beach body beef.

maletac
maletac Posts: 767 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So i have a bone to pick with all you people...(not to everyone but most of you) THIS IS NOT A SALES WEBSITE!!! one more time to make it clear NOT A SALES WEBSITE!!!! we are all here trying to support each other in what everyone wants to do and that is lose weight and get support.

i wish all you people would change your names and have a BB before or after your name so we all know what your intentions really are...

You selling beachbody products to people who are on a diet is feeding off of peoples insecurities. Yes im doing p90X and yes its working. BUT let me make this clear i would lose the exact same amount of calories doing any high intensity work out.

And the shakeology stuff... i mean really people ... for 100's of years people have been skinny without shakes and protein drinks... maybe its a hint ;) go natural its way cheaper and i guarantee its way better for you.

anyways back to my original point.. QUIT SELLING YOUR OVERPRICED STUFF ON HERE!!! thank you.
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  • helloiloveukitty
    helloiloveukitty Posts: 448 Member
    the beach body thing has bugged me a bit for a little while now mostly because I don't get it, I don't quite feel as strongly as you do about it but I'm curious....what would this be called, shilling? using mfp as a promotional tool? what are beach body people here to do? just sell stuff? or....?
  • wan2b21
    wan2b21 Posts: 147 Member
    Agreed.
  • roylawrence87
    roylawrence87 Posts: 970 Member
    yea, I get tired of "You should be a bbody coach! You would rock!" I hate that crap. Stop it!
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    the beach body thing has bugged me a bit for a little while now mostly because I don't get it, I don't quite feel as strongly as you do about it but I'm curious....what would this be called, shilling? using mfp as a promotional tool? what are beach body people here to do? just sell stuff? or....?


    what on earth is shilling?? and yep mfp for profit..

    and im kinda mad cause i just saw someone promoting the heck out of shakeology pretty much stuffing it down peoples throats about how amazing it is and how it guarantees this and that... it irked me just enough to make a post about it
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    i love all the postive feed back agreement :) thanks guys
  • roylawrence87
    roylawrence87 Posts: 970 Member
    Yea, I hate it... Do your research guys! The stuff bbody sells is cheaper everywhere else in different forms. Oh and shakeology is used for a flush. You don't need it if you already have done one and you can do it way cheaper using other methods.
  • Qbanldy
    Qbanldy Posts: 18 Member
    I love it when someone has the guts to tell it like it is!! Thank you!!!
  • apetty21
    apetty21 Posts: 137
    Totally agree. It is against the rules but it seems kinda hard to regulate because I constantly see the beach body self promotion. I had never heard of Beach Body before MFP.
  • helloiloveukitty
    helloiloveukitty Posts: 448 Member
    I thought shilling might be an obscure term, i've heard it used on a forum to describe a member who is constantly promoting a company, the rules of the forum state no promotions allowed. so its that. maybe lol?

    I'm thinking maybe members should be mad.
  • bikerbiz
    bikerbiz Posts: 179 Member
    That's what the little "Report Post" button is for at the bottom...help stop the spammers! ;-)
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    AGREED!!!! 100 % Thank you for the post :)
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    That's what the little "Report Post" button is for at the bottom...help stop the spammers! ;-)


    you cant cause they leave it as comments on peoples statuses
  • bikerbiz
    bikerbiz Posts: 179 Member
    you cant cause they leave it as comments on peoples statuses

    In that case, I would message "mike", and ask to block the person who left a blatant sales pitch on my wall
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    who's mike and it wasnt on my page they were trying to sell it on someone elses page
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    who's mike and it wasnt on my page they were trying to sell it on someone elses page

    Mike is the dude that created MFP, lol.
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    who's mike and it wasnt on my page they were trying to sell it on someone elses page

    Mike is the dude that created MFP, lol.


    how does everyone but me know this?
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    who's mike and it wasnt on my page they were trying to sell it on someone elses page

    Mike is the dude that created MFP, lol.


    how does everyone but me know this?

    You haven't been on long enough to notice...or you're totally blind, lol.
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    who's mike and it wasnt on my page they were trying to sell it on someone elses page

    Mike is the dude that created MFP, lol.


    how does everyone but me know this?

    You haven't been on long enough to notice...or you're totally blind, lol.


    probably both ... mainly the second one though
  • shaweetie
    shaweetie Posts: 33 Member
    Agreed on your post!

