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Reviewed by: Angela Atkinson
Product Name: ItWorks! Products, including Body Wraps, Facial Wraps and Supplements
Retail Price: Varies by Product, starting as low as $23.95
Where to Get It: ItWorks! Online

My Review:

I've never been one to jump on a bandwagon, especially one that sounds scammy or too good to be true.

So when my friend and stylist told me about It Works! products, I refused to try them.

She talked to me about the products several times over the next few months, mostly just telling me how much she personally loved them.

But I was all, "Whatever!"

She told me that the It Works! body wraps would literally take off inches in 45 minutes. I told her that was too good to be true.

She told me that the Greens helped her feel energized and heatlhy. I told her I didn't like to drink weird stuff that probably tasted terrible.

She told me her skin looked 5 years younger (at least) after her first facial wrap--and she even told me how I could get the products for almost half off.

I told her I wasn't interested.

But one day, when I was at the salon for a particularly time-intensive series of services, she finally convinced me to try it.
"Just one wrap," she said. "If you don't love it, I promise, I'll never ask you again."

I paid her an extra few bucks for the wrap that day.

When I lost 3 inches that first day, I raised an eyebrow and wondered if this could really be legit.

But my stylist told me to wait before I decided anything.

"Three days," she said. "The lotion continues to work for three days--that's when you'll see the final results."

I nodded and was on my way, sort of humoring her, I thought.

Three days later, I signed up to be a Loyal Customer, and a few months after that, a distributor. (The 50 percent discount on products sold me, believe me!)

These days, my personal autoship includes body wraps, facial wraps, defining gel, Fat Fighters and Ultimate Thermofit. I also get the Greens and It's Vital each month. I am considering a few other products as well.

I signed up to be a distributor because I believe in these products.

I use them myself and I have never looked or felt better.

In fact, along with a healthy diet and plenty of exercise, I've lost more than 100 pounds.

This is me.

Not only have I lost the weight (and I'm continuing to tone up and slim down!), but my acne problem is gone (even those monthly pimples are nearly extinct--and they heal so much faster now).

Plus, I feel better, my skin looks younger and my head is clearer.

And recently, when I had pneumonia that didn't respond to antibiotics, I realized I'd stopped taking my It's Vital and Greens (due to taking a large number of pharmaceuticals from my doctor).

While I hadn't felt any better in more than 10 days, I doubled up on my It Works! It's Vital and the Greens, and literally the very next morning, I woke up feeling a little better.

I felt better every day after that until I was well. I guess it could've been a coincidence, but I really believe these products helped to heal me from pneumonia.

And while I'm no scientist, I am a journalist who knows how to research--and research tells me this stuff works partially due to the high number of superfoods included within.

As for the wraps, I honestly cannot tell you exactly how they work or even why--but I can tell you that they absolutely do.
After having three babies over ten years and three c-sections, my belly is smooth and nearly stretch-mark free.

(Take a look at the side-by-sides to the right--and I've even gone down almost two jean sizes since December 2012!)

I can honestly tell you that It Works! is partially to thank for that.

One more thing before I wrap it up here (pun TOTALLY intended, of course).

Ladies, this one's for you. And men, this is where you get off the train.

I don't know about you, but after nursing three babies, my breasts were looking a little rough. But one day, I got this crazy idea to try a wrap on my breasts--I just put it on and put on a well-fitting bra that I didn't mind getting a little messy. (You could also use Saran Wrap to keep your bra clean.)

After the first wrap, I saw immediate results. After four, my breasts looked LITERALLY 10 years younger. (And girls, they pointed in the same direction again!)

So yep. I love this stuff, and I will always use it, as long as this company exists.

I blog about my weight loss journey and experiences (as well as a bunch of other personal development stuff) here at ProjectBlissful.com.

Got questions about It Works? Want to learn more about the products, or need help picking out the right products for yourself? Send me an email at angyatkinson@gmail.com with "It Works Questions" in the subject line. You can also find me on Twitter at @angieatkinson.

P.S. Here's a glance through my first 100 pounds!

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Title: Heartsight
Author: Kay Springsteen
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Recommended? Yes

By Pam Houghton

Title: The Invention of Lying
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13
Directors: Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson
Writers: Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K, Jeffrey Tambor, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey
Recommended: Yes

Ricky Gervais, whose credits include the original BBC version of The Office and a stint hosting this year's Golden Globes, plays Mark Bellison, a screenwriter who lives in a society where no one sugarcoats the truth. Instead, everyone says exactly what they are doing, thinking and feeling at any given point in time, even if it's offensive to others.

Bellison, who gets laid off from his screenwriting job at Lecture Films, a film production company that produces painfully boring historical films, tries his hand at lying.

After nearly getting evicted because he can't pay rent on his apartment, he lies to his bank teller and says he has $800 in his account rather than the $300 he actually has.

The teller, having no experience with the concept of lying, believes him and hands over $800, enough for Bellison to cover his rent and stave off eviction. The "lie" worked!

After this experience, Bellison is inspired to tell a series of lies. Everyone believes everything he says, including a fantastic lie about the 1300s that ultimately allows him to get his job back as a screenwriter of 14th century history.

Cover of Ricky Gervais

The biggest lie takes place when he reassures his dying mother, who assumes along with everyone else that there is no afterlife, there is indeed life after death.

He makes the story up as he goes along after seeing how comforting the story is to his mother.

He tells her everyone she ever knew and loved will be there; she'll be young again; there's no pain; and everyone lives in a mansion, among other comforting "lies."

Soon, the story spreads, and Bellison is forced to tell a large crowd gathered in front of his apartment building (along with the news media, broadcasting to a global audience) "what he knows."

Not wanting to disappoint, and spurred on by his love interest, Anna, played by Jennifer Garner, he tells the crowd, anxious to hear this reassuring story, about a mysterious being called the Man in the Sky; and continues to describe ten things he "knows" (made up on the fly) about the afterlife and the Man in the Sky, in nearly comical fashion.

The story changes everything. But not always for the good, as it seems as though once everyone starts to believe in the Man in the Sky, they suspend the ability to think for themselves.

The Invention of Lying is a thoughtful comedy about what we choose to believe, and what we do with the things that we "know."

It certainly seems as though the characters in the film hunger for something to believe in besides themselves and their own petty concerns, and are grateful for the stories of the afterlife and the Man in the Sky. But does it make them better, more thoughtful people? In this film, not necessarily.

Gervais seems to ask, what is it that drives us to become a more thoughtful society? Are lies okay if they make people feel better about themselves? What is truth and how do we get in touch with a "truth" that guides us to treat others in a kind and tolerant way?

Gervais, who co-wrote the film, admitted in a 2007 interview that he is atheist. His screenplay is sure to offend those who think he is poking fun at religion. However, I found it to be a gentle poke that is more thought-provoking than offensive.

Three DVDs out of four.

Book cover, scanned photo.

Reviewed by Patricia Anne McGoldrick