It works! Body wraps
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Look, if you just make it part of a monthly or bi-monthly routine they definitely make a difference and I have seen hundreds of women get healthier and also make great changes to their skin!
If you also look at certain simple exercises (that can be done at home) and foods to eat and foods to avoid, you can set up a really simple plan for yourself that will help with weigh loss, make you healthier and smooth out your skin.
David
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I've seen hundreds of women (literally) get fitter and transform their bodies just by counting calories and adding in some exercise without wraps.Look, if you just make it part of a monthly or bi-monthly routine they definitely make a difference and I have seen hundreds of women get healthier and also make great changes to their skin!
If you also look at certain simple exercises (that can be done at home) and foods to eat and foods to avoid, you can set up a really simple plan for yourself that will help with weigh loss, make you healthier and smooth out your skin.
David
One doesn't need to avoid foods they like. This is the problem with "quick fix" programs. Almost all of them speak of abstaining from foods that are considered evil.
Want nice skin. Moisturize it for less money and loofa it in the shower.
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Stop trolling with that thread title.0
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I actually GAINED inches when i used this product. The lady says that you're suppose to drink half your weight in water before you use a wrap. Which I hadn't because i had just woken up before going to the "party" Which leads me to believe that it's just water weight that you lose lol I didn't sign up to get more wraps.0
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I believe that the thread title refers to the name of the product, rather than an endorsement by the OP.0
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What if i use wraps and i exercise to keep it up will ot work?0
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What if i use wraps and i exercise to keep it up will ot work?
Exercise and eat right. Build muscle and lose fat. That will be just about all you need.0 -
I tried it at a party once - NOT IMPRESSED
Everything works different on everyone though...0 -
What if i use wraps and i exercise to keep it up will ot work?
The exercise will help. The wraps will not.0 -
its a bull**** pyramid scheme.How Body Wraps Actually Work
Most at home and spa wraps are comprised of two main components: The solution and the "wrap" itself. In truth, it is actually the solution that determines the effectiveness of a wrap because it contains the ingredients that do all the work. Specifically, legitimate body wraps are made from powerful all-natural ingredients that first absorb into your skin.
Once absorbed, the ingredients begin to attack the chemical bonds that are effectively keeping stored fat deposits and stored toxins attached to one another. Cheap and ineffective wraps, on the other hand, may actually make things worse and force your body to store more toxins rather than flushing them (more on this later).
So what do toxins attached to your fat deposits have to do with whether or not a body wrap actually works as advertised? Well once the bond between toxins and fat deposits is broken, your body can finally flush the toxins from your system. But if the body cannot flush those toxins, then it can't burn the fat deposits for energy and the wrap is essentially worthless.
The body "wrap" itself is designed to help you absorb more of the ingredients. For spa wraps and most at home wraps, people typically use terry cloth strips as the "wrap". First, the terry cloth strips are soaked in the solution for about 15 minutes.
Then and typically with the help of a spa tech or a very close friend, the strips are then applied over your bare skin where they must be left in place for about an hour to 90 minutes. Once the terry cloth strips are removed, the ingredients will continue to purge toxins and help your body eliminate fat deposits for up to 48 hours-depending on the quality of the wrap.
How to Identify and Buy Body Wraps That Work
Believe it or not, the biggest problem with bogus wraps isn't that they don't work (and they don't!), but that they actually make the problem worse. In order to save money, most scam or cheap wraps are made from synthetic ingredients. While these cheap body wrap ingredients are great for a company's bottom line, the problem is that your body doesn't "recognize" synthetic ingredients as easily as all-natural ingredients. And if your body can't recognize the body wrap ingredients, it will consider them to be "toxins".
Now when we are younger, the body can flush toxins quickly-as fast as you ingest them in most cases. But as we age, the body's ability to purge incoming toxins slows down and some of them end up getting stored in your skin cells-right next to fat deposits. In fact, these stored toxins are actually "bound" to the fat deposits.
So unless you first purge the toxins with an effective high quality wrap, then your body can NEVER burn those fat deposits for energy. But in the case of scam wraps made from synthetic ingredients, not only will they NEVER purge those stored toxins-they are actually adding new toxins to your problem!
So to avoid the ineffective wraps that can make problems even worse, here are two simple tips:
Buying Tip #1: Avoid Wraps Made from Synthetic Ingredients
While home wraps made from 100% all-natural ingredients might still not work as well as a spa body wrap if they aren't the right all-natural ingredients, the one certainty is that they won't make the problem worse like wraps made from synthetic ingredients. And if you happen to find 2 products both made with all-natural ingredients but need to know which is most likely to work well and produce the results you want and deserve, then see tip #2!
Buying Tip #2: Avoid Products that Require the "Wrap"
The fact is that most spa wraps and even many at home body wraps require a wrap for one reason and one reason alone: Because the body wrap ingredients are very weak. Now make no mistake: Even these weak ingredients can and will work when properly applied with terry cloth strips or a full body wrap. But, it is a major pain to try and apply the terry cloth strips yourself and an even bigger embarrassment to have some "friend" apply them for you. So for the best results possible and faster application times, look for home body wraps made from 100% all-natural ingredients that don't require the terry cloth strips or "wrap". These higher quality body wrap solutions can typically be added to a tub filled with warm water and then all you have to do is sit back and "soak-in" the ingredients.
Unfortunately, the question of whether body wraps actually work really does depend on the type of wrap you get (home vs. spa wrap), the ingredients it is made from, and whether a wrap is required or not.
Jon Kreps is a health and wellness expert and to learn more about how do body wraps work, just visit http://www.justbodywraps.com today!
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Soak the cotton cloth in Apple Cider Vinegar and cover your tummy for 30 mins. You will see the difference.
Excersie cannot be avoided though.0 -
I don't know why everyone is being down on wraps, I love wraps. If I am approaching my calorie limit subbing in a wrap rather than a sandwich with whole bread can make the difference and honestly prefer the taste as well.
So much variety with wraps too, tons of ingredient options. I mean look at this posters suggestions for ingredients like...horse tail?....Ivy?
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A normal person has between 25 and 35 billion fat cells, but this number can increase in times of excessive weight gain, to as many as 100 to 150 billion cells. The number of fat cells in the body remains constant after their formation; the cells just expand and shrink in size during weight gain and loss. This has been suggested as one reason weight loss is so hard to maintain for many people, and research is under way to determine methods or medications that will reduce the actual number of cells. Four critical periods have been identified during which time the number of fat cells a person has will increase: between 12 and 18 months of age; between 12 and 16 years of age, especially in females (in fact, the best single predictor of adult obesity is adolescent obesity); in adulthood when an individual gains in excess of 60% of their healthy weight, and during pregnancy (4).
I have been here since 2011 and never really knew about the forums until recently. Despite that fact, the science behind detox does not change. Every report I have ever studied (credible reports) indicate you do NOT gain additional fat cells after childhood. Please feel free to post a credible source to prove to me otherwise, as I would love to know any different.
First 2 posts and of course she's a rep. Pseudoscience isn't science. Yes do can get more fat cells according to physiology studies especially when becoming very overweight/obese.The wraps actually DO work. As someone who has tried them (multiple times) and who has actually researched each ingredient within the wrap, I can honestly tell you the wrap has ZERO osmosis (water transfer/loss) properties in ANY of its ingredients.
The ingredients in the wrap are the key. You can even check each of the ingredients functions on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ if you want to know more.
Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) - astringent, anti-inflammatory
Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) - suppresses inflammation, reduces cellulite, powerful anti-oxidant properties, cell damage prevention, free radical damage protection, prevents or delays skin aging Centella Asiatica - anti-inflammatory, tightens skin, increases skin elasticity
Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) - astringent, tightening, firming, improves elasticity
Eucalyptus Globus - promotes regeneration of skin tissue, antibacterial, ant fungal, antiviral
Fucus Vesiculosus (Seaweed) - speeds up elimination of toxins from cells, natural cellular renewal, nourishes and remineralizes, silicon believed to keep the skin from wrinkling and sagging, anti-inflammatory, revitalizing properties
Hedera Helix (Ivy) - toning, tightening, skin refining, slimming and anti-cellulite, antibacterial, used in treatment of wrinkles
Menthol - anti-inflammatory
Methylsilanol Mannuronate - firms and strengthens the skin, anti-oxidant, prevents acceleration of premature aging, prevents the effects of coetaneous aging, destroys free radicals, moisturizes, normalizes cellular metabolism, tissue regenerator, reduction of cellulite
Panthenol (B5) - penetrating moisturizer, promotes normal keratinization
Paullinia Cupana (Guarana Seed) - astringent, stimulates circulation
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) - tissue toner and firmer, stimulates metabolic process
We have 2 types of toxins in our bodies. Hydrophilic: water soluble and Lipophilic: fat soluble. Contrary to belief our bodies are able to dispose of lipophilic toxins. Waste fat (the kind you see on an overweight person) is burned for energy, stored as essential reserves & finally used to absorb more fat! The Lipophilic toxins pollute the lipids or fats in your body and you sick. make you sick...by detoxification these lipophilic toxins enter your liver. Which then brings us to why Bile production is the key to detoxification of these toxins!
