Herbalife - I know the skinny me is somewhere out there!

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  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
    "It sounds like the old slim fast commercial" Probably because it is the same concept. These are Meal Replacement shakes. Whether you think they are good or not, and they may not be the "BEST" solution, but it is a step in the right direction and some people need a little push like that. Like me for example. It can be a good transition if you TRY to change your lifestyle. Sure many people take shakes and fall off the wagon and don't change. I believe it, I have seen it. That does not mean that they will not work or that you can not change your lifestyle starting off with meal replacement shakes. I started meal replacement shakes and lost over 20 pounds the first few months. Want to know what that got me? Motivation. It motivated me. Now I am going to the gym 3 or 4 times a week and started to see a personal trainer 2 times a week. All because I got that boost from those shakes. I am now watching portions and cutting back on things I know I shouldn't have. So the shakes are working for me in that way. Everybody is different. I hope Herbalife works for you OP. Good Luck! =) You can do it! Try hard and you will succeed!!!

    just an observation, if it gets you and others started...great, I don't see how its long term susatinable though, but like I said, if you like it and you don't mind spending money on it..more power to you.
  • BamaBreezeNSaltAire
    BamaBreezeNSaltAire Posts: 966 Member
    Hello OP and welcome. There is a search feature in the community tab that will give you plenty of opinions and information on this topic and any other fad diet, pyramid scheme and MLM you can find related to weight loss. These types are typically frowned upon on this site as so many count calories, exercise and weight train and lose successfully and keep it off. Good luck, but be very wary of anything that has people marketing it.
  • blondageh
    blondageh Posts: 923 Member
    I will NEVER knock anyone for trying a "Fad" diet. You do you baby! As long as your are doing something, anything to get you started. I often jump into something just because I need to follow a plan just to get me going again. Hey, you are excited to be getting healthy. Who cares how you are doing it, it beats getting excited about your next cheeseburger!!! Best of luck, hon!
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Hi there! Don't worry about what everyone else is saying; it's all about finding a combination that works well for YOU! I have a good friend that began selling Herbalife and so to support her I bought some of the products - Formula 1 shake mix, multivitamin, and cell activator. I've been using them for 6 months now, and I've enjoyed them - I can't say that they necessarily helped me lose weight, because I only drank one shake a day for breakfast, and still ate normally the rest of the day. Now that I've really committed to eating well the rest of the day, though, I think they'll make more of a difference! I also think that if you substitute a shake for two meals instead of just one, that would help too! My favorite shake flavors are the cookies 'n' cream, mint chocolate chip, and pumpkin spice latte (only available October-November, sadly). My friend absolutely loves the products, she's now self-employed with her own health shop in our hometown, and she couldn't be happier! The products can really do good things for you if you make them part of an overall healthy lifestyle! Good luck! :)

    why not just buy a protein shake and use that as your one meal replacement...hell, why even replace a meal with a shake anyway ...just eat REAL food, but a little less of it...
    Ding ding ding

    People are lazy and want any quick fix other than realizing they just need to be eating LESS :grumble:
  • kjo9692
    kjo9692 Posts: 430 Member
    save your money - seriously - and just eat less and move more. Herbalife has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss...the only thing it is cleansing is your wallet...

    get a food scale
    weight measure all your food
    log everything consistently
    walk/workout/run/do whatever you enjoy but try to move more
    do not restrict foods - eat what you like, just less of it
    aim for a 500 calorie per day deficit about 1 pound per week loss...

    ^ all this is pretty much free ...except the food scale which is about 20.00...

    This. People say "whatever motivates you" but you can find motivation in many different ways that don't involve paying for a product that's not necessary for weight loss. All you do is replace meals with a low calorie shake. Seriously, you can do this in many other ways. You can choose to eat less by eating low calorie meals, or just learning how to balance it out at the end of the day. There's no magic to weight loss, just good ol' calorie counting and eventually just make sure you track your macronutrients (protein, fats and carbs) to make sure you have a healthy balanced diet.

    I've bought herbalife at some point in my life. I really enjoyed it and lost weight really fast. But guess what? I gained it all back cause I had no idea on how to control my meals. You need to learn that to be able to lose the weight and keep it off.

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