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What You Should Know
Slim 4 Life is a weight reduction program suited for men and women alike. This diet system aims to assist users by teaching them “weight management and healthy eating habits.” Slim 4 Life offers 30-minute consultations to new customers for free by telephone. Their main office locations are Denver Metro, Northern Colorado and Minneapolis/St. Paul. There are customer testimonials offered on the official website. No company background/history is found on the website, but it is stated that the Slim 4 Life system has been around for 25 years.
Unlike many other weight loss supplements and diet programs available, Slim 4 Life is essentially a system that focuses on changing eating habits for a lifetime. With proper education, counseling and supervision, dieters are supposedly able to achieve the weight loss they desire. No diet pills or synthetic supplements are incorporated into the Slim 4 Life program. Some of the foods encouraged with Slim 4 Life are vegetables, meats, dairy products, fruits, starches, eggs and fats. While some specific foods are restricted initially, they’re eventually added back into your eating routine. It is not stated whether or not there is a 100% money-back/satisfaction guarantee offered with Slim 4 Life. The average dieter is stated to lose 3.3 pounds per week. A regular exercise regimen is not part of Slim 4 Life.
Product Features
Slim 4 Life is basically a weight loss program that’s geared toward men and women suffering from obesity. As opposed to incorporating diet pills and weight loss supplements, Slim 4 Life focuses on altering the individual’s way of eating permanently. Therefore the teaching of healthy eating habits, counseling, proper education and supervision are all part of the Slim 4 Life program. It is not stated on the official website how much Slim 4 Life costs. A free consultation is available via the website and a phone number is provided for new users to take Slim 4 Life up on this offer.
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Advantages
- Slim 4 Life encourages “healthy” eating habits.
- Free nutrition consultation available over the phone for first-time users.
- Slim 4 Life is a weight reduction system offered to both women and men.
Disadvantages
- There are no appetite suppressants offered with the Slim 4 Life diet program.
- There is no stated price for the Slim 4 Life program on the official website.
- There doesn’t appear to be any substantial company background information offered on the website.
- The Slim 4 Life weight loss program would require a somewhat drastic lifestyle change, which may not be suitable for some individuals. (See reader comments.)
- There doesn’t appear to be any 100% money-back/satisfaction guarantee offered on the Slim 4 Life website.
- Slim 4 Life only appears to have branches in only three areas, which are Denver Metro, Northern Colorado and Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Conclusion
On the bright side, the Slim 4 Life weight reduction program is unique in the sense that it doesn’t require users to remember to take pills. While this dieting system does encourage a specific way of eating/way of living, a few crucial aspects were left off of the official website. For example, often those looking to lose weight need extra help in the form of a appetite suppressant or a metabolic booster. It would certainly be nice to see some pricing for the Slim 4 Life program posted on the website, along with a 100% money-back/satisfaction guarantee and some real background information on the company itself.
I may be different from all. My wife got in to slim for life three months ago weighing 153 LB. But now she is 116LB she really enjoys the food she is really energetic. So she loves it and she said it is worth paying the money. Because she tried south beach diet and all appetite suppresant pills which most of them deprive her sleep and reacting with medication which she used to take. So I may not agree with you in this matter.
But thank you for giving me the oppurtunity to express my opinion.
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I was VERY pleased with Slim for Life. Howbeit, I was given a sheet of paper from a co-worker with the foods that I could eat, and I didn’t pay a dime for it. I lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks. I was very excited. I highly recommend it. So. . .
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Mercury or anyone that can help –
My husband and I just had a meeting with Slimgenics (aka”Slim4Life) last week. We were shocked by the sign up fees + the extras that you need to buy! It was way to expensive for us. You said you followed the food rules and lost… did you also use any of the over the counter bars or thurmal boost pills to try to help it along??
Can anyone advise? Will it work without those pills/herbs?
Thanks for anyones comments!
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Yes you can still lose with out taking the pills, I did the slim 4 life plan and all I took was the shakes, that is what really helps with the weight loss and i would also recommend the efa’s they pull off inches.
go to GNC or other health foodstore. Find Omega3 and a Carb blocker. follow diet / use low fat dressing or vingerette ( I like raspberry)
You should share the piece of paper:)
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Do you still have a list of those foods and can you share? I can’t afford the program.
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could you share that sheet with the list of foods.
Thanks
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Do you have a copy of the paperwork.. looking for instructions on the 3 day prep….
