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Herbalife is a company founded in 1980 which sells Herbalife products for weight-loss and health through multi-level marketing (MLM) distributorships. The weight loss program called ShapeWorks™, and associated weight-loss products, are reviewed here. Also available from Herbalife distributors are targeted health/nutrition products (specifically for heart, digestion, stress, men, women, etc, as well as skin, hair, fragrances etc).
Herbalife Weight Loss Program – ShapeWorks™
The ShapeWorks™ program is available for weight loss or weight maintenance in several variations (‘quickstart’, ‘advanced‘, ‘ultimate’, and with each of these ‘protein plus’), at regular prices ranging from $US85 to $US210 (discounted prices are available). The program personalizes daily protein intake for your body’s individual needs, with the aim that you feel full, satisfied and energized as you lose your unwanted weight. Included is a seven-day recommended meal plan.
The amount of weight-loss aimed for, and your physical make-up as well as your attitude to pushing towards your objective, will determine how soon you reach it and the extent that the ongoing cost of reordering supplies will mount up. The initial pack will last perhaps 11 to 15 days at the recommended rate of consumption.
The program features a daily plan of
- a single healthy meal with plenty of fruit & vegetables
- 2 meal-replacement shakes tailored to your protein needs, and protein snacks to promote metabolism and reduce hunger
- supplements to enhance health and cell nutrition
by helping reduce fluid retention, boosting metabolism and building energy, increasing intake of essential nutrients and curbing appetite
Herbalife Weight Loss Products supplied with ShapeWorks™
Herbalife Shakes Mixes: come in a variety of flavors, and contain up to 20 essential vitamins and minerals as well as health-enhancing herbs and 9g of soy protein, as well as being a healthy source of fiber.
Herbalife Herbal Concentrate: Low-calorie tea-mix for a tasty and healthy alternative to coffee and sodas -
comes in several flavors and includes selected herbs and green tea for its thermogenic and antioxidant properties.
Herbalife Multivitamin Complex: A daily multivitamin and mineral supply, plus selected herbs, to maintain health of bones, skin, hair and the immune system, and promote overall well-being and long-term good health.
Herbalife Cell Activator: Essential nutrients, plus selected botanicals, to improved nutrient absorption and support cellular energy production and stamina.
Herbalife Protein Powder: a blend of unflavored whey and soy protein powder, that is mixed in shakes, soups and sauces to help maintain lean muscle mass and reduce hunger.
Herbalife Cell U Loss®: A supplement to help reduce fluid accumulation in the body, shown for example in dimpled skin which may form when fatty tissues in certain parts of the body accumulate fluid and wastes.
Herbalife Total Control®: A herbal enhancer that works at the cellular level to promote weight loss. Boosts fat-burning metabolism, and builds energy and soothes digestion. Contains green tea extract with yerba maté, ginger and other selected herbs.
Herbalife Snack Defense™: A weight-management supplement that works all day to reduce the desire for sweets while lowering the between-meals ‘snacking’ urge.
ShapeWorks™ Program Components |
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Quickstart |
Advanced |
Ultimate |
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Quickstart components +:
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Advanced components +:
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Quickstart Protein Plus has above with 750g Shake Mix (instead of 550g) +:
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Advanced Protein Plus has Quickstart Protein Plus components +:
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Ultimate Protein Plus has Advanced Protein Plus components +:
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Sample ShapeWorks™ Meal Plan
Breakfast and Lunch:
(approx. 29g protein) |
Meal Replacement
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Dinner:
(approx. 30-40g protein) |
Meal
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| Snack:
(approx. 12g protein) |
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| Tips: |
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Sample Meal
| GRILLED CITRUS SNAPPER (2 servings) | |
| Ingredients: | ¼ cup bottled citrus marinade
¼ cup green onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 1 tsp minced fresh ginger root 1 pound red snapper filets |
| Directions: |
*NOTE: Alternatively, snapper may be grilled in a hot, well-seasoned grill pan with a lid over moderate heat. |
| Nutrient Analysis per Serving: | Calories: 285
Protein: 48 grams Carbohydrates: 12 grams Fat: 3 grams |
Look for other meal ideas here.
