Hey there!

I have a question for you.  Are you one of those people who gets depressed when you’re single on Valentine’s Day?  Do you go out of your way to find a man before V-Day, just so you won’t be alone?  If this sounds like you, you need to grab some scissors and cut it out!  Wallowing is never attractive and neither is the smell of desperation. Get out of that V-Day funk and do what I do when I find myself by myself on Cupid’s day.

• Who needs chocolate and roses?  I’ll pass on the empty calories and dead roses and go for something more permanent like some sexy perfume or hot shoes!  Treat yourself, don’t cheat yourself.  Yes, it’s nice to have someone tall, dark, and handsome shower you with gifts, but when he’s MIA, I make sure I keep myself feeling awesome by showering myself with a trinket or three.  Men love a woman who can take care of themselves and your confidence will be like a moth to the flame…very attractive!
• Pass the pink panties…the drink that is!  I invite my other single gal pals over for some libations, light apps, and heavy conversation.  V-Day is the perfect time to reconnect with old or new friends if you don’t want to be alone.  Friends, drinks, food, and laughter…the spice of life!
• If a group of gabbing gals sounds too overwhelming, I just pick up my bestie for some one on one girl time.   We make a reservation at our favorite restaurant and amidst all the googly eyed couples; we laugh, talk, and reminisce.  My friendships are just as important, if not more important than any relationship I will have with a man.  Why not use Valentine’s Day to celebrate your love for your friend?

And now some advice for those who do have a special person in their lives…Valentine’s Day is just a day! Don’t place too much emphasis on it   You should be showered with love every day, not just when Hallmark tells you to.   Remember, it’s only as important as you make it out to be.  And with that said, I’m off to spend some time with my new Beau.  Single or not, make sure you have a Happy Valentine’s Day!  Don’t forget to sprinkle!  Oh…I almost forgot. Andy Cohen of Bravo invited me to host a Valentine’s Day special where I will five relationship advice to fans, viewers, and even a few Bravo Reality Stars.  Tune into Bravo at 10pm, eastern/pacific time.  Want to win my SENSA Love Package complete with Berry Quench, Berry Chews, an autographed picture of yours truly, and a Red “Sprinkle Me Skinny” Decanter?  Just tell me what you love about yourself in the comments below.  The gals at SENSA will pick  one winner randomly on Wednesday, February 15 at 4pm, PST.    You can also enter on Twitter! Just post “Happy Valentines Day @sensaweightloss @pattistanger” to enter!  Good luck!

XOXO,

Patti Stanger

Do you have a fear of failure that keeps you from reaching your goals?  Do you self-sabotage any endeavor because of this fear?  You’re not alone!  There are many people who have this paralyzing fear and are ready to make a change.  I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “change starts from within” before, so I won’t say it again.  I want to instead talk about attitude. Your attitude does predict your altitude.  If you go into a situation thinking that you’re going to fail, you probably will!  When obstacles arise and you start to doubt yourself, then you’re setting yourself up for failure.

Let’s take the life of Abraham Lincoln as an example of someone that persevered through hardships and refused to fail.  An uneducated man who failed at business twice, suffered through the deaths of his fiancee and three sons, and won only two of the nine public offices he ran for, never gave up.  He followed his dreams all the way to the White House and became the 16th President of the United States.  Failure was NEVER an option and it shouldn’t be for you either!  If you think about it, Abraham Lincoln’s many failures and setbacks can be a metaphor for those looking to lose weight and have failed time and time again.  Many of you have developed a fear failure and cannot bring yourself to try one more weight loss program.    Think about this before you let failure take over: “Accepting failure in the positive sense becomes effective when you believe that the right to fail is as important as the right to succeed.”-John Maxwell.    If you don’t move past your fear of failing by taking those first steps then you will never have a chance to succeed.  Here are my 5 ways to overcome fear of failure:

