Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 18, 2012	Mar. 31, 2014 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest	Mar. 31, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest	Mar. 31, 2014 FragMob LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Chief Strategy Officer [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ViSalus [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 President and Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 noncontrollinginterestservice [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 noncontrollinginterestservice [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member] Chief Strategy Officer [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Maximum [Member] ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member] Chief Strategy Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired			80.90%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	0.00%			1.80%				0.60%		0.10%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Amount	$ 146,635,000	$ 146,603,000	$ 143,200,000	$ 500,000				$ 4,500,000	$ 34,300,000	$ 13,200,000
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Recorded Liability								243,521	368,159
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Cash Award Granted, Amount								487,042	736,317
Common stock outstanding, ownership percentage				36.00%
Officers' Compensation														500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross	358,000													620,125
Percent Of Annual Target Bonus Opportunity Equal To Base Salary														100.00%	200.00%
Granted, Shares														507,375
Related Party Transaction, Estimated Cost Of Services To Be Provided For Rlelated Party	1,100,000
Dividend Percent of Share				0.018					0.046		0.001			0.006
Acquisition investment percentage	0.00%								0.00%	0.00%		2.70%
Amount paid for service							500,000					300,000	500,000
Operating Leases, Income Statement, Sublease Revenue					$ 43,600	$ 42,800