Exercise; Fitness

I think that the biggest learning curve is that I need to be conscious, at all times, of what I am doing and what I am eating. To be healthy requires planning, and it doesn’t come naturally. Or, maybe it comes naturally, but it certainly doesn’t come easi...

I was forced to internalize the truth that had been coated with ice cream and couch potato for too long . . .

Find ways to fit exercise and healthy eating habits into your day no matter how busy you may be.

Editor's Note: Maimonides writes: "Maintaining a healthy and sound body is among the ways of G‑d's service, for one cannot understand or have any knowledge of the Creator if he is ill."Laws of Personal Development 4:1. And considering that exercise is esp...

Pick a sport or an activity you enjoy. While many people ask which is the best activity to stay fit or to lose weight, I always suggest finding the activity you like because it is easier to stay committed...

Don't consume more than you burn. The concept behind healthful eating is actually quite simple. The same applies to our spiritual eating regimen...

Winter brings a certain hopelessness and fatigue, irritability towards other people, and a desire to stay in and dissociate to daytime television with a jar of chocolate spread and a spoon. But this year was different...

I often found myself standing at the kitchen counter, mindlessly eating one piece of cake after the next. I wasn't even hungry, but I kept on eating...

Were we in some kind of enforced boot camp, being punished for some heinous crime? No, we were a group of middle class, suburban women who were here entirely on our own volition.