Hello to all! I'm creating this blog to help me and hopefully others to lose weight and be healthy. I have currently ordered an exercise program called Melt it off with Mitch Gaylord. Mitch Gaylord was an Olympic gold medalist in the mid '80's I believe he's developed the whole system. I found it on an infomercial and out of the many weight loss infomercials out there I felt this had some good promise.
I was looking for something that burned lots of calories but was low impact because I am not a small person and I've had 2 knee surgeries on my right knee. So with all the weight that I have now, doing things like jumping jacks and bouncing would hurt more than help. I'm figuring once I've lost 50 or so lbs I'll change it up.

Another reason for this blog is to see if the famous infomercial workout products live up to their promises. I will be following the product info given to me as much as possible to the letter T so that the results should be as accurate as possible. If 'Melt it off' doesn't work, or only works for a little while and I plateau, or if repeating the same DVD workouts gets increasingly boring, then I will try another infomercial type workout system. I don't want to do anything that harms me or anyone else so I will be very candid and honest about how the program works with me physically, emotionally and how I'm treated on a customer basis.

I've done some general research (a.k.a. Google) on the program and have found mixed feedback on it. The DVDs and info are getting decent reviews, but the company that disperses the program tries to get you in on a supplement program and other products which the customer reviews I've found say are a mega bust. A lot of the complaints settle around the customer service of the company. People have stated that when they use the phone to order it's a recording they order with and they have to pay attention to every word said and press the right button to make sure they don't accidentally order the many other products that are offered before they finally get to their total (which isn't always stated). When the supplements get here I'll be checking the ingredients to see if there's anything bad in them and if there isn't I'll try them with the program, but I have a strong feeling I'll be canceling them. I've also read horror stories about people calling the company multiple times and still getting their credit card charged so we'll see how that goes.

I ordered my product set online. Before I got to my product checkout I had to go through 2 or 3 pages of "do you also want this product?" I made sure that I checked no on them. Despite not wanting to be on the supplement program, in order to get the 'set' of stuff that's offered (which is pretty extensive) the supplement program is part of the offer and can't be taken off, but can be canceled within 30 days so you aren't charged (hopefully). If I do have the issues with the company that I've read about, I ordered the product with my H and R block prepaid debit card that can be easily canceled.

Despite some of the customer service baddies I've found, there are some good things too! Since ordering the product, I've gotten very good and accurate emails for the receipt of my purchase, when it shipped and links to being able to track my package via UPS which is very accurate. I ordered the product only last Friday with normal 2-4 week delivery and according to the tracking at the moment, it's only 20 miles away! Woot!

The whole system which includes:

• A 2 lb 'G-Ball' which is the basis of the system using the weight away from you so that you use more muscles to move it.
• 'Mitch's Melt it Off Program' which is a booklet containing recipes, meal plans, rotation calendar, and more.
• 3 Day Melt it off kick start. This 3 day plan promises to drop at least 5 lbs and 1 size in 3 days. To do that, it provides meal plans and exercise routines to make that possible.
• Melt it off workout DVD with multiple workouts including: Cardio Burn and Sculpt, Sizzlin Abs, and High calorie melt.
• Melt in 10 workout. (this idea I'm liking because it's a high intensity 10 minute workout for days that I don't have a lot of time.
• Mitch's Winning mindset CD which includes motivational help you reach your goal.
• 2 other 'Free' gifts (using a liberal version of the term 'free') including a 30 day supply of the supplement formula with a 'free upgrade' to the continuity program where after the first 30 days they send you 2 more months of the formula and charge you for it and the shipping and handling equalling $27...(that will be canceled) and Mitch's webclub for online help with weightloss that's $20/month (this just doesn't sound interesting)

Anyway, despite the almost forced negatives with the 'continuity program', all the other parts of the program look like they should help me. If I wasn't a poor college student I may (big 'may') be interested in the continuity options, but even so I have a feeling they wouldn't do much for me for the price they cost. Either way I have 30 days with them before I get charged so I'll be checking them out and giving my review.