    Oh--and i had no idea who "mike" was either! lol!
  • dnsrmr
    dnsrmr Posts: 99 Member
    I've never seen anyone try to promote any of those highly expensive shakes or supplements to me or on this site, but wouldn't put it passed someone to try it.
    Everyone has their own way of eating, exercising, etc.
    This is a wonderful SUPPORT site, not a sales site.
    So right you are by posting this.
    I just hope I don't see any of that sales stuff come my way.
    I'd ignore it anyway.
    I'm a low carb eater, and that stuff doesn't interest me, and I don't care what anyone says about My way of eating/dieting.
    I've done better on this site alone than any other place because of all of you MFP's, and the way Mike set this site up.
    Thx 4 posting the sales No-No's.
    It's totally wrong to prey on people like that, or try to make a buck here. That's not the intention of this site at all.
    Good post!
  • 1Steph1
    1Steph1 Posts: 145
    I love Beachbody, they are an amazing company and they have done wonders for me. I would not be where I am today without them. There products work and I trust them %100. Some people may be pushy but thats their fault you should not give the entire company crap for someone elses mistakes. I have a BB coach who is amazing and never pushes sales. And Shakeology is not just for being skinny, its very healthy meal replacement if you have looked into it, And no im not a BB Coach since I live in Canada in case you were wondering.
  • JennaM222
    JennaM222 Posts: 1,996 Member
    who's mike and it wasnt on my page they were trying to sell it on someone elses page

    Mike is the dude that created MFP, lol.

    he is the guy who is always telling us he will delete our "innapropriate osts/topics" and that this is a pg site :)

    how does everyone but me know this?

    You haven't been on long enough to notice...or you're totally blind, lol.


    probably both ... mainly the second one though


    he is the guy who is always telling us he will delete our "innapropriate osts/topics" and that this is a pg site :):wink:
  • Stooooo
    Stooooo Posts: 1,191 Member
    I love Beachbody, they are an amazing company and they have done wonders for me. I would not be where I am today without them. There products work and I trust them %100. Some people may be pushy but thats their fault you should not give the entire company crap for someone elses mistakes. I have a BB coach who is amazing and never pushes sales. And Shakeology is not just for being skinny, its very healthy meal replacement if you have looked into it, And no im not a BB Coach since I live in Canada in case you were wondering.

    I have to agree here. This subject has been covered many times here on MFP. Yes there are coaches who are only in the business to make money. However the majority of coaches (myself included) are actually looking to help people. To me the most rewarding thing is when someone thanks me for helping them achieve their goals. So to lump everyone into one group is completely unfair. I understand you are frustrated, but to say we are all here to make money is utter lie.

    I am here to lose weight, and help others. Do I make money for offering advice? Nope! I do it because I like to do it. It is my passion.
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    I love Beachbody, they are an amazing company and they have done wonders for me. I would not be where I am today without them. There products work and I trust them %100. Some people may be pushy but thats their fault you should not give the entire company crap for someone elses mistakes. I have a BB coach who is amazing and never pushes sales. And Shakeology is not just for being skinny, its very healthy meal replacement if you have looked into it, And no im not a BB Coach since I live in Canada in case you were wondering.

    I have to agree here. This subject has been covered many times here on MFP. Yes there are coaches who are only in the business to make money. However the majority of coaches (myself included) are actually looking to help people. To me the most rewarding thing is when someone thanks me for helping them achieve their goals. So to lump everyone into one group is completely unfair. I understand you are frustrated, but to say we are all here to make money is utter lie.

    I am here to lose weight, and help others. Do I make money for offering advice? Nope! I do it because I like to do it. It is my passion.

    for the good people who dont shove their products down everyones throats i would love for you all to distinguish yourselves... thats all i ask from ya'll
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    I love Beachbody, they are an amazing company and they have done wonders for me. I would not be where I am today without them. There products work and I trust them %100. Some people may be pushy but thats their fault you should not give the entire company crap for someone elses mistakes. I have a BB coach who is amazing and never pushes sales. And Shakeology is not just for being skinny, its very healthy meal replacement if you have looked into it, And no im not a BB Coach since I live in Canada in case you were wondering.

    thats rediculous the only reason beach body worked is cause you.. yourself followed it.. if you would do ANYTHING else with a high enough intensity you would still lose the weight.

    humans didnt have bbody for 1000's of years they were still skinny and they still lost weight and were still muscular. i dont know why you would trust them 100% because they are only after your money. they could easily sell the whole dvd set for P90X for under a $100 but they dont because they want your money not whats best for you they want your money like every other company out there.

    in any case the beef is this isnt a sales website. and if someone says they cant afford it. then they shouldnt be finding ways to justify how to afford it.
  • Stooooo
    Stooooo Posts: 1,191 Member
    I love Beachbody, they are an amazing company and they have done wonders for me. I would not be where I am today without them. There products work and I trust them %100. Some people may be pushy but thats their fault you should not give the entire company crap for someone elses mistakes. I have a BB coach who is amazing and never pushes sales. And Shakeology is not just for being skinny, its very healthy meal replacement if you have looked into it, And no im not a BB Coach since I live in Canada in case you were wondering.

    I have to agree here. This subject has been covered many times here on MFP. Yes there are coaches who are only in the business to make money. However the majority of coaches (myself included) are actually looking to help people. To me the most rewarding thing is when someone thanks me for helping them achieve their goals. So to lump everyone into one group is completely unfair. I understand you are frustrated, but to say we are all here to make money is utter lie.

