Herbalife

annetteanne1 · June 2016

May I ask does anyone use herbalife and what does everyone think

nutmegoreo · June 2016

There's not a lot of support for these products here. You can eat real food for less cost, and learn the skills you need along the way to make sustainable changes.

Therealobi1 · June 2016

Herbalife is a great way to make lots of cash. There are loads of sales people in my area

svel713 · June 2016

If you're looking to up your protein intake, there are cheaper protein powders at the grocery store and online. As for the vitamins, you can up your vitamin and mineral intake with a multivitamin.

Cost of Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard on Amazon, Double Rich Chocolate: $11.60/lb
Cost of Herbalife Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix, Dutch Chocolate on Amazon: $21.25/lb

You'd save 45% buying the Optimum nutrition protein powder. And did I mention its the #1 best seller on Amazon in the Sports Nutrition Whey Protein Powders category?

Also, I'll admit I did use it when I was a teen and my mom got sucked into selling it. But its easy to see now why it worked for that short time we used it. Just drinking the drink left us at a calorie deficit which we could have had with a $20 food scale. But we didn't know that at the time.

Others here have linked articles stating Herbalife use can lead to liver damage. So there's that to think of also.

sueelaineparker · June 2016

Uhh my husband used to sell herbal life and it's still a contentious subject between us. He thinks it's good and won't accept me telling him to just eat real food and that it's not good.
Some gyms in my area are completely against it too.

Really isn't worth it

kommodevaran · June 2016

I think counting calories is an effective way to lose weight, and really suggest looking for a website that has a food database/diary/calorie calculator that lets you eat whatever you like and save money eating less, not waste it on scams that may even be unhealthy and teaches you nothing about nutrition and good eating habits.

snowflake954 · June 2016

It doesn't teach you portion control--at all.

MissusMoon · June 2016

Here is the link to how herbalife and several other products cause liver damage: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004035/

You don't need some "quick fix". You can lose weight for free here, eating what you want in reasonable portions per your calorie goal. Don't fall for the scams!

zoeysasha37 · June 2016

It's a multi level marketing scam

They prey upon the desperate and naive

If these multi level marketing products really worked then why would we all be here counting calories? Wouldn't we just take products all day and be thin?!

Don't fall for any of these scams. The only people who like them are the ones making money from them.

MelaniaTrump · June 2016

Don't get conned.
Instead, go to walmart and buy a protein powder and a multivitamin.
In life, people will try to scam you. Don't be a victim.

Scamd83 · June 2016

From a sports therapist type I know: "The only people who ever have anything good to say about Herbalife are those trying to sell it."

Ready2Rock206 · June 2016

Buy a food scale rather than trying too find a magic potion. You'll have much better results.

AnvilHead · June 2016

Scamd83 wrote: »

From a sports therapist type I know: "The only people who ever have anything good to say about Herbalife are those trying to sell it."

We recently witnessed this in a thread about another MLM scam. The only person who commented positively about it was a person who was a distributor (salesperson) for that particular product. Everybody else in the thread agreed that it was unnecessary and ineffective. Funny how that works.

Set up a reasonable calorie goal and stick to it consistently. That's all you need to do to lose weight. No MLM scam product will make weight loss happen any faster or more effectively. Mix in a little exercise (whatever you like best and will stick to) for general health/fitness and you're golden.

annetteanne1 · June 2016

Thank you for all the support jest want sure what to think

AnvilHead · June 2016

annetteanne1 wrote: »

Thank you for all the support jest want sure what to think

Tip: Any time you see the words "fat burner", "superfood", "detox", "cleanse", or promises to melt, blast, shred, annihilate or otherwise spectacularly decimate fat from your body, hold tightly onto your wallet and run the other direction as fast as you can. All those phrases are advertising buzzwords, have no basis in science (or truth) and are a complete and total waste of money.

Same goes for anything that promises spot reduction ("toning" the hips, melting belly fat, etc.) - there's no such thing as spot reduction. The fat will come off your body as determined by your genetics and there's no exercise you can do or 'supplement' you can take that will change that.

The diet/health industry is a multi-billion dollar fraud machine. Don't be sucked in by glitzy advertising and false promises. 99.99% of the diet aids/"supplements" sold are junk.

CharlieBeansmomTracey · June 2016

also avoid anything that tells you you can lose say 30lbs in 30 days,or anything to that effect. its not going to happen unless you go very low calorie which I advise you DONT do

nutmegoreo · June 2016

annetteanne1 wrote: »

Thank you for all the support jest want sure what to think

I'm glad you were open to the feedback. These products will take your money, not do what they promise, or if they do, it won't set you up for long term success.

Read the stickied threads at the top of the getting started and general diet forums. Everything you need to do this is available to you here, for free.

elphie754 · June 2016

sueelaineparker wrote: »

Uhh my husband used to sell herbal life and it's still a contentious subject between us. He thinks it's good and won't accept me telling him to just eat real food and that it's not good.
Some gyms in my area are completely against it too.

Really isn't worth it

My ymha will terminate your membership if you are caught peddling any MLM products.

CharliWhitman · June 2016

If it helps, in addition to all of the above, they taste disgusting too!

AnvilHead · June 2016

elphie754 wrote: »

sueelaineparker wrote: »

Uhh my husband used to sell herbal life and it's still a contentious subject between us. He thinks it's good and won't accept me telling him to just eat real food and that it's not good.
Some gyms in my area are completely against it too.

Really isn't worth it

sueelaineparker wrote: »

Uhh my husband used to sell herbal life and it's still a contentious subject between us. He thinks it's good and won't accept me telling him to just eat real food and that it's not good.
Some gyms in my area are completely against it too.

Really isn't worth it

My ymha will terminate your membership if you are caught peddling any MLM products.

The gym I go to doesn't allow it either. It says right in the membership agreement that your membership will be irrevocably terminated on the spot for it. There's one guy who's an MLM distributor who always wears t-shirts with the product name on it and has his car completely wrapped with the product logos and "INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR" in big letters on both front quarterpanels, but he keeps to himself in the gym - I've never seen him peddling his snake oil to anybody. He's obviously a 'True Believer', though!

Oskrmike74 · June 2016

AnvilHead has a great weight loss plan, if you grab your wallet and run in the other direction every time a weight loss scam falls in your lap, you will be dropping weight like a champ in no time. Your checkbook will thank you also.
The weight didn't get packed on in the blink of an eye and it won't come off that quickly either. Pack a lunch (something healthy) and dig your heels in; nothing worthwhile ever happens in an instant.

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