Over the last 40 years, a large number of self-help book authors, fitness trainers and the like have offered advice on how to achieve your goals.
Furthermore, there is no lack of advice on mental strategies for getting that ideal body.
In fact, I have heard so many different strategies that I decided to look at the research in order to separate fact from fiction and found out some information that I think will surprise you.
The Visualization Myth, and How It Can Hurt You
If you are like me, I am sure you have heard that if you visualize yourself thin that you will be more likely to achieve the body of your dreams.
But it turns out that this might be the last thing you want to do!
Now the study I am about to review with you is not about weight loss, but still very relevant.
In a study done at the University of California, researchers asked a group of students to spend a few moments each day visualizing themselves getting a high grade on an important midterm exam1.
They were asked to, “Form a clear image in your mind’s eye and imagine how great it would feel to make a high grade.”
The study also involved a control group of students, who were not asked to visualize doing well on the exam.
The researchers then asked the students in both groups to record the number of hours they studied each day.
The Shocking, Paradoxical Results of Visualization
It turns out that visualization did have a significant impact on the students’ results…
It caused them to make LOWER grades on the midterm, and caused them to study less than the control group!
So what does this have to do with weight loss?
In another research project at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers followed a group of obese women taking part in a weight loss program2.
The women were asked to imagine how they might act in various eating-related scenarios, such as going to a friend’s house and being tempted with tasty pasta.
Each response was then categorized on a scale ranging from highly positive (with, for example, someone stating, “I would stay well away from the cakes and ice cream”) to highly negative (“I would pig out and eat my portion and my friend’s”).
One year later, the researchers looked at the differences between the women. The results revealed that the women with more positive fantasies had lost, on average, twenty-six pounds less than those with negative fantasies.
So what is the reason for this? Why is it so counter-productive for you to imagine yourself achieving your goals?
Researchers believe that people fantasizing about how great life could be aren’t prepared for the inevitable setbacks that life delivers… that they might be indulging in escapism and become hesitant to put in the effort required for achieving their goals.
Regardless, the research is clear: fantasizing about your perfect world can make you feel better, but is probably not going to help you achieve your goals or help you get thin.
What REALLY Works for Weight Loss
There is a lot on this topic, but I am just going to review three concepts for now. Please use the comment section below to ask questions or to add more techniques validated by research.
Probably the most important aspect of success is a simple thing called “having a plan.” More specifically, people who chunk their goals into a step-by-step process have a much greater chance of success.
And each step in your fat loss plan needs to be concrete, measurable, and time-based. There are hundreds of studies across multiple contexts that demonstrate this beyond a shadow of a doubt. We will go through some great weight loss plans in future articles.
Another powerful strategy is to share your weight loss goal with everyone you know (family, friends, social media contacts, etc..).
This helps with motivation, as we tend to not want to let other people down or fail in front of them – even though we do not mind internal failure so much. Plus the support from friends doesn’t hurt at all!
The third proven technique is a little tricky based on how I started this article. And that is to remind yourself of the benefits of losing the weight (not to visualize yourself thin.) So you imagine how good you will feel 20 pounds down, or how good you are going to look, or what friends will say.
And in this case, research shows that thinking about the positive consequences of losing weight is far more powerful than thinking about the negative ones. Just remember this is very different from imagining yourself thin… this is thinking about the positive consequences.
More Proven Weight Loss Mental Strategies… Coming Soon!
Well, this post is getting long although I have so much else to share… for future posts!
One thing I will cover later (for example) is how the size of your plate can directly affect your weight loss goals!
If you have a moment, in the comments below, please let me know…
1) Your experience with visualization in the past…
2) Your current weight loss plan, and why it’s been hard/easy to stick to it…and…
3) What you’d like to know more about the “mental” side of weight loss.
Of course, you’re also free to post any other thoughts or questions you might have…I just want to make sure these articles and future content help you as much as possible.
