Isagenix?

vickygalo
vickygalo Posts: 41 Member
edited November 13 in Food and Nutrition
Has anyone tried this? Does it work?
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  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    No. It is just another MLM scam.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Work, how? If you want to lose weight, you need to consistently take in fewer calories than you burn.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,211 Member
    If by work, you mean if you follow their plan, you end up in a calorie deficit and lose weight - yes. It "works" but so does not spending a crazy amount of cash on a not particularly good powdered food replacement, counting calories, and taking a good multivitamin.

    Work? Yes. Necessary? Utterly not.
  • cori4evans
    cori4evans Posts: 4 Member
    edited August 2016
    I use a variety of their products. They recently introduced dairy free options that are plant based and have an amazing AMPed line for performance. I'd love to share more with you.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Tried it, its junk.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    It's poo. Don't ingest poo.
  • positivepowers
    positivepowers Posts: 902 Member
    A friend of mine swears by Isagenix and tried to get me involved (she sells it too, btw.) I opted out. It's too expensive and I don't think it's any better than just eating a balanced diet. I use a protein shake before my afternoon workouts but a large cannister of it isn't even close to the expense of Isagenix shakes.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,211 Member
    positivepowers wrote: »
    A friend of mine swears by Isagenix and tried to get me involved (she sells it too, btw.) I opted out. It's too expensive and I don't think it's any better than just eating a balanced diet. I use a protein shake before my afternoon workouts but a large cannister of it isn't even close to the expense of Isagenix shakes.

    And is probably better quality, too.
  • vickygalo
    vickygalo Posts: 41 Member
    thanks everyone!


    sorry - should have clarified "worked". I meant help you lose weight- but I know you understand :)

    My girlfriend used it and lost 20 lbs the first month and has kept it off. My other friend had great success, however upon stopping the shakes, gained all the weight back and then some.

    So I am weary of it and would love to hear more experiences.

    It definitely is expensive - $350 for the first month.

    I was hoping to get a head start on this weight loss I gained during pregnancy.
  • vickygalo
    vickygalo Posts: 41 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Isagenix is like Beetlejuice or Bloody Mary. Say the word and someone with a miniscule post count appears to tell you all about it.

    LOL LOL LOL!!
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited August 2016
    vickygalo wrote: »
    sorry - should have clarified "worked". I meant help you lose weight- but I know you understand :)
    We understand what you meant to say - but we also tried to explain that that's not how weightloss works.
    My girlfriend used it and lost 20 lbs the first month and has kept it off. My other friend had great success, however upon stopping the shakes, gained all the weight back and then some.

    So I am weary of it and would love to hear more experiences.
    Your friends lost weight because they took in fewer calories than before. Your second friend didn't regain weight by stopping the shakes, but by going back to the way she ate before, and then some. Your second friend is the typical case, just to make that clear.

    Lots of us have had weight loss success just by counting calories and eating whatever the hell we want.
    It definitely is expensive - $350 for the first month.
    If it's worth it, depends on whether you think it's better than the food you can get for the same amount of money. Impossible for us to say. But most of us prefer food, and the occasional protein shake.
    I was hoping to get a head start on this weight loss I gained during pregnancy.
    Weight loss is pretty (very) straight-forward. It is slow, but predictable. You don't need a head start, no magic, but a resilient, consistent behavior, a good plan and some contingency plans, flexibility, realistic expectations, knowledge, and lots of patience.

    Oh, pregnancy :o If you are breastfeeding and/or taking care of a child, you need to be properly nourished. That sort of rules out meal replacement shakes completely. You need a balanced and varied diet, enough food, good food. Eat food you like in appropriate portions.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited August 2016
    Any low calorie diet is going to work. You don't need meal replacement shakes.

    In fact any manner of eating that results in a calorie deficit is going to work. Eating regular food is FREE. I learn so much more by measuring and logging actual food. Tools I will need for maintenance.
  • Lynzdee18
    Lynzdee18 Posts: 500 Member
    I've got some friends and acquaintances who swear by it. Surprise that they are higher level marketers of the product. Other coworkers bought into their success. I saw those gals after a couple years of being away only to find them bigger than they were before they started Isagenix.

    Run away quickly, holding your pocketbook tight to your chest!

    I had contemplated trying it last summer, but the price made me choke. Instead, I joined here and I'm down 60 pounds and healthier than I've been for years...just by exercising and eating more sensibly.

