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The number of fast food restaurants is on the rise, and so is our waistline. You would think with the number of health clubs and carb-friendly foods available, there shouldn’t be a weight issue at all.

I love LIFE cereal. To be more precise, I love Cinnamon LIFE cereal. It’s a guilty pleasure. I know I shouldn’t. I know that it’s a horribly processed carbohydrate, with no nutritional value, and will do nothing but mess with my blood sugar levels if eaten by itself, but I love it. I’m the grown-up version of Mikey.

How many times have you proclaimed, “I need to go on a diet”? How many of those diets resulted in long-term success? Not many. Millions of people are looking for the answer to improved health and fitness, and spend billions of dollars every year on diets and weight loss. Diets continually fail to deliver results because no matter how compelling the underlying principles for any diet may seem, no one can stay on a diet forever.

Summer is fast approaching, which means it’s almost time to get out those swimsuits and head for the beach. If you haven’t been able to shed those extra pounds before now, don’t panic — it’s not too late. The following summer slimming tips will help you slim down for the summer without too much effort or sacrifice.