Soooo, I was tired of not seeing results on my own, so I looked into weight loss solutions. I wanted to do something more natural and safer than surgery, and the ThinAir Balloon program seemed perfect. I’m 5'11", about 195 lbs. I work out 3-4 times a week, weight lifting and cardio, and while my eating habits aren’t perfect, they certainly aren’t the worse. I had some extra weight, I was thinking 30lbs, that I needed to get rid of.
I looked into the ThinAir program but didn’t qualify by myself. So I begged my sister to co-sign and in September 2018 got my first balloon placed. So I changed my eating habits for healthier options and continued to work out as usual. After the third and final balloon was placed and I hadn’t seen any results, I started to get worried. I asked Sono Bello what I’m doing wrong - what should I be doing differently? They said, "it’s calories out verses calories in." So I started a food log and have been since eating about 1300 calories a day. I have a very physical job, 12 hours a day and with all the working out - there’s no reason I shouldn’t be losing weight.
So the balloons come out in February (two months), and I still haven’t seen any results, despite my best efforts. Sono Bello said they have never seen anyone not lose weight on this program. I even went and had my thyroid and cortisol levels checked - both came back normal. I spent $7500 on a program that has had zero results and I’m devastated. I still owe all this money for nothing, and I’m still fat. If I had known this would happen, I would have just had liposuction for much cheaper. I was approved for this program and told I’d be an excellent candidate, and now here I am.
I asked Sono Bello if there was anything they could do for me, if there was any way they could help me, and they said after the balloons are removed they would discuss "other options" with me. Which tells me they’re just going to try and sell me something else. They make millions of dollars on people’s insecurities and they probably will just throw me away after the balloons are removed. I was told this would be perfect for me and I would probably lose 20 lbs or more. And nothing. I’m seriously so devastated I just want to give up. So here I am - broke and still fat. I can barely even pay my rent.
My advice is unless you’re obese, this program probably won’t work for you. Do your research! Don’t let Sono Bello hype things up like they did for me.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend