Late Night Snacking is a no-no...NOT!

If you succumb to the midnight munchies, it will go straight to your hips, right? Not necessarily. You put on weight when you eat more food than your body needs, and don’t do enough activity to burn it off. While some people may snack more when they stay up late, it’s the amount and type of snacks that determine if the lbs will pile on, or not.

Choose snacks from the core food groups like dairy, fruit or grains if you’re feeling hungry after dinner. Otherwise, to combat late night snacking or over eating at night, try to eat six regular meals throughout the day and drink plenty of fluids. Sometimes we think we're hungry when in reality, we're on the verge of dehydration-the body can be tricky like that.

That's why it pays to really pay attention to your body. If you become really in tune with your body and all of its amazing signals and triggers, you'll have the opportunity to head off ailments that can start small and take on a snowball effect because you ignored those little, yet tell-tale signs.

To your continued health and increasing wealth! Value every experience you have-for one leads to another and another and it gets better and better-even when it doesn't feel like it.

The best solution for fluid retention? You guessed it...Water!

When the body gets less water, it perceives this as a threat to survival and begins to hold on to every drop. Water is stored in extracellular spaces (outside of the cells). This shows up as swollen feet, legs and hands-not a good look at all.

While it's true that diuretics offer a temporary solution, what you really want is a long term, non chemically-dependent solution, this is what is ultimately best for your body. Diuretics force out stored water along with some essential nutrients and that is the last thing we need is to lose nutrients-it's hard enough as it is to get them into our bodies so we want to do all we can to keep essential nutrients inside as long as it benefits our body, right?

When diuretics are busy forcing out stored water, the body also perceives this as a threat to its survival and will replace the lost water at the first opportunity. This is why diuretics are only a temporary solution-when the medicinal effect wears off, the condition comes right back.

The best way to overcome the problem of water retention is to give your body what it needs-plenty of water. Only then will stored water be released.

While water is the best natural solution, we can't forget the healing and therapeutic powers of the almighty essential oil called Rose Geranium. Not only is Rose Geranium good for the skin, anxiety and even warding off mosquitoes, Rose Geranium also helps to relieve fluid retention as well as helping to fight cellulite. It blends very well with Clary Sage, Lavender, Lime, Orange and Rosemary in the preparation for use.

If you have a constant problem with water retention, excess salt may be the problem too. You body will tolerate sodium only in a certain concentration. The more salt you eat, the more water your system retains to dilute it. Luckily getting rid of unnecessary salt is easy-just drink more water. As it is forced through the kidneys, it takes away excess sodium.

Happy drinking! Just one week away from Memorial Day weekend! Got big plans? Revealing your new bikini body? Make sure to keep plenty of water on hand, especially if you're out in the hot sun! Hydration is the name of the game!

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Don't wait until you're thirsty to drink water...by then it's too late!

That's right! If you wait until you're thirsty to drink water, it's too late! You're body is already dehydrated. Chalene Johnson reminded me of this in a recent tweet and she's so very right.

Another little known fact about water; the overweight person needs more water than the thin one. Larger people have larger metabolic loads. Since we know that water is the key to fat metabolism, it follows that the overweight person needs more water.

Water helps to maintain proper muscle tone too. It gives muscles their natural ability to contract. Water also helps to prevent the sagging skin that usually follows weight loss-shrinking cells are buoyed by water, which plumps the skin and leaves it clear, healthy and resilient.

Water helps rid the body of waste. During weight loss, the body has a lot more waste to get rid of-all that metabolized fat must be shed. Again, adequate water helps flush out waste.

So...here's just a few more reasons why you need to make sure your body gets the adequate supply of water it needs each and every day! Who knew that the best way to mobilize your weight loss lies right in the kitchen sink. So get yourself a filter for your faucet and drink up!

Wanna lose weight? You gotta up that water intake!

Water...yes, it does a body good!

Incredible as it may seem, water is quite possibly the single most important catalyst in losing weight AND keeping it off for good!

Although most of us take it for granted, water may be the only true 'magic potion' for permanent weight loss! Here's why:

Water suppresses the appetite naturally and helps the body metabolize stored fat! Isn't that amazing? There is an additional way to get to that stored fat after all! Woohoo! So, you know what that means right? It means that the opposite is also true. If you decrease your water intake, this could cause fat deposits to increase while an increase in water intake can actually reduce fat deposits! You know why? Well, let me tell you...the kidneys can't function properly without enough water. When they don't work to capacity, some of their load is dumped onto the liver.

One of the liver's primary functions is to metabolize stored fat into usable energy for the body but, if the liver has to do some of the kidney's work, it can't operate the way it's supposed to. As a result, the liver metabolizes less fat and more fat remains stored in the body and weight loss stops...bummer, right?

So, get that water in people! Especially if you're trying to lose weight and just because you need water in your life period. Can't drink water straight up? Try it with a twist of fresh lemon and lime. Still not doing it for you? Add one of those drinks to go from crystal light into a 16 ounce bottle filled with water. Add that fresh lemon and lime to the mixture and you'll soon be slurping that water by the gallon. By the way...the daily minimum goal is 64 ounces but, you can do better than that...try to work your way towards doubling it! 128 ounces. If you're trying to lose weight, that 128 ounces will have you looking slim and svelte in no time! Remember, there are only 13 weeks until Memorial Day weekend! Get ready, get set, Drink!!!