Advocare 24 Day Challenge??

flyingtanuki wrote: »

draznyth wrote: »

ceoverturf wrote: »

Well...thank goodness you bumped a 2+ week old thread to add that!

lmao right?

she had to step in and keep the thread alive apparently since she obviously supports this crap

I half suspect these posts are by paid marketeers or distributors selling the stuff, TBH.

SconnieCat wrote: »

So I actually did the 24-Day Challenge with a friend.

Before I wised up and did research on nutrition, I fell into the shiny-new-toy trap of Advocare, forked over a few hundred dollars and participated in the 24-Day-Challenge. Hey, if Drew Brees pimps that crap out, why wouldn't it work? (Coming from a Cheesehead, I understand how odd the previous sentence can be).

Hell yes...I was going to do the *kitten* out of this challenge. I was going to lose weight. I was going to be svelte and awesome and kickass and stuff.

Sure I lost some weight, but since I was eating total crap beforehand and not really working out, any change in my diet would have resulted in weight loss (newb gainz!).

I'm raising my hand and admitting that I was once one of those naive fools who fell into the "OMG YOU NEED TO CLEANSE THE TOXINS!!!!" trap. But then I read a book, talked to some people, realized that I was so completely lost and was just following on the heels of the pretty pictures of Instagram and Pinterest and the sad, overpromising claims of products.

And the first 10 days of the Advocare challenge is a "cleanse". Which you can save yourself some money on and either not do a cleanse because they're just a buzzword to make uninformed people all excited and feel like they're doing something good for their bodies... or you can buy a lot of Metamucil. A lot.

Again...cleanses aren't necessary. The only time you need to detox is if you're binging on meth and booger sugar. And then you've got way more issues than MFP can help you solve.

The following 14-days consist of taking horse-pills that I honestly have no idea what they were doing for my body, eating low-fat, high protein foods with tons of veggies, and practically mainlining Advocare Spark (i.e. *kitten* pre-workout) on the daily.

My recommendation: buy a food scale, do a bit of research on nutrition and save yourself the hundreds of dollars you're going to spend on the challenge. If you like the idea of having a meal plan and a structured program, there are TONS of free meal-plans and workout guides online.

Honestly, I could have spent that money on some new workout gear, a massage, an extra car note, or the underwater MP3 player that I'm currently drooling over (long distance swims get boring).


TL;DR: I spent too much money on the Advocare Challenge. I wised up and learned that there are no such things as detoxes and cleanses. Now I eat real food and spend my money on other things... like hookers and blow.

Just kidding about the hookers and blow.

Kinda.

saradougz wrote: »

*kitten*......
I bought the first half of the cleanse because my coworker referred it to me and she did it with a friend. She didn't work out during the cleanse at all and lost 6 pounds and age her energy, so I was convinced because she wouldn't lie about something like that and she is literally making no profit off of it. Her sponsor was really about not making people spend a ton of money, she told me herself the meal replacement shakes were only if I was on the go a lot (which I am but I can spend time to cook I'm not totally lazy). I literally just picked up the package for the first ten days because she said I can buy the cleanse in two parts if I wanted to. If I see no results then I won't bother getting the other half but now I'm torn... even though I will say starting this is motivating me to work out again, am I wasting money? Is there anywhere in the world I can get an unbiased opinion? AHHHHHH