Anyone done/doing the Advocare line?

trying4real

A co-worker of mine had done it to win a weight loss challenge at work, after she completed the challenge she had lost 20lbs, within a month or two she had put it all back on plus some, she had started eating real food instead of living off the pills.

CrazyTrackLady

Look at it this way: if this program was truly successful, wouldn't EVERY GASTRO DOCTOR AND NUTRITIONIST EVERYWHERE be recommending it to EVERYONE?

Folks, there is no magic pill, quick fix, or secret, amazing program to magically melt pounds off your bodies. It is done through proper eating and exercise. That's it, that's ALL. Because, when you go off this program, and you are eating normally again, you will most likely gain the weight back again, because nothing is guaranteed unless the changes are permanent.

These companies have figured out numerous ways to separate you from your money.

What you've done is just spent/wasted a lot of money to get results you could have gotten for FREE, had you just been a little more patient with the process, and sweated it off instead.

carabeth87

I just finished the 24 day challenge! I lost 11 pounds and 7 inches. It was worth it! I do feel good. I also eat right and have been working out. I'm sure you can do it n your own but it did show me how to eat right. I still take omegaplex and thermo and spark.

Owlhoot8

My friend was selling Advocare so I decided to try it out. After 3 days of taking the product I had severe stomach pain and swelling. I do have GERD and it claimed it was gentle. Yeah, not in the least. Anyway, I have lost an enormous amount of weight for me but it has been through Curves Complete. Incidentally it is much cheaper too. I took my BMI from 26 to 23.9 in 3 months with no stomach cramps. You work out 4 times a week for half an hour. You eat 3 meals and 2 snacks. I am never hungry or in pain.

tdiet

I did the ten day cleanse because my friend was selling it and I feel I just threw my money away. Sure I lost weight but it was because of what I was eating not the pills or fiber I was sold. You cut out dairy, sugar and all processed food on the Advocare diet, that's what causes the weight loss. I also got cramps using it. Save your money and just eat moderately and work out.

abo60

I've played sports for a good 7 years. Which means I tried a bunch of products that would say appetite suppressant or something along the lines of packing lean muscle weight on. I gave up until advocare came along. Yes the advocare products would have the same advertisement as all the others and yea it's pricey. But everything I've taken with advocare actually works whether it is cutting weight/fat or energy. Yes the 24 day challenge works. I've tried eating right before for a month with exercise and maybe lost 10-15 lbs, but with the 24 day challenge I lost 26 pounds and 3 inches on my waist. I am not a distributor so I'm not trying to make a buck off you. I'm just trying to help the people that want it. I would rather pay a little more for something that works than to keep paying for tryouts.

KelsoTizzy8806

STUCK STUCK STUCK! I am on day 17 and I haven't lost any weight since I started phase 2!!!! I lost 16 on the 10 days I'm taking the pills and following the diet very strict and exercising I'm getting very discouraged:( I haven't measured inches since day 10 but I don't feel like i have lost either........ANY ADVICE or Suggestions?

Try adding more protein into your diet. I only lost about 6lbs with the 24 day challenge and have been taking the MNS for about a month now. I hit a wall until i started adding more protein to my diet. I've lost 2 lbs in a week doing so! I make sure I have something protein with every meal and snack.

jguarino24

Just did the 10 day cleanse lost 8 pounds...inches def came off but for the money I spent I think I would of just rather stayed on weight watchers I've been doing since January.

WVprankster

pyramid scheme is pyramid.

MacNChz16

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MacNChz16

Catalyst is simply an amino acid blend in a very minimal dosage. Look up the nutritional content. I order a BCAA amino blend from a supplement company online that costs me $50. It has 7,000mg BCAAs per serving, and 90 servings per bottle. The Catalyst product from Advocare only has 900mg per serving and 30 servings per bottle at a $31.50 price, making it right at 15x more expensive for essentially the exact same product. So, you would have to pay $750 to get the same amount of product that costs me $50.

Their OmegaPlex product is the same way. It is just Fish Oil. To get the equivalent amount of EPA and DHA that I can get in a $20 bottle, you'd have to spend $120.

Advocare is very good at marketing and selling a product to un-informed people. Nothing they sell is special...and it is ridiculously overpriced.

Would love to know the brand/name as I am looking to finish my Advocare and switch to something a little less expensive.

megs342

I think that the Max Phase is a waste of money. I haven't loss any weight on the Max Phase. The 10 day cleanse was well worth the money. I have been dieting and exercising for 5 months and every day the scale would be down at least .01-.03 pounds. Since the max phase, my weight has remained the same with the exception of being up one day. It's aggravating to know that before this challenge I was able to steadily lose weight. Now I have to take all these pills (which I'm not to keen on) and it hasn't accelerated my weight loss at all. I've spent hours at the gym working on various muscle groups. I don't think that I am gaining muscle that quickly that the scale is weighing in muscle.

LolaKarwowski

I would look DEEP into Advocare, I mean do some intense research, before getting involved with them. Like others have said.. it's pretty much a pyramid scheme.

jkwolly

Advocare is a pyramid scheme. Nothing they have is anything different than what you can buy at Walmart. They have a placebo effect. Of course you're going to lose weight on the 24 day challenge- it's making you work out and eat more healthy! That's how most normal people lose weight. I have a friend that is a pro MMA fighter and she actually just posted an article about Advocare and all the crap they pull. It has a LOT of reference links for anyone interested.

http://advocare.pissedconsumer.com/advocare-what-they-don-t-want-you-to-know-20110629245985.html

True that. Unfortunately, most people don't care.

Yep!

Or they are too stupid to realize this. :glasses:

ETA: spelling.

55044TeamJoy

Fact: Every NFL team is supplied by Advocare. The Pros use it, not the stuff you get from Walmart.

BombshellPhoenix

Fact: you lose weight from a calorie deficit.

Source:SCIENCE

55044TeamJoy

They offer more than weight loss products.

re (caloric deficit): Not arguing that. But what, rather than how much you eat definitely impacts your body's efficiency to perform.

navyrigger46

Fact: Every NFL team is supplied by Advocare. The Pros use it, not the stuff you get from Walmart.

Fact: Just because the NFL inked an advertising deal with Advocare does not mean it's a worthwhile product.

Rigger

BombshellPhoenix

They offer more than weight loss products.

re (caloric deficit): Not arguing that. But what, rather than how much you eat definitely impacts your body's efficiency to perform.

Which I can achieve by eating a balanced diet and not shelling out money on a MLM scheme.

If YOU enjoy. throwing money into a blender. Make it rain!

SonicDeathMonkey80

Fact: Every NFL team is supplied by Advocare. The Pros use it, not the stuff you get from Walmart.

Fact: I passed two people wearing (or advertising) Advocare junk at my last half marathon.

Also, I'm pretty sure Dan Marino doesn't wear Isotoner gloves.

sofaking6

Oh this takes me back! Some friends and I got on Advocare back in the 90's (like 96/97)...we all signed up and sold the products to each other. I'm sure they've changed some stuff but basically it's just a bunch of appetite suppressants. Which definitely work if you are hungry and don't like healthy/low-calorie food. But, they do (did) make you real jittery and nauseated and aren't any better or different in that regard than anything else you can get at the store.

Also the company itself is, as others have noted, a pyramid scheme which is hurtful to people whom they manage to lure into it. Business with good products do not have to get sales by tricking people into tricking other people into tricking other people into selling.

Lauren8239

It's been 3 years since OP posted.......wonder how she fared?