Gooood morning fabulous curvy ladies 🙂
Sebelum mula baca, if you’re a herbalife dealer, tanggalkan lah dulu title herbalife dealer, dan bacalah dengan berlapang dada, baca in the POV of a friend. Jangan marah-marah. hihi
Few years ago, I noticed a friend of mine lost her weight tremendously. SO I asked her, what was the secret? She told me she used herbalife, and how her life had changed after herbalife. Her determination to see me (after few years of loss contact) seems a lil bit fishy. When a person tells you “Bila boleh jumpa? I will measure you, kira body fat..yadayadayada” kita tahulah kita akan berhadapan dengan seorang direct selling agent. Come on la…I followed my mom to direct selling meetings since I could ever form memory. Meeting/Event direct selling ni memang best tau.Good food, the uplines are very warm (masa you punya sale bagus la). Jangan kan pergi event, we hosted demos in our house for some products! So don’t try to talk me into MLM – I know every trick you have up in your sleeve.
I remember I have seen botol shake herbalife in my kitchen and I asked mama. Rupanya my mom joined herbalife waaaay before before herbalife becomes a phenomenon in Malaysia. But she just buy the product for herself once and did not continue to sell or purchase them after that. Then I asked my friend about the price. BEYOND consideration. I know people claim that Herbalife WORKS. well today I will tell you why it works, and why I still won’t use Herbalife. – Or any other products similar to it. Like Positrim from Amway.
How Herbalife works for weight loss
The only reason you lose weight is due to calorie deficit. Now, how do you achieve calorie deficit ? By not exceeding your recommended daily caloric need. You boleh beli buku Kevin Zhari and learn how to calculate yourself. So, it’s either you become very calorie-conscious with your food – which is very difficult – or you take meal replacement like above mentioned product, or… I will tell you another secret to create calorie deficit. So now you get it, why herbalife works? because when you take herbalife, you feel full, and you don’t eat in excessive, you eat LESS , you create calorie deficit = end result, weight loss. My brother once took meal replacement from Amway and lose great deal of weight. And he tells me it simply because he eats less than he usually does. Dan rasa rugi dah beli shake mahal-mahal, kalau tak jaga pemakanan you will still gain more weight.
Why I won’t use any meal replacement.
It’s not sustainable. Let’s say I’m 24 this year and start taking herbalife. For how many more years do I have to stick to herbalife? How many more money I’ll have to spend to buy shakes? Well, if you use herbalife, take the time to write on a piece of paper – every single time you use money for herbalife – how much does it cost. Put it in a jar. And after a year, see how much money you spend for it.
Nothing good needs to be sold by a MLM company. Apa produk sekali pun, kalau dijual melalui sistem MLM – is usually a crap made up by company to milk profit from consumer. Soal halal-haram MLM ni, boleh rujuk di sini. You know why medication aren’t sold through MLM company? pernah dengar tak metformin or nifedipine dijual oleh MLM company? because people NEED THEM. But supplements, vitamins.. you don’t really need them. And they need better marketing strategy to trick you into believing you need them. Just like whatever is sold as “HEALTHY” or “ORGANIC” is not as healthy or as organic as they claim. the healthiest food : the one you tanam sendiri. haha.
I love my kidney and liver. I belive all processed food is not healthy. Tak kisahlah dia cakap produk dia guna bahan semula jadi atau apa. One thing (of many things) I learn from food preservation class – bahan yang segar, ada shelf-life yang pendek. Makanan yang non-perishable, long shelf-life MESTI dah melalui proses-proses pengawetan. Regardless apa pun proses pengawetannya. Kalau you all perasan, jus dekat kedai ada yang letak dekat peti ais dan akan rosak dalam masa beberapa minggu atau sebulan dari tarikh diproduce. Ada jugak jus yang dalam kotak, diletak dekat luar, dan tarikh luput dia mungkin beberapa tahun dari tarikh dikilangkan. You get my point?
But of course your herbalife dealer will tell you it is safe for your kidney. They might as well tell you orang sakit buah pinggang pun boleh minum herbalife  anything to sell their product, remember? Nak lagi senang, ikan sardin dalam tin vs ikan segar kat pasar. Mana tahan lama? Which one is healthier? Buah peach dalam tin vs buah peach dekat zam zam. which one healthier?
Some cases have been reported – you can check pubmed and see how many paper have been published regarding herbalife association with hepatotoxicity. Of course it’s debatable, but when papers are published in journals, it means it was of concern. tak gitu?
So I asked a herbalife dealer, just to see how easily their product could perish. Kalau sihat mestilah cepat perish kan? Too bad her respond was not that helpful. But I googled it, herbalife products have a shelf life of 2 years.
I guess that’s enough to justify why I don’t take weight loss supplement. Am I not aware of being overweight? I do. Which is why I started fabulous curve 30 day shred program on facebook. I’m working on it, in the healthiest possible way. It’s ok if it takes longer than people who take meal replacement. I need to learn to take charge of my health. Not some trainers and a bottle of shake.
How do I create calorie-deficit without supplement, or calorie-counting? easy peasy lemon sneazy. “Makan bila lapar, berhenti sebelum kenyang”. I will write more about it in my next post. Diet cara Rasulullah. I discovered this from reading “Paul Mc Kenna : I can make you thin”.
Till then ladies. Embrace your curves, love yourself and put a big smile on that pretty face.
Fabulous Curves 