Lose Weight the Sensa way! Oh really?

Wow, Sensa, sounds great. Use it like salt, you can lose up to 30 pounds quickly.

What a deal! Right?

Think again. Okay, now, think again. This is an old topic. But it's endemic of these kinds of things. Do be aware. When something sounds too good, do consider it probably is. Hard work usually pays off best.

According to Health Hound web site, Sensa's claims are questionable, at best. Check it out:

"[Sensa's] Dr. Hirsch claims there was a peer reviewed study supporting the claim that subjects lost over thirty pounds using Sensa (versus the control group that lost only 2 pounds). The claim is that this study was peer reviewed by the Endocrine Society. The Endocrine Society says they did not review the study. On ABC’s 20/20 news they stated that, “they were surprised and troubled by the promotional nature of his presentation”. In fact, none of the internal “studies” are confirmed by any respectable body."

That would be bad enough to wise you up to at least, "wise up", but there's more.

"Customers simply don’t appear to be happy. Please go through the comments below. It appears Sensa’s free trial offer is kind of tricky. It is not only on this blog, but all over the web… Community doesn’t lie.

So aside from not losing weight, people are getting charged $89 not once, but twice before they are able to stop the billing. And getting a refund doesn’t seem to be that easy. In short, it appears to be one of those over aggressive marketing organizations that I love so much."

So, it sounds like these guys are your worst nightmare as far as taking a chance on a product. Of course, Health Hound has an alternative, but rather than that, check out a real backed up program. Some of the most notable food in a box programs, do work but are expensive; they help because they are easy. You open the right box at the right time and eat what's there. Follow the program, you lose weight. Exercise, you lose more.

According to an article on the Mayo Clinic's site by, Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D."

"Alan Hirsch, M.D., who developed Sensa, says proof of its effectiveness comes from a six-month study he conducted in which participants lost an average of 15 percent of their body weight. The makers of Aroma Patch and SlimScents point to another study by Dr. Hirsh to bolster their claims. That study, which was reported in a medical journal, showed that volunteers who used an aroma inhaler lost an average of 2 percent of their body weight over six months. Neither one of these studies looked at whether participants were able to maintain the weight loss.

"So can these weight-loss products lead to significant, sustainable weight loss? The jury is still out on that question. Even the makers of these weight-loss products acknowledge that losing weight comes down to diet and exercise. It makes more sense, then, to skip the scents and focus on what's proven to work — reducing the calories you consume and increasing the calories you burn through exercise"

Exactly, it still takes effort to lose weight. That starts with attitude. You have to want change to effect change.

For a different kind, try Kinetix, backed by Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah's Blue Shield groups so much that they bought the company. I tried it a couple of years ago and it worked pretty well for me. I steadily lost weight and felt much better.

The final word on this is that there is no magic dust you can sprinkle on your food to lose weight. It still takes balance and effort (exercise, denying eating at the wrong times, like after two hours before bedtime). Smaller meals and snacks, properly spread out through the day, watching your intake and output, like someone said, its really a numbers game, take in the right amount, put out the right amount. The rest just happens.

Eat right, workout, you lose weight. Start now. It's January. Begin today, by time its summer, you will appreciate it. Don't be caught in the Summer, thinking, "if I had only started in January, I'd be there now."

Just do it.