I’m thrilled to be sharing with you a few quick tips and easy recipes that will help you along your way.

Excess weight can increase our risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, high blood pressure and joint problems. While I empathize with the millions of women struggling to lose the extra pounds, I also realize that if we don’t do it — and do it now — the quality of our lives is extremely compromised and we’re slowly, but surely, killing ourselves. I don’t mean to frighten you, but that’s the truth.

Weight Loss Tip #1

Eat According to Your Body Type.

While I don’t recommend dieting, I do recommend that women eat the right foods for their body chemistry. In my research and clinical practice, I’ve found that women tend to fall into two “types”, alkaline and acidic, and the foods that help one women to lose weight can cause the other type to gain weight.

Learning whether you are overly acidic or more alkaline is the first step. For example, overly acidic women need more carbohydrates to feel their best, while those who tend toward alkalinity feel better eating more protein.

Many women trying to loose weight have watched excess pounds, and other health problems, vanish once they started eating for their particular body chemistry.

Weight Loss Tip #2

Add Key Nutrients to Your Diet.

I’ve read about several specific healthy nutrients to help permanent weight loss. Here are some of the weight loss recommendations:

1. Rev up your metabolism and burn more calories and loose weight with a special extract of Green tea. The polyphenol catechins in this special extract promote norepinephrine levels, increasing metabolism and our ability to burn fat, loose wieght!
2. Milled flaxseed and bromelain pack a powerful one-two punch, eliminating “false fat” and bloating. The fiber in flax helps to flush out excess fluids and estrogen, and bromelain is a natural anti-inflammatory enzyme
3. Turn fat into energy with L-carnitine. While this amino acid occurs naturally in your body, many women are deficient in L-carnitine, which results in food being stored as fat instead of being used as energy.

Weight Loss Tip #3

Keep a Food Journal.Numerous studies find that keeping a food journal is one of the most beneficial tools for women losing weight and keeping it off. By keeping a written record of your food choices, as well as your moods, you can begin to recognize patterns and reroute your eating habits.

First, select any kind of journal you want. Some women use spiral notebooks, others a loose-leaf notebook, still others a gold-trimmed, bound book. Whichever style you use is up to you.

Secondly, make an appointment with yourself for a few minutes each day to write about your wieght loss and food choices. Choose a safe, calming location where you can write freely, without being disturbed.

And, thirdly, don’t censor yourself as you write. Write what you feel and don’t worry about punctuation or grammar. Be yourself and make this an easy, fun way to chart your successful weight loss!