Losing weight

If you want to drop excess pounds control your insulin levels. What does this mean? Eat a low carbohydrate diet. The more adipose tissue you have, the less carbohydrates you should ingest. This doesn't include vegetables though. Eat lots of those, especially the green ones. Also add in some fish oils. So in summary, as Charles Poliquin said "if it doesn't walk, swim or fly or isn't green don't eat it." You'll also sleep better, which is a big part of controlling your appetite. 

Healing potential

"Humans inherit self-healing potential for biologic survival. However, this potential to self-heal is considerably affected by stress level, medical history, nutrition, and lifestyle, as well as by genetic endowment and age. Each person, therefore, has a different potential for self-healing capacity, and this potential for self-healing is also changing dynamically. It deteriorates in people who abuse their health, and it improves in those who take good care of themselves."

Source: Ma, Y. Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation. p. 50.

Success

I wanted to give a shout out to a client of mine who put in a fantastic effort towards achieving his goals. Over the period of one month he dropped his bodyfat % from 17% to 13%! During this time he also increased his strength considerably. He made changes in his eating habits and put in some hard work in the gym. Hard work pays off!