Well, when I said "the shrink" it wasn't about psychologist or
mental cases! It is directly about shrinking down.... Today I am going to be
slashing (alright maybe it is a bit direct, let me rephrase) Today I am going
to be sharing about Slimming Centers... I remembered trying slimming
center prior to my wedding day! To be honest and my advice will be "NEVER
EVER.. EVER EVER walked into these centers to sign up their packages no matter
how desperate or fat you are! Always try the healthier way of losing weight! It
is through eating healthy and exercise"
Let me tell you why!
1. Once you are in you
can never get out!
o They eventually set
some really hard to achieve "IDEAL WEIGHT" for their customers during
the beginning of the package and promise to make you size 2, irregardless of
what size you are now! They promise you it is achievable if you strictly follow
whatever that they tell you to do!
o The catch?!? Well the
ideal weight is not what the body mass index tells you! It is what they define
as SLIM! And with that said SLIM means you are 50 kgs or below no matter you
are five feet one or six feet!
o From my experience :
I am 5ft 7 inches tall and my ideal weight should be around 62 to 65 kgs. That
is healthy weight! I remembered going through their 10 full courses package
and weighing around 63kgs at that time! Yes I have lost about 8kgs
within that 7 weeks! By the time I am leaving I was pestered to sign on too
another 5 more full courses, because apparently 63kgs is NOT an ideal weight
for my height and that I should achieved 55kgs. I told them I felt lighter and
I am happy with my current weight, I could fit right into my old clothes and I
am ok! Well they start telling me the consequences of stopping halfway and
that frightens me a lot, so I obediently signed on to
another 5 more courses since I still have time till my wedding.
o To be honest no
matter how hard I tried to repeat what I did to lose my earlier 8kgs I could
never do it! And the reason that my weight consultant tell me?! Its because the
first 8kgs were water retention so it was easily lost, now you are losing only
2kgs is because we are hitting at the stubborn fats and usually it takes longer
to fight! Hence in saying so, she introduced me to "Coffee Detox &
Lavender Cleansing" which is out of the signed package!
She guaranteed that by progressing these packages, my
"stubborn" fats will be gone in no time! Did I sign? NO!
o HOW DID I GET OUT?! I
wait till there is one more course left and I never walk back there
again no matter how many phone calls they gave me!
2. Advertise price is
never the ACTUAL price
o Be careful of the
price you are signing as it will usually turn out to be more expansive than
you budgeted for! Let's say you were firm enough to never take up the
second round! One round is enough! You are still FORCE to buy their Special Oat
Meals, Coffee Product as it is compulsory for "HOME CARE" to go along
with the diet list that they gave you! These coffee and oat meals and what-nots are not mentioned when you sign on to their package and you underwent the first
slimming programs! It usually comes in the second round or maybe further along
the course!
o Price of those?!
Usually cost more than the package itself! They usually will pushed you to
take bulk as taking one by one will double the price! Well do you have a choice
since you are already in it?! You will have to willingly hand over your credit
card.
o Other Adds on that is
not in the primary packages eg : Coffee Detox & Lavender Cleansing is one
of them! Then there are also Coffee Massage to clear stubborn fats and also not
to forget firming and slim wrap that is also compulsory once you have slim down
more than 5kgs!
3. Easy come easy go!
You end up gaining more weights than you have lost!
o As fast as you lose
those weight by electrocuting, sauna, hot blanketing & drinking tonnes
of slimming coffee you will most certainly gained it back
o They will always
blamed it on you not finishing the course and not wanting to sign on to
more courses hence all your initial weight lost are not actual weight lost but
just water lost! You must continue their plans to be able to lose more which is
the actual fats! (What more to lose other than your money I would say!)
o Slimming centres will
show you the pictures of successful ladies who had slimmed down and
stayed the same for years which is always the same catchphrase : These ladies
NEVER gained back their weight even after 3 years because they were with us and
still with us until today! So what you are indicating is that you are like a drug
that we cannot shake lose!
Therefore my points are simple! There is no easy way to anything at all!
As tempting as the deals are, they are hazardous! After stopping slimming
center, I got married - slim but NOT skinny like a lot of brides! I gained back
the weight I lost in fact close to double BUT now I have lost almost 10kgs of
it! How I do it?! Well I started exercising and eating healthy for the past 8 months, the progress is slow but it's well worth it! I never felt so healthy in my life! My final reminder : You might lose weight fast with slimming centers but it is the slimming centers that you will never be able to lose once you have step right in! For many of us who are average income earners, it is something that we cannot afford to sign on for long run! Live healthy, be wise! ;)