Until Next Time!
Dr. Steven Sisskind, M.D.
1. L. B., & Taylor, S. E. (1999). From thought to action: Effects of process- versus outcome-based mental simulations on performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 250–260.
2. Oettingen, G., & Wadden, T. A. (1991). Expectation, fantasy, and weight loss: Is the impact of positive thinking always positive? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 15, 167–175.
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i find that i have the most trouble sticking to my plan when i exercise. when i exercise even minimal amounts, such as a round of golf, i get really hungry and eat much more than if i didn’t exercise at all. i enjoy exercise and activity, but found i only lose weight if i don’t do anything.
Hi Jodi – Thanks for writing in. Hunger can be very mental and sometimes things like exercise (which normally helps regulate our hunger). I definitely don’t want you to avoid exercise, as it is so beneficial, but you may want to try looking into something which helps you not eat quite as much. Try lots of drinking water, chewing gum or snacking while you exercise to make sure you don’t get extremely hungry. Good luck on the course!
Everytime I tell myself I am going to go on a diet, i want to eat more. Why is that? It seems I lose more if I don’t think about what I am eating.
Hi Sue – Actually, you are not alone. Many people, when they feel restricted with their diet, tend to eat more. Same thing with those who say they are no longer going to eat a certain type of food; like chocolate for example. They actually end up eating more chocolate because their mind becomes obsessed with the idea.
The best outlook is to aim for balance in what you’re eating. Find an eating style that you confidently feel like you can stick to for your lifetime and that doesn’t feel restrictive. For some it’s beneficial to plan a sweet snack into their calories, so that they stay satisfied with their eating. That is my best advice. Above all else, don’t get down on yourself. Bettering your health is a journey.
My personal experience with visualization is negative also. I almost never had photo’s taken of myself and in the past year have had quite a number taken. I was quite shocked at what I really looked like. Because I did not see my actual weight through other people’s eyes the visualization was actually masking from me what I needed to do. I was living a fantasy. What really brought it home for me was a young woman telling me that I was very photogenic. So I thought, good grief if I’m photogenic then that must be what I look like…yuck. I’m happy to report that recent photo’s show quite an improvement. This same principle would work for any endeavour, believing that you are already there, you don’t put in the effort to actually accomplish your goal.
I agree with your “Thinking yourself thin” criticism. On the surface it sounds reasonable but knowing the results of various studies I’m inclined to think that if I believe I am already thin I can afford to eat a few hundred extra calories with impunity.
Regarding visualisation for achieving goals: I have heard of a study (USA I think) where one group was asked to practice shooting basketball goals; a second group was asked to visualise shooting goals and a third group was not given any instruction. The ghree groups were then tested on their actual goal shooting abilities. The group who visualised shooting perfect goals consistently scored the best result with the first group who attended practice shooting second!
Perhaps it would be more useful to visualise the situations you might find yourself in and have previously been in (and failed). For example, after dinner at night when one might reach for a bowl of ice cream or a packet of chips it might be worthwhile visualising the situation of being aware of the craving and deciding to cut up an apple or a drink glass of water and going to bed immediately rather than staying up and giving in to cravings or boredom or whatever. Hence, you are actually visualising the action you would like to model in a given situation so that you know the best way to deal with certain situations when they occur (and hopefully react as per the script). Your life. Your movie You’re the script writer, the star and the director of your own movie!
Hi Trish – Good points. I agree if you have done a certain action before, visualizing yourself doing it is probably effective at helping yourself feel more confident. When you visualize losing weight or exercising everyday and you have never done it, it probably just boggles the mind and interferes with your action process. Good thoughts!
