5 Fitness Habits That You Can Start Today

5 Fitness Habits That You Can Start Today

One of the most common resolutions set at New Year’s involves fitness or health. And while I don’t make resolutions anymore, I do create goals. I also list habits that I would like to develop. My goal categories are encompassing of my overall life while the habits are what I hope to get me there. Or at least part of what will get me there. So here are 5 fitness habits that you can start today if health and fitness is one of your goals for this year. Why Creating New Habits Will Help You Meet Your Fitness Goals One of the best ways to make your fitness goals a reality is to create habits that support success. It’s important to keep in mind that…

What’s Inside My Winter Workout Toolkit

What’s Inside My Winter Workout Toolkit

I have received information and materials from Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc., McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division. The opinions stated are my own. This is a sponsored post. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #WinOverWinter #CollectiveBias Just because Winter is approaching, doesn’t mean that I’m going to put a damper on my workout routine. However, it also means making it a bit more portable so I have it all times. That means being able to workout on the go and at home. So, aside from a good pair of shoes and comfortable clothing, here’s what I have in my Winter workout toolkit: Would you believe that I actually don’t have a gym bag? Instead I…

Essential Health and Fitness Tips for Busy Moms

Essential Health and Fitness Tips for Busy Moms

As moms we take on a lot. Sometimes we may take on too much, but we’ll still probably try to convince ourselves that we can do it all. Maybe we can, maybe we can’t. And as moms, we also tend to put our own health and wellness needs on the backburner. Even though we should know by now, that if we want to properly handle everything else; we really shouldn’t neglect our health. I say this because I’ve done it often. I start the year with all intention of making my health and wellness more of a priority. And maybe I’ll do okay until March or April. Then by June, I’ve fallen off the fitness wagon. And then, of course, I’ll wonder why I’m not…

Yoga for Beginners (Like Me)

Yoga for Beginners (Like Me)

Yoga has been one of those exercises that I wanted to start and yet, never did. I’m not sure why I kept putting this off… unless it was just my inner procrastinator speaking up, but for whatever reasons or another, I could never get going with it. I’ve bought several DVDs, I got up early to watch Yoga on the fitness on demand channel, I admired (and sometimes wondered) about the videos on YouTube. But I could never motivate myself enough to make it a part of my fitness routine. Until now. So, that’s why I’m starting this yoga for beginners like me series on my blog. I’ll be honest with my attempts, successes, and failures. And, hopefully, prove to myself that yoga is really…

Easy Core Exercises to do at Home

If you’re looking to improve your health and wellness as a stay at home mom, I feel you. Usually, I don’t leave the house unless we’re going grocery shopping, to a doctor’s appointment, or for one of Sweet B’s school functions. Honestly, I prefer it like that. I do take walks when the weather is nicer but, it’s also nice to have at-home exercise options. One of the things that I hope to do is yoga, but I also want other options. That’s why I’m sharing my picks for easy core exercises to do at home. Usually, I try to find a workout that’s going to target several muscle groups at once. That’s why, when I get around to it, I really want to start…