Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge Results?

I did the full 90 days earlier this year. Lost a total of 13 lbs and 5 inches.

I am going to do a second round to see if I can shed more fat and tone more muscle.

You saw progress, but you've learned near to nothing.

1. It is physically impossible to tone. You can build, maintain, or destroy muscle mass, you can not however tone.
2. Following their work out programming (and I've seen it) is ridiculous.
3. You've learned next to nothing of the basic exercises
4. You haven't learned what foods work right for your body, you just know what shake tastes good

What is Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge?

It is the newest fad that everyone is jumping into. I'm waiting to see and hear of long term results and see how everyone keeps the weight off long term.

And it's a good, nutritious and delicious one

1. It is physically impossible to tone. You can build, maintain, or destroy muscle mass, you can not however tone.

One thing to note is that the shakes are made with non organic soy (though I did hear they do not use GMO beans, which is good if it is true) and contains sucralose (splenda) as a sweetener. Soy can be a hormone disruptor when it is not fermented, especially for women. Be sure to research the ingredients and make an informed decision if these will be something you plan to consume on a daily basis, particularly if you plan on drinking them several times per day.

I am not a fan of meal replacements or protien shakes in general, but there are much healthier alternatives with higher quality ingredients than this that will yeild similar results.

Good luck!

Agreed. I don't think it's a great idea to eat anything excessively, but when it's proven to cause several different kinds of problems, I don't go out of my way to pound back cups full of it. I mean the majority get enough soy in their diet to begin with. Try to find a regular loaf of bread in a grocery store that doesn't contain it. It's in things such as breads, crackers, cakes, rolls, or pastries containing peanuts, peanut oil, soy flour, processed and "natural" cereals, pasta, soy beans, soybean sprouts, sauces, fruit drink mixes, fruit toppings, coffee substitutes instant coffee, hot cocoa mixes, malt beverages, pork link sausage, deli/luncheon meats, commercially prepared meats (used as a meat extender), cheese substitutes, tofu, bean curd, textured vegetable protein, canned soups, commercial entrees, and combination foods, baked goods, such as cakes or cookies which contain soy flour, commercial ice creams and other frozen desserts, Hard candies, nut candies, fudge, and caramels, protein powders (even ones that are not soy protein based), margarine and butter substitutes salad dressings, mayonnaise, sauces, or gravies, Commercial vegetarian products and meat substitutes Heinz® Worcestershire sauce, Lea & Perrins® sauce, fermented soybean pastes (miso and natto), soy sauce, tamari sauce, granola, breakfast bars, Imitation bacon bits, Roasted soybeans or "soy nuts"...
http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/allergy/soy.html - Children's Hospital at Standford

There are many nutrients in soy that are wonderful, but it's added to so many of our foods these days, one hardly needs it added to their diet: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/consumer-centre/food-safety-tips/labelling-food-packaging-and-storage/soy/eng/1332437930120/1332437995901 It's to the point that it's a big deal to not have soy in your food, so they put a big bold label on the front.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uIn2L90wA8&amp;feature=player_embedded <-worth watching

reads:
Soy and the Thyroid (hormonal problems): http://thyroid.about.com/cs/soyinfo/a/soy.htm
Thyroid/Cancer/Soy: http://www.westonaprice.org/blogs/kdaniel/2012/02/02/thyroid-cancer-on-the-rise-is-soy-a-cause/
Pro Soy Cancer Doctor is even frightened by the facts: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/01/02/tofu.aspx

Studys:
soys link to cognitive impairment and brain atrophy: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10763906?dopt=Abstract
Soy info, Brain Damage and breast cancer: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/09/18/soy-can-damage-your-health.aspx
How to prevent thyroid disease: http://www.ehow.com/how_5678448_prevent-thyroid-disease.html

There are better references out there you can look up yourself or asked an informed doctor about them.

There are also many books out there talking about the negative affects of soy...I think the popular one is called "The truth about soy" or something and then there are the ones mentioned in the links above.

Also, there's different types of soy. Not all of them have been proven bad (which you'll get if you read the links and video).

That on top of all the links I could put down on the negative affects of low calorie diets...I think body by vi should be a giant nono.

You don't need to pay a chunk of change to lose weight, it's just a giant waist if you ask me. I could give the average human being all kinds of good info to lose wight for free without ever feeling hungry.

If you're not really doing the diet and you're just drinking the shakes because its a lazy quick way to get food into you, there are cheaper alternatives.

It's another MLM scheme that targets folks that either don't want to try to do it themselves, don't know how to, or don't care enough to figure out how to do it.

You don't have to do shakes to lose weight. Period.

I just finished my 90 day challenge. With summer, trips and my fair share of cheating I lost 10 lbs, but I lost almost 20 inches, starting weight 166 down to 156. I drank did breakfast and lunch with a healthy dinner. The lack of weight loss is gain in muscle, I started a strength and cardio class going 4-5 times per week when I started my challenge. I am a person that likes that number on the scale too much, but I did take pictures, so it definitely works, definitely saw a great difference. I will do another 90 day challenge.

..but if there is a challenge or a product that helps you on your journey, why not?