Like most everyone I started my SENSA journey as a skeptic. I was probably the most skeptical of all who have ever tried this product. You see, I was a self-proclaimed “professional” dieter. Any diet plan, product or fad that was out there I had tried it. High carb, low carb, low fat, food restrictive, medically supervised diets, diet pills…both prescription and over the counter…just to name a few. I could tell you the fat, carb and calorie content of most any food just as easily as I could tell you my name.
You would think one with all that information would not have a problem losing weight, huh? You are right. I didn’t always have trouble losing. My problem was maintaining that loss. So what was I doing wrong? I didn’t learn the answer to this question until I found SENSA. It was simple. SENSA allowed me to eat some of the foods I enjoyed. On food restrictive diets the foods I was deprived of became the foods I craved many times to the point of obsession. No one enjoys being told they can’t have something they enjoy. This only made me want them more. While using SENSA if I craved a particular food surprisingly I could have it. What kind of diet is that? I discovered what I had been looking for all along. SENSA was not a diet! It was an opportunity for a much welcomed and needed lifestyle change. What I quickly discovered, while sprinkling SENSA consistently on all my food, my appetite was steadily diminishing while my cravings for sweet and salty snacks had disappeared. With these cravings gone and my food portions shrinking I found myself shrinking too.

As I mentioned earlier my skepticism when beginning SENSA had me with little to no expectation of losing weight. I started SENSA at 149 pounds with a half-hearted goal of just maybe losing 14 pounds. All my adult life my weight had fluctuated between 135 and 150. So, my thoughts were if it worked and I lost the 14 pounds I would once again be happy at 135 pounds. If it didn’t work I wouldn’t be too disappointed. Hard to be disappointed with such low expectations anyway, huh? Well….with SENSA I lost those 14 pounds in just over two months! Additionally, I was feeling better and my energy level was through the roof. Needless to say this got my attention. I thought if I can do this without dieting what would my results be if I started eating healthier and began setting mini goals for myself? The eating healthier part was easy because once my cravings for sweets and salty snacks diminished, I was already replacing those foods with healthier alternatives and was satisfied with smaller portions. This is when I realized that SENSA was not only helping me lose weight but teaching me how to eat and live a sustainable lifestyle along the way. This was a lesson I never learned during all my years of “professional” dieting. With this knowledge I was no longer a skeptic. SENSA had my full attention. I began setting mini goals, adding even more healthy foods to my diet, drinking water…. and lots of it! I have always been fairly active so I didn’t change my exercise routine. My mini goals were five pounds at a time. Each five pounds became a celebration. Not with food but with a new smaller sized piece of clothing added to my wardrobe! My big goal was to lose 30 pounds by December 25. That would be exactly six months from when I began my SENSA journey. Thirty pounds would put me at 119 pounds, my lowest ever adult weight. What an awesome Christmas present that would be! Happily on Christmas day I had reached that goal. Not only had I now lost 30 ugly pounds, I had lost weight during summer vacations, birthday parties, Thanksgiving and Christmas while, with the help of SENSA, still enjoying yummy foods with my friends and family.

After Christmas come New Year resolutions. Everyone makes them and they are usually to lose weight. So, I made one…..yes, and it was to lose weight. My resolution was to reach the weight that had been on my driver’s license since I was sixteen years old. I was only four pounds away. I had never made a New Year’s resolution to lose only a few pounds. What I thought would be the final goal of my SENSA weight loss journey was gone by Valentine’s Day. At age 52 I found myself looking down at the bath scale and seeing the weight I gave the DMV when I got my first driver’s license at 16 years old…I weighed 115’s!!! In seven months, while consistently using SENSA, making healthy food and lifestyle choices, I had lost 34’#’s, I was down from 149 to 115, size 12 to size 4. I had not only reached but exceeded what had previously been unobtainable with previous attempts at weight loss. Now I had to make a decision. Would I maintain my new weight with the healthy lifestyle SENSA had taught me on this journey? Or would I continue using SENSA? I chose both! To my surprise over the next few months I even lost an additional 10 pounds bringing my final weight loss to an unbelievable 44 lbs., weight of 105 and dress size to 0/2!!! Looking back do I have any regrets? Yes. I wish I had pushed my skepticism aside and tried SENSA sooner. So, does SENSA work? I would definitely say YES! I am now living life to its fullest. I retired my former career as a “professional dieter.” My focus is no longer on my weight, dress size or what I eat. I continue to enjoy the food I love and live my healthier, happier SENSA lifestyle.

