Need help? I've lost 164 lbs since 2011! I'll help you!

SuzMac1981

I went from being a fat, lazy slob to a fitness freak!!! I LOVE helping others get healthy and fit!!! So much so that I am now a Fitness Nutrition Specialist and Healthy Lifestyle Coach. I took a paycut from working in healthcare to now helping others achieve their goals.

Add me here on MFP.... and that's my most recent progress picture as my default picture!!!

MinMin97

Wow! You were beautiful then and now!

Wetcoaster

Looking at your profile.....So you are selling Visalus? How is the $5 bowl of cereal going?

SuzMac1981

Looking at your profile.....So you are selling Visalus? How is the $5 bowl of cereal going?

I promote the 90 Day Challenge but I am not doing that with my personal page... that's ENTIRELY separate. And yes, I am a certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist. I just took the exam.

This is not an advertisement. I am offering motivation and inspiration. I post pictures, my struggles and my story on my Facebook page. I used to be a very active member on MFP but the people in the forums were rude and mean so I took my story to Facebook. I am not asking for money or services so this does not go against the rules.

kaykaylyn

Wow!

SuzMac1981

164? Really? Am I missing something?

You must be. My starting weight was 436.4 and I am still going strong.... I have about 80 more pounds to lose.

kaykaylyn

164? Really? Am I missing something?

You must be. My starting weight was 436.4 and I am still going strong.... I have about 80 more pounds to lose.

I'm trying to Type these replies on my phone and keep hitting post before I'm done. Sorry. I am looking for your before and after pics, which I thought I would See when I looked on your profile page, and didn't see What I thought you meant for us to look at. 164 lbs is a LOT of weight, congrats!

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SuzMac1981

I must say, you're an inspiration to us all. Great job!!!

Thank you, your pic shows and inspiring story, too!!! Great work on your transformation!!

Rays_Wife

Posting duplicate posts everywhere, huh? Spam much?

Rays_Wife

Looking at your profile.....So you are selling Visalus? How is the $5 bowl of cereal going?

Well she says she's not, but she's certainly fishing and spamming the forums with duplicate posts!!

angelh1908

Just looked at the close up of your profile pic. WOW! If it wasn't for your smile, I wouldn't have believed it was the same person. Great transformation!

SuzMac1981

Just looked at the close up of your profile pic. WOW! If it wasn't for your smile, I wouldn't have believed it was the same person. Great transformation!

Thank you so much!!! It's hard work but with dedication and my support system of positive, like-minded friends, I have been able to do this and SUCCEED finally!!! A little blood, sweat and tears and here I am!! :flowerforyou: :drinker: Way to go on your success so far!!! Keep up the great work!!!

Rays_Wife

Take a look at what will be lost if you decide to become a distributor:

1) Friends

The
Visalus gods will "train" you to transform your personal facebook page
into a selling tool. You will have to constantly blast out your link,
praying to god that someone clicks on it and joins so you can make your
monthly goal. Imagine if one of your friends asked you to buy their
product, all day every day, you continue to tell them "no", but they ask
anyway? Your true friends on facebook will diminish as people start to
block and delete you. You will not even notice, however, since you
will be bombarded with friend requests from others in the business, so
that they can all copy and paste each other's facebook posts to use on
their victims, err, I mean facebook friends. And NEVER make the mistake
of telling these people how you feel. You will get ripped a new one
similar to some of the comments made on this page by people you have
been close with all your life.

2) Your Real Job

I have
personally seen four of my close friends and family either lose or quit
their jobs to take on this venture. Visalus will convince you that you
will make so much money by joining, that you will no longer need that
"deadend job" with all those horrible things, like job security and
benefits and such. I have seen friends quit their jobs and go on state
assistance for medical benefits to persue this "dream" as they call it.
They will brag about their weekly paychecks, but will never actually
show you proof, since they don't want you to know how little they make.

I have seen a friend lose their job, since their boss finally got tired of all the Visalus talk at work.