1. Take baby steps-  Little changes can yield big results.  Just incorporating SENSA into your routine can bring about a huge change.  Open your SENSA Kit and listen to your DVD.  Make sure you consistently sprinkle SENSA on every meal and snack.  Drink plenty of water.  Most importantly, stop eating when you feel full.
2. Embrace your strengths instead of focusing on your weaknesses-Write down everything you’re good at.  It doesn’t have to have anything to do with weight loss.  You’re a great parent.  You are patient.  You are an awesome friend.  When you start to get down on yourself, or scared of failing, take out that piece of paper and read it to give yourself a boost.
3. Change your self talk!  Negative words bring about negative actions.  If you want to win and succeed at this program you have to start speaking positive things into existence. You can do this!  You have the courage to try!  You will NOT fail!  Positive mantras help you reach your goals, so adopt them for yourself.  Remember, thoughts become things!
4. Set yourself up for success-Make a plan and align yourself with like minded people that will help you reach your goals.  The SENSA Community is a great place to find new friends that will encourage you to succeed.  Take a before picture, take your measurements, and weigh yourself so you know where you are beginning.  Then, from that point on, focus on being consistent.  Pack a lunch and some snacks so you won’t be caught hungry at 3pm.  Prepare your meals in advance and make sure to always to have snacks handy.  Carry your shaker with you at all times so you never forget.The last thing you want to do is find yourself in front of the vending machine starving and desperate enough to eat whatever is handy.  Make sure your cabinets are filled with food that will help you reach your goals.
5. Join the SENSA Beach Challenge!  Get beach ready by summer by entering the challenge and gain access to free content and support tools that will help you reach your goals.  You’ll get weekly motivational challenges, dedicated groups and forums, plus customized meal plans and weight trackers so you can see your progress.  Plus, you will have the chance to win awesome prizes monthly.  Everyone who joins the challenge will be entered to win a Sandals Giveaway valued at $2,500!  What are you waiting for?  Join the SENSA Beach Challenge today!

When I started my SENSA journey, I had negative comments tossed my way. This could have been my excuse to stop dreaming big about what I wanted to be and how I needed to feel both physically, emotionally and psychologically.  I decided I was worth giving myself another chance. I determined in my heart not to let anyone intimidate me or deter me from my goals. I realized that my previous failures worked to my advantage. I would try again and again and yet again to accomplish what I had set out to do. My tenacity paid off! I lost 45# in 7 months with SENSA and went from a size 14 to a 4. Like Lincoln, fear of failure was not a concept I embraced but believing all things would work out for me if I hang on until the end.  Don’t let fear of failure stop you from reaching your goals. After all you are worth it!

Keep Sprinkling,

Coach Miriam

Charles J. Givens said, “Achieve success in any area of life by indentifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.” This brings us to understanding the importance of forming habits when we start a new endeavor. Scientists suggest that it takes roughly 30 days to form a new habit and it is done through the practice of one day at a time.  We do this by starting with small changes, allowing ourselves to focus on the task before us and keep it simple.

When I started my SENSA weight-loss program, it required very few changes that I needed to make. I was to sprinkle everything I eat expect liquids. Fortunately when Dr. Alan Hirsch designed SENSA, he understood that establishing a new habit would take time, practice and more than one shaker each month. I must admit it took me all of the 30 days to get in the habit of sprinkling consistently and remembering to leave one shaker at home and carrying the other one in my purse. By the end of the 30 days I felt that I had become successful with using SENSA. Another thing that helped me establish good habits with SENSA was joining the SENSA Community.  I found accountability with like minded-people and the support to help me be successful on my SENSA Journey.

I also had a deep desire to achieve my weight-loss goal of 45 pounds. This in itself was a great motivation for me to stay focused and be consistent. I found the more I fell in love with the challenge of change the more I desired to watch myself grow into this new woman that I always knew lived inside.

Let’s lay out a workable 30 day plan for you to overcome your weight-loss challenges.

1.       Your weight-loss plan takes commitment, dedication and work to be effective.

• Watch SENSA’s Weight-loss DVD
• Set your SENSA shakers in an area where you will not forget to use them and put one in your purse or pocket.
• Join the SENSA Community to talk to other SENSA users about their success and share in the support, encouragement and tips for your success.

2.       Completing the 30 day plan gives you new established habits to continue on your weight-loss journey.

• Sprinkle everything you eat except liquids.
• Drink plenty of water to wash out the toxins and fats and to keep your body hydrated.
• Eat 4-5 meals a day to keep your metabolism running.
• Listen to your body when it signals “satiety” or fullness.”
• Continue practicing daily what you have learned until you reach your goal-weight.

3.       All excuses for quitting or blame-shifting must be eliminated immediately.

• Focus on your weight-loss goal.
• Remember to do this for YOU.
• Remember to apply all the habits you have established for continued success.
• Face the changes you make with sincerity and an honest heart.
• Remember, the health experts say 1-2 pounds per week is healthy weight-loss.
• Take your measurements and weight and record the changes.