Meal Replacement (Shakes) Variations
With up to 30 meals in every ShapeWorks™ meal replacement container, the shakes can be used to make lots of variations, for drinks and for snacks (muffins, cookies, bars and pies). Here are two examples.
| CHOCOLATE – MINT SHAKE | |
| 2½ tbsp/37ml | Meal Replacement (French )Vanilla |
| 1/3 cup/75ml | Skim milk |
| ¼ cup/60 ml | Herbal Aloe drink |
| 4-6 | Ice cubes |
| 2 drops | Mint extract |
| Directions: |
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| PEANUT BUTTER PIE | |
| 1 cup/250ml | Meal Replacement (Dutch chocolate or French Vanilla) |
| 2½ cups/625ml | Skim milk |
| 1 package | White chocolate sugar-free instant pudding mix |
| ¼ cup/60ml | Peanut butter |
| 1 | Ready made chocolate pie crust, 8″/20x20cm |
| Directions: |
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Is ShapeWorks™ suitable for everyone?
Weight loss programs like this, while effective for many, are not necessarily suitable for all. Although the program supplies at least 1000 calories daily and is nutritionally complete, there is a heavy reliance on Herbalife powders and pills. The suggested rate of weight loss (up to 3.5Kg/7½ pounds weekly) is too high for most people to sustain. In addition, reliance on a specific product does not teach healthy, lifelong eating habits. Maintaining a successful healthy lifestyle is a long-term thing that extends beyond the program itself, so you need to continue lifelong habits of good nutrition, fitness, and exercise.
The Herbalife ShapeWorks Weight Loss Program may become costly when adding the ongoing additional expenses of meal replacement shakes and supplements to your initial outlay to join the program of your choice. Conversely, making a large financial commitment might help to stay motivated.
See also
Herbalife.com – Official Homepage of Herbalife
Herbalife – Worldwide directory of Herbalife Independent Distributors
plzz who evr is doing this diet plzz stop.. i took it and lost 18lbs in 3 days.. butall herbalife products slowly kill the inside of your body. my mom is living proof. she would always drink the shake and the tea. now she is suffering from high anemia. it all has to do with the tea. its full of caffeine and is like a cigar. its addicting and slowly kills you..
The difference between Herbalife and other diet programs is that it is not a diet. It is a balanced nutritious meal that gives our cells what it needs on a daily basis. We have 100 trillion cells that needs it’s targeted nutrition daily to be able to function to it’s optimum level.It goes to the core, the cells. Besides, it also reshape your body. With food scandals on the rise, don’t even dream of getting balanced nutrition from just the food we eat. We need intelligent nutrition at the same time
Come on, if you knew anything about these products you will know that it is aimed at nutrition. You can use it for weight loss, maintaining AS WELL as weight gain. It’s a balanced meal for people on the move or wanting to improve sport performance or need energy. So many great results have been reported – weightloss is one of them, not what the company is based on!! YES it’s a healthy meal, that’s exactly it, but it’s your choice if you want to use it or not & it’s just easy to use. Stop trying to pull it apart as a money making scheme or snake oil lol.
Herbalife is not just about weight loss. I have lost 57 lbs. in 6 months but more important then that is that my acid reflux is gone, I had to stop taking BP meds, I don’t suffer from crushing fatigue and fibromalgia pain anymore, I go to the bathroom regulary, no more migraines and I get periods every 28 days without pms when I for years I did not get a period for up to a year at at time. There is no way in hell you can tell me that Herbalife does not work. I have 40 more pounds to lose but I don’t care how long it takes to come off I will use these products for the rest of my life.
i have been on herbalife for 6 months and lost 38 pounds. i feel great just need 20 more to go. it works great
The reason you may think this diet is difficult is because we are so use to stuffing our face with food. Remember that it is mind over matter only the first few weeks are difficult. Our eating habits need to get adjusted. This is wonderful diet and I have had excellent results but because I have been focused and determined to lose the weight for my health.
Herbalife is a temporary colorie deficient program and as the cabbage soup diet will cause you to lose weight … anyone who willingly sustains this program for yeaars has to have shares in the compny… if u`r seriously desperate for servere weight loss enjouy your $5 a day cabbage soup….