My weight has always been a struggle for me. I’ve tried traditional diets over the years, but none of them worked. You see, if you tell me I can’t eat something, I’ll obsess over it and end up overeating! So whenever I would try to lose weight on one of those restrictive diets, I would just end up gaining the weight right back.

To me, though, it’s not about the number on the scale. I want to be healthy and SENSA® has been the perfect tool for me in helping me reach my goals. SENSA® helps me eat less without having to make any drastic changes or sacrifice the foods that I love.

Here I am 5 months later, and I’ve already lost 20 pounds. I feel great, and I’m eating less and living healthier! I’m really just getting started, but I know I’ll get there with SENSA®.

I know I’m never going to be one of those size 2 actresses – that’s just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes. SENSA® has allowed me to take the first step toward a healthier life. It encourages me to lose weight at my own speed, in my own way.  It’s changed my life, not my lifestyle.

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Octavia Spencer

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If you didn’t catch Part 1 of my story, please click here to read how I’ve lost over 50 pounds with SENSA and went from a size 22 to a size 8*! Here’s part 2…

Hey All!  I’m back to tell the rest of my SENSAtional story!

Remember my start date of 11/12/11?  That was almost two weeks before Thanksgiving and the kick-off of the holiday season and baking.  You know what that means, right?  FOOD!  Lots and lots of FOOD!  At first when I began SENSA, I was what you would call a “closet” sprinkler… didn’t want anyone to know I was on a weight loss program just in case I and/or it failed.  But to my surprise, I began losing weight the first week and continued week after week.  Yes, remember all of that FOOD I mentioned, it was all still there, but I had SENSA, my “will powder” in a box at my side.  So I was able to have that Thanksgiving dinner with all of the fixings, just less, much less.  I even had pumpkin pie!  When the weight began to melt away, I came out of the closet, sort of speak and let everyone know what I was doing.  5 lbs, then 10 lbs, then 15 lbs and in March 2012 I hit 20 lbs!  I was now at a cross roads with myself.  Should I or shouldn’t I begin an exercise program?  With SENSA exercise was not needed to lose weight…remember? That’s one of the things that got my attention.  Well, my schedule didn’t really allow exercise with my busy life.  But again, I knew including exercise in my weight loss journey could only benefit me.  So, I went to my local gym, the one my daughters used before they went off to college, the gym that all of my “fit” friends went to, the gym where you should already be thin before you walk-in.  Yes, these were all of the things that were trying to keep me from checking the gym out, but I found that inner-strength and walked-in and asked to speak with a sales consultant to purchase a membership.  Yes, I just joined a gym; the membership card has my name on it, not my daughter’s name. This was another HUGE step for me.

Now what do I do?  Well, gym clothes were first on my list!  I at least need to “look” like maybe, just maybe I could belong to a gym.  So, a shopping I went.  Now that I’m decked out in my new gym clothes, when is a good time to go?  Back to finding time to work out…I am a night owl, so I thought evenings would be best to work out, but I had meetings with my volunteer and church activities, so it was hit or miss the first two weeks on landing on a time.  Okay, so, I really wanted to make this work, so I decided I needed to put my “big girl pants” on and come in at 7 am for my personal training sessions.  UGH!  I am so NOT a morning gal!  Well, I never in a million years would think I would be “one of those people” that have a Personal Trainer, but for me, it works.  To know that someone is waiting for me 3x a week at 7 am pulls my sorry butt out of bed.  She never has the same work out for me, so all parts of my body are given a chance to hurt. LOL!