4.       Find a friend/s or group to be accountable to on a regular basis.

• Tell him/her your weight-loss goals
• The habits you need to perform in order to be successful.
• Share your struggles and your accomplishment and be open to their feedback.

Paul Harvey said, “You can tell when you are on the road to success. It’s all uphill all the way.”  Be patient on your new weight-loss journey with SENSA. Remember anything worthwhile is worth working for. The changes I made demonstrated to me two things. One, I was worth it and two it was worth the price I had to pay for my progress. I have become a “better me.” What about you, do you have 30 days to get started forming life-long habits to make a better you?

In talking to a young woman about her life, she shared how she has been in a relationship for 5 years and wanted to be with him for life. She mentioned she was afraid of making a long-term commitment for fear of becoming a statistic as another failed marriage. She had heard and seen too much and decided to play it safe and just ride along and if things didn’t go her way she could bail out without too much invested in it.

This story reminded me of how we so often approach a new weight-loss program. We love the excitement of the testimonials and hearing their results. We are drawn to how easy it is to use the product and the science behind it. We take a leap of faith, order the product, put one foot on the gas pedal and keep one foot on the break. I believe Michael Korda’s statement sums it up, “Success on any scale requires you to accept responsibility…In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.”

Let’s see what it will take to be a winner on SENSA’s Weight-Loss Program

• Determine the Best Techniques and Set Priorities

If you wait until you feel like it or have enough time, you will never reach your goal. Think about two or three areas of your life that are most important to you. Write them down and determine how you will approach and refine each area of interest to reach your destination. Decide each day, week and month, how you might improve your choices and implement them as part of your daily lifestyle. When you feel the urge to quit reread your list.

• Make a Disciplined Lifestyle Your Goal

In order to make a successful long-term lifestyle change, we need to develop systems and routines that give us a good return. This is not a one-time action or a series of attempts at trying to reach our goal but a self-discipline that habitually repeats an action that breeds success. Write down the benefits of practicing these disciplines and post them where you can see them. Add to your list that quitting is not an option.

• Confront Your Excuses

“Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible,” By Francois de La Rochefoucauld. With that in mind, let’s make a list of all the excuses we are tempted to use to abandon our weight-loss program. Read them over daily. Confront your excuses and dismiss them as they enter your mind. Replace them with a list of what you can do to see that you achieve your goal. This is crucial to your success on SENSA.

• Reward Yourself Only When the Job is Done.

How many times have you put your plans in place, started the process by making good choices and before long you are feeling really good about all you have accomplished and rewarded yourself too soon? All of a sudden you find yourself taking two steps forward and three steps back. Make a list of reward/s that you would like to give to yourself once you have finished reaching your weight-loss goal. Include short-term and long-term goals to give you incentives along the way. But never reward yourself until the job is done and try not to reward yourself with food.

• Stay Focused on Your Results

We have a tendency to look at how long it is going to take us to lose our weight. We become discouraged when it is taking too much of our time, inconveniencing us, or the work is more than we bargained for. We are unwilling to pay the price to reap the benefits of our labor. When you find yourself headed in this direction, get your focus back on the results and think about what you are trying to achieve and do the things you set out to do in the first place.

My journey with SENSA took me 7 months to achieve my weight-loss goal. I ordered SENSA’s 6 Month Weight-Loss Program and joined the SENSA Community. I never took my eyes off of my goal. My results were based on my focus throughout the 7 months of my journey and the fact that SENSA curbed my appetite, diminished my cravings and taught me portion control. I have been rewarded with developing a discipline that has given me the power to accomplish my dreams for a lifetime. Put an end to your weight-loss problems and join me in making your dreams a reality.  So if you’re ready to get started, you can get $50 off the 6 month Kit through the SENSA Facebook Shop.  Click to HERE to start your journey today…

Keep Sprinkling,

Coach Miriam

“Anyone can dabble, but once you’ve made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it’s very hard for people to stop you.”–Bill Cosby

When I read his statement it reminded me of what was going on inside of me when I heard about SENSA. The science behind it and how it worked with our natural appetite suppressing system, made me take this new weight-loss system seriously. I ordered the SENSA 6 month weight-loss system and made a commitment to succeed!  I could not believe that I still was willing to invest myself and in another weight-loss program. But the answer for me is my passion. I desired to be healthy, happy and finally get rid of the weight I gained over the years. I examined how the quality of my life had diminished due to my weight-gain and how I felt about the way I looked. I decided I was going to make a change. I believed SENSA was going to be the answer for me and that I could do this. My journey with SENSA and my desired goals became a reality. The bottom-line is if you believe you can, you can.

