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:

We’ve all been there. You get a wedding invitation in the mail, or some other important event, and the first thought that enters your mind is: “I’ve got to get this weight off, NOW!” That’s a totally normal reaction, and how you might act on your desire for fast weight loss is story unto itself.

I’m sure you’ve heard of mega movie stars dropping pounds like hot potatoes for a five star movie role in record time. And you’ve probably figured that if they can do it, then there must be a way for you to do it, too! And you have to understand that those movie stars have a team of deft doctors, niggling nutritionists, and “top notch” personal trainers to help them lose the weight fast.