I keep reading, hearing and seeing more and more evidence of the effects of being over weight on our quality of life. Especially for African-American woman. It seems that the majority of us are walking around in a fog of some sort. Dr. Oz of Oprah fame, states that your waist measurement is a good indicator of your overall healthy and future risk of disease contraction.

There are a lot people giving us all types of answers to this question. In most cases the information is coming from a well oiled selling machine on late night TV. I personally have heard all kinds of theories, from your just getting older, therefore your metabolism is slowing down, its just harder now. To, you need to go on a strict reduced calorie diet and workout like crazy to keep it off.