I visual what I would look and feel like after the weight comes off. To me that kept me going during an exhausting work out and I was happy to see what I had accomplished after only two weeks. I would chart my daily activity at least an hour a day of walking and then leg lifts and sit ups. Each day I would add to the number I would do. At the end of each week I would check my progress. The second week I would increase daily once again. I would remind myself when it starts to hurt if there is no pain there is no gain. At the end of four weeks I was more fit and had taken off weight and kept off what I had lost. I always keep a chart on regular paper in a notebook and just chart my activity each day. If I find I dont have as much time that day and I know I am going to be busy then maybe I break it down to 30 minutes here and there until I had attained the same goal even if it took a little longer. Hope that helps give you an idea and remember that water and greeen tea are natural metabolism boosters.
I have had an extremely difficult time losing weight. My original plan was going to the “Y”. I wnet from January through April every day on their Activ-trac program. I worked out on weights and exercise for 2 hours and then went and was swimming 24 length. I did not lose any weight at all. I also hiked for 2 miles every other day. I actually gained 4 lbs. I am careful with what I eat. Oatmeal and fruit for breakfast. Salad for lunch and most of the time eat around 5 for dinner. Remembering to eat like a king for breakfast and pauper for dinner. There is something wrong. I need help and do not know what to do. I wanted to lose weight for my daughter’s wedding which is this Saturday. June 23. I am an utter failure.
Hi Joan – I’m sorry to hear you are having trouble! Unfortunately, there is most likely nothing you can do between now and the time of your daughter’s wedding, yet I urge you to never take weight loss efforts internally and blame yourself as you have! This is obviously very important to you. If you are continuing all of these behaviors, it may be worth it to go see your personal doctor about a possible metabolic condition. You may have underlying thyroid problems or something else. The other advice I would give is to take body measurements and keep close track of how your body is responding to exercise. You may be gaining lean muscle and this may be what is causing the scale to stay steady. I hope this helps! Don’t give up and don’t get discouraged!
This is a really hepful answer.
I lost weight at the beginning but leveled off.
I was frustrated BUT
I then realized I was losing flab.
I then figured out that after years of a restricted life (MS) I had lost more muscle than I knew.
Now after 3 months I can see the muscle development. The flab loss contines slowly and I pretty much ditched the scale.
Diet/water/pills/EXERCISE and those tiny slow bursts of exercise you recommended don’t set off Fibramyalaga pain so I have been able to stick to it. : )
Hi Marylouise – Thank you so much for your response. It’s good to hear you are doing well and that the advice was helpful.
The biggest mental hurdle for me is that after all the work palnning and shopping for healthy food – when i am tired after work and stressed none of it looks appealing – i think ” i should eat that’ but it’s not what I really want. What i really want is a hot meal like spaghetti or hamburger helper or meat, potatoes, and a veggie – or chicken and rice and veggies – not raw veggies or a plain piece of chicken etc. And not a small portion.
All day long i do well in eating small and correct. When I get home i just want to eat until I’m full and sit in the recliner and destress.
How do I get enough “mental energy” to keep it on track in the evenings? When I’m tired, I have this crazy notion that eating will give me energy. i start eating and keep eating trying to find that energy that never comes. i know it’s happening but i succumb to it everytime I’m overtired. The fatter I get, the more tired I feel! It’s a vicious cycle!
Hi Lynne – Thank you for writing in and for sharing your story. I couldn’t tell you how much I personally can relate to your thoughts, as I myself still have similar feelings after work. I will be thinking, “all right, I have worked pretty hard today, I should be entitled to some feasting”. So much of this is engrained into our food obsessed culture too! However, you can’t just take the easy route all the time and eat to reverse fatigue or simply because you want to feel relaxed. This being said, I absolutely agree that food should taste delicious, fulfill us and help us feel better.
What I would recommend is to investigate the healthy foods that also fill you up and satisfy you late at night. There are countless dinners that can be made with little to no time, are healthy and most importantly taste delicious! It might be a good idea to take a cooking class or two to get a little more experienced in the kitchen and not rely on easy dinners like hamburger helper. You might be surprised how much interest you can begin to take in food and cooking once you look into it.
