The Body Magic Spell

I really want the results above. I want to step into a fantasy world and be instantly drop three dress sizes. I'm sure this is the sentiment of me and a million other women. The above pictures are images I found of the Body Magic at work. They had me hyped about the possibilities. I was ready to be amazed. I hit up the friend who brought me in and had her measure me. I logged on, ordered my Body Magic and then waited. Four days later, it arrived. I was excited. I closed my door, opened the package and then...nothing. As excited as I was, the thing kinda scared me! It looks nice, sexy even, but it intimidated me. All of the stories (like the one from a friend to the South about needing an hour and a bottle of water?! Or this news article from a Virginia writer) were swirling in my head. I was psyching myself out of putting it on. I opened the package. I felt the fabric. But I couldn't put it on. A week passed and every time I walked into my closet, I saw the smiling faces on the package, encouraging me with promises of an hourglass figure. I recalled the meetings and all of the distributors with impossibly small waists and rounded lady lumps. I got lost in my head in my own delusions of how much finer I would be with that things on, but still I couldn't bring myself to stretch the fabric over my body. It took a new outfit that I thought could fit a little better around the mid-section (it was the last one and it was only $12!) to convince me.  I prepared myself first though. I closed my eyes and saw me sashaying to what would be my new theme (cue: Brick House "Owww!").  I was ready. I took the Body Magic back out of the package, and I tried to try it on. Then, I cried. I cried because you really do need someone (or someBODIES) to help you into the thing. It stopped at my knees. MY KNEES! I am sure that with the appropriate tugging, pulling, rolling around, inching, cussing and praying it will fit, but the prospect of all the above is a HUGE deterrent. Add to my natural aversion to all things that constrict and, Houston, we have a problem. I really do want it to work. I want to slip it on and instantly drop three dress sizes. I want to be caught up in the magic of it all. I promise, I'll give it a go. I'll get into the dang blasted thing (Getting out of it? I'm not so sure about.). No, I will conquer my doubts, my fears, my girdle aversion. I will wear you Body Magic...just not today.

The Truth About Body Magic No. 1—Le Vive

About a week ago, I sipped the proverbial Kool-Aid and became a distributor for Ardyss International . You know, the “Drop 3 Sizes in 10 Minutes” people. A good friend had been on me about the business opportunity for months now (and I'd been skeptically declining, in my own sarcastic way, but let's just say she heard the phrase, "I don't want to sell girdles!" more than once!)

Their signature product is the Body Magic. By most accounts, it is a girdle—a good one, but a girdle none the less. It is billed as a body reshaper that redistributes unwanted tissue (read: fat) from undesirable areas like your stomach and/or hips, to desirable spots like your breasts and buttocks. You’ll have to read all about my experience with that later (I just ordered it). But I can offer some insight on one of the nutritional products I have tried already—Le Vive.

I was really excited when I came home to find the white and yellow box waiting for me last week. Despite my excitement, I didn’t open it right away. As a matter of fact, I did not open the box until three days after it arrived. I had so much on my plate with work, home, life… that I heeded the wisdom of a friend who suggested that I tackle one To Do List item at a time. Don’t multi-task. Don’t play Superwoman. Just complete that one task and then move on to the next one. So that is exactly what I did. That meant, however, that my new business opportunity would have to wait.

After the wait was over I grabbed the box, ripped it open and grabbed the Le Vive. First impression: EWWWWW! It looked thick (I have a sensitive palate) and textured. Not a good look. I popped it in the refrigerator and chilled. Glass in hand I retrieve the chilled bottle and pour my first toast to the Ardyss life…

It was tasty. Like many other fruit juices, it was very sweet, but I was impressed that the ingredients did not include any preservatives, additives or added sugars. Le Vive is an organic blend of mangosteen, acai, gogi, pomegranate and noni juices and filtered water. That is all. You can’t even get a simplified list of ingredients like that with V8 juice!

So my first product experience was a surprisingly good one (I half expected to be disappointed). Now, I’m waiting on the Body Magic to arrive. While we wait, check out the story CNN did on Body Magic.