Have you ever walked in the grocery store and headed directly to your staple foods?  Broccoli.  Check.  Fish. Check.  Brown rice.  Check.  Oatmeal.  Check.  That was easy.   Most people eat the same 15-20 foods week after week.  If you want a great body your list of allowable foods is a lot shorter than the average person’s.  But, that doesn’t mean you can’t spice it up and add a bit of variety to your diet.

Read more: Clean Foods for a Figure Perfect Body

It's time to toss out the frozen dinners and fast foods; these foods are high in calories and low in power food nutrients.  For fat loss (and an all-around healthy body) stick with foods that don't come in a box or out of a drive thru window.  We came up with a list of power foods that are packed with nutrients and are low in calories.  This means you can eat more to weigh less!  Add these to your routine and you'll be on the fast-track to a flatter and sexier tummy.

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Already getting your recommended 3-servings of dairy per day?  New research study says inreasing from 3 to 5 servings of dairy per day can help fight obesity when paired with a reduced calorie diet.

It used to be that scientists were claiming the high fat content in dairy (cheese, yogurts, milk, cream, etc) were adding to the obesity epidemic. 

Read more: New Study: Increase Dairy and Increase Fat Loss?

Olympic Swim Champ Megan Jendrick answers fan question:  I work hard yet still can't lose weight, why?

I am in the UK, I have lost nearly 7 stones (about 95lbs) over a  period of about 8 years. Recently I joined a slimming club to try to get the last stubborn 10 - 14 lbs off.  I exercise - A LOT (most days I do 60 minutes of spinning, 30 minutes of running, and 20 minutes of boxing. I also do weight classes for 60 minutes 3 times a week and do heavy weight sessions in the gym twice a week - oh and I swim about a quarter to half a mile a day and fit in the odd LBT class.)

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A decade ago, it would have been hard to write this column. While there were all kinds of foods and supplements sold with promises to burn fat, none of them had any scientific data to support the claims. Today, scientists are beginning to understand how certain foods actually do rev up metabolism or enhance hormones to help us burn fat. You’ll read about the six best fat-burning foods below. Ten years from now, a column on fat-burning foods is bound to be full of science-based information on dozens of foods that can help boost metabolism and burn fat. So stay tuned.

Read more: The Best Fat-Burning Foods