Robin,

My aunt sells and takes Advocare (incedentally we're in Texas too). She's popping aprrox 20 pills/day. To me, that just doesn't seem very healthy right there alone. She has lost approx 20 lbs, but my mom, who does NOT use Advocare and has been doing Atkins since my aunt started Advocare has lost approx the same amount of weight just by low carbing without spending a fortune and gagging on pills. Seriously, my aunt takes 5-6 pills before every meal. But she is not adopting a healthy eating lifestyle, so what's going to happen when she stops taking all those pills??? My guess is that b/c she hasn't learned to eat better that it'll all come back. My mom has more energy and is losing weight the right way. Hope this helps. I'd probably look into it a little more before spending all that money on it.

-Melissa : )