Optavia® Secrets Revealed: Ex-Coach Tells All (with Former Client, Alizabeth)

The Optavia® diet gets some women great results, but at what cost? Today I'm joined by Alizabeth who is an ex-Optavia® coach, she initially went through the program, lost over 100lbs, and then was recruited to become a coach blinded by the dream of financial freedom. She's now pulling back the curtain to the diet in this tell-all episode. 👀
We explore the cult-like mentality, the negative side effects of eating less than 1000 calories a day, and how the coaches are more focused on money instead of their clients. We all know how these extreme diets leave people with no support AND how they can just gain it all back once they stop taking their products, but thankfully Alizabeth approached me and she's learnt how to eat grapes again without feeling guilty (an unfortunate side effect of Optavia® she experienced).
If you're curious to uncover the truth about Optavia® and discover how Alizabeth broke free from its grasp, tune in to this episode now!
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TOPICS COVERED 👇
[00:01:43] Getting hooked on Optavia®
[00:06:23] The Optavia® diet experience
[00:10:35] Going from client to coach
[00:15:22] Expectations and requirements as an Optavia® coach
[00:21:21] Negative Side Effects of Optavia®
[00:25:37] Manipulation in Optavia®
[00:30:11] The Struggle with Food and Fear of Weight Gain
[00:32:29] Leaving Optavia® and the Pushback
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[@ginniewhitlock5753]

The whole thing is toxic! The fact that they consider a stick of SF gum as a snack is all you need to know…. 🚩🚩🚩

[@whattherandom1120]

I lost 70 pounds on optavia and gained back 100+ and it started a horrible eating disorder I have been treating ever since. So frustrating that this came to me as a gift and I really felt it saved my life for a while. Now I see it set my health back so much.

[@yatesnutrition]

I'm so sorry you had this experience :( It's honestly so common which is why I felt like we really needed to have this conversation and create more awareness.

[@IMOO1896]

I found that fact that I’d trained my body to eat every 2 1/2-3 hours a day, was (in my mind) to blame for the quick regain.

[@MidsizeBlondie]

This is fantastic! As a former Optavia “coach” of close to 5 years, I love that more coaches are speaking out. I did a podcast episode on my experience on my own podcast and was sent a cease and desist from the company. Alizabeth is absolutely correct with everything she is saying. More of these stories need to be heard.

[@brandonsizemore5587]

I heard a lot of coaches left last year. Do you know why?

[@echoecho4590]

Thank you for this amazing video. I was 😮😮 when you said it was the clinical definition of malnutrition. Any Optavia reps out here - cancel the autoship, the fuelings orders, leave all the group chats and fb groups/pages and block and delete so they can't guilt you into staying. You have the power to leave - look at how the people who have left are thriving! Thank you to Alizabeth for speaking out - you're saving people from this!

[@robinsnest4306]

I lost 80 pounds during COVID! I was bored so I started cutting down on my calories and food intake and started out exercising 30 minutes a day. I used nothing. After cutting down and exercising everyday then I started doing an hour a day! In 6 months I lost 60 lbs and then the rest of the weight in less than 3 months.. it took my about 6 months to lose the 80 lbs and I weigh everyday to make sure it doesn’t come back.. if I gain two pounds I start back with the oatmeal and tuna etc.. I’ve tried several diets my whole life and have been successful but always put it back on.. so I know what works. You just have to be in the right frame of mind to be successful!

[@Jennyfromtheblock_]

I love this and hope that all coaches find this and listen! As a former coach myself, everything you said was spot on! Good luck to you in your recovery from that horrible diet and cult mindset/mentality!

[@user-wv6lq7gf5k]

Thank you for this. It was good to hear a discussion about Optavia in a professional and thoughtful manner. I have been an Optavia coach for 5 years & I learned a lot without feeling like I was being bashed personally. The whole time I’ve been with Optavia I was told that this program was designed by dietitians, which gave me the illusion that it is a safe program. I was also told the program “balances our hormones.” But hearing you explain how the body reacts in malnutrition was eye opening. Thank you.

[@glitteru]

thank you ladies for SHARING THIS TRUTH!

[@RescueNinjaKris10]

I am a Medifast Failure and we had the book and the coaching. So it was exactly Optavia. I can't believe they said there weren't coaches or support with Medifast and that it was like Nutrisystem. Such a scam and unethical company. Glad you are out!

[@ErinBies]

16:11 take your bait?! OMG!

[@shawneeGoes]

During one of my lowest times I was preyed upon by a “coach”. I was some how brainwashed into spending almost $500/month on the nastiest food just so I could be skinny. I lasted about one month on that garbage 🗑️

[@sfranklin2165]

Thanks so much for this video!

[@LisaHarvey16]

This was Brilliant!

[@IMOO1896]

I was a bottom of the barrel “purchase only” user, and when I began I was highly instructed by my coach that I was to be only positive when commenting on any social media platform. No negative, or even questioning statement would be allowed to be posted on the “permission granted” FB page.

[@brandonsizemore5587]

Someone shared a chart online that a lot of coaches left this past year. Does anyone know why? Did regional coaches with big down lines move on?

[@donmorey01]

This is like listening to people that couldn't hack the military talk about the military LOL

[@latta2de]

Well done, keep sharing the damage this company is spreading. Praying the FTC shuts this mlm / Pyramid down like Advocare

[@cathyellis767]

Optavia and all MLM businesses use such shady marketing tactics!!

[@hellygeer]

First-time watcher. I like the video and appreciate your scientific knowledge on the subject. As far as sound goes, the volume of your voice comes over quite low and at times the audio is not syncing with the video.

