My dr. office wants me to order Arbonne figure 8 shakes (Protein powder) for my pre-op diet. She told me up front that they taste bad with Water, but they had some recipes that a lot of people use to make smoothies so they taste better.

Anyway, wanted to know if anybody had tried this brand and what you thought of it, and if you recommend a flavor-they have chocolate, vanilla, and chi-tea (mispelled I'm sure)

THanks

I actually used to sell Arbonne. My husband still drinks the shakes. Your doctor is right, they are not great with water, but are fine with skim milk. I don't care for the chi tea. This may sound crazy, but to us, the vanilla has too much vanilla and the chocolate, too much chocolate, so we buy one of each and mix the 2 containers together. We really like them this way. I thought about using Arbonne for my preop diet, but decided that I needed to follow what my doc recommended, but if this is what your doc recommends, then I say go for it.

I actually used to sell Arbonne. My husband still drinks the shakes. Your doctor is right, they are not great with Water, but are fine with skim milk. I don't care for the chi tea. This may sound crazy, but to us, the vanilla has too much vanilla and the chocolate, too much chocolate, so we buy one of each and mix the 2 containers together. We really like them this way. I thought about using Arbonne for my preop diet, but decided that I needed to follow what my doc recommended, but if this is what your doc recommends, then I say go for it.

Thanks! As long as they work with skim milk, that's fine for me. Mixing it is a great idea. I like chocolate, but I was thinking that it would get old after a while but I'm not a big fan of vanilla. So I may try mixing them together also.

Does your husband just have the shake with milk, or does he add fruit/ice, etc to make it into a smoothie?

The lady associated with the doctors office is a representative, so she can give me the 35% discount off the online price and the shipping isn't bad.

Thanks again for your help.

We aren't much into smoothies. We prefer just the shake. I love fruit, but for some reason, not with protein shakes. I am using Unjury right now, but I will probabl go back to using Arbonne shakes as well.

Amy

Arbonne as in the $$$ facial care stuff I tried about a year ago? They make protein powders?

I think so....doing google searches, I found references to facial/skin care.

It is a skin care company. They also have nutritional supplements, weight loss products (including Protein shakes), etc. They are really very good products. No animal products, or byproducts, so if you are lactose intolerant these shakes would be perfect. The protein in the shakes is a pea protein, so it is supposed to be more easily digested. OK, I feel like I am selling it again. LOL Go to Arbonne.com for more info. I still use a lot of the products if you have any questions.

Amy

Get the cheapest one with the greatest amount of protein. I have mine with my coffee and lots of sugarfree french vanilla. I also have it with fruit and a creamer, sugarfree.

trish

Once you are banded and get comfortable with your band I think it may be ok to venture out, but during preop, do exactly what your doctor says. IMHO, the cheapest Protein is not necessarily the best. Always discuss with your doc!!

Amy

My GYN doc sells Arbonne (for it's progesterone cream as a starting point). He told me he wanted me to try the Figure 8 System. I researched it, finally bought in and got the shakes.

TOO SICKY SWEET to be drinkable EVER! I'm sending them back. I bought a Figure 8 kit which included the shakes, the supplement, and the chews and I bought the tea.

The chews are doable, I ate a chew while baking Cookies for my kids. Not tempted at all to eat a cookie! The supplement may or may not work, I don't feel any different.

The tea is great, great ingredients, things that are in my herbal tea anyway, in a convient portable tea bag -- I'm an herbal tea from the herbalist kinda gal and make herbal tea w/o bags. But I think you need 3 to 4 cups per day for a theraputic effect -- that is a standard herbalist answer.

So, I tried the Fiber first. I thought I would die. I had my son try it too and he spit it out gagging. I got a headache from the sweet. It's the Stevia, it's too over powering. I don't have a problem w BMs until I drank this... My doc suggested mixing it w the vanilla -- double stevia over kill is not going to make it better.

Then I tried the chocolate, again too sicky sweet. I tried it in coffee, I threw it down the drain. Oh, gross, gross, gross.

I mixed up some vanilla. Again too sicky sweet w a sweet after taste from the Stevia again. I threw it down the drain.

I don't see how milk will tone down the Stevia. It can not. The products have TOO much Stevia in them. The after taste is too telling of the probelm. It's like diet soda w/o the chemical aspertame and it's dangerous health affects but yucky after taste.

Thank goodness Arbonne has a 45 day satisfaction guarrentee. These are going back. I'll stick with whey Healthier Protein from Mercola.com.

FWIW - I take thyroid meds and I can not have Calcium within 4 hours of taking the medication. It binds to the calcium making it less effective, it also binds to Iron, so don't take iron supplements at the same time either.

