More Sensa Weight Loss

Okay, so this probably isn't the most fascinating blog in the blogosphere, but just in case anyone is wondering about the truth behind Sensa, this might be helpful. Last Wednesday I was very disappointed because I had gained weight. No real reason that I could see, I hadn't been eating more that I noticed. But I did notice that the 2nd month of Sensa sweet sprinkles smelled really disgusting to me.

I posted a question over on the Sensa message board, and heard back that several people had found the second month to be less effective than other months. They suggested that I sprinkle more heavily just for this month. I did that, and I'm down 4 pounds this week (really two pounds loss plus the two pounds that I'd mysteriously gained the previous week). So now I'm down to 211. The big 2-0-0 is right there in my future. But first I'll have to get through two more weeks and then a trip to London, which will be a very tough test.

Wednesday weigh-in

I was 213 yesterday. That's down a little. Not as much as I'd like. I seriously haven't been remembering to sprinkle all the time. And this month's sweet side smells disgusting!! But I'll keep at it, as long as the scale is moving the right direction and I don't have to work at it very hard, why wouldn't I?

The next few days will be a real test of the anti-craving abilities of Sensa, because we're doing a lot of baking for a bake sale, and there will be a ton of sweets around the house!! With the exception of a small ice cream cone last week, I've barely had any sweets since I started Sensa. I haven't craved them at all, and when I've had a craving, I've been able to distract myself from it easily.

Anyhoo, that's all for now.

More Sensa weight loss!

Weigh in Wednesday, and I'm down another 1.5 pounds to 214. This is totally amazing! I can't believe that I'm not doing anything other than sprinkling some magic fairy dust on my food and kinda sorta trying to eat well and the pounds are falling off! This is definitely the easiest 12 pounds I've ever lost.

Still losing...

So, I was a little disappointed on Wednesday when I weighed myself and found that I was still at 218. I hadn't felt like I'd been eating a lot, and even though I hadn't exercised much, still. But I'm still sprinkling, and almost done with the first month. I have plenty of Sensa left, so hopefully I'm using enough.

Then, I weighed in this morning and was so excited to see 215.5 on the scale!! Yay!! That's more like it.

The best part of this is that I'm not measuring anything or counting anything. I don't have to keep a diary of what I'm eating. And I'm pretty much eating what I want. Not that I don't try to make healthy choices, but they're just that--choices.

I start the second month of Sensa in a week. So I guess it will be a new pair of salty/sweet tastants. I'm hoping for another little weight loss boost when I switch, because I've read that the tastants aren't as effective towards the end of the month, as you've gotten sort of used to them.

I'll keep you posted.

Trading First Prize for Second.

So, as I mentioned, I won a humongous Wii Fit Plus System package from the www.trysensa.com message boards. But I already have most of the components of the package. So I sent a PAN to the group owner, asking if I could trade my prize for the second prize, which was 6 months of free Sensa. She said yes (probably good news for her, because even if the Sensa would have costed me $300, it probably doesn't cost her much), and she's throwing in some other goodies too.

I changed my auto-ship so that it won't ship again for 6 months, and I'm good to go!

I still feel like it's helping a lot. I don't have the urge to eat in between meals as much, and am satisfied after I eat without having that feeling of "needing" something sweet afterwards. Hopefully the weight loss will continue, and I can start getting more regular exercise in.

Weigh in Wednesday

So, it's definitely slowed down a lot this week. I didn't exercise much--life just got in the way--so that's probably why. But I'm still down 1.5 pounds for the week. I'll take it, but yeah, I'd like to see more.

18 pounds to go before I splurge and buy myself a Brazilian keratin hair treatment!

Forgetting to eat!

I swear, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I find that I'm not thinking about food much at all since I've been on the "sprinkle diet". This morning, I had a serving of Cream of Wheat, with some raisins and brown sugar. I would guess that the meal had about 400 calories max. I ate that at 8am, sprinkled with the sweet side of my Sensa box. I was busy working and having fun on the bulletin board that I'm on, and before I noticed, it was after 1pm. I hadn't thought about food at all. I still wasn't hungry, but I didn't want my schedule to be totally messed up, and it seemed like I ought to eat. So I had about 2 cups of leftover ratatouille (sprinkled with the salty side, although the food was almost soup-like, so I probably shouldn't have sprinkled), and I knew that was only about 100-150 calories worth of vegetables, so I had a bag of Pretzel M&Ms. Along with a diet soda, and I'm stuffed. I'd be shocked if I wanted anything before dinner. So that's only 600-700 calories so far today. I hope that's not too few, but I don't feel starving or anything.