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My mom paid for the program and lost about 45 lbs in 4 months. I am on it right now and have lost about 16 lbs in 5 weeks. This is what I eat: 2 eggs & 1 orange for breakfast. Tuna or chicken for lunch, a protein bar (I prefer the Zone bars) and chicken or fish for dinner. The first 3 days are only protein and veggies (no carrots, corn, or peas). Very simple diet to follow. No need to buy pills that “burn” fat. I take a complex B vitamin along w/ fish oil. My husband has lost 20 lbs in 5 weeks.
My mom started this diet a few years ago and lost 45 lbs in about 4 months. The first place you lose it is your stomach which is great but you must follow the program which is fairly simple. My husband and I have been doing the diet for about 5 weeks. I have lost 16 lbs and my husband has lost 20 lbs. My mom gave me the diet plan. Basically the first 3 days are “prep days” in which you only eat protein and veggies. I ate 2 boiled eggs and 1 orange for breakfast. Lunch was tuna, soy burger, or chicken with a salad w/ light or fat free dressing, celery for a snack. Dinner was chicken or fish w/ more veggies. I felt satisfied and lost 5 lbs the first 3 days. After that I added in one starch per day and a protein bar (I prefer the Zone bars-which a counselor told my mom is the same thing as their bars). So for breakfast I still have my 2 eggs and an orange but lunch is usually a sandwich on light bread and some veggies, zone bar for a snack and chicken or fish w/ veggies for dinner. You are not suppose to eat cheese but my husband and I will sometimes eat string cheese as an afternoon snack. Veggies that are off limits are corn, peas, and carrots b/c they are considered a starch. I probably could of lost more over these 5 weeks but I drink beer on the weekends. I also don’t take their supplements, I take a complex b-50 and fish oil. It is a simple plan to follow and it does work. My stomach is flatter now than before I had my daughter in February.
will you please email me the diet that you were given by your friend. I can’t afford to spend any money right now and I would really appreciate the help to lose 15 lbs. thanks
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Wish I had read this page before I spent almost two thousand dollars on Slim 4 Life. I was on the program for aproximately three and a half weeks going to the store four times a week for weigh ins. I lost six pounds by drinking tons of water and taking there suplements which ending up making my heart race. I ended up in the Doctors office thinking I was having a heart attack. Believe me there is no money back guarantee. This turned out to be one big mistake…..
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Hi, l feel the same way two thousand dollars on slim 4 life.The pills did not do a thing for me. I need to get some of my money back
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I tried slim for life a year ago and it is so disappointing. Once you break the diet down you are allowed to eat between 800-1200 calories a day! Why in the would would I give someone $1000 to tell me “hey if you eat very little you will lose weight.” What a joke.
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Slim 4 Life is a good program. They do teach you the essentials of eating healthy. However, the weight that you lose is great but, you may also be losing muscle since they do not incorporate working out into the program. You do take supplements such as a daily vitamin, essential fatty acids (fish oil) and an appetite suppressant they call the metabolizer not to mention the protein bars and shakes that run more than 10.00 a pop. I went from 158 to 135 in a short amount of time. Once, I hit 135 I plateaued miserably. I did all that they asked me to do and could not lose any more weight. I was basically told, they could not help me. I left Slim 4 Life and they still call me wanting me to come in. I work out now and still eat healthy but, I eat corn, carrots, and cheese. All of which is forbidden until you lose ALL the weight. I am happy and healthy and still am losing in a healthy way on my own..
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I wish I had researched Slim4life more in depth than I did. I went by people raving about loosing weight rapidly, but they did not need to loose as much as I do. I went for one month and lost 11 pounds. Then I had a family member die and had to eat at the church. There was so much salt in the food that I gained. I did the “flush” and lost a pound. I then went on call at the hospital which totally blew my diet. (On call means that you respond ASAP and don’t always have time to prepare a meal. So you eat potluck.) When I returned to Slim4life office I was treated okay and they helped me get back on track. Then my doctor struck. He prescribed me a new medication and felt the herbs would be contraindicated with the med. When I told the center manager my doctor would not let me take the herbs any further, she responded with “You know if you don’t take all the herbs, you void the guarantee.” She was writing that the guarantee was voided as she was telling me the above statement. She was pushing away from the desk, stood up, and asked if there was anything further. I needed more bars, so as she was walking away from me, I tried to tell her I needed more. She turned around and said “What do you want.” I told and she left to get them.