Also, if hunger is a big issue for you after work and late at night. Have a small snack right before you get home, something to hold you over and provide some energy before dinner is ready. Even if you don’t change what you’re cooking, you will be less hungry and therefore eat less food, hopefully preventing you from over indulging. I hope that helps Lynne. Good luck on your dinners and don’t get down on yourself. Our path to better health has peaks and valleys before we see some sunshine!
I think it’s more about how you visualise success or, perhaps the attitude you bring to it. If your visualisation amounts simply to a fantasy then I believe that can undermine your goals because a fantasy brings a measure of satisfaction and acts a proxy for the real thing (your goal). If you are visualising the steps or the process along with the result then that can help you reach your goals by reinforcing the relationship between the journey and the goal.
Visualising the results (fantasy) before you are achieving them definitely makes if easier not to put the effort in to achieve your goals , this is the same for business, health and most other things I have found, certainly step by step with a definite plan works for all aspects of your life and without goals and plans you are very unlikely to get the results you desire for the short or long term and the years will go bye with very little change.
Over the last year my weight has gone from 225 lbs to 187 lbs gradually and this has come about by eating the right foods (fresh) and avoiding the wrong foods (processed)and more regular exercise, my weight goal is 176 lbs and 16% body fat, living in China I have found this easy except for too many beers otherwise I would have reached my goal 5 months ago but that is ok , step by step is the only way, researching information on the internet and comparing information has made this a much easier journey and life is gettimg better (on most days).
I take a lot of medicine. Most of the medication side effect is weight gain
. Please help.
Hi Helen – Thank you for writing in. I understand how scary this can feel, being out of control of your weight loss efforts. While these play a factor, they shouldn’t completely halt your efforts at weight loss. I couldn’t tell you what medications to take or not take, because this is a decision strictly made with your personal doctor. If this is a big concern of yours, definitely go see him/her and tell him that you don’t want to gain weight and that you need to find an alternative medication. It is their job to work with you for your best interest. I hope that helps!
Hi Helen
I too take a lot of medicine that has the side effect of weight gain. There are not so many choices in what I must take for my condition so…. I take the Real Dose and the Omega’s 3 times a day. I really don’t diet because that always made me feel deprived however I found that I started eating smaller servings, and I use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate. I don’t go to the gym but I do walk and try to remember that a body in motion tends to stay in motion. So far I have gone from a size 12 to an 8, and 187 lbs to 159 this morning. The only thing I think I do consistently is take Dr. Steve’s recommendations 3 times a day. I drink lots of water as dry mouth is also a side effect of my meds. I feel good. Nothing ever worked for me like this has so I plan to continue doing what I am doing now.
Hi Dr
I want to loose weight so badly, I tried the USN diet fuel and doesn’t seems to work for me. I tried eating healthy as well but that only last for a week or so. I can’t resist certain kinds of foods and I eat a lot, I know eating a lot won’t help with my weight lost. What do you recommend?
Hi Natalie – Thanks for writing in. It sounds like you have uncontrollable hunger cravings. There are several things you can do to eat a more fulfilling diet. The first is to make sure you get enough sleep and stop drinking all forms of caffeine past 4pm. When we are tired and deprived of sleep our hormones leptin and ghrelin cause us to be significantly more hungry than usual.
The next thing you can do is to plan a sweet snack into your calories. If you are always having these hunger urges, then to fulfill them with something savory that doesn’t completely push you over the edge. The fact is, if you always feel like you are on a diet, you will become obsessed with food. You need to emphasize an eating style where anything fits with balanced calories and a variety of healthy foods.
Lastly, I would obviously recommend our Weight Loss Formula No1. This effectively helps people control cravings and eat a more controlled diet by changing key hormones like adiponectin, cortisol and Ghrelin.
Thanks for writing in!
