My Sensa Journey: Joining the Community

To read my first post about beginning my Sensa weight loss journey, please click here.

It has now been 4 weeks since I first began using Sensa and I have to say, I had higher hopes for myself. Even thought I have a container sitting right on the table, I still find myself realizing that I'm eating without sprinkling - and that drives me crazy! Considering how simple it is to use Sensa, I really shouldn't have any excuse to not do so. As I move into Month 2, I'm even more determined!

Along with being less forgetful, what will hopefully help me in the upcoming weeks is my membership into the Sensa Community.

When you purchase Sensa, you are automatically given a membership to their Community, a place to visit for any number of groups, forums, tools and plans to help support you in your weight loss goals. Right away, I filled out a simple questionnaire that asked about my height, weight, the amount of exercise that I do (for some reason, "ultra-lazy" wasn't one of the options) and I was given my results: BMI and My Meal Plan.

When I log in right now, an entire week's worth of meals are clearly laid out for me, including 3 meals and 2 snacks per day. Good ones, too - not skimpy diet foods. The ingredients, calories, recipes and more are given for each one, as well as a long list of substitutions if I'm not happy with that specific option.

Another great feature of the Sensa Community to inspire you to be healthier is a Daily Fitness Plan, where you can choose the days and exercises that work best for you. From aerobics to dancing to walking to yoga, Sensa lets you design your fitness plan so that you are even more likely to stick to it. And when you do, you can track your progress every step of the way right on their site.

And wouldn't it be nice to have people there to support you along the way? There are a variety of different groups to join in the Sensa Community, so whether you are a working mom, trying to lose 100+ pounds or in your "golden years," you'll find others who are in the same stages you are to talk with and get encouragement from. What a great place to be!

The Sensa Community is definitely an added bonus to their innovative weight loss program. It's so easy to log in and determine what your target heart rate is, use the Food Analyzer to see the nutritional make-up of your favorite foods or use the Calorie Burn Tool to find out how many calories you burn when undertaking your favorite sports and activities. Not to mention I've been inspired by the comments and stories of other members and I'm definitely going to do better this upcoming month!

Starting weight: Too much.
Week 1: -2.5 lbs
Week 2: -1.0 lb
Week 3: 0.0 lbs
Week 4: -0.5 lbs

Remember, if you want to make a change in your life, use the coupon code SEN15 to save 15% off of your order of Sensa and get started today. You can also stay connected with Sensa through Twitter, Facebook and their blog.

(Sensa has provided me with a supply of their product for my own personal review and I have not been compensated in any way. Results may vary, of course, and this is just my opinion of this innovative weight-loss program)

Lose weight with Sensa: Beginning my journey (and coupon code!)

Type "How many diets fail" into any search engine and in seconds you will be shown millions of results.

Even though there is quite a bit of argument if there is an exact percentage, what it all boils down to is this: diets fail because people don't make changes in their lifestyle. We continue to eat large portions and don't exercise and wonder why the pounds don't instantly disappear the moment we take the latest pill or believe in the newest fad.

I'm not criticizing here. In fact, the past few lines are a pretty fair description of most of my adult life.

I was fairly athletic as a child (and clearly cute, as shown at right) and throughout high school, even managing to keep up with working out the first year of college or so. But after that, things began to slow down and exercising didn't fit into my schedule as well... and years later I was married and working all day, so my spare time was devoted to other things.

With both of my pregnancies I gained a LOT of weight (which wasn't entirely my fault, though. Big Sister E weighed 10 pounds 5 ounces at birth and Little Sister B wasn't far behind at 9 pounds 14 ounces), but I was fortunate in that nursing pulled the weight back off after both of them. However, when that ended, there seemed to be a mysterious 10 - 15 pounds that reappeared and has stuck around.

The culprit? My lack of willpower. I just can't seem to stop myself from eating things when they're anywhere within reach. My portions are too big and my ability to stop when there is still food on my plate is pretty much non-existent. I'm not the only one, right?

So when I went looking for a way to help shed the extra pounds, I needed something different. Something out-of-the-ordinary, non-pills, non-starve-yourself-diet (those last about an hour for me anyway, because then I just give in and eat). And I found Sensa.


So, what is this unique and innovative way to lose weight and how is it going to work for someone like me who typically gives up or cheats on diets? Actually, Sensa isn't a diet at all. It is a pocket-sized container of Tastants, tiny sprinkles that resemble salt, designed to work with your sense of smell to curb your appetite. All you have to do is sprinkle them on your food, any food, before you eat it.

No, these aren't chemicals that you're putting on your food, Sensa is sodium-free, sugar-free, calorie free, gluten-free and there are no stimulants, drugs or MSG. And no, it doesn't smell bad to make you not want to eat (I can actually barely smell it and, when I do catch a tiny whiff, it actually has quite a nice scent).

Quite simply, while you are eating, messages are being sent to your brain detecting whether or not you are full. All Sensa does is just speed up those messages to trigger the feeling of being full sooner (called Sensory Specific Satiety), resulting in less eating while still being satisfied.


There are six months in the Sensa weight-loss system and I began using it two weeks ago. Over the upcoming months I will be filling you in on much, much more about Sensa, how it works (with clinical proof), a few of the thousands of success stories from people that have tried and loved the program and if my husband ever stops being skeptical that this can actually work.

If you're inclined to want to join me on this journey, how about a discount? Use the coupon code SEN15 to save 15% off of your order of Sensa and get started on this revolutionary system for yourself. If I can handle simply sprinkling Sensa on everything I eat, then anyone can.

Now, how about some initial numbers to see how I'm doing so far?

Starting weight: Too much.

Week 1: -2.5 lbs
Week 2: -1 lb

I definitely did better remembering to sprinkle the first week, so I wasn't surprised to see a smaller number this week. All in all, though: so far, so good. I can't wait to see where I'll be in six months!

(Sensa has provided me with a supply of their product for my own personal review and I have not been compensated in any way. Results may vary, of course, and this is just my opinion of this innovative weight-loss program)