I did not know I was going to insult her by relaying my doctor’s decision. However, my doctor knows more about drug interactions than she knows, so I have not returned. I have renewed my Weight Watchers membership.
DOES ANYONE KNOW THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF SLIM4LIFE?
Thanks and to anyone considering Slim4life, hope you have a better result than I did.
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I certainly do not agree with how you felt you were treated by the Slim for Life representative, as she should have maintained a professional attitude and responded to your needs with understanding,and explaniations, rather than insult. But on the other hand I would like you to know that most Dr’s will lead their patients away from natural herbal supplements, because then there would be no need for the prescriptions and Dr’s. The result would be that as people were leading a healthy lifestyle, taking care of their medical issues with herbals, the Drs industry would be negatively affected. I have used herbal supplements for many medical issues that I have encountered in my life with little to no side affects, I have been able to avoid the Dr Appointments and the prescriptions, with the long and distubing list of possible side affects that I may encounter which is longer and more damaging than the symptoms to the initial health issue I was encountering.
There are alternative solutions out there. I have several friends that have been very successful with the Slim 4 life plan as well as other plans that are availble. The internet is a great resource for research.
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What?
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The person that stated the doctors never liked the “natural” way – herbs etc. They are right. I am a certified pharmacy tech and there has been alot of times at my job where a patient would say that they wanted the “Natural” alternative med instead of what the dr wrote. at first we thought they meant the generic.. but they wanted a natural herb and not the pills most doctors push. give me the natural any time
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turn them into the BBB
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Do you get a response to the corp office number, if so I would love for you to share.
Thanks
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Please keep us informed about this outcome.. I also had one be rude to me..
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I would just like to know how the product work?Another thing is how much it cost to get started with the program?Is this something i could do without paying a large amount of money? What are the key elements to losing weight on this program? What makes this program different from the other programs out ?
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I was on Weight Watchers for over a year and lost alot of weight but did not stick with it so I have gained half of it back. I just joined Slim 4 Life because you can talk to someone for support daily one on one instead of once a week in front of a large group. I have 80 pounds to loose adn it cost almost $700 for the weeks that I was told I would need to be on the program and the maintance. I will also need to spend about $250 a month on the other vits and bars that they suggest. While this is ALOT of money to me I feel that it beats paying it for percriptions for having high blood pressure, high colest, and heart problems later on if I don’t loose the weight now.
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I’m thinking about joining Slimgenics. I have high blood pressure and high colest. Can you tell me what program they use for people with these conditions? I’m 54 yrs. old.
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I started slim4life Dec. 31, 2008 – at that time I was 172 lbs and 5′8 1/2″ – before starting the program I was healthy (liver function test normal) – in this program which I stayed on for a full year I spent probably over $2000 with the initial amt of 550.00 and then the thermoboost powder that goes in the 80 oz of water I was drinking a day along with the thermosnacks that are required in this program. I did loose down to 133 lbs and really maintained at about 139 to 142 as the year finished out (2009) – however I began to show symptoms of something. Went to doctor and turns out that my liver has been affected and that something has brought this on – I do wonder if it was all of the thermoboost powder which I drank on a daily basis for the year along with the thermo snacks required during weight loss. If you have had a similar issue please respond back to me ASAP – I am unable to find out much since slim4life is now slimgenics and they no longer allow past participates to purchase product. I am interested in anything that might be similar to my situation.
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I think that your liver not function normal may have something to do with the pills not the thermoboost. If you look in of the case it says not approved by FDA.
The only reason it is not approved by the FDA is because the FDA does not work with holistic medicines or practices.
Hi,
I did slim 4 life as well and lost about 35 lbs. Before I started, I had normal liver function tests. When I had my blood tested, post S4L i had elevated liver function (x2), I recently went back and had it checked again and now I have elevated liver function (x3). The only thing in my life that changed during that time was that I was on S4L. I highly suspect that either the carb blockers or the red grays have affected my liver. I am no longer on S4L and I no longer take any of their supplements. I never used the thermoboost powder but I took all the supplements as directed during the program.
Some one is asking for contact address / Alguien pedía una dirección de contacto.
Herminio Nevárez.
Address/Dirección: P. O. Box 855 Corozal, Puerto Rico 00783
Teléfonos: 787-859-0725
Website: int4life.com
Email: 4lifeint@int4life.com
This is what I found/Esto es lo que he encontrado.