One other point: the whole idea of visualizing is not a good thing for everyone. Each of us has a dominant sense (or perhaps two). It’s commonest in our culture for the dominant sense to be vision, but that’s not true for all of us. For me, for instance, the dominant sense is kinesthesia. Trying to visualize what I would look like thin is difficult because vision isn’t dominant — but more important, if I can visualize myself at all, it means becoming emotionally detached from my body — looking at it from outside. It’s a little like the descriptions I’ve read of astral travel.
If I’m looking at my body from outside, I become judgemental of it — and that’s as true if I try to make improvements to my body in the visualization as if I visualized it just as it is. At least visualizing my body as it is might make it possible to accept what it really looks like; visualizing it differently means that I’m telling myself that my body is unacceptable as it truly is.
I appreciate your emails and have learned a lot from them. You obviously have a heart for helping women lose wait and I appreciate your dedication to this mission. I agree with your premise that having and sticking to a plan will help in the weight loss battle. In fact our graduate school professors shared this notion with us ( I was in an MBA program 30 years ago at the time) and helped us to developed a plan. I have followed that counsel for years with fairly good results.
During menopause however, I found myself in a struggle with weight gain that I had never had before in life and it was pretty traumatic. It seemed as everything I ate turned into fat even with a decent diet and exercise program that I had kept up for years. I did try a variety of supplements and some of them were useful and actually helped at one time or another. . But the most useful action plan that helped me was to get back to the basics that we all know: drink your water, exercise, get adequate rest, be controlled in your eating, get some sunshine, follow good nutrition habits, trust in God, When I did the best I knew and prayed for God to help, I have seen better results than I achieved on my own over the last ten years. While I am still in menopause, I feel encouraged to see the excess inches going and my body regaining the shape of earlier years.
So I am very grateful for providers such as your self and the variety of useful health information available to all. But sometimes, just getting back to basics will help you work through information overload to a plan that will work best for you. Back to basics is working for me and hopefully it will encourage someone else as well.
At first low carbs worked well. 15 pounds the first month, then 2 months for the next 5 pounds. Now I am stuck. Hunger is not my problem. It’s boredom! But, I am sticking to the program , just getting no results.
I have tried to stick with the plan as closely as possible. The low carbs and low sugar has been a challange, but I have been sticking with it and have lost close to 20 pounds. Now I struggle most with trying to find recipes that utilize the foods I’m suppose to eat. I wish Realdose had a cookbook, or can refer their customers to a cooking book-magazine that might keep things interesting in the process of going forward. Lastly, I lve in a state that gets maybe 4 months of summer every year, and I feel like this time of year I do not get regular workouts because I’m trying to cram too much into a few months. What I’m trying to do is prioritize my day, and empty/unload some of my bag/tasks so I can have that important time to myself.
Hi Jessica – Thank you for writing in. I’m sorry you are having trouble. Currently we do not have a recipe collection. You might research “The Fat Resistance Diet” by Leo Galland M.D. or “Eat to Live” by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Both have extensive meal plans which are similar to what we recommend in our program. It sounds like having some more scheduled time for your goals would be helpful as well. We do have a Healthy Life Program which assists customers with many of the strategies that you are struggling with. I will have one of our agents send you some information regarding this. I hope this helps!
I have been taking RealDose for about three months. I eat very heathful but I am not losing weight. I have a problem trying to get in everything you say I need like 2-3 servings of beans a day, the 3 Tbs of oil, plus 1 Tbs coconut oil. I wish I had a # of calories I should be comsuming per day. The oils alone are 400 +. Any suggestions?
Hi Beverly – Thank you for writing in. I’m sorry you are not experiencing weight loss at this point! To be clear, RealDose is meant to work with ANY dietary program. Though we recommend certain changes for life term success, you are not mandated to follow our recommendations to make the product work. It’s hard to say what may be helping or hindering your weight loss. One of our specialists may be able to help you identify other factors which might be preventing your weight loss. I will put you in contact with them. Good luck!