Let’s look at what it takes to turn your passion into a reality.

• Passion Is the First Step to Reaching Your Goals.

My desire was to be healthy again. My knee felt like it had a knife in it and it hurt to walk. I wanted to raise my 3 grandchildren with energy, flexibility and vision. I had a desire to display a beauty and youthful appearance for my husband of almost 44 years. I found the stronger my love was for each one of these areas, the greater my desire increased and it developed my passion to reach my potential. Great desire brings great results; mine was 45lbs lost in 7 months, no more knee or foot pain and an overall feeling and appearance I had desired for a long time was achieved.

• Passion Fuels Your Willpower

I have gone to many people and organizations to get answers to my life problems and one in particular was losing weight. I was always looking for a way to enjoy eating and “be like everyone else.” Each time I sought out another avenue of dieting, my passion was met with restrictions and rules that were like water poured on a fire.  But my desire to want to feel good and look good was such a deep passion that it fueled my will to keep looking for an answer. I found it with SENSA. It curbs my appetite, diminishes my cravings and teaches me portion control without compromising my lifestyle. Let’s face it…there is no substitute for passion.

• Passion Changes You From the Inside Out

I remember the day my passion was fueled. I just finished my morning shower and thought if something didn’t happen pretty soon I was just going to get bigger and my body was going to hurt more. While fixing breakfast and watching TV, there was a commercial on SENSA. It pulled at my heart strings as I listened to the simplicity, the safety and science behind it. I said out loud, “I am going to order it right now!” My husband said, “You are not going to spend money on that are you?” I followed my passion and forfeited what someone else thought I should do. I picked up the phone and my desire to win this battle determined my destiny.

• Passion Makes the Believer Know You Can

When I reflect on my journey with SENSA, I realize that if I believe I can, I can. The desires of my heart developed a deep passion to see that one day I would find a product or system that worked for me. My passion was fueled by my will to make my weight-loss, health and overall well-being a reality. The influences in my life at the time could have caused me to quit but instead my passion became the driving force to make this work. In order to get the support needed for this endeavor I aliened myself with like-minded people on the SENSA Community. What will it take for you to say to yourself, if I believe I can, I can?

Is passion a characteristic of your life? You can do this, I know you can! As your coach, I will lead the way.

Don’t forget to sprinkle!

Coach Miriam

Starting a new weight-loss program usually elicits one of two responses in us. One is a Dreamer’s mindset to look at what you will be when you finish the program and the Doers looks at the amount of work it will take and the commitment required to finish the race.  Let me tell you the difference between the two…

Our dreams make us reach for the stars, thinking of the future with hope and longing. We begin looking in our closet for the clothes that used to fit us and get excited over the possibilities. Excited, we begin sharing with our significant other, family and friends about our new weight-loss program. Sometimes, our dreams of finally reaching our ideal weight are met with discouraging comments like; “you have failed at every diet you have tried, so why are you going to do this again?”  Or, “you are going to spend more money on another diet that won’t work any better than the last one you were on?”  Even though you’re determined to beat this weight loss thing once and for all, you find yourself becoming depressed, discouraged and powerless to those you looked to for support and encouragement.  Their words become your reality. You begin hiding your SENSA so that others will not say anything to you, even skipping a sprinkle or two so you won’t have to take your shaker out in public. Your lack of commitment in the face of negativity and not being consistent with the product gives you poor results. Only too soon your dream is over, and those feelings of excitement are replaced by depression…the cycle continues.

On the other hand, we have those that are doers. The difference between dreamers and doers is the attitude of perseverance in the face of adversity.  We never turn our eyes from the goal. The determination we feel empowers us and fuels our desire to be successful. We encounter others without any faith in what we are doing or trying to accomplish, and it  motivates us even more to reach our goals!  We prepare, we seek out advice, and we maintain a positive attitude, even through setbacks and temptations. Their goal is filled with commitment and determination to live out their dreams and make it a reality.

