The Truth About Optavia - Optavia Diet Review from a Dietitian

Let’s agree right here & now that we’ll all JUST SAY NO to Optavia⁉️🤬‼️
I cover all the major red flags of this extremely restrictive weight-loss diet in the form of an MLM, but quick recap:
👎800-1000 cal / day = actual insanity (aka, starvation)
👎 Fuelings are NOT food. In fact, that’s not even a word…
👎 …but it IS a dietary supplement, meaning there’s minimal oversight and no evaluation of safety & efficacy by the FDA…so there’s that.
👎A weight-loss MLM?!? 😱🥴
🔥HARD. PASS.🔥
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Jackie is a Registered Dietitian (RD), New York State Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist (CDN), author, brand consultant and media spokesperson in relentless pursuit of making better health and wellbeing accessible to all.
As the former Head of Nutrition & Wellness for WW (formerly, Weight Watchers), she was responsible for championing nutrition science through communication across consumer-facing programs, content platforms, strategic partnerships, consumer products and experiences. She also served as the brand’s consumer health & wellness media spokesperson, bridging the gap between scientific research into real-life application.
Prior to joining WW, Jaclyn served as Good Housekeeping’s nutrition director, responsible for the creation, execution, and oversight of the brand’s nutrition-related content across media platforms, including meal prep and planning content; nutrition and health news; food and beverage product reviews, and Good Housekeeping Seal applications in the food space.
In 2016, she championed the launch and strategic development of the Good Housekeeping Food and Nutrition Brand Lab and Good Housekeeping Nutritionist Approved Emblem and incubator program. Jaclyn served as nutrition and wellness media spokesperson, appearing on national TV segments on TODAY, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Inside Edition, and CBSN.
Jaclyn received her Bachelor’s degree in European History and Dance from Northwestern University; earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University, and was an adjunct professor in nutritional biochemistry at Touro College (NYSCAS). She completed her dietetic residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital, and served as senior clinical dietitian, specializing in nutritional interventions for brain injury, stroke, neurological disorders, and rehabilitation. During her stint in the clinical setting, she was responsible for the development and implementation of the hospital’s employee weight loss program; diagnostic criteria for malnutrition, and collaborated with researchers on a developing clinical trial examining the effects of diet on the gut microbiome of Multiple Sclerosis patients. In the evenings, she counseled clients at the private practice Nutrition Energy, focusing on nutrition therapy for sports, weight-management, diabetes, heart disease, and metabolic/endocrine shifts (and diagnoses) through adulthood.
Since pivoting to a career in media in 2014, Jaclyn’s focused on translating clinical and epidemiological research findings into digestible information and realistic, tangible strategies for anyone and everyone looking to live healthier, discover food freedom, and feel more like themselves. Her book, Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked): 11 Science-Based Ways to Eat More, Stress Less, and Feel Great About Your Body, was released in January 2019.

[@acz6017]

Did she just say according to Reddit it’s horrible? 😂😂

[@tomyfamily1]

I went on Optivia last summer 2022. My wife and I did it as a team and I lost 74lbs. What they don't tell you is this. If you slip up too many times. Your body will have trouble getting back on track. The weight will come back aggressively and it will mess with your mind. I also quit smoking while on Optivia. So I've sadly gained back about 29lbs of the 74 I lost. I became desperate to get this 29lbs back off and I feel like I lost this battle.

[@MichelleNovalee]

But you’re still down 45 lbs, right? How are you doing now?

[@tomyfamily1]

@MichelleNolee hey Michelle, sadly, I've gained a bit more. We linked up with a nutritionist, and she showed us how we mindlessly picked up an oral fixation habit after quitting smoking. So I pick up another 10lbs, but good news I've already lost that 10lbs and rolling back down again. The hard way. This time we joined a counseling group to help with the food addiction to help us keep off the weight. Thanks for checking!😀

[@MichelleNovalee]

@@tomyfamily1 well that’s amazing you were able to lose the 10lbs you gained already. I would love to lose 20lbs.

[@tomyfamily1]

@@MichelleNovalee we're all on a journey to better ourselves. We don't have to meet to take this journey together. You can do it.

[@guccideltaco]

So sad; my sister in law owns a successful Pilates studio, but she is now into this scam. She keeps posting pics of people who have lost all kinds of weight (even though it says the avg. loss is only about 12lbs.), and I overheard her talking to another relative about it a few months ago. She herself has lost weight, but she doesn't seem as happy as she used to be before; I suspect it's lack of energy because she's starving herself on those "fuelings". Her husband is no help, as he's been a serial bro-bot for YEARS, so of course he supports wifey's foray into this world.

[@deborahdonnelly8423]

Except my GI DOC coaches. So it can’t be nutritionally be that bad

[@cherther13]

👌👌👌✅

[@stevep.9351]

And the fact these diets put you out of business has nothing to do with your review! Right?

[@johnnyjohnson6273]

False information.

[@dixiech1ck]

I went on Medifast in college. By month 6i was in the hospital for an eating disorder. Don't do it.