Herbalife
annetteanne1
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May I ask does anyone use herbalife and what does everyone think
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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.13
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Herbalife is a great way to make lots of cash. There are loads of sales people in my area6
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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.6 -
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 it4 -
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.7
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It doesn't teach you portion control--at all.6
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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!6 -
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.7 -
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.3 -
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."6
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Buy a food scale rather than trying too find a magic potion. You'll have much better results.4
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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.3 -
Thank you for all the support jest want sure what to think4
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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.21 -
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 do6
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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.3 -
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 itsueelaineparker 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.1 -
If it helps, in addition to all of the above, they taste disgusting too!4
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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 itsueelaineparker 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!
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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.6 -
The main thing with those programs is you never learn to eat normally... You go on a diet, lose weight, gain it back when you return to normal food and then you need to buy more shakes.
But if you want to replace meals with shakes for any reason (convenience, etc), you'll get more bang for your buck with a decent protein powder and multivitamin.4 -
annetteanne1 wrote: »May I ask does anyone use herbalife and what does everyone think
I use herbalife and have lost 2.5 stone.. more healthy now than ever and more energy.. I also sell it. It's an amazing product. The only way you wouldn't lose weight is if your not consistent.-1 -
JanetYellen wrote: »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.
Herbalist is not a scam. I've lost 2.5 stone and am healthier now than before, cired my pre diabetes too and helpedal my pcos.. shop bought proteins and vits etc are only 30-50% pure whereas herbalist is 99.7% pure.0 -
angelspiking wrote: »I use herbalife and have lost 2.5 stone.. more healthy now than ever and more energy.. I also sell it. It's an amazing product. The only way you wouldn't lose weight is if your not consistent.
^^^^^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."17 -
angelspiking wrote: »annetteanne1 wrote: »May I ask does anyone use herbalife and what does everyone think
I use herbalife and have lost 2.5 stone.. more healthy now than ever and more energy.. I also sell it. It's an amazing product. The only way you wouldn't lose weight is if your not consistent.
Deja vous. Spooky!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.2 -
angelspiking wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »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.
Herbalist is not a scam. I've lost 2.5 stone and am healthier now than before, cired my pre diabetes too and helpedal my pcos.. shop bought proteins and vits etc are only 30-50% pure whereas herbalist is 99.7% pure.
I've lost 85lbs and am way healthier and haven't paid a cent (much less hundreds of dollars) to a multi level marketing company that recruits uneducated people to schill is products for discounts on their own stash. Guess who i think is better off?
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angelspiking wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »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.
Herbalist is not a scam. I've lost 2.5 stone and am healthier now than before, cired my pre diabetes too and helpedal my pcos.. shop bought proteins and vits etc are only 30-50% pure whereas herbalist is 99.7% pure.
What's Herbalist? I think you're talking about a different product. Otherwise it's not very confidence inspiring that you don't know the name of what you're selling.10 -
This whole post is a damn ad. OP never came back and abandoned the account.2
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This whole post is a damn ad. OP never came back and abandoned the account.
Yeah it's a common scam by the MLM folk. Start a thread pretending to be someone wanting opinions, then reply with another account saying how great it is.
Another reason i have no respect for them. If the product was so amazing, why have to trick people into buying it?
And it's just amazing how often the people selling it are first time posters who just happen to find a brand new thread asking about it. It's almost like they just know that someone has asked!13 -
diannethegeek wrote: »angelspiking wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »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.
Herbalist is not a scam. I've lost 2.5 stone and am healthier now than before, cired my pre diabetes too and helpedal my pcos.. shop bought proteins and vits etc are only 30-50% pure whereas herbalist is 99.7% pure.
What's Herbalist? I think you're talking about a different product. Otherwise it's not very confidence inspiring that you don't know the name of what you're selling.
At first I thought it was auto correct, but if so, that autocorrect is failing them at every other turn.2
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