Inflammatory Foods and Weight Loss

Did you know you could be making your weight loss efforts worse by eating inflammatory foods?things you eat? The foods you eat either contribute to inflammation or minimize the inflammation in your body. Eating inflammatory foods constantly puts your body in constant systemic inflammation. Some people believe that when your body is in a state of inflammation, your fat cells encourage obesity and disease (like Type 2 Diabetes). Weight loss is constantly thwarted even you are eating fewer calories -- if those calories are poor quality foods. Here are some of those foods:

- trans fats (including partially hydrogenated oil)
- harmful saturated fats
- white flour
- white sugar
- processed foods
- high fructose corn syrup
- fruits and vegetables with high pesticide contents

Avoiding these foods will free your body to function better and more effectively so that you do lose weight.

These foods should help minimize inflammation and boost weight loss:

- walnuts and other nuts
- whole foods
- whole grains
- fatty fish
- organic food and produce

What do you have to lose? A few pounds?!

Losing Weight -- Don't wear frumpy clothes!!

I have been trying to lose weight for a while. I am down 7 pounds since the beginning of the year but still up 27 pounds since 2.5 years ago. So, you can see, losing weight is a priority for me. I would at least like to get down to 153 where I was 2.5 years ago.

Obviously, I would rather hide in clothes than stand out. What isn't tight tends to be oversized. Well, last night my husband and I went to our favorite snack place/neighborhood bar. I decided I would do something racy. I wore a shirt that was clingy and low cut with some very cute sandals. I did my makeup and hair fabulously and I was surprised at how good I looked.

Sure, I need to lose 27 pounds, but how good you look is partially an attitude not about your obsession to lose weight. I looked great and therefore I felt great. I need to think about this as I go shopping and look for things that are a bit more tailored, not frumpy, that I feel good in.

It does not matter what size you are and how much weight you need to lose, it really matters how you treat yourself and others. Don't you deserve the best?