Optavia - Habits of Health

You dont need the Optavia resource page to tell you which foods have soy - a simple google would do it.

Or read the food labels on foods.

Good luck with Optavia - and Good luck promoting it on MFP.

I think you have probably chosen the wrong platform to do that - but hey, worth a try.

and thyroxine meds are best taken on an empty stomach anyway.

Hello my disagree stalker

Do you really disagree that thyroid med's are best taken on an empty stomach, despite all medical recomendations saying so ??

Or that a weight loss rate of nearly 3lb week is too aggressive for most people or that 1000 calories is too low for everyone??

Oh boy.

As a professional in the business, I will give straight advice on any program. Here's the TRUTH. ANY PROGRAM works if you institute the guidelines they ask you to adhere to. It doesn't matter if it's Jenny Craig, Atkins, Lean Cusine, etc. They ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON..................to lose weight you have to eat less than you burn. Now it's great you're getting information, but honestly you're buying powdered food at a costly price. And if you think about it, like ANY OTHER DIET if you don't adhere to that program basically for the rest of your life and then try to accustom yourself to solid foods, you're gonna find much higher calorie density. And if you're only eating 800-1000 calories a day, then even just switch to a 1200 calorie regular diet, YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN WEIGHT because you're already just eating 200 calories more a day.
And as a fitness professional doing this for a long time I ALWAYS tell my clients to NEVER UNDEREAT. I can promise you that along with fat, you'll lose muscle as well which lowers your resting metabolic rate. And when that happens, it means you have to consume even less to maintain any weight loss at goal.
Point is, QUIT DOING DIETS. Learn how to control how many calories you consume a day by still eating what you actually WILL EAT DAY TO DAY.


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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

I am a health professional and I agree - 1000 calories per day is not healthy. Regardless of how much water you drink or how you space your food intake.

Unless you are on a VLCD for a specific reason, under medical supervision, or you are an absolute outlier - say, a bedridden 90 year old double amputee.
Not Joe Public on an Octavia diet

Why does Covid times mean we must lose our obesity as quickly as possible??
Can't see how COvid makes it any different to usual - lose at a sensible steady pace.

I Never trust an MLM pitch. They're only trying to rope you in so they can sell you their crappy overpriced stuff, or add you as a seller to their pyramid. I guarentee that whatever "food" Optavia is selling, you can get the equivalent from the grocery store at a fraction of the price. And probably higher quality too.

halljanex wrote: »

I don’t think it is unhealthy to Eat under 1000 calories in A day when we eat every 2-3 hours and drink lots of water.

Well cupcake, you're wrong. It IS unhealthy to eat <1000 cal/day, regardless of your water intake. And that's not what I *think* to be true; it's what I *know* to be true. You're literally claiming that starvation is okay as long as you eat inadequately small portions frequently & you're hydrated. Ummmm nope.