Hi, I'm Brenda Thompson, registered dietitian and professional chef. I'm the owner of Life Skills Nutrition, and in this segment today I talked about how to lose weight and keep it off. It's very important that you consult a physician and a registered dietitian before starting any diet changes or exercise regimen. This is not a replacement for a consultation with your doctor or a dietitian. In this segment, I provided a variety of information on strategies for weight loss, asked some questions to help you determine whether or not you are ready for weight loss, who to receive diet advice from. Then also I talked about steps for spotting fad diets, dangers in fad diets, and also keeping a food diary and how to make your own food diary. In conclusion, I also talked about portion sizes, meal planning, and in your meal planning how to do your grocery shopping, possibly even batch cooking. I provided a variety of different foods that you may want to include in your meals, as well as snacking, and then also provided a variety of food that you may want to limit to help your success in weight loss. I hope that you are able to draw some tips from this segment and incorporating a new lifestyle change in your eating and exercise regimen, and I hope you have healthy success in weight loss. On my website I provide information on how you can obtain a over the phone nutrition consultation of weight loss with me. Thank you very much.