It's easy to hide those extra pounds in the winter. You just cover them up with large sweater and thick pants. But you can't break through the summer without swapping your clothes with some more thinner, lighter and shorter clothes. And those clothes, even if they are slack, can't hide your extra pounds.

So what most of the women do in this time of the year? Looking for easy weight loss tips and tricks and diets.

Don't expect you'll lose all those extra pounds you gained over the winter in just couple of weeks, but any weight loss is better than none.

Even after all the talks of "it’s what’s on the inside that counts", people are still judged on their appearance. So we come up with too many excuses why we’re overweight. People don’t want to hear this, but it’s very true - even some doctors are afraid to lay it on the line, but make it real and dump the excuses in the trash; Here are some reasons you're fat and why you'll probably stay fat.

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You’re Lazy. Plain and simple. The thought of exercising just makes you want another 200 calorie snack.

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Even good foods can cause havoc in your life. Fruits and vegetables are good for our health, but they can also cause health problems. Here are a few of the good foods that can also be bad for you and you should keep your eye on.

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Grapefruit

Problem: Prescription drug interaction and potential kidney failure

What Happens?

Everyone needs antioxidants to help prevent damage to their body. Free radicals are ubiquitous and are constantly attacking your body from the outside (sunlight, pollution, electromagnetic radiation, etc.), and due to normal metabolism and living—attacking you from the inside. Free radicals are unstable molecules that through chain reaction cause millions of free radicals that damage your proteins, cells, tissues, and organs. They cause aging, degenerative changes, inflammation and disease. They cut your lifespan short.

I found this great article written by Jackie Silver and I just have to share it with you.

Getting older may be beyond our control, but how we age is not. I, personally, am Aging Backwards. I am almost 50 years old and I still get asked for ID to buy wine - something I consider a real compliment!

I like to find unique ways to look at ordinary situations - and here are a few tips you can try right away that will start you on your way to rediscovering your youth.

The season for cherries is coming and here are some great data why you should include those fresh little red balls in your daily menu.

Benefits of Eating Cherries

What's kefir?

Kefir is a cultured, enzyme-rich food filled with friendly micro-organisms that help balance your "inner ecosystem." More nutritious and therapeutic than yogurt, it supplies complete protein, essential minerals, and valuable B vitamins.

* Kefir is simple and inexpensive to make at home.
* Kefir is used to restore the inner eco-system after antibiotic therapy.
* Kefir can be made into a delicious smoothie that kids love.
* Kefir is excellent nourishment for pregnant and nursing women, the elderly, and those with compromised immunity.

Cooking with herbs and spices is ideal because you can add tremendous flavor, aroma and visual appeal to your meats, fruits and vegetables without adding unwanted calories, fats, salt and sugars.

You can easily see the benefits of cooking with herbs and spices is great. More importantly you can be creative in your cooking, because there are many varieties of herbs and spices to choose from.

Generally it's not much known that the benefits of using herbs and spices can speed up weight loss efforts, by quite a considerable amount actually.

Exercising in the postpartum period is a way to help you get back into shape and stay healthy for your baby and yourself.

Movement is perfect and should begin within hours after you give birth, even if you required surgery. We know that moms who move after birth do tend to heal more quickly and feel better sooner than their less active counterparts.

Obstacles to Exercise and Quick Tips for Losing Postpartum Weight

Having a baby changes your life and it also changes your body. Gaining weight in the childbearing years is almost a given for many women, though it need not be. If you look at some celebrity moms out there, you may think you should emerge from the hospital looking as though you were never even pregnant. But, the reality is a little different. Having a baby affects every part of your body and, despite what's going on in Hollywood, it can take up to a year for your body to make a full recovery.