Isagenix

[Rhode Irish]

Hey look everyone! We didn't have to wait for Rhode for this thread to get shit on....

Looks like there is enough shit in this thread already. Don't even need me.

 

[Irish Insanity]

^ This
There are healthy ways to lose weight. It just takes dedication and time.

Now me...I have a metabolism like an F1 car. I have to be extremely motivated to even gain weight.

I'm the same way. 6' 173 (*ding*), and this is the 'heaviest' I've been. I've maintained it for a few years now, but it was a10 year struggle to break 150.

 

[ACamp1900]

DP reference.. I'm 6'1' 185... Been within ten pounds of that my whole adult lifetime... Blessed.

 

[JughedJones]

 

[Irish#1]

Yeah, I'm just surprised by the huge price and how many people seem to think its worth it when there are other products that are ~ 10 times cheaper.

The general public is gullible and lazy. They are all looking for the miracle that doesn't require any effort. That's why these companies keep selling their crap.

 

[FLDomer]

Well, after ready all the comments I dont know if I should comment but, fack it, who cares.

I have done the 30 day program and found it to be very beneficial but used it to a kick off in a daily dietary change for life. You roughly take in around 1200-1500 calories a day during the "Shake Days" and honestly I found I had more energy during the 30 day program, probably mostly because I wasnt taking in garbage into my body between shitty food and alcohol. I went into it, knowing that it was not just a 30 days and done and going back to what I used to do.

I have now transitioned to a healthier diet, which was my goal for the program. It now has been a roughly 3 months since I finished Isegenix and I have lost 47 lbs. I went from 349 to 302 which is even lighter than I was at college when I played offensive tackle. I know some are you a probably say, "Sweet God of course it worked, he was (still) a lard ass". To this I say, I sure was but now being 6'5", weighing 302 and still benching over 400 and squatting 500, I'm pretty happy and satified with the results of loosing the bad weight without losing my strength or power.

Do I think Isegenix is a miracle program, no, but it worked for me as a very beneficial tool to getting me on track to a healthier weight.

 

[koonja]

Well, after ready all the comments I dont know if I should comment but, fack it, who cares.

I have done the 30 day program and found it to be very beneficial but used it to a kick off in a daily dietary change for life. You roughly take in around 1200-1500 calories a day during the "Shake Days" and honestly I found I had more energy during the 30 day program, probably mostly because I wasnt taking in garbage into my body between shitty food and alcohol. I went into it, knowing that it was not just a 30 days and done and going back to what I used to do.

I have now transitioned to a healthier diet, which was my goal for the program. It now has been a roughly 3 months since I finished Isegenix and I have lost 47 lbs. I went from 349 to 302 which is even lighter than I was at college when I played offensive tackle. I know some are you a probably say, "Sweet God of course it worked, he was (still) a lard ass". To this I say I sure was but now being 6'5", weighing 302 and still benching over 400 and squatting 500, I'm pretty happy and satified with the results of loosing the bad weight without losing my strength or power.

Do I think Isegenix is a miracle program, no but it worked for me as a very beneficial tool to getting me on track to a healthier weight.

Thanks for sharing.

Any elegibility left? We have one OL spot remaining.

 

[FLDomer]

Thanks for sharing.

Any elegibility left? We have one OL spot remaining.

Ha, I wish, 32yrs old, that ship has sailed.

 

[Irish Houstonian]

Cleanse products are worthless. Sure, you get a little 'de-toxified', at the margin. But you don't want to be de-toxified -- you want to lose fat. And cleanses don't make you lose fat.

 

[GoIrish41]

plan your meals -- especially for dinner. Make lunch your big meal each day.

I recently lost about 25 pounds in a 2-month period changing very little but what I eat for dinner. Looked something like this:

Sunday: Fish, a salad and a 1/2 cup of rice.

Monday: Grilled chicken, a vegetable, and serving of noodles.

Tuesday: A salad with about 3 oz. of ham and lite dressing.

Wednesday: One small serving (about 4 oz. of lean steak, a salad and potatoes)

Thursday: Fish, noodles and a green vegetable.

Friday: Broiled chicken, 1/2 cup of rice and a vegetable.

Saturday: Shrimp stir fried in olive oil with some vegetables and noodles.

It was pretty easy, and with proper seasoning of the dishes, I actually was able to eat food that tasted pretty good.