After my 30 minutes, I do some cardio; I run 1.2 miles on my fairly new friend the Elyptical.  Since my time in the morning is limited, I can’t increase that, but I do increase my levels.  Started at level 1 and I am now at level 9.  You are probably thinking “over achiever”, but I am so not!  I hadn’t exercised on any regular basis for 20 years!  This was something I knew I needed to do to be a healthier me. You know, at 51, gravity is so not your friend and everything internally has to work that much harder…going back to my feet, ankles and breathing issues I “used” to have. These issues have all disappeared since I have dropped 52 lbs thus far!  Yes, that’s right, 52 lbs and still counting.  I never thought in my lifetime skinny and Gaylene would be used in the same sentence, and now they are.  I have dropped 7 sizes.  I started at a size 22 and I am now sporting 8.  I went from a 2X T-Shirt to a Medium.  Gone is the 1x Women’s blouse, it’s a Medium now baby!  Oh, let’s talk about jewelry, yes that’s right jewelry…down 2 ring sizes and I had to have an inch taken off of one of my necklaces.  Who would have thought?  All clothing that is too large (even by one size), is donated immediately and of course, replaced with the new size that I currently wear. That’s part of my incentive is wearing the smaller clothes that fit. Yep, kinda of expensive, but I’m so worth it.  Didn’t think so before, but now, there is no stopping me!  Oh, I forgot to mention, not a day goes by that someone doesn’t comment on the new me.  Those that haven’t seen me in quite some time, don’t even recognize me.  That goes for my own mother!  When we are out shopping, she is looking for the larger Gaylene, not the petite Gaylene.  Yes, now I can say petite and Gaylene in the same sentence.

Not a day goes by, that I am not sharing my SENSA story.  Family, friends and even strangers are stunned when I show them my before and after pic.  A benefit I didn’t even expect from this journey is inspiring so many people.  Most start SENSA, some do something else, but I have inspired them to make changes to their current lifestyle.  Who would have thought being sick in bed would have got me to this…my happy place!  I’m not done losing; I want to be a size 6, whatever that weight ends up to be…thinking another 20 lbs.  Which will bring me to another goal most of us secretly have…being our actual Driver’s License weight!  LOL!

Let me leave you with this…to be successful at anything, you can’t just dip your toes in the water, you need to dive in and be committed on whatever you do!  SENSA was the catalyst to my lifestyle change; it was ME that made it happen!  Good luck to all you who dare to make the changes you’ve been dreaming of for so long!

Happy Holidays!

Gaylene

*Studies show average weight loss of 30.5 lbs in 6 months. Gaylene used SENSA® for 12 months with exercise.

While I was in bed…

Ha!  I got your attention didn’t I?!  So now that I have your attention, I would like to invite you to hear my story which I hope will inspire you to make the leap and try SENSA! It was last November, 2011 and I had a terrible cold.  I say terrible because I was in bed…usually nothing can knock me down, but this cold did.  I couldn’t sleep, so I turned on the TV.  Now I’m not a channel surfer, so I go to my favorite channel, thinking I can find a movie to watch that required very little thinking.  However, to my surprise, an infomercial was on for a weight loss product called SENSA that I had never heard of before. I have always struggled with my weight yo-yo dieting with Jenny Craig, Nutri-System, Weight Watchers, cabbage soup diet, etc., but after I had my second beautiful daughter 19+ years ago, I pretty much retreated and “accepted” that I was going to be large for the rest of my life.  So what is large you ask?  How about 5’ and 208 lbs.?  Yes, that’s right…I was obese!  “Obese”, is a word that I never used in the same sentence that included “me” in it.  A matter of fact, this is the first time I have associated that word with me publicly and personally. This is a BIG step for me, acknowledging I “was” obese. There I said it!  Moving on…in August 2011, I turned 50 years old and my mother-in-law wrote a simple note saying this year is about “you”. That comment stayed with me.