Another pyramidal sales stratety? / Otra estrategia de comercialization piramidal?
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is it possible to buy product without being part of the program?
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Earline, u can buy some of their products on Ebay. Thats what i did.
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What a joke! The only thing you lose is your sanity and money if you are truely trying to lose alot of wieght this is not for you. I feel duped.Please aviod the same trappings I did the advertisement was misleading. Cut out ALL fast food drink losts of water and move. Do NOT join.
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I did this diet but didn’t take any of the supplements except the fish oil. My blood pressure is down and have been able to decrease my medication. I have kept the weight off for almost a year. Even during the holidays when I cheated a bit and an occasional Twix. Seems to be a very balanced diet.
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Renee, can you email me> I am thinking about trying this diet, and want to know what you think about it. Tammy
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I joined Slim 4 LIfe in September of 09. My goal was set for me to lose 34 pounds. The charge was $700 then 2 days later I had to take a 1 1/2 hour course about the program and foods and at that meeting it cost me another $499 for protein shakes and bars, carb blockers, fish oil capsules and metabolizers (the metabolizers are $99 for 90. What a racket.
The charges were calculated on my losing 34 pounds in 12 weeks. By week 12 I was within 5 pounds of my goal…but they told me I had to go to satabilization unless I wanted to pay more.
By then I was TOAST burned out. The foods allowed and the way they have to be prepared got to making me nauseaus. The supplements constipated me so bad that the whole 3 to 4 months I was on the diet I had to us a laxative every week. I was driving 30 miles out of my way round trip 3 to 4 times a week otherwise they rang my phone off the hook and when I DID go in, with the exception of 1 or 2, the counselors were snarky little snots.
I finally walked away, refused to keep driving…refused to keep paying, refused to keep a constant diary…
MY LIFE WAS REDUCED TO BEING ABOUT MY WEIGHT AN WEIGHT LOSS 24/7.
I told them Thanks, but I wanted my life back.
Eating is about a lot more then weight…it’s family time, socialization and enjoyment an I was reduced to HATING meal times.
I am maintaining my weight now by eating normal food, counting calories (in my head) and maintaining my exercise routine that I have always done.
I got some good information from Slim 4 Life. Would I do it again? NO FREAKIN WAY.
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Why were the counselors ’snarky little snots’ when you returned after they called you to return? This seems like very poor customer relations and actually could be considered abusive and illegal, since they operate as a clinic and must have some professional standard to uphold. In which state, Colorado or Minnesota, did this occur, and in which city?
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will u share the food u can and cannot have on this diet?
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*** DON’T GET FOOLED INTO SLIM 4 LIFE! KEEP YOUR MONEY AND BUY YOURSELF A LOW-FAT COOKBOOK FROM YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE!~ ***
I’ve just signed up with Slim 4 Life a week ago to lose 30 lbs in 14 weeks. Yes, I have six kids so I am allowed a little bit of padding but I wanted to lose that baby weight to look a little more sexy.
Slim 4 Life has been advertising the heck out of the country radio station that I listened to here in Dallas so I decided to give them a try. They pressured me into buying all of these pills and supplements to lose the weight I wanted. So far, in less than one week, I’ve charged over $1600.00 to my credit card.
It is non-refundable and you will have to take 15 pills a day, along with supplement bars/food items and caffeine drinks. All of these items have to be purchased from them which is the bulk of the cost.
I would NEVER recommend them to anyone. The pills make me sick to my stomach and it keeps me up all night. I am literally like a zombie at night time. The first time that I took them pills, it kept me up for almost 60 hours.
I got so sick I stopped using it for two days. Then I got back on again because they said that I need to do so in order to lose the weight. Now I am so sick, I can’t even go to work! Worse, I’ve gained two more lbs and a big fat headache, physically and financially.
Any diet system that makes you this sick can not be good for you! For the amount of money that I just threw away, I could have hired a personal trainer at the local fitness center.
In addition to visiting the so called clinic “sales office” 3 times a week, you have to keep a daily journal of what you eat, what pills you popped down, etc.
Who has time for all of that? The reason why we gained weight in the first place is because we don’t have time for ourselves. Plus, most of us have to work and they don’t open until 10am so it is inconvenient for us to visit.
Please consider yourself lucky if you haven’t been conned into this.
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I think we’re listening to the same country station in Dallas. Glad I found this webiste before I made my appointment for this week.