    I am here to lose weight, and help others. Do I make money for offering advice? Nope! I do it because I like to do it. It is my passion.

    for the good people who dont shove their products down everyones throats i would love for you all to distinguish yourselves... thats all i ask from ya'll

    How exactly do you recommend we distinguish ourselves? I share my life in my blog, my struggles and success. When people write me I answer their questions. If someone asks me about something I don't know the answer to, I tell them I don't know, but I will find out.

    As far as your statement that if you did anything else with a high enough intensity it would still work. Well duh! Of course it would. The problem is that people don't always know what to do. Isn't it better to get people off the couch and actually doing something then to do nothing at all. Sure they can do on the internet and look stuff up. Prior to starting with BB, I worked out at a gym. I paid super high gym membership fees for my wife and I. Then we had to pay for child care. Oh and lets not forget the personal trainer that we both needed, because we couldn't do it on our own.

    I don't see you on here complaining about the high costs of gym memberships and personal trainers. Not everyone has the time to do the proper research to set up their own work out plans. Not everyone has the money laying around to afford gym memberships and pt fees. What is so wrong with working out in your own home. Are there cheaper ways to do it? Sure, but you also don't get the support or the other bells and whistles that come with BB programs.

    Stu
  • BullDozier
    BullDozier Posts: 237 Member
    How exactly do you recommend we distinguish ourselves?

    I'm not sure that this was what maletac was getting at, but it would be nice if the site required BB coaches (and any other product marketers, but BB seems to be the largest population) to have to identify themselves as such in their user name. This would allow the newbies (as well as others) to quickly filter through the information/advice they are given.

    For instance, you probably can find at any given time a thread posted recently with a question on P90X, is it worth it, did you get results, etc etc. You'll quickly find the same crew posting in the thread about how great it worked for them, and absolutely you should get it. It sure would be nice for people to quickly see that 4 of the 8 replies (hypothetically speaking) were from BB coaches, and their responses should be taken with a grain of salt. The other four replies are most likely less biased.

    That's not to say that BB coaches can't truly believe in their product, and can't truly have gotten results themselves from them, absolutely they can. However, I know personally I instantly tune out any BB coach that doesn't have their own before and after pics readily available in their profile. If they can't show me quickly what BB did for them, I know they aren't worth listening to. (JMO).
  • aaddaammggoolleeaaffss
    aaddaammggoolleeaaffss Posts: 230
    I haven't seen anyone trying to sell BeachBody products on here. There is threads where people discuss BeachBody but I haven't seen any type of product selling. I don't see why some people have such a big problem with others talking about workout programs...if you don't want to read about it don't click the post.
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    I love Beachbody, they are an amazing company and they have done wonders for me. I would not be where I am today without them. There products work and I trust them %100. Some people may be pushy but thats their fault you should not give the entire company crap for someone elses mistakes. I have a BB coach who is amazing and never pushes sales. And Shakeology is not just for being skinny, its very healthy meal replacement if you have looked into it, And no im not a BB Coach since I live in Canada in case you were wondering.

    I have to agree here. This subject has been covered many times here on MFP. Yes there are coaches who are only in the business to make money. However the majority of coaches (myself included) are actually looking to help people. To me the most rewarding thing is when someone thanks me for helping them achieve their goals. So to lump everyone into one group is completely unfair. I understand you are frustrated, but to say we are all here to make money is utter lie.

    I am here to lose weight, and help others. Do I make money for offering advice? Nope! I do it because I like to do it. It is my passion.

    for the good people who dont shove their products down everyones throats i would love for you all to distinguish yourselves... thats all i ask from ya'll

    How exactly do you recommend we distinguish ourselves? I share my life in my blog, my struggles and success. When people write me I answer their questions. If someone asks me about something I don't know the answer to, I tell them I don't know, but I will find out.

    As far as your statement that if you did anything else with a high enough intensity it would still work. Well duh! Of course it would. The problem is that people don't always know what to do. Isn't it better to get people off the couch and actually doing something then to do nothing at all. Sure they can do on the internet and look stuff up. Prior to starting with BB, I worked out at a gym. I paid super high gym membership fees for my wife and I. Then we had to pay for child care. Oh and lets not forget the personal trainer that we both needed, because we couldn't do it on our own.

    I don't see you on here complaining about the high costs of gym memberships and personal trainers. Not everyone has the time to do the proper research to set up their own work out plans. Not everyone has the money laying around to afford gym memberships and pt fees. What is so wrong with working out in your own home. Are there cheaper ways to do it? Sure, but you also don't get the support or the other bells and whistles that come with BB programs.

    Stu

    there is so many ways to go with this statement.. i honeslty dont think anyone needs any gym or any BB product its not that hard to just buy some weights if needed and just lift at home..

    and if you have kids why pay for daycare shoot thats probably a gym and a half right there. it brings the family together and you get fresh air and you get to workout with your kids just running around. thats the issue we all have.. everyone is looking for this secret super pill or this super way to lose weight.. no one wants to except that its just easy as playing with your kids every day or that just eating right works too...

    i wish bb would stop feeding off what people are looking for. and i wish people would just realize our country wasnt fat maybe the past had it right for once.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    I get the offers messaged to me privately...i have to politely reply thanx but no thanx...
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