With that said, let’s get back to the SENSA infomercial that drew me in.  So I watched it for a few minutes thinking maybe, just maybe I’ll try this SENSA program.  Heck, the average weight loss was 30 lbs in six months and no exercise required; sounds way too good to be true and then I heard my name on TV, Gaylene! Yes, that’s right; there is another Gaylene out there who was telling her story. Say whatever you want, but I knew this was the SIGN I needed to see. “Okay, God, I hear you loud and clear! I’m listening, no more excuses”.  My original reason I told myself it was time to lose the weight was for my eldest daughter’s wedding in September 2012. However, over the past three years, I had some health issues sneak up on me. Nothing really major…, painful in-steps, (feet) after standing or walking for a few hours, swollen ankles, shortness of breath with any slight exertion and the heat really was not my friend. Oh, my, I say these are not major, but when I just listed them, these were all signs that I needed to do something.  So do something I did!  I ordered the 6 month program that day.  I wanted to watch the DVD, read the brochure and bough a scale.  Let’s talk about that scale purchase…never owned one before; never wanted one.  But I was in it deep already with a 6 month supply of SENSA, so a scale I bought.  Let’s go back to the brochure piece…if I was having any doubts about my purchase, there was the other Gaylene’s photo and testimonial in the brochure to sweep those doubts away.

So it’s now Saturday, November 12,2011 and I began the “shake, shake” thing.  I started with two pieces of toast with peanut butter and jelly. And to my surprise, I could only eat 1 ½ pieces of my toast!  So the next day, I only prepared 1 piece of toast with the PB & J on it and it was perfect.  Now that wasn’t my usual breakfast.  Five days a week, I usually had my favorite Grandé Iced Tuxedo without whip (didn’t want those extra calories – LOL) and then I would go across the street and get my plain cake donut.  And because I was such a great customer at the donut shop, they would throw in two free donut holes.  Yep, my drink, my donut and the two donut holes were my breakfast 5x a week.  Oh, and for lunch, I used to eat 1/3 box of Cheez-its.  The great news I love sharing is I haven’t had a donut in a year and I haven’t had my favorite iced tuxedo Grandé nor Tall for about 9 months.  And even when I had one after I started SENSA, I would say I’ve only had about 6 total in the last year; much better than 5x a week!  SENSA literally curbed my sweet & salty cravings so it was SO easy to switch to oatmeal in the morning.  I never ate oatmeal until I started SENSA, but now I have it 5x or more a week.  This is because by using SENSA, my “bad” cravings have gone away and replaced by wanting better food.  And if you are wondering about the Cheez-its that used to be a “staple” in our house…haven’t had one in about 8 months and even when I did after I started SENSA it was only 6-8 crackers…not a 1/3 of a box.  Are you wondering about what I do for dinner?  Well, because I work full-time, volunteer for the American Cancer Society in many facets and I’m on our church’s leadership team, I don’t have time to cook, so I eat out 95% of the time.  When I say 95% of the time, there is absolutely no embellishment with that percentage…it’s true!  Ask my family!  But let me be clear about something, when I “do” cook, you won’t be disappointed.  Again, with SENSA, it helps me with portion control and making better food choices.  I take leftovers home often and have them for lunch the next day; I never did that before because I cleaned my plate.  What do I have when I go out?  Friday nights it is always Chinese Food, during the week, Mongolian BBQ, Japanese, Chevy’s, Applebees, Dos Quotes, Spaghetti Factory, etc.  However, my food choice selections are much better.  My guilty pleasure is a child size frozen yogurt as a treat or a few bites of a scrumptious dessert.  I would be remiss if I didn’t say that we all should drink 60+ oz of water a day no matter if you are on a weight loss program or not.  This just helps breakdown the fat and literally “flush” it away. This was a hard one for me, but now that I make water a priority, my body now craves it!

Stay tuned for Part 2 of my story!  Here’s an excerpt:  off of the holiday season and baking.  You know what that means, right?  FOOD!  Lots and lots of FOOD!  At first when I began SENSA, I was what you would call a “closet” sprinkler…didn’t want anyone to know I was on a weight loss program just in case I and/or it failed.

Don’t forget to shake your SENSA!

Gaylene

Hey Everyone!

The beginning of my story actually starts over two years ago.  I injured myself while exercising and I had to have major hip surgery. Months after my surgery, I had some serious complications and my mobility became extremely limited. I was not able to do regular exercise and even needed a walker to get around daily.  Because I was so restricted, I gained over 40lbs.  I was 5’4”, 180lbs and wearing a size 16.  Because of my physical limitations, I was feeling pretty helpless about losing weight. Then I found SENSA and my life dramatically changed.