Can I still have a nightly glass of wine, after dinner while on the Herbalife Diet?
Can I still have a nightly glass of wine, after dinner while on the Herbalife Diet?
dennisnelva@vermnontel.net
Herbalife program works for me and my family. At first it was hard for me just because i wasnt in the habit of eating small meal or heathly at that. Now i feel awesome full of energy and my clothes are fitting better. Everybody is different. My sister in law is not losing much lbs but she’s losing inches and down a size. So dont get discourage be patience. You cant lose weight over nite and you dont want to lose it too fast either. that could be bad for your health if so. I put my 100% support behind this product. If you have any question for me feel free to email me veronicag1113@yahoo.com
Thank you for the detailed information about the Herbalife Shapeworks program.
I did the program for 6 months it worked at a huge cost. My sisters did slim fast with vit from the w-mart and lost more as i did at less than 1/4 the cost that i paid. We are identical twins who live together and we own a diner together. We are together 80% of the time. We eat most the same food so i am pretty sad. I feel like a fool. I waisted a ton of money
i just got the product and im 152lbs 4’9″ my goal is 10lbs from tomorrow(11-03-08)to 12-30-08. so we will see!!!
My sister just started it, she’s been on it for a week now and has lost 2 pounds and 2 inches on her arms,waist,thighs, and bust area, IT REALLY WORKS!!!!!!!!!! I just started today I hope i’m as sucessful!
Hi there, lots of angry people wanting to get there views across! I’ve just started the Herbalife program, my boyfriend and I are using the shakes + protein powder as a meal replacement for the evenings. We live in Asia and often feel sluggish because we aren’t getting enough protein, iron and vitamin D. Herbalife seemed like a great way to get a balanced meal without feeling bloated and full in the evenings(hate that feeling). There is so much more to loosing weight and reshaping your body…
I’ve been on herbalife for 2 weeks now and have lost 11 lbs.!!!!!—im doing yoga for 15 min in the morn . and a brisk 30 min walk in the evenings—-
I homeschool my 4 children and opperate our bussiness out of our home—so im busy—and yet was still able to incorporate health into my days—
so far so good—-
I have been on the Herbalife shakes and thermo tea for 3 weeks now and have seen ZERO results. I swim 3km 3 times a week and eat a healthy dinner. I haven’t changed my entire life to fit in with my diet, ie. I still enjoy a glass of wine in the evening, but I really hoped to see a fraction of a result by now esp since I am starving all day! Is there an adjustment period for your body and suddenly the results come? Am I being too impatient? Does this diet just simply not work for me? Any body had an experience similar to mine that can give me hope that the results are coming?
I will say that I love herbalife. I know for a fact that it does work, but you have to be willing to do what the diet plan states.I lost 20 pounds in a month, berfore that I tried everything and nothing worked. With this diet sometimes you can eat what ever you want the only thing is that if you work out you lose weight faster. Those of you who say it sucks you dont have the will power to do a diet…… your likely to fat and need surgery.
i spend 110 in herbalife didn’t lose no weight just made suffer of consipation i never suffer of this problem before into i started takin herbalife i sucks.
Herbalife and similar MLM companies will slim your pockets faster than your bodies. I do like their enthusiasm and positive thinking, but don’t let your emotions get to you. I know you want to think you made the right choice paying $500 + the 30 day supply to market your SHAPEWORKS to other people. The best way is to eat right and exercise. Look up the Low Glycemic and Mediterranian diets (Backed up by real physicians). Your body works opposite to a bank account. The less calories you “deposit” and the more calories “spent” with exercise and other physical activities will give you a “Millionaire” healthy body. No need to hate Herbalife but more importantly to get informed. A healthy body starts with the mind and the good habits. It takes 3 weeks to form good eating and exercise habits. PS: That GRILLED CITRUS SNAPPER sample meal sounds good. Be positive always.
