Would anyone on visalus post before/after pics?

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  • Shannon2714
    Shannon2714 Posts: 843 Member
    The "diet" industry is making a killing off people who rely on shakes to supplement as a meal and weight loss. Shakeology and Visalus are MLM's who make BIG money on the people buying their products with as much as 130% mark up in price compared to another company making a shake with comparable ingredients.
    Unless you're willing to LIVE off shakes the rest of your life, this will ALWAYS be a temporary fix. Having a shake as a meal ISN'T the same as eating REAL food. That's why practically anyone that gets off one of these programs regain weight lost.
  • Sarahwillow
    Sarahwillow Posts: 56 Member
    I don't have any before or after pics sorry. I used Visalus to help with the 'if I don't eat some sort of breakfast I am going to stop at McDonalds' issue I had in the morning. Yes, this helped a lot. I have not eaten at McDonalds in 4 months :) It was also a spring board to eat healthier during the day. I found myself packing a much better lunch from home, I only ate 'clean food' stopped eating process food, stopped most dairy and all potatoes and drastically cut down on flour products. That in turned made me want to exercise becuase I had great energy. I don't use it often anymore because I need real food fuel for how much weight I have lost (woo hoo to me) 32 pounds since July. I have not been exercising since a knee injury in October so that weight loss has been from July to Ocotober. Find what works for you and stick with it :) Good luck!
  • onlyonechallenge
    onlyonechallenge Posts: 2
    Hey Guys, just as trogalicious mentioned, caloric deficit is part of the success people have with Visalus shakes, myself included. No hype, but the difference between the vi shakes and others is the content -- obviously. they have patented ingredients (tri-sorb proteins etc) that make it more "efficient" in giving you a low calorie, high nutrition, meal. Yes, ninerbuff, it's an mlm, so the profit margins are paying people "down the line", etc, but it's still cheaper (and better) than GNC stuff etc. For any weight loss, the key is a caloric deficit and exercise... period. Some products out there just make it easier to run a caloric deficit. For me, the Vi shakes do that. I don't get hungry and more importantly, I don't get cravings haha. Plus, as others have mentioned, I gain the energy to start working out.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Trust and believe, I never attested that Visalus had any part to do with success in weight loss. It's almost sad that you took the opportunity for a first post to hock this mess. Get the pamphlet out to sell it to the next line of schmucks?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    They should post before and after bank account statements.
    Bwahaha! People at Visalus corporate aren't thinking about others' success. They are thinking about the killing they are making whether people "succeed" or not.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • HannahMarieMcDougald
    HannahMarieMcDougald Posts: 544
    I just started doing the body by Vi challenge, drinking the visalus shakes twice a day. Does anyone have any before/after pictures who's on Visalus? Or some progression pics? I'm really intrigued to see real pictures of success stories, other than the ones from the DVD.



    I did Vi shakes(Body By Vi) for 6 months dropped 60lbs quickly started to gain it back again...I still do shakes but a different brand I can buy from GNC....I knew it was a pyramid scheme when I signed up but I loved the flavor....lol Just make sure you are eating your calories while one the shake..Do not under eat.. :) Good luck
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Hey Guys, just as trogalicious mentioned, caloric deficit is part of the success people have with Visalus shakes, myself included. No hype, but the difference between the vi shakes and others is the content -- obviously. they have patented ingredients (tri-sorb proteins etc) that make it more "efficient" in giving you a low calorie, high nutrition, meal. Yes, ninerbuff, it's an mlm, so the profit margins are paying people "down the line", etc, but it's still cheaper (and better) than GNC stuff etc. For any weight loss, the key is a caloric deficit and exercise... period. Some products out there just make it easier to run a caloric deficit. For me, the Vi shakes do that. I don't get hungry and more importantly, I don't get cravings haha. Plus, as others have mentioned, I gain the energy to start working out.
    Really? Visalus works out to about $2.60 per shake. I spend $1 per shake with ON. Raw material for ON is processed in the US. Visalus gets there's from a 3rd party (more than likely China who don't have regulations on purity).
    You're saying the shakes don't let you get cravings, so are you going to keep using them the rest of your life to stave them off?
    Like Shakeology, Medifast, etc., Visalus is just hyping their product to "one up" the other. None of these companies produce their product. They are all manufactured by a 3rd party with their "recipe". Why not make it themselves? Because they'd rather rake in the profits, so using a 3rd party to produce them and using low quality raw material at cheap prices ensures that they do just that.
    Learn to eat food. Learn how to eat desserts/candy/cake/chips whatever but with control so there are no cravings. Learn how to counter high calories with hard intense workouts.
    And live life, don't be deprived of what you love because a shake company tells you it's wrong.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    ANY program works if you follow it. Sustaining it is the problem. That's why the diet industry is rich.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • jeschauvin
    jeschauvin Posts: 20
    Love the Scrooge McDuck up there.
  • justsalad
    justsalad Posts: 132 Member
    I used Visalus for about 2 weeks... didn't fill me, didn't see a difference, and I'd prefer real food.

    I never sold it, had only been sold it by someone at work whom was on it, claiming success.

    So for the person who said "Trust and believe, I never attested that Visalus had any part to do with success in weight loss. It's almost sad that you took the opportunity for a first post to hock this mess. Get the pamphlet out to sell it to the next line of schmucks? "

    ... it was a question. I thought those were encouraged here.
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