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Vitamin B-12 Anyone?

mmm. Last year, on a quest to lose about 20lbs for my sorority sister’s wedding, I managed to link up with a co-worker who was also on a similar mission. After she had her daughter, she went through the “depressed, i hate skinny people, and i hate my body” phase. Someone hipped her to Alpha Health Care on Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks. Within a month, she had lost 15lbs and had managed to keep it off. But now…she was in the same boat as I. We were going through the “my job stresses me out and I’m eating everything in sight” phase.

With her name as my referral, I managed to secure an appointment the next day. Because they have several offices and just a few nutritionists and nurses, everyone rotates around and it’s sometimes difficult to meet with a nutritionist. After you receive the first consultation including blood pressure, blood tests, and a sit down spill your guts with a “shrink”, you’re able to start their program and receive any of their services on a walk-in whenever you want basis. They prefer that you try to come every other day though. So maybe a Tues-Thurs or a M-W-F if you plan on eating like a pig over the weekend. *smile*

Hell bent on not paying $300 for 6 weeks of vitamins at the time, I decided to combine their Vitamin B12 injections with the Lemonade Diet for a week. Every other day, I trekked over to Ventura Blvd around lunch time to receive my Vitamin B-12 injection. It definitely sped up my metabolism to the point where I was dying to go to the gym and get in a run. They hurt like a bitch at first, but…now my ass is used to it, and they inject you in the same spot every time, so the bruising is in one spot.

In the first month, I lost about 10 lbs. I’m pretty sure that the lemonade diet had a lot to do with it, but the Vitamin B12 definitely gave me the energy that I needed to gym and it definitely kept the scale moving in the right direction

I walked in one day and there were a few women who were whispering. It seemed like something was wrong, but one of the nurses mentioned that Beyonce had just left. mmm. They were star struck. how cute. they must be new. I didn’t care really…I just needed my injection. Seeing the scale needle move down was like crack at that point.

Although it’s been over a year since I started on B-12. Earlier this year, I added in their $300 vitamin program to the mix, in order to get in shape for a cruise that I was going on for Grad School graduation. They worked. But after a few months, I figured out what it was that I was paying for and that I could go to target and save $260 every month. *lol* They had given me a months worth of B-6, a *secret pill*, an appetite suppressant and 3 months worth of 100 calorie protein shakes.

I’ll probably start receiving the B-12 injections again soon. I just hate the drive to Ventura Blvd. So if you’re looking for a monitored way to lose weight within 6 weeks, you should definitely check out Alpha Health Care. See you there!

Alpha Health Care
16260 Ventura Blvd # L40 Encino, CA 91436-2203 USA
818-905-9700

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Britney, LipoDissolve & Perez sitting in a tree…

Perez posted a blog on his site saying that Britney went alllll the way to Las Vegas to get some LipoDissolve done -

“This is not the first time Brit Brit has visited the LipoDissolve Center. She was caught there in April for PCDC treatments – injections of a soybean derivative into the body’s fatty areas. The procedure is said to dissolve fat cells in a matter of weeks.”

source: PerezHilton.com

I wonder if she read the reviews at RealSelf.com? With a 59% of the reviewers saying it doesn’t work and is super expensive, why not go the MesoTherapy route? It works and is way way cheaper and not as painful. I dunno… just an opinion.

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Botox in a Nutshell

I absolutely love botox. Dr Marks in Canoga Park does mine, and I only have to get it every 9-10 months or so. He has fabulous bedside manner and is a great shooter, with perfect results every time. pain is minimal and the only precaution really is to not put any makeup or use any type of lotions for up to a day after.

It takes me around 7 days to see the results but boy oh boy is it worth it!!

Dr. Marks is at the Valley View Cosmetic Center in Canoga Park, CA – he is soooo good!

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Better than Botox?

I’ve said this before, and I will say it again…nothing is better than botox if it comes in topical form. period. However, I have been fortunate enough to come across a full size bottle of Strivectin theramal deep wrinkle serum and am going to give it a full test run. I am a religious botox believer and get mine done every 8 – 9 months for preventative measures and really don’t feel that anything could be ‘better’ but for the bottom part of my face (i.e. corners of the mouth, nose folds & under eye creasing and of COURSE, my cleavage crow’s feet) are fair game and ready for some deep wrinkle treatment.

It’s kind of complicated too – you have to prep your face and then dab on the wrinkle serum. and wait until it gets ‘tacky’ to the touch. Then you have to have a wet hot towel to put over the face/neck to kind of ‘seal’ the serum for 30 seconds. And you have to do that twice a day for a month and then 2-3 times per week to keep up the results.