Herbalife did not do a thing to your organs. Herbalife has been proved to work and millions of people use it each day and are having success. Some people have nothing better to do than complain about everything. What’s next, did you ipod give you cancer? Herbalife works for the majority. If it doesn’t work for you then you don’t have to hate it just move on to something else. Your body is probably in such bad shape you need an entire life style change to fix your problem.
herbalife made all of my vital organs swell from the inside and gave me hives the size of ant mounds its the worst diet anyone can use . 8 of my family members and my two kids besides myself were in ER for 3 days. our weights range from 168 to 227 lbs.
We dont really need lipo either Steve
The diet works. Herbalife is listed on the NYSE and millions of people use these products worldwide. It’s simple, Herbalife products work and millions of people can testify to that. If it doesn’t work for you then you might consider lipo suction because nothing else will probably work either. Get a life people, the results have been proved my countless millions.
Rock Solid…surrrreeee it is…not!!! What credible medical doctors? Oh you mean the ones that were paid lots of money to say that it works? That’s nothing new. That’s like paying Michael Jordan a million dollars to say it works, that’s the way to get people to buy into it! And of course you’re going to lose weight if you eat healthy and exercise along with the really expensive crap herbal life has you buy. News flash! You’re EXERCISING & EATING HEALTHY!! which is something you probably don’t normally do since you’re fat in the first place. It has nothing to do with the product! Have you checked the ingredients and the prices??? Holy Cow! It’s nothing but a marked up version of Slim fast or some other money scamming diet! Whatever happened to just good old fashioned exercise and eating healthy? Instead people want to grow broke buying the fake “miracle” drug because they’d rather buy into the promises they’ll be fixed over night and it’ll require no effort! *Reminder* Dr.Atkins died from his own diet! Just look at the website we’re on! There’s an endless amount of diets and still and endless amount of fat people in the world! How about we stop trying to take the easy way out, and stop teaching our kids bad eating habits. Why is McDonalds a multi-million dollar company??
Tina M. Maryland-Herbalife Distributor # 10Y1058285
WRONG,WRONG,WRONG!
The Herbalife Shapeworks Program is based on “Rock Solid” Nutrition,has helped MANY people and has VERY credible Medical Doctors on staff.
This diet definitely works..BUT ONLY if you follow the diet down to every letter..otherwise you wont loose more than maybe a pound…and you’ll be spending hundreds of dollars. So If you are disciplined, I say you invest in these products…but beware:Gaining weight after you have lost it on this diet is HIGHGLY PROBABLE..that is if you dont maintain a healthy lifestyle afterwards…
These products helped me loose 30 pounds
My skin has never looked so good using these products. I feel that this proves their effect on the body. Cost is high. I was told to use more pills from my “upline” then the Herbalife website says to use. So beware of extras.
The Herbalife Shapeworks Program is a wonderful tool that helped me lose weight and regain my self-confidence. It was a good investment. Once you reached your goal, it is easy to maintain your weight by just adopting a sensible diet. Any diet works in the end but the hardest part is to maintain and no pills in the world will hinder weight gain if you start bingeing on crap. I tried Herbalife and I have maintained my weight for 6 years.
Sara, I’m sorry your mom had a bad experience but it is highly unlikely that you gain weight with this product. Did she follow the diet strictly?
My mom tried it and she said it only made her more hungry and I WATCHED her gain weight not lose it. She was about to sell it too, but didn’t because she did not want to rip her friends off because she thought that would be wrong…
WRONG,WRONG,WRONG!
The Herbalife Shapeworks Program is based on “Rock Solid” Nutrition,has helped MANY people and has VERY credible Medical Doctors on staff.
“Whenever you replace two meals a day with diet drinks, you are going to lose weight for a while. The Herbalife supplements are a huge collection of costly “not FDA approved” substances. They are no more effective than the various cans of diet drinks you could buy at a supermarket for hundreds of dollars less. This is a pyramid scam to sell snake oil to the gullible.”
Whenever you replace two meals a day with diet drinks, you are going to lose weight for a while. The Herbalife supplements are a huge collection of costly “not FDA approved” substances. They are no more effective than the various cans of diet drinks you could buy at a supermarket for hundreds of dollars less. This is a pyramid scam to sell snake oil to the gullible.