Have you ever tried to lose weight without any outside support?  How successful were you?  Personally, without my friends and family, I wouldn’t be on track to lose 30 pounds in 6 months with SENSA.  Friends are necessary, not just for weight loss, but in life.  We are hard wired to need companionship and acceptance.  We need other people to help us figure out our place in life and who we are.  Now, don’t get me wrong, ultimately, whether you’re successful or not is completely up to you.  You need to sprinkle consistently, you need to make healthier choices, and you need to commit to a healthy lifestyle, but your chances of success are even higher with a cheerleader of two by your side.  So who’s your biggest fan?  Who has supported you through thick and thin (literally and figuratively) and encouraged you to be your best?   Well, SENSA wants to help honor your cheerleader with  the Star of My Life Contest.

The Star of My Life Contest let’s you nominate the friend or family member who has supported you most.  Entering is super easy too!  Just submit a picture of you both and include an original essay about why your friend is the star of your life.  You could win two spa packages and two SENSA Mega Kits valued at over $3,000!!  Nothing says thank you like a massage!!  Just click here to enter!  GOOD LUCK!

Oh, the winners are chosen by the Facebook public so it’s IMPERATIVE that you share, share, share your entry once the voting period begins!

Who’s ready to get their workout on?  Ok…I’m hearing crickets…

I know it’s hard and tiring…and you have to keep doing it, but trust me, once you get started and make exercising part of your life, you will thank me for it.  Generally, when people think about working out, they envision a tortuous hour in the gym, surrounded by shapely, toned women in spandex, hardly breaking a sweat, while they run on the treadmill.  Well, here’s the thing…I don’t run unless I’m being chased or forced to at gunpoint.  I also don’t look cute when I’m working out, and I sweat…a lot.  But, that doesn’t stop me from getting my booty to the gym and working out. I have goals, and so do you…working out will help you reach them.  Not only that, you’ll be happier (oh hey endorphins), stronger (your bones will thank you too when you’re 80), and look better in your clothes (good day muffin top).  Still don’t want to hit the gym?  Well, we got you covered with our new Only 10 Get Moving DVD Series!  Now, you can get your sweat on in the comfort of your own home, without the annoyingly beautiful blonde bouncing next to you…enticed, intrigued, excited?  I know, so am I!

The Only 10 Get Moving DVD Series are led my Petra Kolber, a  ACSM-certified fitness instructor and motivational speaker with over 20 years of experience. One of the leading fitness experts in the world, Petra has choreographed and starred in 25 award-winning fitness DVDs.  She and two of fellow fitness enthusiasts lead you in 10 minute exercise sessions that can fit into anyone’s busy schedule.  Each DVD features a 10-minute Cardio, 10-minute Strength and 10-minute Restore set, plus a special bonus section. Users can do any of the 10-minute workouts to get moving, or mix and match them for a longer total body workout.

The series is built around three progressive levels:

• Level 1: Believe (Running Time Approx. 40 Minutes) – Designed to help users incorporate more physical activity in their everyday life, Believe features simple, straightforward moves, focusing on proper form and helping to improve endurance.

• Level 2: Motivate (Running Time Approx. 41 Minutes)– Designed to inspire users to keep the momentum going, Motivate picks up where Believe (Level 1) left off, raising the intensity level and introducing more dynamic moves for an effective, results-focused workout.

• Level 3: Achieve (Running Time Approx. 44 Minutes)– Designed to empower users to achieve better health, Achieve builds off the moves from Believe (Level 1) and Motivate (Level 2) to help them burn even more calories and reach their fitness goals.

Sounds good right?  We actually got a chance to go a group workout to the DVD’s in the SENSA office, and they were a big hit!  So, what are you waiting for? Go online to http://www.trysensa.com/order-sensa.htm  and get the series today!  Right now we have an amazing deal exclusive to our amazing Facebook Fans called the SENSA Get Fit Kit!  When you order any flavor of QUENCH, you’ll get the SENSA new workout DVD series with simple 10-minute exercise sessions that can fit into even the busiest of schedules. Plus, you’ll also get a SENSA® water bottle so you can stay hydrated on-the-go. I hope you take advantage of this amazing deal!

In the meantime, I am giving 3 lucky readers the chance to win a SENSA Get Fit Kit!  Just leave a comment letting me know how SENSA has helped you get fit!  3 winners will be chosen randomly on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 11am, PST.  Make sure to leave your email address so I can get in touch with you (don’t worry, it’s private, only we can see that).  Good luck and stay motivated!  YOU CAN DO IT!

Yolanda

Hey Sprinklers!

It’s that time of the year again…time to give back and help make someone’s holiday awesome! Do you have a non-profit organization that you like to donate to this time of year? If so, the Share Because You Care Contest is an awesome way to maximize that contribution and earn a little cashola for yourself.

Enter the Share Because You Care Contest today on Facebook and you could win $500 for both your favorite non-profit and $500 for yourself! Entering is super easy. Just click here and enter the name of your fave non-profit along with an original 50-250 word essay on why you believe in the cause and an original photo relevant to your cause. The contest ends December 17, so don’t delay. The winner will be determined by votes from SENSA Facebook Fans who can vote once per day December 17-December 2oth, so make sure you share your entry as much as possible with friends, family, co-workers, or Twitter friends.

