My convo w/ Herbalife Dist. & Nutritional Counselor @ my gym

BlakeHorton

Just thought I'd share this 'conversation' I had last night with the Independent Herbalife Distributor and Nutritional Counselor at my gym.

As I'm leaving the gym, she and her employees try to call me over to take a free 'protein' shake sample.

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Me: I told you guys, I don't take protein shakes.

Her: Why not? It's a free sample!

Me: I'd rather get all my protein from food. Shakes don't fill me up at all.

Her: Maybe you [sic] change your mind? It's good for you.

Me: I already eat about 200 grams of protein per day. How would it be good for me to push myself over my daily caloric goal with more protein that I don't need?

Her: It's low calorie.

Me: Yeah? How low?

Her: It's just 200 calories?

Me: 200 calories!? That's a lot of calories. Especially for something which doesn't fill me up and I don't need.

Her: [Walks over to me as I'm leaning on the exit door] But it has a lot of nutrients. It's good for you.

Me: I don't know what's in it, so it may be good for someone who isn't good at managing their nutrition and needs to supplement their nutrient intake. I don't have that problem.

Her: How many calories do you eat a day?

Me: Usually averages out to a little under 4,000

Her: So you're trying to gain weight?

Me: No, my TDEE is usually around 4,000. See I wear a heart rate monitor to measure my calorie burn from my workouts.

Her: What's TDEE?

Me: . . . . . Total Daily Energy Expenditure...

Her: Well I can measure your RDA.

Me: . . . . . . . .

Her: Your resting metabolic rate. [sic] So you know how many calories you need to eat. What's your weight goal?

Me: . . . . How would I not know what my BMR is if I know what my Total Daily Energy Expenditure is?

Her: [Looks over and realizes how many potential 'customers' are walking by as she tries to debate with me]

Me: Look, I just lost.. [She cuts me off]

Her: Well you seem to know what your doing. Just keep doing whatever you're doing. [Runs over to some woman at sample table] Free protein sample! Try it, it's good for you!

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Yeah, so that happened.

FredDoyle

I'd tell the gym management I'm going to leave if they support sleazy MLM people there.

happysherri

Yep, I hate when people bother you, specifically Sales People!

Back in my uneducated/younger days I took some Herbal life stuff - made me nauseous Blek

SezxyStef

you handled it better than I would...

My conversation would have gone like this...

Her...try the shake it's good for you
Me...really do you drink it?
Her...well of course I do....
Me...looks her up and down...then no I definately don't want it...

But I'm a b*tch too...even if she looked good I would still do that.

lwagnitz

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

A bunch of my facebook friends jumped on the Herbalife bandwagon and tried to get me to do it. I laughed at them and they are just NOW realizing it's a pyramid scheme... How unfortunate.

LoveMyLife_NYC

:laugh: Love it. Nice response!

BlakeHorton

I'd tell the gym management I'm going to leave if they support sleazy MLM people there.

I'm not going to tell them I'm going to leave, but I will tell them they need to look for a real nutritional counselor. Sure she's 'independent' and rents space there, but it reflects poorly on the gym itself. Not only is she trying to push a 'product' [well most MLM's would say "SHARE"] but she has no clue about actual nutrition.

you handled it better than I would...

My conversation would have gone like this...

Her...try the shake it's good for you
Me...really do you drink it?
Her...well of course I do....
Me...looks her up and down...then no I definately don't want it...

But I'm a b*tch too...even if she looked good I would still do that.

lol