[@yatesnutrition]

Thank you! This was one of the first times utilizing a specific recording software, and I’ve been working out some kinks ever since! Appreciate the patience. 🤍

[@nanfrostsfashionfocusstyle6250]

Yeah...I made a mistake on this for sure. Thanks for posting .YOu confirmed everything I was thinking. I watched one zoom call and said NO. NO WAY!

[@yatesnutrition]

Glad you got out!!

[@BeksWorld]

I did Optavia for like 9 months & got down to my lowest weight little did I know I was really on a starvation diet. I got the results I wanted-lose the weight BUT I had a HARD time transitioning & gained it all plus more. Not good!! My coach was too busy building her business to really help me move from losing the weigh to maintenance. I was so unprepared for it. But I also see now how unhealthy mentally it was-I am now trying to learn to eat food normally.

[@deannahaworth7666]

I did lose weight on Optavia it is extremely expensive I actually did get on the diet to help with GERD and it did help alot with that but that being said I never did cut out fruit and healthy food out of my diet and I did see a registered dietitian that helped me transition off Optavia and so far this worked for me

[@joyfuljaj]

This MLM is the biggest one in my circle right now. Even after our criticized it my best friend joined and then I said at least please don't start calling yourself a health coach. Of course she did because that's what they lead you to do. I feel bad that I'm unable to convince people what's wrong with these programs. The obvious ones are when I see people going on and off plan because they meet a goal but then they gain the weight back so then they ask people to join them in a challenge which I know for optavia means they're starting plan again. They're terrified of food and obsessed with trying to be skinny. I guess genetically I am small I also exercise a good bit. My best friend knows this because we were roommates for 10 years. However when she was doing optavia the first time she saw me in a while her first comment was "wow you're so little." I'm the same size i've always been since she's known me. She definitely had getting skinny or being little on her brain. I had an obsession with that at one point too. I was very close to being diagnosed with an ED when I let that obsession take control. Fortunately once I saw how much weight I had lost I recognized I had a problem and got help. I got an open invite to a training call from another optavia coach I know from college (she basically put the link on her social media). I listened in out of curiosity and most of the call were people talking about their fear of food. They didn't call it fear but they clearly displayed it.

[@echoecho4590]

I'm so glad you didn't get pulled in which would be so hard with so many people around you doing it. The emphasis on skinny is disturbing - it's not health at all, I don't have any qualifications in this but it seems like an eating disorder. I hope you can rescue some friends.

[@SheilaM]

Great video. Please cover Beachbody/Bodi. They are also awful.

[@yatesnutrition]

I've got a video/podcast episode coming out about BODi on 1/16! 🙌🏻

[@catz7679]

Maybe the one good thing you got out of Optavia is possibly don't do fad/quick diets.

[@dorothyjones6274]

So how are you dieting now to keep from gaining?

[@kabee7357]

I joined for my health. I need to lose 40 pounds. What concerns me is the product is bioengineered and processed. Some things like the bars taste like vitamins. I am trying still but I don’t think it’s natural to lose weight so fast. There are some fuelings I love! Some that make me want to throw up.

[@sallyostling]

I have been mysteriously losing weight for the past year. I've had every test I can think of. I've lost 40 lbs and at 50 years old, my body looks like a stretched out popped balloon. It's miserable. I've obviously lost so much muscle as opposed to fat. Ugh.

[@Maguire708Julie]

Thanks for sharing but please don’t post while driving! I popped over from Erin Beis btw

[@dezp87]

I don't think she was driving, if you look at her background it was the same thing throughout the entire interview. I'm pretty sure she was sitting in a parking lot :)

[@lindahopkins51]

It wasn’t a diet, it was a “gift”.🤣

[@massarassa]

😂😂😂

[@annaanderson2242]

WOW! I literally just met someone that talked to me about losing weight and that she could be my "health coach." I've had soooooo many diets fail so I thought 💭 I would research this program myself. I can't thank you enough for putting out this video!!! I have many health issues already and definitely don't need to add to the long list of other major problems! You are God sent! God bless you for coming out and telling the TRUTH to SAVE others! ❤🙏

[@sharigiarraputo3914]

Thank you so much for this. Unfortunately I can relate to everything. It’s not worth feeling good for 5 minutes. Every once in awhile I feel like a brief omg I’d like to try it again and then I see this and I get a reality check. Thank you 😊

[@RachelLongenbaugh]

I am so thankful I came across this episode today. Optavia sucks you in and spits you out - and as a client - I got sucked in again and again and again vowing EVERY time that I would NOT do it again. Diet mindset, cultlike behaviors... all spot on! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@rustynut1967]

Yates needs to learn to speak into the mic.

[@FitnesabyAgnesa]

I was on Optavia for 3-4 months, lost 30 lbs and after that I ve gained back around 40! The JOJO effect is crazy. And totally agree. I was so desperate I never realized how unhealthy is this diet! They asked me to become a coach and now Im so happy I’ve made the decision not to continue. Thank you for this video.

[@angelagrant9163]

Optavia is extremely expensive! I got sucked into buying the products, and thankfully it did not work! I could not afford any of their products, it was ridiculous😮😮

[@jodyvasquez255]

So right! I did Octavia and it is horrible.

[@hellygeer]

Oh, so Optavia is like Monat, they both cause hair loss.

[@kabee7357]

Diarrhea and farting the weird smelling farts.

[@KatrinaArnold-ey5ch]

So, did you lose the weight with the program?

[@stevep.9351]

Sounds to me.... The damn diet works!

[@massarassa]

It’s toxic!

[@gailg31]

Sounds to me....starvation!

[@KristySeeley]

Wow. As a former “coach” this is unfortunately spot on. I got out too when I finally realized how cult-like it is! 🫣

[@KatrinaArnold-ey5ch]

So, did you lose the weight with the program?