3) Your Integrity

Before
you decide to take that "leap of faith" into this venture, look at the
business model. It will saturate. Once it fully saturates, it will
collapse. Once it collapses, all the people you convinced to join will
never trust you again. Is this something you want? Is it worth the
money?

4) Common Sense

It is common to be skeptical before
joining something like this, and it's for a good reason. Once people
join, they get so suckered in that they somehow believe everything that
they're told. I remember all these people bragging about how the CEO of
this company was appearing on Dr. Phil. Did it happen? no. Some
people have even gone so far as to claim this product will help cure
cancer and depression. All I can saw is "wow". It is advertised as a
cure-all so that it will appeal to as many people as possible. The
founders of this company have psychology degrees for a reason. They are
trained motivational speakers that will convince the biggest of
skeptics and turn them into sheep in one sitting.

5) Money

Why
do you think it costs money to join? Part will go to Visalus, part
will go to the team of people that brought you on. Now that they got
your money, you're on your own. If you have an ambitious upline, they
will help you recruit people if they have their eye on the prize of
getting that wonderful "free" BMW (don't even get me started on that
one. Trust me, it's not free, it's a reimbursement program as long as
you continue to make that monthly goal. Do you really think you will
make your monthly goal for the life of those car payments? I promise
you, you will not, and end up paying for it with all the "profits" you
will make from selling the products. At best, you will break even in
the end). You will tackle your close friends and family first, and then
you will realize that you have no one left to sell to. Then comes the
interesting part. You will have to travel all over the country starting
up these "challenge parties" to recruit people. Who pays for this?
You. Who has the time for this? People desperate to make this work.
Who gets the shaft from this? Your family, your friends...all the
people who have been there for you all along. Suddenly they will not
matter. All that is important is that Ambassador level, so you can get
that black jacket and brag to all your old friends and say "I told U
so", as this company trains people to think and say. They will even
have you use this as your licence plate. It gets better, it is
mandatory for you to pose in front of that black BMW using the "shocker"
hand sign, so they can pimp you out for marketing purposes. You have
no choice in the matter. You just sold yourself to the company and they
can use your image however they like for as long as they like, even
after you left them.

6) Your Health

This is something I've
been witnessing that no one seems to talk about. People who have been
drinking these shakes for awhile now seem to be getting sick alot. And I
mean alot. If you want to feel sick all the time, this is the product
for you. But, you'll be losing weight, so I guess it's ok. You will
experience constant diarrhea once you start taking this stuff, but you
are trained that this is normal and that your body is somehow going
through a detox process. Really? The human body is not meant to
survive on a liquid diet. What happens once you get off the stuff?
I'll let you figure out that one on your own...not pretty.

7) Do you need any more reasons?

-taken from Visalus Scams facebook page

Rays_Wife

Looking at your profile.....So you are selling Visalus? How is the $5 bowl of cereal going?

Well she says she's not, but she's certainly fishing and spamming the forums with duplicate posts!!

@Rayswife - listen here ya little witch, what is your problem?? You and the other haters can pack it up and leave, this is getting ridiculous. you all really are jealous that she has had so much success and you havent! come back when you've lost as much weight as her then maybe you'll be half as awesome! At least she's trying to help people instead of tear others down. i for one can't wait for her to help me! Maybe you should listen to her and take her advice? looks like you need it!!!!!!!!!

Rays_Wife

oh whatever. if you have nothing productive to add then why don't you just do us all a favor and get the hell out! You are so full of bologna. And not the good kind of bologna, either - the generic made from pigs *kitten* kind. Go harass someone else, like go back to your home planet or something

Mokey41

It can't be helped. The Visalus program beats it into them that they must go forth and multiply. My daughter in law sells it and I swear if I hear one more word about it or have her flash me the stupid V sign again I'll break her fingers off. MLM scheme at it's best.

VixenInTraining

It can't be helped. The Visalus program beats it into them that they must go forth and multiply. My daughter in law sells it and I swear if I hear one more word about it or have her flash me the stupid V sign again I'll break her fingers off. MLM scheme at it's best.

haters gonna hate LOL

messinadress

I do need help. After 5+ weeks of going from an average daily calorie range of 2500-3000 cals (after logging a typical weekend where I fall off counting calories, this is where I've ended up, and while it might seem like falling off on the weekends for me now, it was just a way of life for me before I started counting calories) But now I try to stay around 1900 ish calories. I've also been working out for the past 5 weeks with Focus T25, a new intense fitness program from the creator of Insanity and Hip Hop Abs. So, I haven't lost any weight. I do concede I've fallen apart on the weekends, and since last weekend was my birthday even more so. But you'd think that with the deficit and the working out that I'd have lost some weight.

So I guess my question is what is a typical day's menu for you like? If you find you eat certain foods or certain combinations of foods were you more successful? I'm trying to make breakfast with more protein, I've mainly been eating greek yogurts sweetened w/ stevia, but it's not enough food in the morning, and I'm guilty of being a cream-a-holic when it comes to my coffee. But I've stuck to (3) mini moo containers per cup now and I can handle that. It probably wouldn't hurt me to cut down to 1 cup, but I enjoy both cups and think that if it keeps me sane in the morning and off the junk food then no harm done. I know I'm headed in the right direction, but I guess I'd like to see some pay off for the hard work. I've been trying to choose more whole foods and organic foods over anything else. If I have something processed it's soup, and even that's organic usually, or it's when I've decided to eat something "not good". So I don't know, I'm definitely trying and will continue to do so. I'm 5'6", 28 years old, and 240lbs. I want to get below 200 by Christmas, but at this rate I don't think it's going to happen. I thought by exercising 5 days a week, choosing more whole foods, adding veggies for food volume and nutrients, drinking 90+ ounces of water a day while counting my calories, that the scale would move. I'm still hoping.

MaryJane_8810002

Back again huh?

SuzMac1981

I do need help. After 5+ weeks of going from an average daily calorie range of 2500-3000 cals (after logging a typical weekend where I fall off counting calories, this is where I've ended up, and while it might seem like falling off on the weekends for me now, it was just a way of life for me before I started counting calories) But now I try to stay around 1900 ish calories. I've also been working out for the past 5 weeks with Focus T25, a new intense fitness program from the creator of Insanity and Hip Hop Abs. So, I haven't lost any weight. I do concede I've fallen apart on the weekends, and since last weekend was my birthday even more so. But you'd think that with the deficit and the working out that I'd have lost some weight.

So I guess my question is what is a typical day's menu for you like? If you find you eat certain foods or certain combinations of foods were you more successful? I'm trying to make breakfast with more protein, I've mainly been eating greek yogurts sweetened w/ stevia, but it's not enough food in the morning, and I'm guilty of being a cream-a-holic when it comes to my coffee. But I've stuck to (3) mini moo containers per cup now and I can handle that. It probably wouldn't hurt me to cut down to 1 cup, but I enjoy both cups and think that if it keeps me sane in the morning and off the junk food then no harm done. I know I'm headed in the right direction, but I guess I'd like to see some pay off for the hard work. I've been trying to choose more whole foods and organic foods over anything else. If I have something processed it's soup, and even that's organic usually, or it's when I've decided to eat something "not good". So I don't know, I'm definitely trying and will continue to do so. I'm 5'6", 28 years old, and 240lbs. I want to get below 200 by Christmas, but at this rate I don't think it's going to happen. I thought by exercising 5 days a week, choosing more whole foods, adding veggies for food volume and nutrients, drinking 90+ ounces of water a day while counting my calories, that the scale would move. I'm still hoping.

Send me a message either here or on Facebook and I would be happy to help you and let you know what my day looks like and what I am doing for exercise. Just remember, we are all different and unique! There are also underlying circumstances that could play into losing weight as well.... I look forward to hearing from you!

Mokey41

I do need help. After 5+ weeks of going from an average daily calorie range of 2500-3000 cals (after logging a typical weekend

Send me a message either here or on Facebook and I would be happy to help you and let you know what my day looks like and what I am doing for exercise. Just remember, we are all different and unique! There are also underlying circumstances that could play into losing weight as well.... I look forward to hearing from you!

After you get started on the Body by Vi plan everything will be great!