Summer is officially here! After six months of notoriously finicky weather, mother nature has decided to reward us with beautiful blue skies and pleasantly mild temperatures. It has always been my favorite time of the year. I always look forward to the yearly tradition of storing away my bulky layers of winter clothing, hanging my summer dresses in my closet and best of all … shopping for bikinis!

So, now that summer is here, am I ready to wear less?

It has been a challenge, but I have worked hard to maintain a good sensible diet and I regularly to go to the gym as often as my busy schedule will allow.

We all make resolutions for the New Year, but most of us (92 percent according to a survey conducted by Stephen Shapiro, author of “Goal-Free Living,”) do not end up keeping our resolutions.

Fortunately, some good advice from the experts will help us stay on track. Nationally acclaimed healthy lifestyles chef Kathleen Daelemans and registered dietitians Keri Glassman and Alyse Levine – all experts featured on TheGreenNut.org – created this “Top 10″ list of ways to achieve better health in 2010: