Health and Fitness

Can You Make Exercise A Habit?

Jessica Cassity | Posted 01.30.2012 | Healthy Living

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If you can't make fitness a true habit, maybe a better question is, at what point do you start craving exercise? When does it become something you look forward to enough to do regularly without putting up an internal fight?

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8 Ways Winter Affects Our Sleep

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Schocker | Posted 01.19.2012 | Healthy Living

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While winter kicked off around the country with an unusually mild start, the cold weather is officially in full gear now. But for a season linked to h...

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Can Yoga Wreck Your Body? Absolutely! It Can Also Save Your Life

Alanna Kaivalya | Posted 01.19.2012 | Healthy Living

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The opinion of injuries in the west is that they are the absolute worst thing in the world. But, the reality is they happen. To all of us. And, they can happen from any activity, even yoga asana.

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Sheetal Is a Punk Rocker, or How the NYT Wrecks Yoga

Eddie Stern | Posted 01.17.2012 | Healthy Living

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When there is a great potential for making money, quality is usually the first thing to be sacrificed. Fast food, anyone? It is unfortunate that this is exactly what we are facing now -- yoga has been McDona-fied.

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Pleasure From Pleasure vs. Pleasure From Pain

Tony Horton | Posted 01.11.2012 | Healthy Living

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For some reason, too many of us have forgotten (or have never been taught) that joy, happiness, health, fitness, loving relationships and financial success all stem from hard work, persistence and the occasional bit of physical, mental or emotional discomfort.

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New Gym Only Welcomes Overweight Clients, Skinny Uninvited

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 01.06.2012 | Healthy Living

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The fitness industry has long featured toned and perfect figures effortlessly gliding on an elliptical machine or treadmill. But at Downsize Fitness, ...

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10 Ways To Jumpstart Your 2012 Fitness Plan

Jill S. Brown | Posted 12.16.2011 | Healthy Living

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Are you thinking about it yet? You probably will be soon... once all the eggnog wears off and your holiday hangover starts to give you pangs of guilt. But fear not. Here are 20 ways to get you started up or back on track to a healthier, fitter lifestyle.

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5 Steps to Healthier Living

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Posted 02.07.2012 | Healthy Living

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As we get ready to ring in 2012, here are a few steps we can take to help improve our health and the quality of our lives.

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5 Cold Weather Running Tips

Posted 11.21.2011 | Healthy Living

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By Jennipher Walters for Shape.com Now that the weather is cooling down and the hours of daylight are shrinking, you may be tempted to trade your o...

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Why Dieting Doesn't Mean You Can't Celebrate Food

Manuel Villacorta | Posted 01.20.2012 | Healthy Living

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Lately I've been seeing a lot of clients under the sway of yet another new diet trend: the Paleolithic diet.

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6 Home Remedies To Soothe Cold And Flu Symptoms

Missy Chase Lapine | Posted 01.19.2012 | Healthy Living

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There's a dizzying assortment of over-the-counter syrups and remedies that promise the world, but beware that most simply block the symptoms and do not cure the ailment.

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Do You Worry TOO Much About Your Health?

Posted 11.18.2011 | Healthy Living

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By Nadia Goodman for YouBeauty.com Hypochondriac? You May Be Part of the "Worried Well." That's how neurologist and author Robert Burton, M.D., ...

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How To Break Out Of A Fitness Rut

Rachel Cosgrove | Posted 01.17.2012 | Health and Fitness

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Too many people get stuck in a rut of doing the same routine for years and most of those routines only work on one aspect of fitness -- usually the aspect that they are already good at.

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Why You'll Eventually Love The Way You Look

Posted 11.16.2011 | Healthy Living

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By Grace Gold for YouBeauty.com Do women ever feel truly happy with the way they look? Whether the grievance is skin, hair, weight, or even face...

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EXPLAINED: Do You Burn More Calories In The Cold?

Posted 11.16.2011 | Healthy Living

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By Hanna Brooks Olsen for Blisstree.com If holiday weight gain is at the top of your "naughty" list this season, you may be looking for extra ways ...

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Forging a Soul of Iron

Jeff Wise | Posted 01.15.2012 | Healthy Living

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Duffy's story offers a perfect example of a profound, but often overlooked truth about human toughness: Even the most physically punishing feats of endurance are less about the body than about the mind.

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The Fine Line Between Shared and Manipulated Medical Decisions

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 01.11.2012 | Business

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Are hard-edged smoking cessation or weight loss programs justified because they help keep down everyone's insurance costs? What is the balance between personal freedom and societal obligations?

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We Choose to Climb Series 1

Andrea Metcalf | Posted 10.24.2011 | Chicago

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A group of amazing women have take on the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in celebration of life and survival. I want to share with you their amazing stories.

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Want a Bikini Bod for the Summer? Five Health and Fitness Books to Skip

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 08.07.2011 | Books

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School's (almost) out for the summer! Instead of telling you a bunch of health and fitness books that you need to read, I'm giving you official permission to skip these five.

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Staying Fit After 50: Choosing The Right Exercises As You Age

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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At 45, DeEtte Sauer was a dead woman walking. She was morbidly obese, her heart disease so serious a doctor warned her to expect "an event at any tim...

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5 Budget-Friendly Ways To Exercise During Winter (PHOTOS)

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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I do not like being cold, but I am cold all the time. These two facts will tell you, pretty much, everything you need to know about me. It's why I ha...

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8 Simple Workouts You Can Do At Home

Posted 07.31.2011 | Home

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As winter approaches the idea of heading outside to the gym -- let alone doing any outdoor exercise -- becomes less and less appealing. That's why Lac...

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Don't Like to Exercise? Try A Different Approach

Jay Williams, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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Choose an Activity That Includes the Three F's: Fun, Feels Good and Fits Into Your Schedule.

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Honeymoon With Fitness: How to Fall In Love With a Workout

Jill S. Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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Why do some people really hate to exercise so much? Just like falling love with another person, the planets must align, and then when all things have fallen into place, love will bloom!

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When Calling a Woman "Skinny" Isn't a Compliment Anymore

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

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Being "skinny" in our culture is a little more accepted than being fat, but does this make it okay to tell a woman she looks "so skinny" when you greet her?

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