Fueling Your Winter Fun
Grocery recommendations to fuel your winter fun.
Category Fitness and Weight Loss
Five Simple Ways to Prioritize Your Health
Here are five simple ways to put your health first this year.
Establishing Healthy Habits for the New Year
Here are three strategies you can easily employ to make healthy habits simple and effective this new year.
The FDA Wants to Rewrite the Healthy Definition
When it comes to packaged foods, the meaning of “healthy” as a general descriptor gets murky. We walk you through the FDA's new proposed definition of "healthy food".
Falling Into a Fresh Start
January is not the only time you can start with a clean slate. Fall is a great time to make a fresh start.
Mom Strength: How to Maintain Muscle
The loss of muscle over time, known as sarcopenia, begins around age forty, with a loss of 3-5% per decade. Focusing on maintaining muscle mass prevents significant loss from occurring and negatively impacting our overall health as we age. Here is how to maintain your muscle.
5 Tips for Eating With Intention
Eating with intention means eating with a plan that goes beyond just trying to figure out what to make for dinner. It’s about meeting a goal and intentionally making choices that help you work toward balanced eating and a healthy diet.
Take a Walk in the Park Day
Take a Walk in the Park Day is a perfect time to get outside, enjoy the warming temps, and reconnect with nature. The experience even benefits your health.
Getting Back to Work(outs)
It’s now January and I’m slowly getting back into the gym/workout/fitness groove. It hasn’t been pretty. What does it take to recommit to your workout routine? Here’s what I have learned…
My Month-Long Fitness Challenge
While most of the country was taking part in No Shave November or Movember events (both great causes/efforts by the way), I decided to set a month-long fitness goal for myself: I would get to the gym to work out EVERY SINGLE DAY in November. I have a gym membership and a trainer (once a week), but by no means would I consider myself a gym rat, fitness fanatic or even “athletic.” I’m a 50-year old gal who is in relatively good shape but doesn’t live and breathe a fitness lifestyle. I know the “athleisure” attire that makes up the bulk of my non-work wardrobe fools no one.