Someone explain these "wrap" things to me...

[lilafowler]

It's bullshit

[firedancer49]

I have some many friends selling three things and a good amount of others who tried them. I've never really heard anyone with good results. I think its a scam. I know one friend said actually gained weight/inches two weeks after Ber second wrap

[snickers]

My friends SWEARS by it. I don't get how it could possibly work long term.

[polka]

I had to google them. Never heard of those.

[lime]

Sept 24, 2013 20:17:08 GMT -5 polka said:

I had to google them. Never heard of those.

+1

It seems like these have been around, in some form, since the 80s. 

[TrickyBob]

Every time I see someone promote them I want to yell "eat right and exercise! THIS WON'T HELP YOU IN THE LONG RUN!"


Just like anything diet related; wraps, pills, etc. They ALL suggest "eat right and exercise" You're fooling yourself if you think some plastic wrap on your stomach is going to make you lose weight.

[firedancer49]

Sept 24, 2013 20:16:10 GMT -5 heybetch said:

I don't doubt that the actual product is total shit.

I just don't understand why so many of my friends are selling this shit all of the sudden. And pinning their dreams on their newfound financial success. How the fuck are they making money off of these? It seems like a pyramid scheme.

It is a pyramid scheme. 100%

[lime]

In general, I always wonder how/why pyramid schemes are able to work long term.

One of my friends from HS was selling sex toys, which didn't bring in much money. So then she started selling those awful purses with the changeable "shells".

WTF makes you think if one of these schemes didn't work that another one will?

[CheshireGrin]

I have never heard of this before. It took me the entire thread to figure out what you were talking about.

I'm all, "Wraps? Like sandwich wraps? Shawls? What are we talking about here?"

[snorky]

I had to look these up. I don't understand how people can possibly believe it would work.

It reminds me of the AbFab episode when Eddy gets the whole body mud wrap and gains weight. "My body absorbs mud!"

[Jalapeñomel]

I am also someone who has never heard of this either.


I'm glad none of my friends do any of this selling/pyramid scheme stuff.

[lime]

Sept 24, 2013 20:34:39 GMT -5 heybetch said:

Oh just wait, it wont before long before someone infiltrates your Facebook with their obnoxious claims about this "crazy wrap thing" and how you should be fulfilling your dreams, and not shrinking them. Apparently this can be done through the magic of mid-level marketing.

Legit LOL. 

[lolc]

I have someone trying to get a group together to do this wrap crap - "it's only $25 per person!" Yeah, I think I'll sit this one out. 

[Armadale]

A girl I know from the gym (ironic, no?) sells these. She recently quit her job to "focus full-time" on her sales.

I couldn't even respond when she told me that, she's a single mom too

[liverandonions]

I tried their fat fighter and it's what brought my liver disease out. I tell people whenever I can to run far far away from that company.

[JayhawkGirl]

Sept 24, 2013 22:41:34 GMT -5 liverandonions said:

I tried their fat fighter and it's what brought my liver disease out. I tell people whenever I can to run far far away from that company.

Hmmm.... Mil has had elevated liver levels since doing slim for life, complete with all their fat burner supplements.

[liverandonions]

Sept 24, 2013 23:18:59 GMT -5 JayhawkGirl said:

Sept 24, 2013 22:41:34 GMT -5 liverandonions said:

I tried their fat fighter and it's what brought my liver disease out. I tell people whenever I can to run far far away from that company.

Hmmm.... Mil has had elevated liver levels since doing slim for life, complete with all their fat burner supplements.

Yeah, basically what I was taking had a lot of the same ingredients as Hydroxycut apparently and that was pulled off the market for liver problems. She should stop and get a better checkup.

[JayhawkGirl]

They've done a bunch of tests and next step is a liver specialist. The supplements crossed my mind once but I figured I was just being silly and projecting my dislike of the program

[amberlyrose]

I've used the wraps for temporary inch loss before big events, but I know I'm not gonna get the 6 pack abs they advertise. I'm sorry, but if you believe that, it's your own fault (and clever advertising).
My friend that sells them is a bigger girl and I don't think she's lost a lb, but she did hit her 10k bonus this month so good for her.

[montereybride]

Sept 24, 2013 20:28:24 GMT -5 @astrid said:

Sept 24, 2013 20:27:25 GMT -5 CheshireGrin said:

I have never heard of this before. It took me the entire thread to figure out what you were talking about.

I'm all, "Wraps? Like sandwich wraps? Shawls? What are we talking about here?"

App ditto

App love

[bonquiqui]

I am tired of getting "invited to parties" on facebook.  They are not parties!!! 

[stealthmom]

It's snake oil. I know someone who sells these. She's a charletan IMO. I can't believe she's a college educated person. Her husband is an effing college professor. It boggles the mind.

[CheshireGrin]

I'm surprised I haven't encountered this yet, but I guess I don't have a lot of SAHMs on my FB feed. I do get some of the "party" invites though: usually Thirty-One or Lia Sophia, stuff like that. I just pretend I don't understand FB invites.

[pinkeggs]

Ugh, I have 2 people on my FB pushing them and they annoying and relentless.

[Deleted]

I went to a wrap party my BFF was throwing. They made me drink a ton of water. I had only had a protein shake for dinner. I did the wrap and felt weird after. I then drove home and puked water all over my garage. I lost 5 inches. They stayed off for a week or so but then came right back. I did another one to get ready for an event and I was paranoid to drink too much water as I didn't want to puke again. I think I lost two inches. I still have an extra wrap that I have no intention of using.

[natsnow]

They just squish your fat temporarily. the inches are still within!