Be sensible when you eat your other meals. Stay away from fast food at lunch. Once I got used to this way of eating, it became easy to maintain. I went from about 200 lbs to 175 in two months. As many have said, these supplements and such are a waste of money and I doubt they are very good for your body.

 

[koonja]

plan your meals -- especially for dinner. Make lunch your big meal each day.

I recently lost about 25 pounds in a 2-month period changing very little but what I eat for dinner. Looked something like this:

Sunday: Fish, a salad and a 1/2 cup of rice.

Monday: Grilled chicken, a vegetable, and serving of noodles.

Tuesday: A salad with about 3 oz. of ham and lite dressing.

Wednesday: One small serving (about 4 oz. of lean steak, a salad and potatoes)

Thursday: Fish, noodles and a green vegetable.

Friday: Broiled chicken, 1/2 cup of rice and a vegetable.

Saturday: Shrimp stir fried in olive oil with some vegetables and noodles.

It was pretty easy, and with proper seasoning of the dishes, I actually was able to eat food that tasted pretty good.

Be sensible when you eat your other meals. Stay away from fast food at lunch. Once I got used to this way of eating, it became easy to maintain. I went from about 200 lbs to 175 in two months. As many have said, these supplements and such are a waste of money and I doubt they are very good for your body.

Give this man a cigar!

Did you exercise at all during this? Personally, I think it's 75% diet, 25% exercise, but I try to conquer the world and do both concurrently, which is why I always end up maintaining and not actually bettering myself, because it turns into eat health for 80% of the day, binge late at night because I've starved/worked up such an appetite.

I'm trying to find the perfect balance of exercise, because I like to do it, but I end up exercising into late night binge eating because I become so hungry. Trying not to do my gym time late at night rather than pre-dinner so I can avoid this.

 

[koonja]

My biggest problem is that I really dislike cooking. I love the microwave, and other things that don't require thawing, cooking, steaming, cleaning, etc.

I've been eating lean pockets for lunch. They taste decent and are cheap, so I roll with those and only cook for breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast is usually an english muffin, slice of cheese, and 3 eggs with the yokes removed to take out the fat/cholesterol (very cheap, tasty, and healthy breakfast, and I highliy recommend trying this).


Dinner is where I YOLO too hard.

 

[GoIrish41]

Give this man a cigar!

Did you exercise at all during this? Personally, I think it's 75% diet, 25% exercise, but I try to conquer the world and do both concurrently, which is why I always end up maintaining and not actually bettering myself.

I'm trying to find the perfect balance of exercise, because I like to do it, but I end up exercising into late night binge eating because I become so hungry. Trying not to do my gym time late at night rather than pre-dinner so I can avoid this.

Maybe try taking a few hours a week to do all your cooking. It's easier to control portions that way and you get it all done at once. Then use your microwave the rest of the week to heat the healthy stuff you cooked that one day.

I'm not as young as I used to be so I don't exercise as much as I should. I play a couple of games of driveway basketball with the kids on Sundays. I try to go toss a ball around with the kids when I get a chance and try to get out on the golf course once ever week or two when it is nice. I found it easier to find excuses not to go to the gym. I always prefered exercise that was competetive over simply working out for the sake of working out. When I was your age, I played basketball with the young guys at the park a couple of days a week and tried to get to the gym two or three days a week (again, the plan didn't always play out that way), but having four kids and getting a little older is time and energy consuming. I do what I can as far as exercise, but I can't do as much as I used to do. Between diet and exercise, I have much more control over my diet.

 

[koonja]

I'm not as young as I used to be so I don't exercise as much as I should. I play a couple of games of driveway basketball with the kids on Sundays. I try to go toss a ball around with the kids when I get a chance and try to get out on the golf course once ever week or two when it is nice. I found it easier to find excuses not to go to the gym. I always prefered exercise that was competetive over simply working out for the sake of working out. When I was your age, I played basketball with the young guys at the park a couple of days a week and tried to get to the gym two or three days a week (again, the plan didn't always play out that way), but having four kids and getting a little older is time and energy consuming. I do what I can as far as exercise, but I can't do as much as I used to do. Between diet and exercise, I have much more control over my diet.

Sounds like you're being really smart about it. Kudos to you.

