Weight loss scams and how to spot them

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  • LHWhite903
    LHWhite903 Posts: 208 Member
    This is my favorite video response to things like this.
  • TheBeachgod
    TheBeachgod Posts: 825 Member
    Lose weight just by walking!

    Oh yeah, it does mention "Participants also followed the meal plan included with every TreadClimber" at 00:30 in tiny, hard to read letters at the bottom of the screen.

    That wouldn't have anything to do with it would it? Maybe eating less than they are buring? Nah!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqnVszE8QEE
  • littleb0peep
    littleb0peep Posts: 333 Member
    Does it sound too good to be true?
  • MondayJune22nd2015
    MondayJune22nd2015 Posts: 876 Member
    Anything that tells you to take something, while eating a balanced and/or low calorie diet. Isn't the purpose of taking something, to begin with; so that you don't have to change your diet?
  • michaela4910
    michaela4910 Posts: 544 Member
    Pretty much, if it sounds too good to be true, it isn't true. There is no substitute for eating a good, well balanced diet with the appropriate amount of calories for your weight and activity level and getting off the couch and moving your body enough to get your heart rate up to 60%-80%. Save your money for good food and a membership to a gym.
  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    My favorites are the scams that say in fine print "as part of a diet and exercise regimen", as if that's just a minor part of it and the scam pills, drink, etc is the major contributor.
  • Jozzmenia
    Jozzmenia Posts: 252 Member
    htimpaired wrote: »
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Add: Has been featured on the Dr. Oz show.

    Don't forget sold by beachbody, or food babe.

    There's some good programs on beachbody. I don't do shakeology but some people swear by it. But the workout dvds and even 21 day fix which gets you on board with proper portions, are great.
  • findingmyway2fit
    findingmyway2fit Posts: 17 Member
    Someone I have been friends with for years has pretty much stopped talking to me now because I refuse to buy into the program she's used to lose 92 pounds (Isagenix). Sorry, but not eating for 2 days to "cleanse" does not sound appealing and apparently I'm poisoning myself by using whey protein that doesn't come from some special type of cow in New Zealand. :p
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
    My favorite: "...................lost weight with no change to diet or exercise while taking___________"

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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  • ClosetBayesian
    ClosetBayesian Posts: 836 Member
    Jozzmenia wrote: »
    htimpaired wrote: »
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Add: Has been featured on the Dr. Oz show.

    Don't forget sold by beachbody, or food babe.

    There's some good programs on beachbody. I don't do shakeology but some people swear by it. But the workout dvds and even 21 day fix which gets you on board with proper portions, are great.

    +1/2.

    I think the portion control piece of 21DF can be a good tool for people (like me) who need more structure than an IIFYM-type approach (I have not purchased the containers from BB; I Googled until I found the measurements). However, I believe the clean eating/food lists go unnecessarily overboard. I also love their workouts. That said, many of their supplements are chock full o' woo, and I'm just not sure that the workouts balance out the woo.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    This could use a bump.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    I like the ones that say gain x amount of lean muscle in x amount of days. while not promoting weight loss its saying you can gain a lot of muscle in a certain time period
  • KatherineChiu
    KatherineChiu Posts: 5 Member
    MamaBirdBoss wrote: »
    Herbalife. :) Also, almost all the fad diets.

    Herbalife if used properly with wholefoods and exercise is not bad. But Herbalife on its own is bad.
  • KatherineChiu
    KatherineChiu Posts: 5 Member
    And its featured on myfitnesspal. A detox diet works for me just fine so long as I have wholefoods
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    KatherineChiu wrote: »
    MamaBirdBoss wrote: »
    Herbalife. :) Also, almost all the fad diets.

    Herbalife if used properly with wholefoods and exercise is not bad. But Herbalife on its own is bad.

    Then it's the food and exercise that helps you, not the herbalife.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    KatherineChiu wrote: »
    And its featured on myfitnesspal. A detox diet works for me just fine so long as I have wholefoods

    Where is Herbalife featured on MFP?

  • RogerShehata
    RogerShehata Posts: 3 Member
    edited July 2016
    Herbalife is food in another form, unfortunately these days you can't eat healthy even if you tried as even organic produce is in question for the quality of soil its planted in, the amount of water plant gets etc.... Herbalife has a seed to feed concept which means when the seed is planted till the time it is picked, then produced into herbalife products, till the time it is shipped to a destination and ingested by the human body it is tested all the way. Herbalife has invested over US$150million dollars in research and development to make sure that the products are state of the art.

    [Edited by MFP Mods]
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    edited July 2016
    I dislike the advertising lies and hype produced to make a quick sale on television (with the little ticking timer) and urgent threats that "this deal will end soon, CALL NOW!"
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    edited July 2016
    Azexas wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    Troutsy wrote: »
    - Your friends are selling it via facebook

    And YOU can sell it too. :smile:

    With a small investment you too can harass your friends via social media :D

    ...:dizzy: and harass family/friends at social gatherings while touting benefits of product in a carefully cloaked manner.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Just giving posts much needed bumps.
  • OldAssDude
    OldAssDude Posts: 1,436 Member
    We can make this a very short list.

    If it has the words "diet" or "weight loss" in it, it's a scam.

    If you get to and maintain a good fitness level, and eat a healthy well rounded diet, you should have no trouble maintaining a healthy body weight.

    It wont cost you a lot, and people would not be making billions of dollars a year off it.

    JMHO.
  • elka67
    elka67 Posts: 268 Member
    Anything that involves a magic machine/device that's advertised as working every single muscle in the body and has manic looking shredded models using them. There's no way they got their physiques using that dumb *kitten*.

    eg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA45cq0i2AA
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    When this "miracle"- whatever it is this week- has taken over the life of someone you used to know like some kind of invasion of the body snatchers.....run!

    Are you trying to convince me, or yourself?

    So and so lost 20lbs in 5 months!
    Yea thats 1lb a week. -500/day. I dont think it was your pink drink or the $50 probiotic or the $120 protein shake.


  • Jayce802
    Jayce802 Posts: 1 Member
    In simple terms, unless they tell you is going to be a long, difficult journey, eating right and excising, its probably fake. Your next best easy/even more difficult option is fasting. It works, but at the end, it becomes extremely difficult for some people to maintain. Either way, it takes a lot of work and dedication.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Tis the season.

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