Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Apr. 01, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 18, 2012	Jun. 30, 2014 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 FragMob LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 FragMob LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Chief Strategy Officer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ViSalus [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 President and Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 noncontrollinginterestservice [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 noncontrollinginterestservice [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 noncontrollinginterestservice [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 noncontrollinginterestservice [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member] Chief Strategy Officer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member] Chief Strategy Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired		50.00%		80.90%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	0.00%				1.80%			0.60%		0.10%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Amount	$ 146,667,000		$ 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	0.06				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	900,000					200,000	300,000	500,000	700,000
Operating Leases, Income Statement, Sublease Revenue	$ 100,000