The winner will be chosen the week of Dec. 17th, 2012.

Good luck to all who enter!  We wish each and every one of you a Merry, Happy Christmahannukwanzakkah!

Happy Holidays!

Yolanda

When many of  us think of losing weight, we conjure images of bland food, chalky shakes, or meals in a box.  But who can live like that long-term?  That doesn’t sound very fun, and frankly I’d be miserable if that’s all I was able to eat in order to lose weight.  Lucky for you, eating healthy doesn’t have to mean being unhappy.  When it comes to food, variety really is the spice of life, and I’m here to tell you how to get more weight-loss bang for your buck with high satiety foods.

What are high satiety foods you ask?  High satiety foods are whole foods that keep you feeling fuller longer simply because they take longer to digest.  Your body burns more calories digesting whole foods over foods that are marketed as “low-fat”  because most low fat and prepackaged foods are highly processed and contain little nutritional value.  They aren’t whole foods and thus should be avoided.  Most high satiety foods are high in fiber, protein, and contain the good kind of fat known as unsaturated fat.  Eating a diet of high satiety foods can help you avoid mindless snacking, fight those afternoon crashes, and increase your overall productivity throughout the day.  Add SENSA on top of that and watch how much fuller you feel throughout the day!

So what CAN you eat?  You’d be surprised!  Here are the foods you should eat to feel full faster throughout the day and decrease your overall caloric intake:

• Eggs
• Potatoes (sweet potatoes are best)
• Salmon
• Whole-wheat pasta
• Quinoa
• Brown rice
• Broth based soups
• Most vegetables
• Steel-cut oatmeal
• Most fruit
• Beans and egumes
• Lean Protein such as chicken, turkey, and some cuts of beef and pork
• Greek Yogurt
• Nuts, eat no more than 1/4 a cup per day
• Cottage cheese
• Popcorn

For a full food satiety chart and delicious high satiety recipes, click here.  Cutting calories doesn’t mean giving up delicious food.  Food is apart of our lives and it’s time we stop fighting against our natural need to make food taste amazing, and start working with ingredients that make us feel good and are good for us too!  Have a high satiety recipe you would like to share?  Well, you’re in luck because we’re running a Thanksgiving Recipe Contest where the winner could win a new Apple iPad Mini for their creativity.  Entering is easy!  Just go to the SENSA Facebook page, enter your favorite Thanksgiving recipe that we hope is chock full of high-satiety ingredients, and upload a picture of your amazing creation.  The winner will be chosen by a panel of SENSA judges based on creativity, use of high-satiety ingredients, and overall appeal.  Hurry, the contest ends 11/25!  Good luck to you and don’t forget to shake, shake, shake your SENSA!

Stay Awesome!

Yolanda

Ask anyone who has successfully lost weight, and they will tell you that it takes a little creativity, as well as patience, preparation, and a whole new mindset on the process.  Thin

Halloween can be a scary time, for many of us. Not because of the ghouls and goblins that are roaming about,but of  those irresistible little fun sized candy bars that seem to be everywhere! With Halloween, comes tons of candy that we buy and consume, along with the hundreds of calories they add to our daily diet and the inches they add to our waistline. Hopefully, I can change Halloween’s reputation as one of the “Diet Sabotaging Holidays”.  There is actually a healthier side to Halloween!

Here are some tips on having a Happy Healthy Halloween!

1. Take your little ones Trick-or-Treating! Walking at a slow speed (2.5 mph) for 1 hour, burns 156 calories. Think about all the calories that you will burn trekking from house to house! Carrying an infant in your arms increases the amount of calories that you burn.
2. Childhood Obesity is on the rise in America, you can help fight this statistic by offering Trick-or-Treaters healthy alternatives to traditional sugar-laden candy.

• Trick-Or-Treat Alternatives include:
•  Small packages of pretzels
•  Animal Crackers
•  Gold Fish Crackers
•  Low-fat crackers with cheese or peanut butter filling
•  Mini boxes of raisins
•  Cereal Bars
• Trail Mix

3. Pumpkins aren’t just for decorating anymore! They contain several healthy benefits, which include being low in saturated fat and cholesterol. Pumpkins are also great sources of Vitamins E, B1 and B6, folate and dietary fiber. The dietary fiber in pumpkin makes it a high satiety food, which you know we are big on here at SENSA! In addition to these benefits, a study in the Journal of Medicinal Food, found that pumpkin seed oil may help to lower blood pressure and help to protect the cardiovascular system. So what are you waiting for? Grab that pumpkin and get cooking!! Be sure to think outside the box, pumpkins are good for more than a traditional pumpkin pie! Try pumpkin in your salad or soup and my personal favorite, toasting the seeds for a delicious snack.

