Fitness and healthy habits are keystones that help us improve just about every facet of our life. Discover more about these super important healthy habits.
Health is important to us here at DGH. Check out many of the articles here about health, habits and where the two meet.
One of the best methods for keeping exercise a regular routine is to habitualize the process. Otherwise, health is something you may care about for a few months until it begins to fade.
See great ways to make health and fitness part of your life by making them habits.
Are you looking for ways to fix your sleep schedule? You may be working as a firefighter, police officer, paramedic, or nurse, and your job requires you to be on rotating shifts, or on call to respond to emergencies at any time. Or it could be that your lifestyle forces you to keep late hours, … Read more
Are you sick of working late hours and ordering take out? Meal planning can help! Do you miss family dinners with your kids? Meal planning can help! Say hello to $5 Meal Plans… a service that takes the indecisiveness out of meal planning and brings quality meals back to the table again. Instead of spending … Read more
Coloring pages are no longer just for kids. These days many adults are coloring too, and not just to give them a temporary return to the days of their youth. There are many good therapeutic reasons why adult coloring pages are all the rage these days. This post goes over the top 10 benefits of … Read more
Nothing good happens after midnight. I first heard this phrase while in the military. It was true then; it is true now. All sorts of shenanigans happen to those who stay up late, especially past midnight. Think of the common reasons to stay up to the wee hours of the night: Video Games TV Facebook … Read more
Picture this: Oprah waking up in the morning and thinking to herself, “nah, I don’t feel like doing anything today.” Or Walt Disney thinking that storytelling is just too much work. Well, at some point, all of these things have probably happened. The truth is, everyone goes through periods where they have no motivation to … Read more
Anxious. Bored. Tired. Frustrated. Curious. Creative. Dedicated. These adjectives may describe you. They may also describe your kids. But at one point or another, we’ve all been there. Been that person. I am that person. Every day. As a mom of four small children, I run the gamut of emotions daily. I want to make … Read more
Modern people sit too much. Our bodies were not designed to be sitting all day long. In the standing vs sitting debate, this much is obvious. Sitting all day in the same position puts you at some level of health risk. But how much better is standing vs sitting really? Let’s find out… Let’s take … Read more
Most people know they need to drink more water. But they don’t really grasp how important daily water intake can truly be. Water helps all of your bodily functions. It improves your health, fitness, weight control, mood, and even your energy levels. You can rest assured that if they ever do find the “Fountain of … Read more
We asked 44 fitness and health experts to share their number one daily health habit. Surprisingly, the most common health habit that was shared was something not directly related to physical training or exercise. More than a dozen of our contributors identified spending some time for gratitude first thing in the morning as their must-do … Read more
A lot of us live sedentary lives. We sit in traffic. We sit at work. We sit at home and watch t.v. No wonder so many of us are constantly fighting the battle of the bulge: it can be tough to stay lean! I’m a busy father of 3 young kids, so I know how … Read more