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I agree totally with everything you said. I also got sick and my physician wrote a note for me to discontinue the supplements/vitamins, etc. and I asked for a refund of the $290.00 I spent just on the supplements (not including the $565.00 I paid at the “hardsale” sign up). Their policy is absolutely NO REFUND! I hope my experience will be a WARNING to anyone going in for the free consultation. Don’t sign-up without taking the info home and reading every word of it. It is basically a “questionable” company.
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Are the pills in the pink bottle more effective than the green bottle. I bought the green bottle on EBay and they are worthless. I found the pink ones worked better when I was on Slim for Life
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can one of you ladies ppl share the foods with me? I spent 1000 on hcg. thaat is e joke, 500 calories a day for 40 days. i lost the weight and it came right back!Lol
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My girlfriends mom started this program and lost a ton of weight so we started using the plan, I started at 246 lbs and after 5 months im down to 212 lbs. It is so encouraging just watching the weight drop!
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is there a slim 4 life in oregon if not how do i get in touch with you to order if i choose to do this diet plan
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I have three points to connect with some of the other comments: 1) I’ve spent over $700 so far to lose 40 lbs within a short time and have only been able to lose 25 that good in itself but the types of food choices — you can do yourself. 2) For all you go through I have found most of the counselors at the one particular center snarky, insensitive and down right rude. 3)I have developed something like a rasp in my voice that I am almost certain is a result of drinking the boost — I’ve decided not to buy anymore of that stuff.
What would really be helpful to participants is if the counselors were knowledgeable enough to tell you durng the first session Exactly how the products work and what to expect. Instead they give you the nice spill to get your money, load you up with expensive supps and send you to your grocer to spend even more money on a weekly basis on food. Yeah I brought into it what a lesson to learn. Based on what I’m doing I can do all by myself for a lot less.
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This is the second time a client has reported the counselors as ’snarky.’ I also observed this behavior when I was a counselor for this company. Since Most of their employees have AA or BA degrees in fashion merchandising, policie science, or even sociology, they have no core learning in client-based counseling and only pretend to be interested, because their job is to sell weight loss groceries.
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Our local Christian radio station touts this as a program where you don’t eat out of a box, enjoy real supermarket food as well as eating out — with wonderful counselors and priced under $4 per week for program services. So after months of listening, I made an appointment. The only thing I found consistent with the advertisement was the name of the place.
HUNDREDS of dollars worth of supplements, herbs, vitamins, caffeine drinks, etc….I told the counselor who I will now refer to as the salesperson that I was unemployed and wanted the most basic program learning correct eating habits. She told me I had to purchase their products or the program would not work. She pressured me to charge it to get the “best deal”. I told her that would not be possible and she then turned completely off. The nice salesperson was gone and Terrible Tina emerged whisking me back to the lobby.
Over the course of the next few daily visits I realized that for the most part the salespeople didn’t even know the products or their interactions. They pressured me to use things I explained to them in detail were against doctor’s orders due to my medical history and necessary medications. Not one person in the building was medically trained, mind you, but needed to reach a quota on sales of products (they were having contests for sales kind of like the world of Mary Kay!!) — which you had to consume a specific number each day along with a handful of herbal pills, vitamins, fish oil, etc. multiple times each day and then buy more of those. All of which can be purchased for a minimum cost at your local WalMart.
One counselor was so rude to me during a visit that I did contact the corporate office to relay the embarassing treatment bestowed upon me in front of everyone in the place as she told me I was never going to be able to lose weight because I was not following their regimen of supplemental products instead of eating fresh vegetables. What??
So I have decided to forego the program route and have just gone to the basics of counting the number of calories I put in my mouth, get myself moving more each day and drinking more water and remembering all these pounds didn’t arrive overnight and won’t disappear overnight. 3 weeks down and weighed in losing a total of 8 pounds so far. Baby steps, I know, but, hey. I am not starving. It is costing me nothing and I feel like I am accomplishing something. I will never recommend Slim4Life to anyone.
