Body By Vi

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Hi,
I have a Visalus shake for breakfast out of convenience... I use 2 scoops, skim milk, and frozen fruit.
It fills me up for about 3 hours, but I need a mid morning snack to make it to lunch.

I don't mind the program, but for me its sole convenience. It's expensive though so I may not get more.
Herbalife is just as filling and it's already flavored so you don't have to add fruit in if you don't want too (I use to have a banana on the side to get some 'chew' factor in)

ps - It doesn't taste good on its own, it's sick lol

I have been on the challenge for 35 days and have dropped 20 lbs and 5 inches on my waist I have not gotten sick of the shakes and they fill me up just fine... Im pretty excited for day 90 and I probably wont stop there. It has been very hard for me to learn how to cook healthy dinners every night. To come up with bfast and lunches too would just throw me off. They are convenient for me and so far the only thing that is slowly teaching me how to live a healthy lifestyle

My experience is as follows:

I have a bunch of friends "back home" on face book that are pushing the stuff. I keep hearing about how great it is yadda yadda yadda. I did not need it for weight loss since I was at my goal weight, but decided to purchase a bag for a 2 week trip to hawaii we were going on in October of last year. We are very active and do a lot of exploring and hiking. I wanted something that we could make fast to get our nutrition in me, as I have been known to fly off the handle if I am hungry

When I got my bag I decided to try it out, OMG it was so delicious! I decided to use them as a meal replacement every day after my work out. I made it with a cup of almond milk and a cup of frozen berries, some times other splashes of juice like acia or a naked green machine or something like that,. This ended up being around 200 calories and with only 12 grams protein. The premier nutrition ones I was getting from Costco was 160 calories and 30 g protein.

Long story short, I found myself some how gaining weight on this product and became VERY constipated using it. When I cancelled my auto ship, I did not compete their survey as to why I was cancelling so they shipped me another bag, so I go back on, not realizing that I must answer this survey before they will cancel auto ship to do it again, once again, not knowing that I must fill out all the answers as to why I wanted to cancel, it kicked it back and shipped me ANOTHER BAG. I finally had to call the company and have them stop the auto ship and request they take my credit card number OUT of their computers.

I kept hearing about all the benefits from this product and quite honestly, I did not have a good experience. But then again, I was no where near being over weight.

I do not suggest this product to anyone that does not have major weight to lose. I think it is a good option for people that have had gastric bypass, but that is about it. I know of others that had the same experience, but I am not going to speak for them.

I think all shakes are great for quick meals and things but what happens after you lose the weight? These past 29lbs i have taught my self to eat the right way with real food. When i was younger i lost 60lbs with slimfast but gained it back plus some when i stopped drinking them.

I've been using the product since June 2011. I enjoy a shake every morning mixed with 1/2 cup frozen berries and 1/2 cup frozen banana and water. It's like a dessert for breakfast. I really like it even though it's quite expensive. It holds me over until lunch everyday which is perfect when your busy. I know the company suggests using 2 shakes per day for weight loss but for me....I need to chew real food so I still enjoy lunch ans supper.