sarahruby
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Post by sarahruby on Aug 14, 2015 0:51:08 GMT
I just heard about this company. I know of someone that started it, and doing well.
I looked into it, talked with a coach today about it. It's an interesting weight loss program, however an investment at the same time.
Anyone hear of it?
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gitana
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Post by gitana on Aug 14, 2015 1:55:37 GMT
Yeah. I've heard of it. A former friend can't stop talking or posting about it. How it changed her life. I cannot mention an issue without hearing about how it will cure all. Seems to me too good to be true; With these things, it's either outlawed by the FDA or in a class action suit before the year is out. All that "energy" it gives? Sounds like speed. Do your research and proceed with caution.
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Post by AN on Aug 14, 2015 1:58:57 GMT
I have a few, very smart, well educated, fit colleagues that swear by it.
I'm inherently skeptical of multi-level marketing products. Even if the product is good, the reality is you're paying way more than market value for them because of the upline structure. I find multi-level marketing to be exploitative at best, and downright scams at worst.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Aug 14, 2015 2:06:39 GMT
I have a friend who also sells it... she totally has drank the Koolaid. I am skeptic and think their marketing sucks.. its very high pressure and really annoying. I figure if you have to work that hard to sell something there is a reason why.
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Post by happymomma on Aug 14, 2015 3:25:33 GMT
I have a friend who also sells it... she totally has drank the Koolaid. I am skeptic and think their marketing sucks.. its very high pressure and really annoying. I figure if you have to work that hard to sell something there is a reason why. Yep. I did look into it because I have lost 50# and am on a plateau. It is very expensive. And not a schedule that sound appealing to me at all. I have a few friends who are RN's that are gung-ho on it, but keep it shrouded in mystery during their bazillion FB posts about it. They just post about their 'healthy new eating plan' etc. Funny but one of them is always so run down and sick I just roll my eyes about it. Not going to try it. |
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Post by LeaP on Aug 14, 2015 3:29:50 GMT
I have a friend who also sells it... she totally has drank the Koolaid. I am skeptic and think their marketing sucks.. its very high pressure and really annoying. I figure if you have to work that hard to sell something there is a reason why. Have to quote your post because I can't like it more than once. It pretty much explains every interaction I have ever had with multi level marketing products. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 14, 2015 3:30:45 GMT
I did it for a few months (not selling it, just using the products). It DID work; I got off sugar and Diet Coke in about a day, with no withdrawls whatsoever and did NOT want any more of it. At all. And I had SO much energy.
I really did like it. But the shakes and cleanse schedule was just too restrictive for me to keep up with long term, primarily because I couldn't figure out how to modify the cleanse portion of the program to fit in with my personal training sessions; I needed to eat 'real food' on those days, and didn't want to do the cleansing on the weekends.
ETA: I went to a meeting / sales pitch given by the person two levels above me, and they had personal health testimonials from quite a number of people who really changed their whole physique and health by doing the program. (they were really on their way to being very wealthy, too-- the person two levels above me had over 600 people under her within a year and a half, or something crazy like that. But I wasn't interested in becoming a salesperson, at all.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2015 5:07:48 GMT
I did it for a few months (not selling it, just using the products). It DID work; I got off sugar and Diet Coke in about a day, with no withdrawls whatsoever and did NOT want any more of it. At all. And I had SO much energy. I really did like it. But the shakes and cleanse schedule was just too restrictive for me to keep up with long term, primarily because I couldn't figure out how to modify the cleanse portion of the program to fit in with my personal training sessions; I needed to eat 'real food' on those days, and didn't want to do the cleansing on the weekends. ETA: I went to a meeting / sales pitch given by the person two levels above me, and they had personal health testimonials from quite a number of people who really changed their whole physique and health by doing the program. (they were really on their way to being very wealthy, too-- the person two levels above me had over 600 people under her within a year and a half, or something crazy like that. But I wasn't interested in becoming a salesperson, at all.) Does it have xylitol in any of it? I hate that whatever it is. Hate hate it! It makes me feel terrible. I would love to replace one meal I eat a day with a drink. I don't think I have the willpower to stick with anything right now. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 14, 2015 15:42:41 GMT
Delta Dawn: "Does it have xylitol in any of it?" I don't really remember, but I know their website has a ton of health information and ingredients, etc. available on it.
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Post by perumbula on Aug 14, 2015 15:50:32 GMT
My husband bought a bottle of their liquid whatever stuff and used it for a month. He didn't really do any program so it wouldn't be right to say "it didn't work." However, I am very, very skeptical of any program that tells me I need to "cleanse." I have a liver and kidneys. They function properly and normally. I'll let them do their job, thank you, instead of putting my body under undo strain.
Eating more fruits and veggies and cutting back on processed foods? Sure. not a cleanse. Just good sense. Cutting out nearly everything so you can drink this one thing to "cleanse your body of toxins?" Complete garbage.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2015 16:07:16 GMT
I have a good number of 'friends' who sell Isa. Drives me batty. MLM in general irritates me, due to some of the tactics people I know have done, but the Isa people (along with It Works!) seem to be some of the worst as far as having drunk the KoolAid. So many times I've wanted to post, "Hey how about you just eat REAL FOOD that is healthy?" Shakes are fine occasionally, but hell if I want to subsist on them for any length of time...
So to answer your question, I'm sure it works, but it's very expensive and I know there are better ways to lose weight.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2015 16:19:53 GMT
All I know about Isagenix is that people who sell, post A LOT on facebook. Most of the posts are shared from the main site. So it's easy enough to hide all posts from Isagenix.com or whatever the page is named.
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Post by jumperhop on Aug 14, 2015 16:40:54 GMT
A friend of mine is a rep and invited me to meeting. I about lost it when the leaders mentioned that their son quit college to be a rep because that's how good the product is. The boy wanted to be a Dr but felt that school was a waste of time since he could make more money selling isagenix!
Insane!
Jen
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Post by kellybelly77 on Aug 14, 2015 17:22:26 GMT
MY BIL was doing this a few months ago. He kept pestering me to sign up and buy a kit from him. I even posted here about how annoyed I was with him!! He wouldn't shut up about it for weeks. He lost like 20 lbs because his diet was horrible to start with. Then when he stopped using their shakes and cleanse stuff he gained back every single one of the pounds he lost. It's a scam. He was so sure it would work he was going to start selling it. Then he lost some weight so he was even more sure. Then he stopped after the initial month and gained back all the weight, now he says it was a scam and he never should have wasted his money on it! Someone asked him at a family dinner a few weeks ago if he was still using it and he said no, that it was not realistic. Hehe.  |
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Aug 15, 2015 1:08:11 GMT
I have a couple friends that swear by it--and they look great. It's also due to the decreased calories in and exercising. They claim that the shakes and supplements give them more energy and that leads to exercise and better health.
I have another friend who has been dropping pounds like crazy using it, but she has a lot to lose. She has the shakes and does the cleanses, but she also stopped eating fast food daily and started eating frozen yogurt instead of ice cream.
The shakes aren't bad--I sometimes have one as a meal on the run. I don't use all of the cleanses and supplements and have lost about 15lbs--but I'm also watching my portion sizes and what I'm eating.
I used it to jump start my motivation. It is an MLM, which is a definite downside though.
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