I do exercise, but let's be honest, if you enjoy running on a treadmill, you clearly have no soul.

I'm looking for a men's competative basketball league in Columbus, OH. If you didn't know, I just moved here and that's always been my favorite form of exercise. I'm used to going to the University and playing pick up games at least twice per week with friends and random people, but I obviously can't do that at OSU, so I'm hoping to find a competative league that doesn't suck, lol.

 

[Irish Houstonian]

It's all about the carbs. The more you cut, the more you cut.

 

[FLDomer]

plan your meals -- especially for dinner. Make lunch your big meal each day.

I recently lost about 25 pounds in a 2-month period changing very little but what I eat for dinner. Looked something like this:

Be sensible when you eat your other meals. Stay away from fast food at lunch. Once I got used to this way of eating, it became easy to maintain. I went from about 200 lbs to 175 in two months. As many have said, these supplements and such are a waste of money and I doubt they are very good for your body.

I agree with what you are saying about planning meals and eatting the "larger" meal at the beginning of the day. This product is not a pill you pop and watch the weight roll off. It is a plan and being 30 days, it is a good way to establish a good habit. I did not see it as a waste of cash because it was guide map to establish a structure/habits, much like you planning meals. To me it was worth the money to have this structure (knowing I spent a lot of money also helped me stay strict to the plan). I work 50 + hours a week, have a wife, 2 young kids, a home and work out 3-4 days a week, so finding the time to kick start and plan a program wasn't there, or was tough to get motivated to do it. This helped me integrate a plan and change to my lifestyle which now is much like your structured meals, but I just used Isegenix to kick me in the ass. To each his own though.

- on a side note I havent seen 175 let alone 200 lbs since like 7th or 8th grade. lol

 

[GoIrish41]

It's all about the carbs. The more you cut, the more you cut.

Good point. I almost completely cut bread out of my diet, too. Forgot to meantion that. It was probably the hardest part of the transition.

 

[GoIrish41]

I agree with what you are saying about planning meals and eatting the "larger" meal at the beginning of the day. This product is not a pill you pop and watch the weight roll off. It is a plan and being 30 days, it is a good way to establish a good habit. I did not see it as a waste of cash because it was guide map to establish a structure/habits, much like you planning meals. To me it was worth the money to have this structure (knowing I spent a lot of money also helped me stay strict to the plan). I work 50 + hours a week, have a wife, 2 young kids, a home and work out 3-4 days a week, so finding the time to kick start and plan a program wasn't there, or was tough to get motivated to do it. This helped me integrate a plan and change to my lifestyle which now is much like your structured meals, but I just used Isegenix to kick me in the ass. To each his own though.

- on a side note I havent seen 175 let alone 200 lbs since like 7th or 8th grade. lol

I'm totally on board with what you did FLDomer. You used this product as a transition to a healthier lifestyle. That probably wouldn't have worked as well for me. I'm more apt to not only have a start date, but also a finish date. If this gave you the structure you needed to transition, that's certainly not a waste of money. kudos to you, my friend.

 

[Irish#1]

plan your meals -- especially for dinner. Make lunch your big meal each day.

I recently lost about 25 pounds in a 2-month period changing very little but what I eat for dinner. Looked something like this:

Sunday: Fish, a salad and a 1/2 cup of rice.

Monday: Grilled chicken, a vegetable, and serving of noodles.

Tuesday: A salad with about 3 oz. of ham and lite dressing.

Wednesday: One small serving (about 4 oz. of lean steak, a salad and potatoes)

Thursday: Fish, noodles and a green vegetable.

Friday: Broiled chicken, 1/2 cup of rice and a vegetable.

Saturday: Shrimp stir fried in olive oil with some vegetables and noodles.

It was pretty easy, and with proper seasoning of the dishes, I actually was able to eat food that tasted pretty good.

Be sensible when you eat your other meals. Stay away from fast food at lunch. Once I got used to this way of eating, it became easy to maintain. I went from about 200 lbs to 175 in two months. As many have said, these supplements and such are a waste of money and I doubt they are very good for your body.

I've lost 24lbs in just a little over two months, with no exercise and just a change in my diet. I have low fat, low sugar yogurt for breakfast, salad for lunch and cut down my portions for dinner. I've had pizza, Chinese and Mexican, but just keep the portions down. If I feel like eating at night it's usually another yogurt. I found the biggest key is simply watching the sugar intake. Carbs are okay as long as they aren't sugar carbs.

