Body By Vi???

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May 25th, 2012, 09:49 AM
RedCanoe

Body By Vi???

So 1/2 my Facebook page is taken up by various friends trying to hawk Body By Vi and inviting me to find out more about the 90 Day Challenge... I took a quick look at this company and product and it seems to be a pyramid scheme (call in "network marketing" or "multi level marketing" all you want, but it's a pyramid scheme plain and simple!) and the product is some meal replacement diet using shakes. Now, maybe the shakes are "amazing" and I'm sure people lose weight by basically eating only one meal a day, but this has very little chance for long term success, IMO. Will you be drinking shakes for 2 meals a day for the rest of your life? If not, what happens when you go off the shakes and start eating real food again?

Am I missing something? Why are so many people raving about this? And also, why have 1/2 my FB friends turned into zombies that have stopped posting about interesting things that they think or do and have started posting things like this multiple times a day, "At another 90 Day Challenge Party....I am really liking this program...I think it has great potential in my life! Wanna know more???" :shrug:
May 25th, 2012, 09:58 AM
atomic sagebrush

I have seen some supersmart people get caught up in things like this!!!
May 25th, 2012, 10:27 AM
nuthinbutpink

That and body wraps.
May 25th, 2012, 10:38 AM
OnlyPraying

Finally!!! Thankyou so much for posting about this! I am amazed how many people have fallen for this very very OBVIOUS scheme/scam! I thought I was the only one who could see it for it really is
May 25th, 2012, 10:49 AM
Butterfly Spirit

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Originally Posted by OnlyPraying

Finally!!! Thankyou so much for posting about this! I am amazed how many people have fallen for this very very OBVIOUS scheme/scam! I thought I was the only one who could see it for it really is

What people are willing to do for a buck these days is VERY sad! :(
May 25th, 2012, 12:56 PM
auroara78

If a diet is not sustainable for your life or your body's health, it is never going to work long-term.

All these things do is make you drop weight super fast, then when u get off then, you balloon back up. Not good for your body or your health.
May 29th, 2012, 03:46 PM
BoyDreaming

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Originally Posted by auroara78

If a diet is not sustainable for your life or your body's health, it is never going to work long-term.

All these things do is make you drop weight super fast, then when u get off then, you balloon back up. Not good for your body or your health.

This!

You do alot more damage to your body by having an unstable weight than by having a high BMI to begin with.
May 29th, 2012, 04:49 PM
LolaInLove

I had a not super close friend give me a card for some crap like this when I saw her at a big gathering last week. I said, so, are you drinking nasty shakes for the rest of your life? I told her that not only was I not into selling products to people I know, but I also do not think it's good for you for many reasons. But she just got herself nixed off of my and many other's invite lists.