Are you looking for a quick fix when it comes to losing weight? Unfortunately, there are no magic pills or drastic diets — skipping meals, only eating salads, avoiding carbohydrates — that will guarantee losing and keeping off the weight. It’s a process that will require you to recognize your weaknesses, forget those fad diets, and start making lifestyle and dietary changes today.

Having more fat in your midsection — a waist circumference of more than 35 inches for women and more than 40 inches for men — can significantly increase your risk for metabolic syndrome, a group of factors that heighten your risk for type 2 diabetes and heart diseiase.  It’s because fat around your middle can lead to inflammation in the body, and inflammation increases the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.  Losing just 10 percent of your weight can significantly lower your cholesterol and help improve blood sugar levels. It can also improve your blood pressure.

Your ultimate weight-loss goal should be your health.  When you make strides toward a healthy weight, you’ll feel better physically and emotionally, have a better chance of avoiding disease, and even live longer.

Diabetes is a health condition defined by problems producing or using insulin, a hormone that helps break down food into blood glucose. Type 1 diabetes is an inherited disease that usually starts in childhood, while type 2 diabetes, which is much more common, is seen mainly in adults. A third type, gestational diabetes, occurs in pregnant women. Depending on the type of diabetes, treatment can include insulin, medication, and changing your diet and exercise habits.

When you have diabetes eating low-carb vegetables is a smart way to fill up without filling out your waistline or raising your blood sugar. Non-starchy or low-carbohydrate vegetables are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber as well as being low in calories. Plus, they’re heart-healthy, and several are believed to help fight some cancers. While choosing a rainbow of vegetables is a smart way to get nutrients, the following veggies are among the best.  Spinach, tomato, broccoli, cucumber, cabbage, brussesl sprouts, cauliflower and asparagus.  Choose these low carbohydrate veggies for a healthier happier you.