I’ve done this just recently and it’s true. We had 6 months to prepare for our daughter’s wedding and I needed to lose 40 lbs. to fit into the dresses I bought. I focused on that goal alone and planned my diet and exercise regimen accordingly with reasonable, smaller goals per month. I changed one thing at a time, slowly adopting the changes. I lost the weight and then some. Even though I’ve returned to old habits, to my surprise, I’ve actually maintained the weight. I feel sickly though which is why I started back up on it. I’ve been back on it for 3 days now. Although I feel better, I haven’t lost anything yet. Visualization must be impeding my progress. I’m going to approach as described above and see if things change.
In the past, it had always been a visualization process as your article said. I had a real struggle sticking with it, losing, and maintaining any weight loss. Now, I understand and have experienced the difference, even though I could never figure out what I was doing different that made such an outstanding impact. Thank you for bringing this point to our attention.
I was wondering if you’ve ever looked into what other doctors are saying regarding our glandular and cellular make-up through blood antigens and the effects they have on our abilities to lose and maintain our weight along with an appropriate individually tailored exercise program.
Hi Karen – Thank you for sharing your example. It’s always nice to hear of a personal case to make the research more personable.
There is new areas of research known as “nutrigenomics” which sounds similar to what you are describing. It is basically a way to identify specific exercise and nutrition strategies that will create the most change for a person depending on their genetic make up. This will most likely be the future of managing health, but right now it is still in preliminary research stages. Thanks again!
My most troubling issue is my thyroid. Ever since it was 1/2 removed for a benign tumor some 20 years ago, weight has been an insurmountable issue. I eat right, exercise, do all the right things and it just doesn’t budge. My labs are always “within normal range” so they won’t up my meds. My drug insurance recently switched me to levothyroxine. But the weight issue has been the same all along. Any suggestions?
Hi Ro – Well unfortunately my first advice would be to try a different medication, yet it seems like you have already done this. Besides that, routine checks of your T3/T4 levels is recommended so that your medication can be adjust appropriately. That tight control of your levels is important for a healthy metabolism.
I have thought about visualization, but never really incorporated it into my weight loss regime consistently. The deciding factor during this weight loss period seems to have been writing down everything I put in my mouth and tracking my exercise and water intake. This documentation helped me to review the “losing” periods when I hit a plateau, and I started eating duplicate meals from that time. Of course, RealDose 1 also helped me….I felt good on this diet!
To tell you the truth…the one difference between this time of dieting as opposed to all the others I have done successfully during my 40 years of dieting was that I told myself that the feeling of hunger that I sometimes had was not a bad thing. I seem to have had this mantra in my head, “you must eat so you don’t get hungry”. This time I kept telling myself that it felt good to be hungry before I ate. This may seem to be elementary, but I think it was the key to my success at losing 22 pounds over the summer. I have maintained my weight loss for 3 weeks now, including a vacation weekend.
The difficult task of maintaining this weight is now before me. I give myself one year before I try to get the last 15 pounds off to an “ideal” weight and BMI.
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I have lost a l lot of weight rentcely and my breasts did get smaller. I was considering a reduction before I started to lose weight, but don’t need one anymore. I was about a 38DD now I am about a 34C. Unfortunately there has been no natural lift!References :
Hi Darel,
Thank you for taking a moment and posting to our website. Congratulations on your weight loss success. To answer your question, Firming and toning the pectoral muscles of the chest can improve the appearance and shape of your breasts after weight loss. Once you’ve reached your goal weight, you can maintain it with aerobic exercise while sculpting the chest area with strength-training exercises. Check with your doctor before you begin a new strength-training or exercise program.