It runs around $153 per bottle from Sephora which will probably last about a month, and is way time consuming – compared to a series of botox which will run you around $200 and lasts for 6-9 months depending on your skintype AND you don’t have to do anything at all. So even with my test run about to begin today, I can pretty much say right from the get-go that Strivectin is NOT better than botox, but it still has a shot at the cleavage wrinkles…stay tuned!

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Fat Face 2 weeks later…

Ok so Dr. Marks had to go out of town so he postponed my second mesotherapy / lipodissolve treatment that I am undergoing for my double chin until mid-november. I had O take a pic of my side profile before the first treatment so that I could document the actual results, and the second is 2 weeks later. I’m not seeing too much of a difference yet, but then again I’ve had two people tell me that my face looks thinner, so I guess maybe its more obvious in the whole view rather than the side profile. I will take full front pics too- for comparison shots. Dr. Marks suggests 3-4 sessions to get the best results, spread over a series of 2 week intervals.

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Fat Face – Mesotherapy for Double Chins

I have a mild double chin…or rather, it’s mild at least in my eyes lol. I booked my first appointment with Dr. Marks the miracle worker and went for it. I kind of thought that since I only had a bit of pudge under my chin that I would see a difference right away, but no such luck. Georgie on the other hand looks fab since he got his – but he got 2 sessions. I had a fat face for maybe 3 days, the injections (6 total under my chin and on each side) hurt like hell – almost like someone socked me in the jaw, 6 times. Dr. Marks said that the cosmetic surgery board or whoever recommends a total of 4 sessions to see significant results, so I booked session 2 for this thursday. 3 more days of fat face this week.

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Origins Shroom Serum Not So Magical

Origin’s Mega Mushroom Eye Serum wasn’t so magical. I used a full size bottle religiously with no results differenting from a cheapie OTC product. I’m so sad.

So much for Dr. Weil’s organic plantidote products for skincare…I’m opting for going for the medi-spa injectibles & skincare from Target. I still have crow’s feet and dark circles under my eye AND creping now – which is something that I just noticed. Great. I actually used the Origins Plantidote Skin serum too with no noticeable results. I’m heading back to Olay!

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Schlerotherapy – Zap those Vericose Veins!

Sigh…genetics and age are not treating my body right. But that’s ok, because I have Dr. Marks on my team! I’ve been undergoing almost 2 years of continual Schlerotherapy – or simply put, vericose vein removal.

Basically the way it works is you get a series of shots directly to your veins, you don’t feel the injection at all because the needle is itty bitty, but once the fluid is injected into the vein you feel a charlie-horse cramp thing for like half a minute, and then it’s gone. Doc Marks swabs the injection site up and then tapes it up. After the said vein is injected, it ‘collapses” and the ache is gone. And so is the vein! He sends you home with your leg wrapped up in an ace bandage that you have to wear for like 2 weeks to keep the vein from swelling up under your weight but you can totally go back to regular activity the next day.

Unfortunately for me, I am super prone to vericose veins so I have to get repeat injections every 6-8 months to keep them under control.

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LipoZap – Melt the Fat Away

My last LipoZap scheduled treatment with Dr Marks pissed me off. I got measured and I had gained an inch all over. ugh. granted, we had gone on a girl’s weekend to temecula for wine tasting, pechanga for gambling & drinks and then to the glen ivy hot springs so I’m sure I splurged a bit on the diet plan then, but dude 1 inch? And so I got mad and said I didn’t want to do it anymore because the pain wasn’t worth eventually gaining back the weight. So I booked an appointment for botox instead. 3 weeks later, I am shopping for fall clothes, and hotdamn I lost a whole pant size!!! I haven’t been a size 16 since college and el nino! So when I go back to my appointment with Dr. Marks I’m going to grovel and praise the lipozap for it’s painful effectiveness. It does work…but on me, it takes a few weeks to drain the stuff out. I am going to book an appointment to get my underneck gobble done next with the fat-shot. Keep ya’ll posted!

Check out Dr Mark’s before and after gallery on his super nice website and be sure to tell him that sylvia from Spa-View sent you!!

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Mesotherapy, Tumescent Liposuction

Dr Mark’s has a new video on Tumescent liposuction that he performs on an outpatient basis. I have to warn you though, it’s kind of yucko.

It still didn’t prevent me from booking an appointment though. After session 5, and another 1 inch lost through mesotherapy, I have decided that I just want to go in one final time and zap everything to high hell. I’m booked for early October. Rock on!

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