she do to determine this?
She has one of those scales that tell you body composition, I'm not sure how accurate they are though
They are not accurate. The output varies a lot based on your hydration level, which fluctuates quite a bit during the day.
They work based on the electrical conductivity of your body, so having dry vs sweaty feet on the contact pads can also throw them WAY off.
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Monkey_Business wrote: »You really might want to consider changing trainers, as this one may not really looking out for you.
I'm only there another month and then moving quite far away. I don't think she'd be right for me long term though.
Dump her now. No reason to give that idiot another cent of your money.0 -
Right, and this is why I ONLY use my scale for body fat after a long, sweaty workout.jeffpettis wrote: »LOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day...
I would seriously question her credentials as a trainer if she is pushing that garbage. And how is she so sure that you are losing muscle? What did she do to determine this?
She has one of those scales that tell you body composition, I'm not sure how accurate they are though
They are not accurate. The output varies a lot based on your hydration level, which fluctuates quite a bit during the day.
I can drop 5 points of "body fat" in 2 hours.
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+1. She's just looking to sell her product.Liftng4Lis wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Save your money for something that's actually useful.
How does this girl know you're losing muscle and not fat?
This
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jeffpettis wrote: »LOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day...
I would seriously question her credentials as a trainer if she is pushing that garbage. And how is she so sure that you are losing muscle? What did she do to determine this?
She has one of those scales that tell you body composition, I'm not sure how accurate they are though
the handheld ones?
Like this?
If so... yeah, not very accurate at all. It can change wildly depending on hydration levels, how much you've eaten, when you do it and so on.0 -
In any case. If she were a good trainer (and not a scam artist or willfully ignorant tool) she would know that these are not accurate. And that suggesting you should try a product (which she directly benefits from) because you aren't losing "from fat" and somehow a magical 90 calorie low protein shake is going to change that? PSH. HAHAH
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Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
Right, and this is why I ONLY use my scale for body fat after a long, sweaty workout.jeffpettis wrote: »LOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day...
I would seriously question her credentials as a trainer if she is pushing that garbage. And how is she so sure that you are losing muscle? What did she do to determine this?
She has one of those scales that tell you body composition, I'm not sure how accurate they are though
They are not accurate. The output varies a lot based on your hydration level, which fluctuates quite a bit during the day.
I can drop 5 points of "body fat" in 2 hours.
I do it first thing in the morning, right before guzzling two giant glasses of water because I wake up feeling as dry as the Sahara.0 -
over priced rubbish that has nothing to do with weight loss...0
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LOL, I find that everyone that sells Herbal Life and Body Vi are "trainers". Laughable.0
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there are better things you can spend your money on. and they taste better0
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