If you would like to lose weight effectively and with a lasting effect, it needs three things: You need to eat healthier. You need to get more physically active. And you must not limit all this to a couple of weeks but must allow it to be a lasting part of your daily life. Slimming down is usually to a big level about changing the habits of yours.

It must be stressed that the right forms of metabolism boosting foods must be complemented by the best kind of exercises. When all these're combined in an integrated diet plan, you have more opportunities to shed the excess pounds and keep them at bay.

Summer is over; the kids are back in school; vacations have become memories; and many folks turn their attention to the process of "dropping those couple of extra pounds" prior to the holidays.