    CICO. Period. For me anyway.....
  • cori4evans
    cori4evans Posts: 4 Member
    edited August 2016
    Everyone will have a different story and experience; weight loss, muscle gain, better performance, healthy aging and/more energy. I believe it may not be the answer for everyone but I do believe being on a system with a supportive community is tremendously helpful. Sometimes something like Isagenix is what gets individuals more connected to their goals and on track...sometimes not. I believe its possible eating more healthfully with your grocery store; Isagenix takes the guess work and is your grocery store and can end up being cheaper. It is 3rd party tested and made with amazing ingredients which is what makes it so pricey. Other companies do not do that!
    Yes, I do share the products but I can tell you that I am not some amazing person at the top. Its been amazing for me in a lot of ways.
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    vickygalo wrote: »
    I was hoping to get a head start on this weight loss I gained during pregnancy.

    There is no need for, or such thing as a head start. As others have said, all you have to do is eat fewer calories than you burn over an extended period of time. Programs like Isagenix or any other number of them make it somewhat mindless to do so, but you don't really learn how to eat when you're "done." If you really want to replace meals to keep it simple though, you can just get a decent protein powder and a multivitamin and save hundreds of dollars.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    No, it isn't expensive because it is made of amazing ingredients, so much that it's worth the double of a normal diet. It's expensive because it is A SCAM and preys on desperate, impatient and ignorant people.

    Can someone explain to me what "guesswork" is and why that is relevant for people who have access to a free nutrition tracker?
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Isagenix is like Beetlejuice or Bloody Mary. Say the word and someone with a miniscule post count appears to tell you all about it.

    And you win a prize!!!
  • B4Rachael
    B4Rachael Posts: 155 Member
    My father has used it and he lost the weight and has kept it off for 3 years so far. I tried one of his Isagenix drinks and it was sooo sweet it was just gross; but he has no issue drinking them. It is also expensive and add that to my grocery bill for a family of four and I would be broke! I have lost 40 lbs by counting calories and eating food I LIKE. It really was so grossly sweet - yuck.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    TR0berts wrote: »
    cori4evans wrote: »
    Everyone will have a different story and experience; weight loss, muscle gain, better performance, healthy aging and/more energy. I believe it may not be the answer for everyone but I do believe being on a system with a supportive community is tremendously helpful. Sometimes something like Isagenix is what gets individuals more connected to their goals and on track...sometimes not. I believe its possible eating more healthfully with your grocery store; Isagenix takes the guess work and is your grocery store and can end up being cheaper. It is 3rd party tested and made with amazing ingredients which is what makes it so pricey. Other companies do not do that!
    Yes, I do share the products but I can tell you that I am not some amazing person at the top. Its been amazing for me in a lot of ways.


    You mean...like MFP, which is free? Sure!

    Oh, you meant Isagenix, which is an expensive MLM. No.

    Shhh, it's really the guesswork which makes calorie counting hard. Isagenix is all you need, message me.
  • cori4evans
    cori4evans Posts: 4 Member
    Idk what MFP is :#
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Uh Myfitnesspal.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    TR0berts wrote: »
    cori4evans wrote: »
    Everyone will have a different story and experience; weight loss, muscle gain, better performance, healthy aging and/more energy. I believe it may not be the answer for everyone but I do believe being on a system with a supportive community is tremendously helpful. Sometimes something like Isagenix is what gets individuals more connected to their goals and on track...sometimes not. I believe its possible eating more healthfully with your grocery store; Isagenix takes the guess work and is your grocery store and can end up being cheaper. It is 3rd party tested and made with amazing ingredients which is what makes it so pricey. Other companies do not do that!
    Yes, I do share the products but I can tell you that I am not some amazing person at the top. Its been amazing for me in a lot of ways.


    You mean...like MFP, which is free? Sure!

    Oh, you meant Isagenix, which is an expensive MLM. No.

    Shhh, it's really the guesswork which makes calorie counting hard. Isagenix is all you need, message me.

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  • chunky_pinup
    chunky_pinup Posts: 758 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Isagenix is like Beetlejuice or Bloody Mary. Say the word and someone with a miniscule post count appears to tell you all about it.

    Best post I've seen today :D
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    all you need for weight loss is a consistent calorie deficit, get adequate nutrition, keep protein relatively high, and find some form of activity that you like to enjoy ...
  • QTKiKi
    QTKiKi Posts: 2 Member
    edited August 2016
    I agree that consistent tracking is good, however the shakes have helped me, they definitely made it easier to stay on the go, and stay on track. I started the plan to gain some discipline, as I would try to be creative with my caloric intake options for the day, but in reality I was going over and not losing while just tracking on MFP. I say, to each, their own. Find what works for you and do it. I don't plan to stay with Isagenixs just needed to get more disciplined after a crazy stressful eating period of my life.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Isagenix is like Beetlejuice or Bloody Mary. Say the word and someone with a miniscule post count appears to tell you all about it.

    Worth repeating. LOL.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    My daughter started Isagenix a month ago, despite my vehement objections!! Fast forward to now, she's quit. No weight loss and she said the shakes tasted terrible, plus she couldn't afford to keep it up. She had to learn on her own, and as we all know.. Kids know best :wink:
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