That said, I lost 1 pound this week. I consider that a victory given it was that time of the month, and I always retain water like crazy. I actually went up 1 pound then lost that one plus another one. I’m less than 15 pounds from my goal – so I’m excited! I also lost .5 inches in my waist this week. Maybe it’s true that on SB, you really do “lose belly fat first.”

This week, I plan to continue my exercise and try to up my water intake. I admit I’ve been sticking mostly to Diet Coke and the occasional cup of juice or seltzer.

Till next week,

Claire

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South Beach Check-In: Week 4

Most of you have probably heard about the treatment Lipodissolve, a treatment that involves shots of chemicals to rupture fat cells in certain areas of the body, such as the stomach or arms. It seems like I’m constantly hearing about some celebrity or other who got Lipodissolve and got rid of her cellulite.

The November issue of Allure has a great article about some of the things that can go wrong during these treatments, which cost thousands of dollars and are not technically FDA approved:

“Several doctors and patients contacted by Allure reported complications, calls to 911, hospital admissions and surgeries as a result of Lipodissolve treatments.”

These range from feeling numbess in the chest to extreme pain, bloating and tingling in the injection site, to having to have skin grafts.

Typically, you have to go several times to see a loss of an inch or two in the area you have injected, over a period of six months or so.

Hopefully, this article will be enough to convince women (and men!) to lose fat the only healthy, proven effective way – diet and exercise.

Claire

(Image from Zipmed.net)

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Lipodissolve Disasters