I had tried various weight loss products in the past, but SENSA sounded different, like a ‘new concept. I was very excited about it working for me, like it had for the many women and men I’d seen in the infomercial.  SENSA didn’t require exercise, which for me, was essential, given my limitations.  Plus, it sounded really easy…I could just sprinkle it on my food and lose weight?  I knew I could do that!  I also loved that I could eat whatever I wanted.  I don’t like to be restricted or deprived of the foods I like to eat.

With SENSA, I started “sensing”’ how it worked immediately. The first evening, I ate less than half of what I normally would eat.  It was like there was a little voice saying, “Hey, you’re almost full, you should stop eating now”, so I did.  I’d never done that before!  I began listening to my body and with every meal I would become more satisfied while eating less. I also started losing weight; it was really working!  Within the first few days, I joined the online SENSA Community because I wanted to learn everything I could to increase my weight loss.  I got some great tips, such as drinking at least 64oz+ water daily, using a smaller plate to eat and making sure I ate at least 1200+ calories a day so my body didn’t go into “starvation mode”.  I also met some helpful and supportive people who began encouraging me throughout my SENSA journey.

Within the first few weeks, using SENSA had taught me portion control and it changed other bad eating habits of mine. I stopped cravings sweets and comfort food on a daily basis.  I also used to eat when I was watching TV or bored; I didn’t do that anymore. Those cravings and urges just seemed to disappear.  I still ate the foods I liked such as lasagna, pizza, pasta and chicken; I just didn’t eat as much of them.  I also still ate chocolate, cake and other sweets, but again, it was a treat a few times a week, not daily.  I kept losing weight and by the end of my first month, I lost over 13lbs!  By the end of my first six month system, I lost over 35lbs!  Normally, this is where I should say it was hard work, but it wasn’t…this is the easiest weight loss product/system I have ever tried!

SENSA is SO easy to use!  Honestly, anyone can use it -anytime / anywhere! You just have to get in the habit of using it every day, every time you eat, consistently sprinkling it on all of your food. Then when your body tells you it is satisfied, you just stop eating.  It’s really that easy!  Then your brain and your body do the rest. Of course, everyone’s bodies are different and SENSA is a 6-month system, but if you truly commit to it, SENSA will work for you too!  It can and will change your life, just like it has mine and so many others!

SENSA has changed… no, it has TRANSFORMED my Life!  I have been using SENSA for a little over a year and I am ecstatic to say that I now 130.6lbs and I am a size 4.  I have lost over 49lbs, so far! SENSA has transformed my overweight body into a beautiful and curvy shape. In addition, to the changes in my appearance, SENSA has helped me see myself in a whole new light.  I am no longer ashamed, embarrassed or isolated from the world.  I am now a more social, confident, and happy person.  This truly is the healthiest and happiest I have been in my life!  SENSA gave me a fresh start, by taking control of my eating habits and not requiring typical, regular exercise. This allowed me to take the steps necessary to make major progress with my medical situation.  After losing the first 35lbs, I started extensive physical therapy.  Due to that, I’m able to be more mobile and I’ve even started to walk with a cane sometimes. I do not know of any other weight loss product that could have helped me this much. I could not have done this without SENSA!

I LOVE SENSA and everything it has done (and continues to do) for me and for so many others!  Thank you SENSA and especially to Dr. Hirsch for creating this incredible weight loss product and to everyone who continues to support me throughout my SENSA journey!

~Isabella Landroche

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SENSA is my secret weapon to the battle of the new Mom bulge and I’m ready to tell the world! I am wearing my old clothes again after losing weight from pregnancy number THREE and I couldn’t be happier.  I learned so much from my experience of weight loss with SENSA and I am proud to share my journey and the results.