The liver's job is to dump the toxins.This is also why some people who detox feel "sick." This is very normal for a person with a "sick liver". If a person wants to ensure a healthy liver will continue to excrete these toxins they need to make sure potassium levels are stable. Potassium salts comprise the majority of bile salts which are essential to digesting dietary lipids! If our bodies are not alkaline then the lipids stay in our liver, which attracts more fat. Fat absorbs fat! When the body is alkaline, our bile salts will take lipids out! This then leads to why the wraps are a continual process. The human body is not like a car, where we can drain the dirty oil, and replace it with fresh oil. Lipophilic cleansing gradually replaces the cellular lipids by over-supplying ideal lipids. Its like adding a little fresh oil to your car every day. The oil gets cleaner, just not all at once. The liver produces bile. Bile is soap. Bile soap is made up of fats or lipids mixed with bile salts. Bile salts are heavily alkaline materials! Soap is a surfactant and it dissolves up fat!!
Basically, you are born with every fat cell you will ever have. You never get more. Your fat cells have the ability to enlarge to over 1000x their size based on the foods you eat. Toxins can act like a un-penetrable layer between the fat cells and your bloodstream inhibiting any "shrinkage" to occur. When you remove this layer through detox, you allow your fat cells to better metabolize in your body to be used as energy rather stored as fuel. That is why the water is so crucial. You want to excrete as much as possible while wrapping and up to 72 hours after in order to flush out as much of the toxins as possible. It is almost like magic, but once you remove those, your body has the capability to reduce those fat cells so much better. The wrap also reduces cellulite, "dimples" and tightens the skin in the process.
Their defining gel has almost the same ingredient list and can be used in the same fashion the wrap is, but for cheaper in my opinion.
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Despite your friend not getting the results she wants with the wraps, they do work. Not everyone has the same results and not everyone knows how to use them properly....even people who sell them are sometimes misled with insufficient knowledge of the product's abilities. People who think it is a "silver bullet" of sorts with weight loss are sorely mistaken. People can go to the gym for 6 months and lose nothing too if they are not knowledgeable of what to do at the gym and how to maintain that with nutrition and diet at home. It just comes down to educating yourself.
http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/obesity/section1.htm
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Please, please can someone please answer.....What TOXINS ? I really want to know the name of these toxins that can prevent a person from using their stored energy supply.0
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Should also mention that this isn't your info, but something you copied and pasted without siting the source. Known as plagiarism. At least credit the author.The wraps actually DO work. As someone who has tried them (multiple times) and who has actually researched each ingredient within the wrap, I can honestly tell you the wrap has ZERO osmosis (water transfer/loss) properties in ANY of its ingredients.
The ingredients in the wrap are the key. You can even check each of the ingredients functions on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ if you want to know more.
Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) - astringent, anti-inflammatory
Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) - suppresses inflammation, reduces cellulite, powerful anti-oxidant properties, cell damage prevention, free radical damage protection, prevents or delays skin aging Centella Asiatica - anti-inflammatory, tightens skin, increases skin elasticity
Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) - astringent, tightening, firming, improves elasticity
Eucalyptus Globus - promotes regeneration of skin tissue, antibacterial, ant fungal, antiviral
Fucus Vesiculosus (Seaweed) - speeds up elimination of toxins from cells, natural cellular renewal, nourishes and remineralizes, silicon believed to keep the skin from wrinkling and sagging, anti-inflammatory, revitalizing properties
Hedera Helix (Ivy) - toning, tightening, skin refining, slimming and anti-cellulite, antibacterial, used in treatment of wrinkles
Menthol - anti-inflammatory
Methylsilanol Mannuronate - firms and strengthens the skin, anti-oxidant, prevents acceleration of premature aging, prevents the effects of coetaneous aging, destroys free radicals, moisturizes, normalizes cellular metabolism, tissue regenerator, reduction of cellulite
Panthenol (B5) - penetrating moisturizer, promotes normal keratinization
Paullinia Cupana (Guarana Seed) - astringent, stimulates circulation
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) - tissue toner and firmer, stimulates metabolic process
We have 2 types of toxins in our bodies. Hydrophilic: water soluble and Lipophilic: fat soluble. Contrary to belief our bodies are able to dispose of lipophilic toxins. Waste fat (the kind you see on an overweight person) is burned for energy, stored as essential reserves & finally used to absorb more fat! The Lipophilic toxins pollute the lipids or fats in your body and you sick. make you sick...by detoxification these lipophilic toxins enter your liver. Which then brings us to why Bile production is the key to detoxification of these toxins!
