~~~"Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds." - JoJo Jensen, Dirt Farmer Wisdom~~~

1. Quality sleep is going to make changing your diet an easier process. One thing you should keep in mind is that digestion can interrupt deep sleep. Heavy meals late in the day can make you sleepy, but they can also keep you from getting the quality of sleep you need. The same is true of alcohol. You should avoid snacks before bedtime of grains and sugars. This will raise blood sugar and inhibit sleep. When blood sugar levels drop later in your sleep, you can awaken and not easily fall back to sleep.

Can you speed up your metabolism naturally and at the same time increase or boost your metabolism. As you are going to see there are many pills, fads, programs and more that promise that you can increase your metabolism. As the old saying goes "buyer beware."

One of the secrets of losing weight is to not let yourself get hungry. Meals should be no more than 4 to 5 hours apart, and you should always have with you something for snacking so you won't be tempted to go for a carbohydrate- rich snack, such as doughnuts, cookies, candy or ice-cream. Easy to carry and non-perishable snacks are crystallized ginger, vanilla halvah, unsalted nuts or small pieces of cheese.

America is now in the middle of a health crisis of tremendous proportions. Millions of Americans are now overweight and a very significant number had already been classified as obese. Obesity is now a major health concern in America, which has already become a fast food nation.

If you are a teenager with weight problems, it's important to stay cool and avoid ineffective or unhealthy ways to lose weight. During your teenage years, your body develops in many different ways - not all visible - and good health is essential to ensure this development proceeds smoothly. To help you make the right choices, here are some weight loss methods that (I can assure you) DON'T work!

People often comment that I always seem to be eating. That doesn't mean at the first tiny hunger pang I go crazy looking for something to stuff in my mouth; just that I plan ahead, have healthy snacks close by, and know it's likely I'll get hungry every few hours. Here's my usual weekday routine (times vary, but this is typical).

Once you have set your lifetime weight loss goals, the best thing that you can do is narrow it down into a plan of smaller weight loss goals that you need to complete if you are to reach your lifetime goals.

Like many things in life, you have to take some action before you see results. Losing weight is the exact same way. Yes I know, weight loss can be hard and some times it may seem even impossible. There is a solution to this dilemma. Here are some things that you can do to greatly improve your success at weight loss.