I've been doing Mercola shakes (97 calories w/ raw milk 243cals) and Figure 8 Supplements since 2nd week of Dec. I bought tea and supplement on e-bay while I was waiting on deciding, the shakes on e-bay were always more or the same price to buy them through Arbonne direct.

Anyway, in that time I've lost ZERO! I've been eating calories according to the Figure 8 website and for me that is 1400 to 1900 ish. I've been doing 1500 and not one stinking stupid pound!:faint:I worked out at the gym 5 days a wk in 2002 to 2003 and did not drop 1 single pound then either - sweating, toning, building muscle and still nothing.

My mum, now just overweight and not obese anymore said I need to eat only 1200 cals to loose weight. And it will shut my metabolism right on down to nothing. There has go to be a better solution. If you cut calories your body starts to shut down and everything you eat turns to fat stores b/c the body is smart and says hey I'm starving, keep it, keep it, keep it. It will take good healthy greens and turn them into sugar and then fat. The brain has to have sugars to function, it's called glycolisis and it happens in the liver.

I eat a very healthy diet, I've never been into junk food, sweets, carbs, salty. We eat a whole food organic diet. I don't buy into the chemical laiden "fat free", "sugar free", "net carb" garbage -- it surely isn't working for Americans. I've gotten fatter with eat pregnancy, never was fat before!

But for me Figure 8 Shakes are just too gross to handle, especially when there are other things on the market that are more healthy. The fructose in Figure 8 is just as bad for the body as High Fructose Corn Syrup (a hazmat chemical in case you were wondering).

If you buy Figure 8 through Arbonne, you can return it if you don't like it. So that would be my suggestion.

I'm a busy mom, I do not have time to stand in front of a blender and add stuff to this mix to make it edible. If it isn't edible as directed, it defeats the purpose of being "Go Easy".

Mercola shakes add Water and they are fine, add milk and they are fine -- shake and go. If I want to make a smoothy I have rice protein isolate and hemp protein isolate powders sitting on my shelf - add a little fruit, water or rice milk, flax seed meal, ice and those are really good. But high in calories and simple carbs from the fruit. To take figure 8 at 110 calories and low carbs (8g) and start adding to it, well, then it sort of defeats the purpose IMO.

Their special complex in the supplement is Chromium, good for blood sugar stablizing and some herbs. Their special complex in the shake is Alpha Lipoic Acid, Coenzyme Q10, Alfalfa, Kelp, Ginseng. Take a supplement in stead of this shake! I drink alfalfa in an herbal tea daily, I take a kelp supplement, and never had much use for ginseng.

For Fiber -- eat more rich green salads! The fiber is Maltodextrin (corn derivative), oat fiber, cellulose, rice bran, orange fiber, apple fiber, Bamboo fiber, pea fiber some gums including Guar Gum (which will induce serious bowel movements on it's own), and psyllium husk. Seriously eat an APPLE every day, it will also help Detox the liver. Eat Oat meal if you can everyday. You don't need a shake to do that.

Apple is 80 calories, super good source of fiber, slow to digest.

Oat Meal 160 (Weight Control flavored variety) w added boost of protein

Green salads 15 cals, filling, good for you, and "real food"

Living food for a living body, save your money and buy real food.

I can't stomach the Fiber shakes either. My FIL however loves them. They make me gag. My husband and I mix the chocolate and vanilla together and really it isn't bad. I prefer the taste of powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury, but really it isn't that much different.

I think everyone should follow exactly what the doc says and then venture out and find what is most satisfying when you are given the go ahead to do so. My doc had me dring myoplesx shakes preop. The were much too frothy, but I drank them because that is what was subscribed.

Aren't we glad there are so many to choose from. One way or another we can all find one that fits out taste buds :eek:

Amy

I've been using EAS advant edge chocolate drinks. 17 gms of protein, 100 calories, and 4 gm of carbohydrates. I love these drinks, it's like drinking chocolate milk, yummie! Drink them cold. I buy them at BJ's, 24 11oz cartons for $26.00. Not a bad price.:clap2:

Arbonne redone the shake formula a while back,I think they taste much better now in both ready mix and powder, I like to blend mine with a frozen banana at home and use the ready Mix when traveling. I have lost a 105 pounds so far with them since march. I also cut some other bad habits such as soft drinks and fast food. I would like to lose a few more pounds and plan to start exercising soon..I have been on other programs, Herbalife, phentermine, etc ..but I think Arbonne has been the easiest and healthiest for me......

I am using the Arbonne shakes as well. I did go to the Vitaminshoppe to pick up a higher protein powder to add to it. It's not the greatest with water but since I'm trying to keep the carbs down I make it through it I do add some Watkins extracts i.e. cherry, strawberry to get a lil taste of fruit. What ever it takes :wink2: