Zija?

My mom has been practically shoving Zija down my throat (not literally) for the last four months, trying to get me to buy it or get on board to be a distributor so hers can be paid for (the way I understand it, the deal is get two people to buy and sell, yours is paid for the month). I've kept telling her no, because the weight was coming off just fine in the spring. But now that I've started trying to lose again and am having a really hard time getting the weight to come off, I'm wondering if I should just give it a shot. The only reason I haven't wanted to is because it's -expensive-. I'm trying to get out on my own, so every dollar counts for me, and my friends aren't gonna buy it. They're all broke students, most of which aren't interested in losing weight. So the price has been the biggest reason for me to stop and go, "Um, no thanks, Ma." I just can't seem to justify spending that much on a product that's gonna drain my savings and allow me to gain it all back if I just stop using it. I'm really reluctant and uncertain about buying this product even for a short period of time, but I'm hearing so many good things. But then again, realistically speaking, that's advertising for you. You hear enough good things, you buy it, not knowing what they're not telling you about the product.

So what I want to know is, has anyone tried this and found that it's actually worth the price? Have you gone off the product, and if so, did you gain the weight back? Were there any negative effects? I could ask my mom, but she has something to directly gain from telling me only good things, so I can't really trust her opinion.