You may be wondering what is required to make a commitment and stick to it.  When you look deep within your soul and find that your heart is ready to commit to the task before you, no matter what! There are certain things that motivate each of us. But it starts with the heart and realizing you cannot stay where you are, feeling the way you feel and looking the way you look. If you really want to change, first look into your heart and see if your commitment is truly there.

Take Action!

• Living out what you believe is hard to do unless we live it one day at a time. It takes getting outside of our comfort zone and pushing past the point of comfortable to make significant changes. Using motivators like a new outfit or a special anniversary help you stick to your guns. Find your weaknesses and doing the opposite, which means taking accountability for your actions…good or bad! Joining an encouraging support group like the SENSA Community will help you stay focused and also help you stay accountable. Are you someone that just talks about your dreams or are you someone that puts into action what you believe and are willing commit to?

Get Results!

• David McNally says it so well, “Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down.” We are all facing opposition and obstacles in one way or another and the biggest one is ourselves. Our tendency to use negative self-talk or listen to the negative words of others is self-defeating and only perpetuates the feelings of failure and depression. From time-to-time, we are going to feel defeated but when that happens and you have nothing to motive you, let your commitment keep you on course and live out your dream.  Make sure you set goals that are attainable and personal.  They have to be YOUR goals…not your boyfriends, husbands or friends.  They have to be goals that make you try things you never tried before!  When you set attainable goals and persevere through the pain, you WILL succeed.  Remember, everything worth having is worth fighting for.  Are you ready to fight?  Are you ready to be an active participant in your own dream?  I hope so!

Don’t forget to sprinkle!  May your journey with SENSA be one of the best decisions you ever made….it sure has for me!

Coach Miriam

How many of you ask, “How do I get motivated? I have failed at so many diets in the past. What do I do to get started and what do I do to finish with success?” These are important questions. They can produce a winning attitude or bring us to a standstill in reaching our weight-loss goal.

I find that we all have either been restrained either by other’s life-limiting thoughts about what we can or cannot achieve or we the self-imposed limitations we have put upon ourselves in our thoughts, actions and ultimately our results.  When it comes to weight loss and the work involved in achieving success, some of us make the mistake of constructing an attitude that can cost us dramatically. We find ourselves afraid of breaking through the barriers that hold us back and maybe even scared of what will happen if we do succeed.  Our goal needs to be one of determination and driven by a winning attitude.

Today, I want to give us a push in the right direction by giving us some simple rules for achieving success on SENSA.

Rule 1: Maintain a winning attitude when the scale doesn’t move or the inches don’t fall away.

Our tendency is to quit when the going gets tough and the results are not seen in our own time-frame.  When it comes to a new weight-loss product everyone is different. Our body needs to make the proper adjustments to accommodate a new weight-loss product. Our attitude is most critical at this time. Panicking and making bad attitude decisions will only sabotage our efforts.

Rule 2: Remember the adjustment period will not last forever.

Our tendency is to give into the old temptations. Food has become a source of comfort to many of us when defeat sets in. But instead, keep your eyes on your goal and remember what brought you to trying SENSA in the first place. Today is what matters, so hold steady and do not waiver from your goal.  A drowning man does not focus on tomorrow and but instead keeps his eyes on weathering the storm at the moment with sheer determination and a winning attitude.

Rule 3: Put a plan of action in place before life-stressors arrive.

Many of the stressors in our life can be avoided with simple planning. We have tired many diets and accumulated much knowledge. We have spent much of our time wasted by not understanding the facts about the course we are on. Ask yourself, “Do I know someone with a successful experience with this product? Have I learned enough about this product to direct my course effectively? Have I allowed my body as much time as I have the stressors in my life? Have I gathered enough facts about this journey to make a proper decision?” The key to your success is giving you as much time as you need to make a right decision.

Rule 4: Keep in touch with the SENSA SUCCESS People.

We all have tried to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. We use our independence as a defense mechanism and insist we don’t need any help. Unfortunately we soon find out two are better than one and get a good return for their work. So whether we are experiencing turmoil or calm, we need to connect on a daily basis with those who have gone before us and have weathered the storm with a winning attitude. Visit the SENSA Community and of course Coach Miriam. We are ready and eager to help YOU make your SENSA journey a success.

I hope my tips have helped you adopt a winning attitude so you can be one of next SENSA Success Stories!

Keep Sprinkling!

