Tag Archives: Healthy Habits

If you work a full-time schedule and have little time to prepare a full dinner, you may experience challenges holding off late-night cravings. If your health is being affected by late-night meals, then you may be looking to make changes to reduce these cravings and change your eating habits. Having a more balanced eating schedule can be valuable for improving your health in the long term. With these considerations in mind, here are several habits to change to improve your eating schedule and reduce late-night meals. [Read more]

If you feel fatigued after consuming a carb-heavy meal, you are definitely not alone. The post-carb “crash” is a real, recognized phenomenon, which can leave you feeling more tired than before you had the meal or snack. Luckily, there are ways to do something about this, which can help you minimize its effects or avoid it completely. [Read more]

Some folks are naturally morning people. These people are able to have highly productive mornings without enormous effort. But for most of us, the challenge is greater. Fortunately, there are some practical, effective ways to get more done in the mornings. Follow the following five tactics to accomplish more in your mornings. [Read more]

If you find yourself at meal times eating food that is maybe expensive, unsatisfying, impractical, and unhealthy, then you may benefit from more structured meal prep. Meal prep isn’t simply packing leftovers into random containers to eat at a later, undetermined point, but instead a deliberate preparation of some or all meals ahead of time.  [Read more]

Yoga is very popular, but also very often misunderstood. That’s hardly surprising; after all, there are many different types of yoga, and many different reasons people practice it, so it can all be rather confusing for people on the outside to know what to make of it. Yoga is not like anything else in the modern world, but once the misunderstandings are cleared up, you can see that it has a lot to offer. [Read more]

Have you read recent nutrition recommendations to include more fatty fish in your diet? It’s true: there are numerous benefits of eating fish which contain omega-3 fatty acids.  Not only do they taste good, but they’re also good for us! Despite all of the bad press that fat has received over the years, some types of fat are good for our health. One type is called omega-3. Two subcategories of this unsaturated fat are called EPA and DHA, and are found in a variety of fatty fish, such as salmon, mackerel, and tuna. [Read more]

The idea you must relax before you sleep might sound obvious, but how many people actually unwind before going to bed? Many rush through the day, feel tired, and expect to fall asleep the moment their head hits the pillow. When you don’t relax, though, it’s hard to sleep. Here’s why. [Read more]

It’s no secret that most people are looking to get into better shape and lose weight. But why do so many people start strong and then slowly lose their momentum? A study found that nearly 73% of individuals with New Year’s fitness goals gave them up. Hidden behind all the workout routines, diet plans and health regimens are some vital concepts that can become obscured.  These ideas become the pillars that support a successful fitness transformation.  [Read more]

We can all do with improving our general health, but working out needn’t be high-impact and intense. If you want to see the benefits of regular activity, there are plenty of low-impact exercises that you can do either in the comfort of your home or out and about. Just a half an hour of movement a day can improve your health and support weight loss in a sustainable way. By fitting these low-impact exercise ideas into your routine you will improve your fitness levels without harming your joints. [Read more]

When people are worried, scared or tense about things that may happen to them or are actually occurring around them, this is anxiety. It is actually a normal human response to stress, but learning how to manage it and live a healthy life is important. When anxiety becomes overwhelming and unmanageable, this is the time to get help. You can also learn to manage your anxiety so it does not overwhelm you. [Read more]