 

[arrowryan]

My biggest problem is that I really dislike cooking. I love the microwave, and other things that don't require thawing, cooking, steaming, cleaning, etc.

I've been eating lean pockets for lunch. They taste decent and are cheap, so I roll with those and only cook for breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast is usually an english muffin, slice of cheese, and 3 eggs with the yokes removed to take out the fat/cholesterol (very cheap, tasty, and healthy breakfast, and I highliy recommend trying this).


Dinner is where I YOLO too hard.

I know a few people that dedicate their Sundays to making their meals for the week. They'll prepare a weeks worth of meat and vegetables, have a little plastic bowl dedicated for each day, and just put them in the refrigerator. You still have to cook but you're saving a lot of time.

 

[koonja]

I know a few people that dedicate their Sundays to making their meals for the week. They'll prepare a weeks worth of meat and vegetables, have a little plastic bowl dedicated for each day, and just put them in the refrigerator. You still have to cook but you're saving a lot of time.

We should talk about this. Doing something similar tonight. Making a pile of rice (although IDK what I'm going to with it) so I can use it during the week.

Baby steps, lol.

 

[GoIrish41]

We should talk about this. Doing something similar tonight. Making a pile of rice (although IDK what I'm going to with it) so I can use it during the week.

Baby steps, lol.

I started doing this about 5 years ago for my grandmother before she moved into a nursing home. I'd fire up the grill and cook out for my family and throw a few extra chicken breasts, a steak and a couple of pieces of salmon (wrapped in foil with a brush of olive oil and some lemon slices). I'd get a cookie sheet and cut some potatoses into chunk and brush them with Olive oil and season them with garlic and some herbs. At the same time, I'd make a pot of rice. A couple of steam pots going with veggies and I was in business. In the space of an hour or so, I'd have prepared all of the main courses and the sides for my grandmother's meals for an entire week. She lived about an hour from me, so after dividing all of the food up into individual meals in plastic containers, the family and I would go visit her in the afternoon. We'd give her the meals and collect the containers from the week before. Saved her from having to cook and gave us all a great reason to visit at least once a week.She probably ate a lot healthier, too, as people who live alone tend to get pre-packaged food and nuke it for a lot of meals. If you are thinking of doing this, I highly recommend using the grill when you can as you can cook a lot of stuff at once and there is less of a mess to clean up afterward.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Well, after ready all the comments I dont know if I should comment but, fack it, who cares.

I have done the 30 day program and found it to be very beneficial but used it to a kick off in a daily dietary change for life. You roughly take in around 1200-1500 calories a day during the "Shake Days" and honestly I found I had more energy during the 30 day program, probably mostly because I wasnt taking in garbage into my body between shitty food and alcohol. I went into it, knowing that it was not just a 30 days and done and going back to what I used to do.

I have now transitioned to a healthier diet, which was my goal for the program. It now has been a roughly 3 months since I finished Isegenix and I have lost 47 lbs. I went from 349 to 302 which is even lighter than I was at college when I played offensive tackle. I know some are you a probably say, "Sweet God of course it worked, he was (still) a lard ass". To this I say, I sure was but now being 6'5", weighing 302 and still benching over 400 and squatting 500, I'm pretty happy and satified with the results of loosing the bad weight without losing my strength or power.

Do I think Isegenix is a miracle program, no, but it worked for me as a very beneficial tool to getting me on track to a healthier weight.

Nothing wrong with something working for you. Sometimes programs like these give people a regiment that works for them. I would just think that the weight loss and energy was more about the 1200-1500 calorie limit and the bolded portion above than about isagenix. But you're feeling good about it, which is all that matters.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

We should talk about this. Doing something similar tonight. Making a pile of rice (although IDK what I'm going to with it) so I can use it during the week.

Baby steps, lol.

Try it with Quinoa instead of rice. It's one of the world's perfect foods.

 

[koonja]

Try it with Quinoa instead of rice. It's one of the world's perfect foods.

Never heard of that but it looks like it's worth experimenting with. What do you do with it?

I was considering taking rice and pinto beans and making a weeks-worth like GoIrish41 said, and then just heating it up with a burrito/salsa/cheese/taco sauce/lettuce everynight. Not too much work, cheap, relatively health, and would taste good.