I first discovered SENSA late one night on a shopping channel back in January 2009. Thank Goodness for post partum insomnia! While I watched Dayna Devon rave about this stuff called, “SENSA” I was reminded of the state I was in. I was carrying an extra 15 pounds of baby weight and was still “overweight” by BMI standards…even after losing 20 pounds from (dreaded word coming up here)..DIETING!  I was so frustrated with my weight loss. I was hungry all the time, missing carbs like no other and having out of control sugar cravings. To top it off, I stopped losing! I stalled out and didn’t lose one stinking ounce for over a month. Can anyone relate to this? I knew from everything I read written by “experts” on weight loss that to begin losing again after hitting a weight loss plateau, I had to “cut the portions and move more.” I thought to myself, “Sure, okay, sign me up for that because exercising at an expensive gym while I’m an exhausted, raging and hungry lunatic sounds like a great plan that fits into my roll of “Mom” to a new baby and a rambunctious toddler! I took a HUGE leap of faith and bought this “magic” powder and just knew that I’d take a rash of heat for buying such a silly thing to lose weight. I even sprinkled in secret for months!

Well, those that know me well know that I lost those extra 15 pounds and then some. SENSA took me to places I never thought I’d go. I lost a total of 33 pounds and got down to a size 2. Sometimes I even wore a size 0!  So what does a gal do when she’s rocking skinny jeans, loving life and family???? Have another baby of course!  Baby number 3 was a beautiful blessing and a surprise for my husband and me and after the excitement of welcoming our new bundle of joy, adjusting to new motherhood again and making sure I was healthy enough for weight loss; I decided to call on my old friend, SENSA to help me lose the baby weight once again.

My first couple of weeks sprinkling was really funny. Let’s not forget, the first time I used SENSA, I already dieted my first 20 pounds away but had also lost a lot of muscle mass and hair too! This time around, my weight loss efforts were only with SENSA. I was so pleasantly surprised that my cravings for sugar filled treats were diminishing! Those sweet treats were always my weakness during pregnancy and the period immediately following.  I didn’t even want my sweet, cream filled coffee anymore, which had helped me through so many of those early morning drives to my daughter’s school with a screaming infant in the backseat and my little 3 year old wanting her breakfast! I was inspired to start partaking in healthier alternatives like green tea and fruits (even those once “off limits” super sweet ones like watermelon and bananas!) Coffee started tasting awful to me and so did wine, oddly enough. I knew that this is how SENSA worked for me the first time I lost the weight with it so I was very pleased that I was having the same success the second time around.  I lost 8 pounds in the first two weeks and a total of 11 for the first month. Not bad! My grand total was 32 pounds in six months and I am happy to report that I’m not missing a thing.  My new motto is, “If I don’t crave it, I don’t need to eat it.” I CAN though, if I want, and that is what is awesome about losing weight the SENSA way. Sprinkling taught me to really listen to my hunger cues. Some days, I’d eat more than other days or I’d partake insnacks at a party or something. I was guilty of thinking that I wasn’t going to lose or that I’d perhaps stall my weight loss efforts.  Instead, I would still lose! I cannot tell people enough how liberating this was for me!  The idea that just because I “can” eat it doesn’t mean I “should” really took shape and here I am again. I’m fitting back into my old dresses again without the ill effects of traditional dieting that I experienced the first couple of times I lost baby weight. I have even taken up walking again and even a little running too… when I have time! Between my 6 year old, my 3 year old and my sweet little baby sometimes I have to cut myself some slack and not stress about the fact that I’m not exercising like other women in my same predicament. That’s good news though, right? Using SENSA means you don’t have to exercise for hours like a crazy person!

I feel privileged to share my story because I really have three different ways that I lost weight with each of my children. To me, SENSA is the clear winner.  The experts are right. To lose weight we as humans need to cut portions and move more. Why not let SENSA take the sting out of doing that? There is no shame in accepting help. We as Moms are busy enough without adding the burdens of guilt, repression, hunger and exhaustion to the equation. I am no longer sprinkling in private. I am proud that my little white secret is out! If my experience can help another fellow Mom or ANYONE for that matter, than I will feel even more successful than I already do with my weight loss.

Happy sprinkling!

Belinda

WOW!  Hello Everyone! I have such exciting news to share with you all!

I HAVE REACHED MY GOAL WEIGHT!!!!

I LOST 125 lbs with SENSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is such an awesome feeling!  Though I always knew this day would come… it was hard to picture what it would really feel like when it did or even what I would look like, since I was not that person with “skinny” clothes in my closet that I wanted to fit into again and I have never been as small as I am today!  SENSA has totally changed my life and how I live it over the last 3 years.  SENSA has become a member of my family. My kids talk about it, my husband talks about it and is using it and of course, I talk about it 24/7 basically like it is one of my children… almost – except it fits in my purse and doesn’t talk back…lol!

