REB'L BEATS
February 24, 2018 12:37
As someone who has dealt with weight management their entire life, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THE 6 WEEK CHALLENGE TO ANYONE.
The challenge is NOT FREE and DOES INVOLVE $500 RISK. You must put down $500 to be a part of the challenge. The challenge is only "free" (your $500 is refunded back to you) if you lose 6% body fat OR 25 pounds in a 6 week period, which for the average person is an UNREALISTIC goal and for most VERY UNHEALTHY and much too RAPID to be sustainable. If you do not mind possibly losing $500, then again, join. If $500 is important to you, you are better to join other fitness centers and take your time to lose weight at a comfortable pace leading to long term life changes.
I don't recommend the 6 week challenge because the system is one size fits all; weight loss is NOT that. There is no customization. The meal plan for the challenge is mediocre at best. There is one meal plan for everyone in category A, one meal plan for category B, and one meal plan for vegetarians. Before I began my challenge, I consumed meat regularly. When I started my challenge in October, I opted for the vegetarian choice. If I was not a vegetarian during this challenge, I WOULD NOT have made my goal.
I never missed a single class and gave it my all. My goal was 6% body fat; as I worked my way through the challenge, I began to lose more weight than anything, which is such an accomplishment! Though I was still burning fat, my body fat percentages were reading higher than they actually were due to my weight loss. Instead of celebrating the fact that I was losing weight, I was panicking because my body fat wasn't moving and I had $500 on the line. When on any fitness regimen, you should celebrate all victories! But because the challenge puts a set target on what you MUST accomplish, instead of feeling PROUD you feel PRESSURED. And you MUST LOSE EXACTLY 6% or more body fat or 25 pounds to "win" your money back - NO EXCEPTIONS. (The challenge for most eventually turns to being less about hitting your goal and more about getting your money back.)
In order to meet my goal, I WATER FASTED for 7 DAYS through Thanksgiving. I put myself through torture because I couldn't afford to lose $500. The 6 week challenge made me HATE my involvement in it and if you are unfamiliar with what a healthy lifestyle actually consists of, it can even skew your perception on what it actually is like to live a healthy life. A healthy lifestyle doesn't put a time constrain on accomplishments; it doesn't stress you out; it doesn't make you wager money; it is actually enjoyable and doesn't require you to do things you usually wouldn't do to meet a certain goal. But the 6 week challenge is all of those things.
Additionally, once you are finished with the challenge, in order to get your refund, you MUST write a 5 star review on Google and YELP (which is completely unethical, bribery, and a scam, and also it is NOT a part of the initial contract you sign) and do a testimonial speaking on how much you "love" GFN. I immediately deleted my reviews after to write an honest account of my experience.
Most women do not meet the goal; if they do, laxatives, fasting, over-exercising, etc. was usually involved. The premise of the business IS UNETHICAL; they don't care about you and your health - it is all about money for them. I now have personal relationships with former employees of the gym who left because of those reasons. I did not lose my 6% BF, but I did lose the 25 lbs. I received my refund within a month's time. I truly lost 10 pounds (a win). The rest of my weight lost was just water weight. I "gained back" 15 pounds from from returning to a normal lifestyle and that was PERFECTLY FINE with me! I was so grateful to returned to a lifestyle where I had freedom and could work at MY OWN PACE to meet MY GOALS. But as someone who was previously heavily involved in health and fitness and has a high level of dedication and personal accountability, the challenge was a NIGHTMARE for me. JOIN AT YOUR OWN RISK!