Miriam

Dear SENSA users and those that are considering this wonderful product as a tool for your weight-loss challenge; don’t wait any longer while struggling with trying to figure out what to do and how to use it. I have done all of these things by determining in my mind I was going to be successful and it paid off. Now I want to help you have the same success.  

Here are my tips for successful weight loss with SENSA:

1. Get as much support, encouragement and help as you can. Some people have great support in their home with family members cheering them on but others have no one to give them the moral support they need.  Understanding this concept, SENSA created a mySENSA.com, a free online community forum where SENSA users gather together to share their struggles and encourage those with common interests and challenges.
2. Be willing to learn and challenge yourself to move outside of your comfort zone. There are those that have gone before you and have become successful.  What did they do that worked? What changes do you need to be successful?  How much time do you need to give yourself to accommodate a new weight-loss product?
3. Apply the principles that have proven to work for others. Simple tasks like, sprinkle everything you eat, listening to your body when it STARTS to feel full then STOP eating, and drinking plenty of water to wash out the toxins and impurities are the keys to success on SENSA. Sprinkle on top of your food so that your receptors in your nose pick up the smell of the tastants.
4. Remember, everyone is different. Some lose weight before they lose inches and some lose inches before they lose weight. Your body will work at its own pace and cannot be put on a time table. You did not gain your weight over night and will not take it off over night. The health experts say that losing one to two pounds per week is healthy weight-loss.  Make sure you take your measurements too!
5. Sprinkling the tastants consistently brings a good return. Starting new habits can both be time consuming and frustrating.  Get creative and put some sticky notes on the fridge and the plate and silverware you will be using at your next meal. Put a shaker on your table or next to your work area. Put one shaker in your purse or pocket for when you eat out. If you have an alarm on your cell phone set it for when you are out to go off as a reminder to sprinkle your food. Set the timer in your home at the time you will eat so you remember to sprinkle.
6. Sprinkling methods for success. Sprinkle your solid-food on top. If you find your tastants to do not stick, sprinkle a little water on top of your bread and spread it around and sprinkle or turn the sandwich on its side and sprinkle. For some fruit you can dampen your plate and roll your fruit and then sprinkle. For semi-solid food like yogurt, ice cream, pudding and things like this, sprinkle layer by layer. Always sprinkle evenly across the top of your. Change your tastants at the end of each month and mark the top of your container with the date at the beginning of the month.
7. Things NOT to do with your tastants. Never mix the tastants into your food. Never sprinkle and eat later but always sprinkle and eat immediately. Never sprinkle your food with the tastants and put it into the oven or microwave. Never sprinkle on liquids or your tastants will fall to the bottom and become ineffective.

I hope my tips have helped you see how simple this really is. Listen, learn, apply and get involved. You have the product, a SENSA Coach, and a free online Community….everything you need to be successful.  Keep sprinkling and stay focused as the best is yet to come!

Coach Miriam lost 45 lbs in 7 months.  Studies show average weight loss of 30.5 lbs in 6 months.

Mother’s Day is here again and the celebration of life, friendship, and motherhood begins.  A mother is undoubtedly one of the most influential people in a child’s life. Her example of what it means to be a mother is seen whether it is your own mother or someone you look up to that has been with you and made an impact throughout your life.  I have the pleasure of rearing my three grandchildren and sharing in the most important years of their lives. But, making each day’s workload move as smoothly and efficiently as possible, requires much thought, preparation, consistency and dedication with a purpose.  The effort and inspiration a mother offers to her children results from her own creative thoughts and helps develop a natural and very strong bond between a mother and a child. The lessons she teaches her children equips them for life’s many challenges and provides the tools to handle each one as it presents itself whether good or bad.

In my case I found a challenge I had tried to handle many times over and that was my weight. This was an area that I needed to accomplish to be the best I could for each one of these special children.  I was homeschooling one child, another one in 4^th grade and a junior in high school and college in the afternoon.  All of the children have special challenges and needs and therefore many appointments and time on the road was required.  Teaching lessons about how to keep house, prepare meals, interact with one another and be involved in various social events required setting an example in appearance, attitude and scheduling.  But there I was, trying to teach these kids how to eat and act, and I’m carrying around 45 lbs of extra weight, trying to accomplish all that was expected of me.  I had spent many years of my life trying to keep my weight under control but failed over and over again.