So back to the AWESOME FEELING part… I can shop anywhere! I can swim anytime! I can jog a 10k! All of these things weren’t really on my “To-Do” list a few years ago. And if I am honest, more than just a few years really – more like my entire adult life!

It has been quiet an amazing journey for me! From self-loathing to self-discovery, three years ago, my goals were limited to lose some weight, feel better and live longer.  All respectable and normal goals –  don’t get me wrong!  I just re-read one my oldest comments I posted during a weigh-in on the SENSA Community forums back in early 2009. I said that my goal at that point was to lose between 60-100 lbs and to be able to share my husband’s jeans again. I would say that was reasonable. And in the first 12-Months I lost 70 lbs! I was well on my way.  Here’s me one year in with SENSA….

That set of pictures alone was enough to motivate me, but there was so much more to the story! I had started a Couch to 5k jogging program towards the end of my first 12 months. I never thought I would be able to, let alone be willing to JOG! I signed myself up for a 10k race in late March and I trained and I jogged the race! I have NEVER done  It became a way of life, not a diet! We found new family traditions that got us all more active too! We wanted to be a healthy and happy family and SENSA made it possible for us.That set of pictures alone was enough to motivate me, but there was so much more to the story! I had started a Couch to 5k jogging program towards the end of my first 12 months. I never thought I would be able to, let alone be willing to JOG! I signed myself up for a 10k race in late March and I trained and I jogged the race! I have NEVER done anything like it before! It was such an amazing realization that I could do ANYTHING I set my mind to!!!!! Nothing could stop me! I kept losing and I kept finding new ways to exercise too that didn’t require a gym and didn’t require that I leave my family for extended periods of time and some even allowed us fun family time! The weight kept coming off with SENSA and life just kept getting better and better!

I started really acting healthier at some point. Making food decisions that weren’t based on my emotions or mood. Feeding my family better foods and trying instill better habits for my children to learn from. My husband got on board with SENSA too and started to lose weight! It was a full family make-over!  It became a way of life, not a diet! We found new family traditions that got us all more active too! We wanted to be a healthy and happy family and SENSA made it possible for us.  Good luck to everyone out there sprinkling away the pounds.  Trust me, it may seem like your goal is unattainable but it’s not!  It may take some time, but all your hard work is worth it!

My SENSA Guest Blogger-Mike’s Journey

My name is Mike Slavin from Honolulu, Hawaii. I have lost a total of 92 pounds and 15 inches off my waist in 16 months using SENSA!  I have gone from size 44 pants to a size 30 pants and a XL shirt to a small shirt today!

My SENSA Weight Loss journey started in September 2010. I was watching TV and saw this infomercial for SENSA and said to myself what do they think we are gullible or something? Sprinkle this on your food and lose weight? Well, because of the 30 days free trial and seeing the infomercial a few more times, I went to the internet and checked it out more thoroughly. I was okay with what I saw but was determined to prove this stuff wouldn’t work. I could order it, use for 30 days the free trial and return it by the end of 30 days and not get charged. I could not pass this up, to show how this would never work. So I called and placed my order. I was willing though to give this product its best shot and did by cutting out my gallon of ice cream and 3 gallons of milk every few days but other than that, that was all I gave up. As for exercise I changed nothing and for most of my weight loss journey I did not even walk, other than my walking at work.

I starting on the 18 Sept 2010 and to my surprise I lost 10 lbs the first week, 23 lbs my first month and than I was hooked and lost 60 lbs in six months. To date I have lost 92 lbs to my weight loss goal of 160 lbs. This weight loss journey all started because my daughter got worried and had me see a Doctor which did all kinds of test on me. On my follow up visit to the doctor I was told all that was found, and because I was not going to do anything about my weight, the Doctor loaded me up with meds. I went from taking nothing to now taking 7 different medications!  The best part of all was from the use of SENSA and lowering my weight, I was able to lower my high blood pressure meds in first month.  By the seventh month I was taken off of my high blood pressure meds altogether.

During my SENSA Journey, I hit two major plateaus. One at 185 lbs for 6 weeks and the second one at 171 lbs for 7 weeks. During these plateaus I got very frustrated and upset wondering what I was doing wrong.  I stayed CONSISTENT with Sprinkling everything except liquids, drank lots and lots of water…64 oz +++++ and started Moving, Moving, Moving, by walking!   I let SENSA and my body do the rest on there own time table, which helped me get through these plateaus, along with the SUPER AWESOME, tremendously supportive team of all the SENSA Community Groups and forums. With out plugging into this Support team most people quit before it happens for them. So plug in and let’s learn together and help us to give back because this stuff really DOES work. Thank you very very much Dr Alan Hirsch M.D. for taking the time to develop a wonderful product called SENSA which I believe will change everyone’s weight loss life forever.

ENJOY THE JOURNEY !!!!!!!!!!

Mike

Hi Sensa Family!  My name is Wendy and I have lost 118 lbs since Feb 2009 with SENSA and I am maintaining smoothly now!  I get asked a lot about tips for starting SENSA, so here are my top 10 favorites.  I hope they help you!

1. Cut back on sodas slowly but faithfully. Not cold turkey, just make the effort to have fewer and try to get to 1 or none in a few weeks. Also keep alcohol, fancy coffees and energy drinks in their place. It is ok to have them from time to time, but realize they are high calorie and have no nutrients to speak of, so they are the truly empty calories. If you going to have them, remember to drink extra water before and after them.

2. Drink all the water you can and try to keep track of it as best you can to see if you can get 64+ oz a day. I generally shoot for 80 or oz. (please note 64 oz of water is 4lbs, so expect minor fluctuations in weight and do not fret over minor gains, you can’t always use ever drop of that water every day.)

3. Read labels. Not for general nutrition info at first, just serving sizes. Even junk food has serving size… and if you are going to eat it, then try to eat only a serving size and put Sensa on it and then see if you really need more or if just having some of it is enough.

4. Eat the healthiest foods you LIKE! Not ones you don’t like. And try to convert some favorite recipes to healthier ones. I didn’t make too much effort in this area at first, but I do now. Also try to keep the sodium down, salty foods will cause you to retain water the next day or two even.

5. Pick and choose your splurges carefully and always keep the ending goal in sight. Just a few splurging meals back to back can set you back a week, (or more) and are they really worth that… it is just food.

6. Take body measurements and pictures along with your start weight and recheck them regularly, especially if the scale doesn’t seem to be moving all the time and it won’t at times, but that doesn’t mean progress isn’t being made. I lost 70 lbs the 1st 12 Months of Sensa, I lost less than 25 lbs the 2nd 12 Months, but during the same time frame - I lost 2 dress sizes and gained muscle tone, so progress isn’t only defined by the scale!

7. If you WANT to start exercising, start slow and easy. Don’t hurt yourself or your self esteem by trying something outside your skill set. Walking and getting in more steps per day is the easiest way to start for most people.

8. Use smaller plates at home and cut restaurant meals in half when dining out (put in a To-Go box before eating). You don’t have to order the healthiest thing on the menu. Pick your favorite main dish item and try to pick a healthier side maybe or cut back drastically on the appetizers and desserts. You want to enjoy some of your favorite foods if dining out, just make smaller splurges.

9. Try to eat your evening meal as early in the evening as possible. It helps with your sleep and weight-loss. If you have to eat late, make the effort to eat “light” at that meal. I don’t buy into “eating late causes weight gain”, but the weight of the food at a late meal will most likely still be with you come morning, because the body hasn’t fully used the meal either. An 8 oz steak is half a pound… before you add your sides and drink weight/volume, so being up .5 a pound the next day isn’t “fat weight” you have gained overnight, it can just be food you haven’t digested fully or (eliminated from your system…sorry, TMI, I know.)

 10. Last but certainly not least use your SENSA on everything!!!! Even small portions or fixed amounts of food should still be sprinkled, to help you feel satisfied until the next meal!

I hope you find these tips helpful.

Good Luck!

Wendy