 

[GoIrish41]

Never heard of that but it looks like it's worth experimenting with. What do you do with it?

I was considering taking rice and pinto beans and making a weeks-worth like GoIrish41 said, and then just heating it up with a burrito/salsa/cheese/taco sauce/lettuce everynight. Not too much work, cheap, relatively health, and would taste good.

I don't remember talking about the burrito and cheese. Results may vary. lol

 

[koonja]

I don't remember talking about the burrito and cheese. Results may vary. lol

Lol, I was talking about the idea of making a week's worth of food, not that you meantioned burritos specifically.

 

[fitz_bu47]

Kuen---Do what you gotta do man, but eating cheap, processed stuff like Lean pockets will not make you lean, or healthy. That stuff is crap.

Also, the removing of the yolk is based on old, flawed science. The yolks have a ton of nutrients in them, and your body processes (needs and uses) natural cholesterol found in an egg. An egg (from a healthy chicken raised in a good environment--cage free limited chemicals/drugs/etc.) is about as close to a perfect food as you can get.

Like IrishJayhawk said, try quinoa instead of rice, it's a complete protein but you can use it like you would rice.

I am a Chiropractor, and I help a lot of patients with nutrition stuff. Because of that I have been approached several times about Isagenix. I have seen a lot of people have a lot of success with it. Honestly, the part that turned me off was the building a team aspect and having to try an sign others up. I have a supplement company I work w/ in my office. Great stuff that I recommend to patients who need it and if they want to buy it, great, if not, no worries. I do think Isagenix has some good products/plans.

Ultimately, I believe if you truly want to be healthy you need to exercise, and feed your body FOOD. Veggies/fruits/nuts/seeds/quality healthy meats/eggs/good fats. /etc. However you do that is up to you, and your lifestyle.

Sorry for long winded post. Good luck buddy.

 

[koonja]

Kuen---Do what you gotta do man, but eating cheap, processed stuff like Lean pockets will not make you lean, or healthy. That stuff is crap.

Also, the removing of the yolk is based on old, flawed science. The yolks have a ton of nutrients in them, and your body processes (needs and uses) natural cholesterol found in an egg. An egg (from a healthy chicken raised in a good environment--cage free limited chemicals/drugs/etc.) is about as close to a perfect food as you can get.

Like IrishJayhawk said, try quinoa instead of rice, it's a complete protein but you can use it like you would rice.

I am a Chiropractor, and I help a lot of patients with nutrition stuff. Because of that I have been approached several times about Isagenix. I have seen a lot of people have a lot of success with it. Honestly, the part that turned me off was the building a team aspect and having to try an sign others up. I have a supplement company I work w/ in my office. Great stuff that I recommend to patients who need it and if they want to buy it, great, if not, no worries. I do think Isagenix has some good products/plans.

Ultimately, I believe if you truly want to be healthy you need to exercise, and feed your body FOOD. Veggies/fruits/nuts/seeds/quality healthy meats/eggs/good fats. /etc. However you do that is up to you, and your lifestyle.

Sorry for long winded post. Good luck buddy.

Thanks for the info. You obviously know more about the body/nutrition than I do, but I've never heard that opinion about egg yokes.

One egg yoke contains all of the fat in the egg and 86% of a DV of cholesterol. I believe that it has nutrients, but seems like it does more harm than good.

 

[irishfan]

They're supposed to be horrible for your long-term health, but I've been on a high protein (~250 grams a day) diet for a year now and have seen awesome results. I'll lower the protein one day to avoid any long-term problems, but for now I've been seeing crazy gains in the gym and won't stop for a little longer lol

My diet is pretty much the same every day:

Breakfast: 5 egg whites, 2.5 servings of protein cereal
Morning snack: protein shake and apple or banana
Lunch: chicken breast with veggies
Afternoon snack: protein shake and apple or banana
Post-gym: protein shake
Dinner: chicken or turkey or fish with 2-3 servings of veggies
Before bed: protein shake

I used to have a sloppy diet, but I started this last June and was down 15 pounds in 2 months while still seeing gains in the gym. I can't really take any supplements like Isagenix cause I have a this slight heart issue (nothing life-threating, but I'm just very cautious of what I put in my body apart from alcohol), but I really think diet is 90% of the battle.