4. Let’s not forget the aspect of Halloween that I love the most, CREATIVITY!  Why should children have all the fun ? Not only is letting your creative juices flow fun, it engages the brain. Even if you’ve outgrown the urge to dress up for Halloween, there is no reason why you can’t enter our Halloween Contest by dressing up your SENSA. Trust me it’s tons of fun and you’ll have a chance to win our Grand Prize, $500!  Entering is easy, just go to the SENSA Facebook Page and upload a picture of your dressed-up SENSA Shaker. A winner will be chosen randomly Nov. 5th, 2012.  Good Luck!

Shake, shake, shake!

Miz Miller

Hey Sprinklers!

Check out this awesome new promotional cup we are sampling at SENSA Corporate. It’s 24 oz, perfect for smoothies, and it has the phrase “KEEP CALM AND SPRINKLE ON” on the front…cool right? The best part, fill it up 3 times and you’ve drank your required daily amount of water!

We have a few extra lying around, so I thought I’d share the love. If you would like to give win one, just post how you’re able to “Keep Calm and Sprinkle On” with SENSA when you’re having a bad day in the comments below. 10 lucky sprinklers will be picked randonly on Tuesday, September 18, at 3pm, PST to win their very own Lemon Quench filled cups!

GOOD LUCK!

P.S. Entrants must post their email address to be contacted!  Winners must reside in the U.S.

Many of you already know about SENSA Quench, the energizing vitamin drink that has become the obsession of the SENSA office as well as a favorite drink of celebrities like Kimora Lee Simmons and stylists Jessica Parker.  For those who don’t know, SENSA Quench is a yummy way for you to manage your weight and energy levels on the go.  Using the best ingredients in nature such as green tea and  powerful nutrient blend of antioxidant vitamins A, C, D, B6 and B12, you can increase your energy and enhance your metabolism safely.  Well, we’re very proud to introduce to new flavors of this amazing drink to you all.  Introducing……

Luscious Lemonade and Strawberry Rush!  These two new flavors have quickly become the new office favorites!  They are so amazingly tasty and are a great way to get through those afternoon slumps.  The best part is they still count towards your daily water intake, so for those who don’t like drinking water, there are no excuses now!

Check out our other flavors too……..

Want to win all 5 flavors of SENSA Quench along with a SENSA Beach Water bottle?  Just tell us how you are making healthy changes with SENSA in the comments below and we’ll randomly pick three winners on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 11am, PST.  You must be live in the United States and provide your email address to win.  GOOD LUCK!

The public has spoken!  You all have selected Sean Q. as the Grand Prize Winner of the SENSA $30K Slim-n-Win Contest by a landslide!!  Congratulations Sean!!  Check out what he won…

Sean lost over 30lbs on SENSA and has an inspiring transformation story. After being chosen as a finalist, he created a social media fury to get the votes he needed to win the contest…over 200+ votes over the second runner up!

Here’s a breakdown of the final votes:

Sean Q – 2041

Madison M – 1837

Vickie H – 1283

Melissa W – 414

Brittney A – 137

We are so proud of everyone who entered the contest and want to send a big shout out to the finalists for some creative campaigns.  Great Job!  Click here for Sean’s Story…

Hi Sprinklers!

My, how this year has flown by!  Actually, since I’ve started working with SENSA, time has flown and we have grown at such a rapid pace it’s hard to keep up sometimes.  Can you believe we went from one core product, the SENSA sprinklers, to the different multitude of products that we now offer to support your weight loss journey in just 4 years?!  Yes, SENSA is celebrating it’s 4 year Anniversary on July 17th!!  And what a celebration it will be!

There are so many things we have accomplished in these four years since SENSA’s inception.  From adding more products such as SENSA Quench, to our growing online Community, to our expanding list of supporters on Facebook, we have so much to be proud of…and it’s all because of you!  So, we thought we would take this time to say thank you!  Thank you for your support!  We know many of you were skeptical, but, you took a chance on one last weight loss product and for that we thank you!  Thank you for giving us honest feedback which we used to help expand our products and improve our service!  Thank you for sharing your awesome success stories and making us proud to work for a company that has helped so many people!  Thank you for an amazing four years!

We want to show our appreciation by offering a special SENSAversary Kit!  We’re practically giving away the 2 month Kit, plus SENSA Orange Crush Quench, Berry Burst Chews, and a fun summer themed water bottle for….well, the price is a secret that we’ll reveal July 17th.  Just know that you’re getting this steal of a deal for more than 40% off the retail price!   This is a special for Facebook Fans only though and it’s only for 24 hours, so if you haven’t, high tail it over to theSENSA Facebook Page and hit that “LIKE” button.  Then check back on July 17th to see the amazing price for this awesome kit!  Supplies are limited on this 24 hour deal, so don’t miss out!

In the meantime, we wanted to show our loyal SENSA Blog readers some love, so we’re going to give away 3 special gifts.  Tell us in the blog comments how SENSA has helped you and why you love it.  We’ll randomly choose 3 winners to receive a PackIt Lunch bag/Cooler, a package of Chocolate Fudge Chews, and a box of Tropical Breeze Quench on Monday July 16th at 4pm.  Again, thank you all for your support!  We couldn’t do this without you!

Team SENSA

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