One day, as I folding clothes on the kitchen table, a commercial about SENSA® was on the television. My 10 year old granddaughter,  knowing how I was struggling with my weight, asked me if I would like to try SENSA®….and the rest is  history.  I’ve lost 45 pounds with SENSA and have managed to keep it off, even with all my busy schedule and responsibilities.    I could eat what I was already preparing for the family, sprinkle SENSA on it and enjoy my time with my family. The SENSA® weight-loss program is designed with mothers in mind. No more measuring or weighing my food. No more special food plans or expensive foods to buy or prepare in order to lose weight.  Looking back on past diet nightmares…I mean, experiences, I felt so alone and miserable.  I was hungry, miserable, and I had no energy.  On top of that, I had to cook all these yummy meals for my family, then sit down to a bland and boring meal that probably contained little or no nutritional value.   That wasn’t my experience with SENSA.  I bought SENSA®’s 6 month weight-loss program and lost 45 pounds in 7 months, went from a size 14 to a 4 and from 175 to 130 pounds.  I feel good, look good and my energy level is now ready for all the things mothers do the best; loving our children!  I want the mothers reading this to know they are not alone in their weight loss struggle.  There’s a whole SENSA Community out there, sprinkling right along with you, trying to balance being a woman who feels good about herself and a good mother.  You can do it!  Take care of yourself and put your health first.  You and your family will be the better for it!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Coach Miriam

P.S.  Tell me how SENSA has impacted your life as a mother in the comments below and you will be entered into a drawing to win a 2-month Starter Kit and the SENSA Chews!  The winner will be chosen at random Monday, May, 9, at 4pm.

Hi fellow Sprinklers!  I wanted to talk to you all about changing your mindset in order to lose weight with SENSA®.  I have spent a lifetime developing a mind filled with different thoughts and beliefs on diets. I found each time I began a new diet I also needed to incorporate the dos and don’ts that applied to the diet and some from previous diets. I truly believe that a changed mindset is necessary for weight-loss but with that also comes many other lifestyle changes that gradually happen over time. We were created to enjoy the pleasure of different foods and the fellowship with others but in my experience many of these were taken away with each diet.

In order to keep me on track and incorporate a diet into my life I had to learn the rules and regulations of each new program I attempted….talk about information overload.  Isn’t it interesting how much misery we will put ourselves through in order to find the right solution to our problem?  For me it meant trying diet after diet, with more and more restrictions that included, counting, weighing, measuring and pills. I also found myself hungry all the time. I got up hungry. When I finished my meal I was still hungry and found myself looking at the clock and counting how many hours I had before I could eat again and to top it off go to bed hungry. I worked hard at changing my mindset but the only thing that kept me focused was the end result; the reward of being thin and beautiful!

After reaching my goal weight or losing some weight, I told myself, “Now I can eat anything I want but I just need to be careful and try to remember the principles I had learned while on my diet.” Little did I know that the restrictions and the fact that I was starving would take me back to a very familiar place I lived for the past 10 years; eating what I want, when I want and as much as I want. With each new diet it demanded more of me and I found that I was willing to give less to each new endeavor. My mindset was becoming extremely resistant to anything that people said was going to work. The choices I had for trying to lose weight were getting slimmer and slimmer and I was getting bigger and bigger and more desperate than ever to get the weight off for good.  One morning while fixing a snack, Dr. Alan Hirsch appeared on a commercial about a product called SENSA®.  His words made sense to me and I felt a surge of hope that SENSA® just may work for me.  Even though I was still a little skeptical, I picked up the phone and ordered a 6-month Starter Kit and the rest is history.

I lost 45 pounds in 7 months. I went from 175 pounds to 130 pounds. I went from a size 14 to a size 4. I continued to eat the foods I loved and never exercised. I always ate every two to three hours and sprinkled everything I ate except liquids. I would eat 3 small meals and 3 healthy treats. It took me about two weeks to start to lose my cravings and a month before my food intake was cut in half. I lost 8 pounds the first month and 1-2 pounds every week after that with real food and the pleasures I was meant to have while eating.

I am so glad I invested In the 6 month SENSA® program as it taught me portion control, cut my eating in half and took all my cravings away. I had to get out of the mindset where I looked at losing weight like a chore, instead of something that would help me live longer.  SENSA® helped me do change my mindset simply because it wasn’t a chore to use and fit seamlessly in my lifestyle.  You CAN lose weight once and for all!  Just keep sprinkling!

Sincerely,

Coach Miriam