The liver's job is to dump the toxins.This is also why some people who detox feel "sick." This is very normal for a person with a "sick liver". If a person wants to ensure a healthy liver will continue to excrete these toxins they need to make sure potassium levels are stable. Potassium salts comprise the majority of bile salts which are essential to digesting dietary lipids! If our bodies are not alkaline then the lipids stay in our liver, which attracts more fat. Fat absorbs fat! When the body is alkaline, our bile salts will take lipids out! This then leads to why the wraps are a continual process. The human body is not like a car, where we can drain the dirty oil, and replace it with fresh oil. Lipophilic cleansing gradually replaces the cellular lipids by over-supplying ideal lipids. Its like adding a little fresh oil to your car every day. The oil gets cleaner, just not all at once. The liver produces bile. Bile is soap. Bile soap is made up of fats or lipids mixed with bile salts. Bile salts are heavily alkaline materials! Soap is a surfactant and it dissolves up fat!!
Basically, you are born with every fat cell you will ever have. You never get more. Your fat cells have the ability to enlarge to over 1000x their size based on the foods you eat. Toxins can act like a un-penetrable layer between the fat cells and your bloodstream inhibiting any "shrinkage" to occur. When you remove this layer through detox, you allow your fat cells to better metabolize in your body to be used as energy rather stored as fuel. That is why the water is so crucial. You want to excrete as much as possible while wrapping and up to 72 hours after in order to flush out as much of the toxins as possible. It is almost like magic, but once you remove those, your body has the capability to reduce those fat cells so much better. The wrap also reduces cellulite, "dimples" and tightens the skin in the process.
Their defining gel has almost the same ingredient list and can be used in the same fashion the wrap is, but for cheaper in my opinion.
http://skinnywrapgirls.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Inspiration.pdf
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anti-inflammatories? eucalyptus? menthol?
I think i'll just spread some vicks on some saran wrap and pepper it with ibuprofens and roll myself up in that. should wake up SKINNY!
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Ugh why did this stupid thread get resurrected.
I love that some of the pro-wrap supporters on this thread never posted again.0 -
Look, if you just make it part of a monthly or bi-monthly routine they definitely make a difference and I have seen hundreds of women get healthier and also make great changes to their skin!
If you also look at certain simple exercises (that can be done at home) and foods to eat and foods to avoid, you can set up a really simple plan for yourself that will help with weigh loss, make you healthier and smooth out your skin.
David
Fake.
Once you start telling ppl to exercise and avoid certain foods, it's the diet and exercise causing the changes ie. CI/CO. NOT the wraps.
On a scale from 1-10 please tell me exactly how stupid you think people on this site are?0 -
lb or currency?The wraps do work. I have a friend that lost 30 pounds using them . . . I don't know all about that article but from first hand knowledge and eye witnessing it, I would say the article is bogus.0 -
Alrighty then! I hope everyone has a great, amazing, healthy, ((body wrap free)) Weekend! So sorry I wasted my time with you folks. Wrong place to be, and too much negativity!! So much for positive feedback about anything, I guess that's what these blogs are for..bashing bashing bashing, negative negative negative.
But thank you for the input!
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I don't believe in voodoo and witchcraft..
But I do believe in forging your body with your own effort.
i believe in witchcraft but this is still just a crock of crap0 -
Please, please can someone please answer.....What TOXINS ? I really want to know the name of these toxins that can prevent a person from using their stored energy supply.
Also, if there are toxinzzz, would they not make your body inefficient at energy use rather than conserving it?0 -
The toxins thing is killing me. (I read the first few pages of the thread and skipped to the end.) I don't buy that part. ;PI have a few friends that have tried it and it worked for them but it was only temporary. They lost btwn 1-4 inches and kept it off for about a month. IMO it is great for a quick fix (like trying to fit into that dress for a function and dont have time to lose the weight that my friends did) but it will come back.
I agree.
I have lost a lot of weight and am skinny everywhere except my belly. I have a double whammy there: persistent belly fat thanks to PCOS plus "twin skin" after carrying twins to full term. To me the wraps might be worth trying if I want to my midsection to look slimmer for a beach vacation, an event, etc., but not for long-term results. Kind of like wearing Spanx, but more comfortable and can work with a bathing suit.
