Apples promote weight loss, strengthen your immune system, aid in preventing cancer, lower cholesterol, prevent tooth decay, improve liver and lung function, are low in calories and taste great. So eat an apple everyday. Bored? Hungry? Tired? Eat an apple!

The point of this one is to add more fruits and vegetables to your diet if you want to lose weight.

We are full of toxins. From the food we eat to the air we breathe to the water we bathe in, toxins invade our body daily. Toxins can be found in almost every product we use daily, from the food we eat to our household cleaners.

Toxins are stored in your body fat. Toxins cause your liver to become sluggish and to not function properly. This causes your organs to stop metabolizing fat effectively and so you gain weight.

Every thought you have about your weight and health has made you the way you are today. Your career, your relationships, your health...are all a direct result of your past thinking. If you look in the mirror and think "I'm fat," then you are sending this message directly to your subconscious and thus you will be fat. If you are constantly thinking, "I need to lose weight," then you will constantly be in the state of needing to lose more weight.

If you are struggling to lose weight you are not alone. According to USA today over 65% of Americans are overweight or obese. About 45 million Americans diet each year, but most diets fail and we continue to become more and more overweight.

So why do 95% of diets fail?

The diet industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. These companies are in the business to make money, not to make you thin or happy.

The reason that yoga helps you to lose weight is because it is dedicated to helping your body eliminate toxins.

We are full of toxins. From the food we eat to the air we breathe to the water we bathe in, toxins invade our body daily. Toxins can be found in almost every product we use daily, from the food we eat to our household cleaners.

Toxins are stored in your body fat.

The Acai Berry grows on the Amazon Palm Trees and is harvested in the rainforests of Brazil.

Acai berries have powerful anti-aging and weight-loss properties and are considered a must-have "superfood."

For hundreds of years Brazilians have harvested the acai berry as an essential food staple with it's rejuvenating and detoxifying properties.

Think of your body as a powerhouse. The metabolism is what determines whether there will be more power or less power. With more power, the powerhouse is able to do more and make more energy. To translate this to body terms, the higher metabolism you have, the more calories you can burn.

A healthy metabolism is the key essential to losing weight and keeping weight off.

There are so many products in the markets and bombarding us online promising us that we will look skinnier instantly. Of course, to learn the secret we have to pay some absurd amount. If you honestly want to look and feel skinnier in a short amount of time, the secret is yoga.

One session of yoga will help tighten your muscles and straighten your posture though.

In order to lose weight we need to add healthy fat to our diets. You may have herd bad things about fats in the past, but not all saturated fats are created equal.

Medical experts agree that we should be getting 30 percent of our daily nutrition from oil and fat. Saturated fats have gotten a bad rap in recent years, however what the media doesn't tell you is that all saturated fat is not the same.

To lose weight and get healthy we often begin eliminating certain foods in order to jump start our weight-loss. Everyone tells us what we shouldn't eat. but what about what we should eat? Here is a list I have compiled of what to add to your diet to speed up your weight-loss.

Lemon Juice: Drink lots of water. Add lemon every time. Lemon juice is a natural detoxifier and aids in cleansing and digestion.