Grow Your Own

Still not stoked about eating fruits and veggies? Here's a suggestion: try growing your own. Honestly, there's no better-tasting tomato, apple, herb, etc., than one you've grown with your own blood, sweat, toil and tears. If organic's your thing, you can be sure that no pesticides have touched it, and you'll be able to pick it and eat it at the peak of ripeness.

Now, to be sure, it takes some time, effort and knowhow to grow a flourishing fruit tree or vegetable/herb garden. We planted a variety of citrus trees and an apple tree on our property four years ago and are just beginning to see the fruits of our labor (no pun intended). But gardening is fairly easy, rather intuitive, and it's just so satisfying to walk into the house with a basket full of produce you've grown yourself.

If you really don't know how to get started, visit your local nursery talk to them about what you'd like to accomplish. They'll teach you more than you ever wanted to know about how to be a successful gardener, and they'll be a source you'll turn to time and again for advice as your garden comes to life (ask away about everything from keeping aphids at bay to composting). Now, you have no excuse not to start eating more of those delectable and healthful fruits and veggies that will help you reach your weight-loss goals. Oh yeah, that's what this is all about, right?