Eating a clean healthy diet, controlling portions, and exercising regularly should be your ticket to fast weight loss but what's going on when you're doing everything right and the only thing you seem to be losing is your patience?

According to the Metabolic Typing Diet it's your metabolic type that determines how you should eat to lose weight and get healthy and it's easier than you think.

Find Out Your Metabolic Type
Back in 2001 when I started writing for the old bellaonline, low carb diets were all the rage. I was having a very hard time losing the post pregnancy weight so I joined the low carb band wagon first with The Zone then with South Beach. Neither one of these approaches worked very well for me but loads of other people on low carb diets seemed to be losing weight like crazy.

The most frustrating part was always hearing people talk about how great they felt on these low carb plans all the while I felt exhausted, moody, and ravenous all the time. I gave up on the whole low carb approach and started losing weight faster but I never really understood why until I took the metabolic typing test and found out that I'm a mixed type.

According to Dr. William Wolcott author of The Metabolic Typing Diet people fall into three basic metabolic types and if your diet doesn't fit with your metabolic type you won't lose weight or be healthy. His quick 68 question test helps you figure out whether you are a:


Protein Type - Typically has a strong appetite, craves fatty salty foods, fails on low calorie diets, tends to get fatigued, anxious, nervous. Does better on a mix of 40 % protein 30% fat 30% carbs.

Carbo Type - Typically has a weak appetite, has high tolerance for sweets, caffeine dependent, variable energy patterns, has type A tendencies, has trouble maintaining ideal weight. Does better on a mix of 25% protein 15% fat 60% carbs.

Mixed Type - Typically has an average appetite, craves sweets and carbs, doesn't have trouble maintaining weight, can swing in one direction or the other and experience either fatigue lethargy and depression or hyperactivity, nervousness, and anxiety. Does better on a mix of 30% protein 20% fat 50% carbs.

It took me years of trial and error to figure out the ideal fuel mix for my metabolic type and less than one hour to confirm it using Dr. Wolcott's test.

Fine Tune Your Metabolic Type
Dr. Wolcott's book is a great guide that uncovers all kinds of things about your unique metabolism. It tells you what branch of your autonomic nervous system is more dominant, whether you are a slow or a fast oxidizer, and what foods are ideal for your specific metabolic needs plus how to tweak your metabolic plan further for even better results. His book is an amazing tool for any woman who eats a healthy adequate calorie diet and still struggles with weight loss.

Finally lose the weight with The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet to Your Own Unique Body Chemistry