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Approx 2 month ago, I went to the Indep, MO location on the recommendation of my sister who had just started the program there. I went there, saw a woman named Marcia who told me that I was not a good candidate due to some of my health problems and that I would need to get a medical release from my dr. and they would call me it came in. Well, they sent my dr. a release form, she signed and sent it back. I waited for over a month for someone to call me. No one did. Finally, my sister talked with the area supervisor about me, who said my release was never recieved. Phone calls went back and forth between the Indep location, my sister and myself. Finally, the supervisor called me to tell me that they had everything they needed for me to start. Unfortunately, I was scheduled to leave 3 days later to go out of the country, so I made arrangements to come in on June 14th and get started. I came home ill and called on the 14th and rescheduled my appt for the 16th at 1:00 pm. I arrived at the Indep location at 12:49 today, and left at 1:15pm. Marcia had forgotton to write down my appt and the location manager had gone home ill for the day, so there was no one to see me. I was asked if I wanted to reschedule. The answer was no, I did not want to reschedule. Why should I. Slim for Life employee Marcia had dropped the ball several times and I was left out to dry. Why do I want to go somewhere who employs individuals like this and treats individuals like they are second class citizens?
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I’m almost embarrassed to tell this, but I had to rename Slim 4 Life to Hooked 4 Life. I did this program twice over a four year period. I was afraid to stop taking the herbs, and they never stopped selling them to me. I was literally working a part time job to pay for supplements and the program. When I finally woke up, and did some addition, I had spent over $10,000. I was sick when I realized what I had done. I have all the paperwork, instructions, etc., and anyone can do this on their own. I’ve overheard the counselors pressure clients to spend more (they get a commission of course) and still I went back. It works – you lose weight very quickly. Anyone would on a 1,200 calorie a day diet. If for some reason you haven’t joined, consider yourself lucky.
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Erin,
I read your post and you mentioned you still paperwork & all. I am in the processes of changing my lifestyle for health reason. I was wanting to try slim 4 life but financially not able. Would you be willing to email it to me.
Best Regards…
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I also am trying to change my lifestyle for health reasons and would like to see if you could email me the paperwork and all also. I am broke, but, I am sooo fat, I hate it. I just want to be able to spend time with my kids having fun someday soon.
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I would like to get a copy? I’m sorry you spent so much money.
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Hi Erin – I noticed that two people have asked you for the paperwork for this diet. Are you sharing the information? I would love to have the list of what foods to eat and what to avoid. I’ve tried several diet plans with very little luck and don’t want to get involved with another one. Thanks a bunch.
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Thank you all for sharing your comments both good and bad regarding this program. My hair dresser has been on this program for several months and has lost 50 lbs. I was thinking of joining but was worried about side effects of supplements. I wasn’t interested in taking something that would cause short term weightloss and long term health issues (liver issues, heart issues, etc). I know of several people who are dealing with long tterm health issues and one who died as a result of their use of diet pills.
Erin- I would also be interested in the “instructions” if you are wiling/ able to share. Thank you all again for sharing your stories and information. I believe God led me to this site and your information to provide me enough inforamtion to make an intelligent decision which is no amunt of weight loss is worth my life. I heavy but not obese. I would like to loose about 20-30 pounds so I’m not a lost cause.
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I lost 25 lbs on Slim 4 Life. The plan works if one sticks to it 100% of the time, which in reality can be unrealistic. I didn’t reach the goal weight (10 lbs to go)within the calculated time period and was told that I would have to buy more weight loss weeks. I had to restrain myself from using expletives, thinking to myself after dropping hundreds of dollars, you’re asking me to PAY MORE?!
I asked what the difference was between stabilization week one and the weight loss weeks were and I was given a sheet of paper. The only difference was adding a little bit of dairy! I told the counselor that I would just ignore the stabilization week one “plan” and continue what I was doing until I reached the goal weight. I then researched protein drinks, bars, and supplements in various stores to identify ones similar to the Slim 4 Life products so I do not have to go back to the center.
In the beginning, when you are beat up and emotional about your weight, it is touted you will get support from their “counselors”.
They are just sales people dressed in medical scrubs parroting a script.
I contacted the headquarters about the medical scrubs garb and they actually said it was because they didn’t want the counselor’s clothes to be a distraction. Ok, why don’t they wear polo shirts with their logo and khaki pants, don’t sit there and “play nurse”.
While doing the plan did get my weight loss rolling, and my A1C lowered a point within 4 months, I do not like how Slim 4 Life present themselves as “nutrition experts” when they are primarily sales people.
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Would anyone be willing to send me the Slim 4 Life Food List?
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Thanks for all your posts everyone, my wife has wanted to try this for some time, but it looks like yet another false shortcut to a sexy figure. She and I both need to eat smarter, drink more water and exercise more. We all know that, right?
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