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Soak the cotton cloth in Apple Cider Vinegar and cover your tummy for 30 mins. You will see the difference.
Excersie cannot be avoided though.
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I see a lot of people being very negative about this product. As a former General Manager and Personal Trainer at a gym, I think we are all missing something very important about these types of products. The truth behind most overweight people and the ability to go and workout is there is a lack of self esteem and self confidence to get started. Before I entered the fitness industry I was 325 pounds. I was extremely intimidated about going to a gym and being that "FAT" guy. I was afraid people would be wondering "when is the fat guy going to give up" or "wonder if the fat guy is going to McDonalds on the way home". The hardest part of every workout is showing up.
I agree that these products do not work for the actual weight loss and lifestyle changes that are needed. I do believe there is a place in the market for these products. If this is what it takes for someone to develop the drive or courage to start exercising and eating better then the product does work.
$90.00 is a very cheap price to pay for confidence or motivation. You can say what you will, but there is no other "cure" for a lack of self esteem, self image or self confidence then believing that something can help you get started.0 -
I just don't get wearing something that holds you in during workouts, and don't get me wrong, I love a good corset, so I'm not against that sort of thing in general. But not when I'm exercising. I need to be able to breathe deep when I work out.0
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The wraps from ItWorks! Really do work! I'm not here to try and sell you anything granted I know many people that work with this company and are successful. You can "bash" me all you want, I've seen first hand multiple times these wraps do work. And when you become a Loyal Customer you don't only have to get wraps! ItWorks! Has TONS of other products to help you get healthy. It's not just one "magic" wrap. And it's not magic and it's not just getting rid of water weight. What the wrap is, is a detox. It shrinks fat cells. There is no magic and to get it to work you have to drink water so I don't see how you're dehydrating yourself? But obviously you're uneducated so I will forgive you. Other products ItWorks! Offers is greens, which is 8+ servings of fruits and vegetables and 38+ super foods in one drink. It's basically like a koolaid packet that you put in water and helps you get healthy! These wraps are here to help people see it's possible to look great and feel great and all you have to do is eat right and exercise. Obviously the wrap isn't making anyone healthy alone but it does help! I'm currently still using the wraps. I didn't see results with my first wrap but then I started drinking a little bit more water (if you're driving your minimum of 8 8 ounces glasses of water a day you won't have an issue! But I wasn't. I'm not big on water so I had to drink more) and I started to see a huge difference! And just seeing a couple inches practically fall off my body made me think "hey! I can do this! I want to look even better and get healthy!" So I really cracked down on eating right and exercising more and I'm now down to 150 from 165 (have only been doing this for less than a month!) and I'm still not at my goal weight but I am still using ItWorks! Products because they really do work! Just go on a distributors website and you can see all the different products offered and if you're a loyal customer you actually get free shipping and you don't have to get the same product every month. If one month you want wraps and the next you want greens or facials or fat fighter or hair skin and nails, get anything! It doesn't have to be the same every month. People in my area sell things online all the time. It's against their policy because they don't want to get cheated money obviously. If you're a LC and get a box of 4 wraps for $59 and sell each wrap for $25 you're making $41 just keep repeating the process and you're practically stealing money because you're not a distributor. Become a distributor and get the same perks but make money doing it if that's what you want to do is sell products and make money because these products do work and they aren't as expensive as you guys may think. If some of you are skeptical, have a party! Some distributors will even make a deal where you bring 5 or more people to the party and the host (you!) get wrapped free! What do you have to lose? At most, $25 and 45 minutes of your time if they don't work for you.0
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I just don't get wearing something that holds you in during workouts, and don't get me wrong, I love a good corset, so I'm not against that sort of thing in general. But not when I'm exercising. I need to be able to breathe deep when I work out.
You're not supposed to wear them while you work out. You will just be sweating off the lotion that goes in your skin to shrink fat cells. Work out after the wrap!0 -
Waste of money.0
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I just don't get wearing something that holds you in during workouts, and don't get me wrong, I love a good corset, so I'm not against that sort of thing in general. But not when I'm exercising. I need to be able to breathe deep when I work out.
You're not supposed to wear them while you work out. You will just be sweating off the lotion that goes in your skin to shrink fat cells. Work out after the wrap!
No lotion "shrinks fat cells". That is impossible. Please make sure you are properly educated on the properties of fat cells, and what does and does not make them shrink. (Pro-tip: an external cream is not it.) The notion that anything other than a calorie deficit will actually reduce fat is foolish and erroneous. Please stop spreading misinformation.0
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