I’m try to loose weight but it hard wat do you recommend I’m a Lupus patient ind I am takin prednisone every time I try to lose weight I end up getin sick and if I lost some weight they give me prednisone in a higher dose and I genie it again
Hi Arlinda,
Thank you so much for your post!RealDose Weight Loss Formula No. 1 is decaffeinated and made without harsh stimulants, which is unique in the dietary supplement industry. We formulated RealDose to be safe, non-addictive, and without side effects. We are not aware of any potential food or supplement interactions. In addition, we have taken great care to formulate RealDose Weight Loss Formula so it will not interfere with most medications, including those for the treatment of diabetes, cholesterol, thyroid, and high blood pressure. However, if you have a medical condition or a concern about a potential interaction with RealDose Weight Loss Formula ingredients and the medications you are taking you should always consult with your physician. If you have any other concerns about side effects, interactions or safety or RealDose Weight Loss Formula No. 1, please let us know.We always refer customers to ask their doctor about the interactions as we do not want to steer you wrong.Every individual has their own unique diagnosis that only your personal doctor can answer. We can only reassure you that we formulated the product to not interact with most medications.
Please feel free to let us know what your doctor has advised you
The mental aspects of weight loss are of particular interest to me. I am currently on a diet program on which I have lost more than 65 pounds (I have about another 25 left to lose). I have spent a fair bit of time deconstructing how I gained so much weight in the first place so that I can plan my strategy for maintaining my weight when I’m done with the diet program. I’ve managed to figure out most of the contributing factors, but there is one aspect that still confounds me and that is connected with my body image. Rationally I knew I’d put on a lot of weight, but I really didn’t think I looked all that different. I keep asking myself how I didn’t “see” how much the weight gain had affected my appearance. I STILL don’t see myself all that differently even after losing all this weight. Is this disconnect between mental body image and reality fairly common? Any advice on strategies for forming and maintaining a more realistic body image in the future?
Hi Erin,
Thank you for sharing your weight loss success with us and Congratulation on your commitment to succeed! Weight loss isn’t easy and sometimes can even be frustrating, So, keep up the hard work. As for How you appear to yourself; meaning that you still look the same and you don’t notice any physical changes when you look at yourself. It’s common with many people that begin to lose weight, the good news is, that the scales and your cloths Don’t lie. So why you may not see any changes in your body it sounds like they are happening. By weighing yourself weekly,taking body measurements, and even trying on a pair of jeans that at one time you couldn’t button, may all be helpful tools to boost your mental body image.
I was taking the Weight Loss Formula 1 for a little over 6 week. During this time my periods stopped and I had 2 episodes of excruciating abdominal pain. My doctor ordered blood tests and an ultra sound of my abdomin which came back clear. I am 159cm tall and weigh 62kg. I have just turned 48 and have always had regular periods with little to no problems. There is no history in my family of early menopause (my mother and 2 sisters were in there early 50′s). Would like to hear your opinion on this.
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I struggle with stubborn Belly fat especially around the middle – Being on this plan is helping me to shrink it .. I will be in a better place this time next year — it’s hard , its hard to lose this stuff but I’m working it out everyday – thats how I see myself .. no belly fat !!!
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We’ve taken great care to formulate RealDose Weight Loss Formula so that it will not interfere with most medications, including those for the treatment of diabetes, cholesterol, and high blood pressure. However, you should always consult with your physician regarding any potential interaction with RealDose Weight Loss Formula ingredients and the medications that you are taking.
Using this product along with a healthy eating plan, like our Fat Loss Fast Program, which comes free with every purchase, will assist you in reaching your weight loss goals. We feel a healthy rate of weight loss is 1-2 pounds a week.
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hi, I had one question
injured area wasn’t hurt for a long time, after taking real dose getting hurt again.
Hi Michael, Thanks for posting. I’m very sorry you are not feeling well.
We formulated Weightloss Formula No. 1 to be safe, non-addictive, with few mild temporary side effects.
That said, if you feel you are having a reaction to our product, please stop use immediately and if your symptoms persist please contact your personal physician.
We’d also like to know more about your experience, please feel free to email us at support@realdose.com with an update on how you’re feeling.