Rant.
So, as a few of you know, I work at a GNC. We sell weight loss, weight gain (muscle), cleansing stuff, and vitamins. My job is to sell these products, stock these products, do paperwork, and collect emails (many of which are @aol, if you can believe it). Anyway, I'm just baffled at how people buy into this crap.
For weightloss, they either take a mild thermogenic (slightly increases metabolism), a meal-replacement that they won't be satisfied with, or a laxative. The laxative is the only thing that will help you if you don't diet and exercise. Moreover, if you want to lose weight, give me your excess grocery budget - I could really use it.
For weight gain, we have a ton of overly expensive calorie-rich (protein) powders, containing unnecessary amounts of creatine. A lot of people do see results, but you could get the same thing for cheaper at the grocery store.
Cleansing stuff...drug addicts that have to take a pee test make up 90% of those who buy this stuff. No word on if it works or not.
And multivitamins are a step up from nothing, but still pretty garbage. Companies gather the nutrients mostly from rocks. Our bodies don't like to digest this stuff, and when you take so much at once, the amount absorbed is even less. (Also in favor of the 5 small meals per day plan)
Since I started work, I've been biking here. An hour per day total, in a hilly area in the highest gear (really old walmart bike that won't shift gears easily anymore). I have lost weight (mostly malnutrition), and my lower half (including glutes, wink wink) has gotten surprisingly hard and toned in only about 6 weeks. My feet aren't cold anymore either! And doing this keeps reminding me to hydrate, so that's a plus. If a vegetarian on a low budget and very low protein diet can gain muscle mass and keep healthy nutrient-wise, you can too.
Stop dumping money into gnc, unless its my store. Then you can come and say hi. And/or support me with monies.
So, as a few of you know, I work at a GNC. We sell weight loss, weight gain (muscle), cleansing stuff, and vitamins. My job is to sell these products, stock these products, do paperwork, and collect emails (many of which are @aol, if you can believe it). Anyway, I'm just baffled at how people buy into this crap.
For weightloss, they either take a mild thermogenic (slightly increases metabolism), a meal-replacement that they won't be satisfied with, or a laxative. The laxative is the only thing that will help you if you don't diet and exercise. Moreover, if you want to lose weight, give me your excess grocery budget - I could really use it.
For weight gain, we have a ton of overly expensive calorie-rich (protein) powders, containing unnecessary amounts of creatine. A lot of people do see results, but you could get the same thing for cheaper at the grocery store.
Cleansing stuff...drug addicts that have to take a pee test make up 90% of those who buy this stuff. No word on if it works or not.
And multivitamins are a step up from nothing, but still pretty garbage. Companies gather the nutrients mostly from rocks. Our bodies don't like to digest this stuff, and when you take so much at once, the amount absorbed is even less. (Also in favor of the 5 small meals per day plan)
Since I started work, I've been biking here. An hour per day total, in a hilly area in the highest gear (really old walmart bike that won't shift gears easily anymore). I have lost weight (mostly malnutrition), and my lower half (including glutes, wink wink) has gotten surprisingly hard and toned in only about 6 weeks. My feet aren't cold anymore either! And doing this keeps reminding me to hydrate, so that's a plus. If a vegetarian on a low budget and very low protein diet can gain muscle mass and keep healthy nutrient-wise, you can too.
Stop dumping money into gnc, unless its my store. Then you can come and say hi. And/or support me with monies.
