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You may have head about the new weight loss system called Sensa and may be wondering if it is is nothing more than a scam.  If you are wondering if it is just another rip-off product then you are not alone.  When you look into Sensa and try to wrap your head around how it works, it does not take long for you to realize it is not like other weight loss products.  At first glance a person tries to compare it to what they already know and start from there.  What we mean is that many start to treat it like a diet pill.  Sensa could not be any further from a diet pill because there is no messing with your metabolism.  Sensa is not like Acai berry because all of the Acai berry companies that trumpet weight loss want alot of money up front and then that cost is rather expensive to the average weight loss seeking individual.  Also if a person were to really look at what true Acai companies tell you about the berry, there are no weight loss stories to be told. 

When looking to learn if Sensa is a scam it is easy to compare it to diets.  If one were to look at the Atkin’s diet, it is positively a way to lose a significant amount of weight.  The problem with The Atkin’s Diet is that when you return to living a normal eating routine a person just gains all of their weight back once again.  If Sensa were to be compared to Atkin’s the differences are glaring.  Using Sensa starts the re-training process of portion control.  To take a page from a great diet called The 9-Inch Diet, we have all learned that today’s food portion sizes are out of control.  Back in the 1940’s the average plate size in America was 9″ and today it is at 12″.  Portion control is all about those 3″’s.  Portion size has gotten so large that we no longer know what is healthy.  Look at soda sizes and bagel sizes and movie theatre popcorn, they all have grown to what makes us all fat, as a nation.

Using a 9″ plate should be done in conjunction with Sensa because all you may need is portion control.  If you go out and fill a  plate you will look at it and think you will starve.  Yet, back in 1945, we as a nation, used nothing else.  Sensa helps re-train what you think you need.  It allows you to walk away from the table eating less and not feeling deprived.  Sensa helps generate the signals you body already send to make you realize you are full.  The idea behind Sensa is that it helps you get full faster and in doing so you eat less food.  By eating less food, you should lose weight. 

So is Sensa a scam?  We would have to say no because it is all about portion control.  You cannot argue that weight loss is nothing more than eating less calories than you burn,  Sensa helps you eat less and if portion control is a scam, then we are all in trouble and not just those that are over weight.  Even if Sensa is a scam and yet it were to help a person think they were full sooner…would that not be a good thing?  If Sensa were a scam and it got you to eat less food at a sitting, would that not be a good thing? 

Weight loss is all about calories in and calories out.  If you can use Sensa and it helps you eat less, than go for it.  But do not think that Sensa will help you put that fork down or stop eating too much fast food.  No matter what weight loss gadget, gizmo or widget…weight loss is all about calories in and calories out.  Whatever it takes to help you eat less and exercise more.  Whatever you decide to do, do not think that losing weight can happen unless you make some basic changes in the foods that you eat, how much you eat and how much activity you get everyday. 

We do not feel as if Sensa is a valid weight loss tool by itself.  What we do believe is that if you took anything and packaged it correctly there will be people that let their minds believe the stuff really does help weight loss.  If you want to lose weight avoid Sensa and just learn to eat less and exercise more.  We have tried Sensa and we have the unused containers in our desk drawers.  It is a nice concept, but we feel as if it is simply a placebo in powder form.  But hey!!   If it helps you lose weight, then go for it, but in the end you will realize the powder did not make it happen, you did. 

Losing weight can be a really tough experience for the average person.  Most of us watch The Biggest Loser in awe we feel as if they are doing something that we will never be able to do in our own lives.  For the average person trying to lose weight the thought of needing to lose 100 pounds can seem overwhelming and they just give up.  We have a few easy to follow weight loss tips for those of us that are NOT The Biggest Loser.

Obsession With The Scale
If you decide to lose some weight then weigh yourself only once a week and at the same time each week.  Your body weight fluctuates moment by moment and you will only cause long-term frustration by jumping on the bathroom scaleevery morning.  For the person that is trying to lose weight the mood of their weight loss day runs the risk that the results of a daily weigh-in will influence their food choices in a negative way.  There is no way that a person will be able to maintain weight loss each and every day.  There will be days that you do it all right and yet you still will gain weight.  If you jump on the scale and get de-motivated by the results, you may make self-defeating food choices for that day.  As you already know, every failed weight loss attempt begins with the first day of giving up on yourself.  Resist the temptation and only weigh-in weekly. 

Understand Your Scale
You must remember that you have a life and that life does not revolve around weight loss.  You may have to go to work, go to school, eat out with workers and a myriad of other issues and situations that require you to live “off the ranch” of weight loss.  Since you are not working out eight to ten hours a day,  you need to realize that losing two pounds in a week is a great goal!  Did you ever stop to think that if you lost just 1.5 pounds a week, that in one year you will have lost 78 pounds?  Do not get discouraged when you do not drop big numbers each and every week.  After the first two weeks of weight loss the amount of weight you lose weekly will slow greatly.  Do not set yourself up for failure by starting your weight loss journey with unrealistic goals.  You really should have a computer program, such as FitDay, to keep a steady track of your weight.

There Is No Competition
Stop beating yourself up because your sister is thinner or losing weight faster.  You need to do this for you and the fact that it will benefit you and your health.  Once you make the dash to weight loss for the right reasons, it will become a much easier and stress free journey.

You are gaining the knowledge of what it takes to lose weight.  You need to realize that for those of us with a weight problem there is no grand prize, there is no finish line.  Losing weight is something that is like a never ending journey because life keeps moving the finish line.  Even if you lose that 100 pounds you will have to continue to monitor your weight to ensure the obesity never returns.  That is why you need to stay away from fad diets and start a program that can change and be adjusted with your life as your journey progresses.  You may be able to start a weight loss journey with a product such as Sensa, but one day you will need to make the rest of the journey on your own.  There is nothing wrong with using training wheels, but you just need to know that one day they will need to be removed.  You may start off today with those training wheels of weight loss, and there is nothing wrong with that, but sooner or later you will need to mature in your weight loss and be able to be self-strong in the decisions you make. 

Weight loss and weight maintenance is all about how you will mature into the journey of your life.  It is not something that will happen right here and right now, it is something that develops over time.  That is why it would be great if you could just lose one to two pounds a week!