Losing weight is never easy. Keeping it off is even harder. No matter how well designed your diet is, or how diligently you follow it, there are bound to be frustrations and setbacks.
For most people, the single biggest obstacle to weight-loss success is life. Think about it, and see if this sounds like you:
• You're so busy that you don't have time to plan meals, or cook for yourself, or spend countless hours in the gym.
• It never seems like a good time to start a diet, so you think about dieting … you read about dieting … but you just keep putting it off.
• You take care of everyone else first and put yourself at the bottom of your to-do list.
• You have physical limitations that make it hard to exercise.
• You're surrounded by food temptations all day long at work.
• Sometimes it's easier to cruise through the drive-thru than to make a salad!
If the above statements sound familiar, you're not alone. These are the exact same reasons most people give for quitting diets.
Knowing this, a Chicago-based neurologist named Dr. Alan Hirsch spent two decades researching a weight-loss method that specifically addresses the reasons why diets fail for so many people.
His goal was to present people with a mechanism for weight loss that can be used alone, or as an aid to other weight-loss methods, which would eliminate typical barriers to success.
His research, which culminated in the Sensa Weight-Loss System, uses the sense of smell to help people eat less. If this sounds a bit strange, consider this: In two clinical weight-loss studies, people using Dr. Hirsch's smell approach have lost nearly 30 pounds on average.
You can learn more about the specific science behind Sensa — and how to try it for free (you just have to cover the shipping fee) — by visiting the Sensa site but first, here is a brief explanation of how Sensa helps to overcome the four most dangerous diet obstacles.
Obstacle 1: Failure to Launch
The thought of having to overhaul your lifestyle, give up favorite foods, count calories and plan out meals is often so overwhelming that you become inclined to give up before you start dieting.
But because there are no food restrictions or calorie counting with Sensa, you can live your life as you normally would, making it easy to get started. The only lifestyle change required is remembering to sprinkle the flavorless crystals on your food.
Editor's Note: The functional aspect of Sensa that involves your sense of smell happens behind the scenes, meaning there is no perceptible change in food taste, smell or texture. It is also important to note that Sensa works solely with the sense of smell and contains no stimulants.
Obstacle 2: Intense Cravings
We all have certain foods that we absolutely love. As luck with have it, these are usually the foods that are off limits when we diet.
Human nature being what it is, the longer we deny ourselves of our favorite foods, the more we want them. Inevitably we break down and give in to our cravings. The end result is another failed diet, coupled with feelings of guilt.
Because you are still allowed to indulge in favorite foods with Sensa, there are never any intense cravings or feelings of failure. You eat what you normally would. Sensa just helps to ensure that you eat everything in moderation.
Obstacle 3: Plateaus
Have you ever started a diet, lost a whole bunch of weight in the first few weeks, then hit a wall where you can't seem to lose another pound no matter how hard you try?
It's actually a very common phenomenon known as a weight-loss plateau. It happens because your body quickly adapts to changes in diet and exercise, making it almost impossible to maintain the rapid rate of weight loss you experience early in a diet.
Again, this is one area where Sensa's unique mechanism helps you avoid the plateau pitfall because Sensa is designed for gradual, sustainable weight loss. There is no shock to your system. Instead, the aim is steady weight loss.
Obstacle 4: Portion Control
The number-one reason for weight gain is overeating. For millions of years, food was scarce, and humans became conditioned to eat as much as possible whenever possible — after all, our ancestors never knew where the next meal was coming from.
It is only during the last century that food has been available in abundance, but our bodies are still driven to overeat. No amount of willpower can overcome this primal urge.
Sensa addresses the urge to overeat head on — literally — by using the sense of smell to activate an equally primal process in the brain that tells your body it's time to stop eating. It works with your body's natural urges, not against them, so you can eat less without even thinking about it.
The bottom like is that with Sensa, like anything else, the only way to know for sure if it will work for you is to try it. The company offering Diet.com readers an opportunity to try Sensa for free when you pay for shipping.
Click here to learn more about the Sensa free trial offer.
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