Life can be such a roller coaster. Right when I think I've got my schedule and routine under control, life gets crazy and I get behind and can't catch up. Last week was one of those weeks where I had too many things to do and not enough time to get it all done. What suffered? My workouts. Is that ...
Healthy Year Challenge
How Much You Exercise Doesn’t Matter if You Do This
Physical exercise is important. We all need to move and get our heart rates up. But how much you exercise is a moot point if you spend the rest of your day sitting. Research shows that prolonged sedentary time is independently associated with many negative health outcomes, regardless of physical ...
Move More Challenge Update: Week 2
Would you like to know what I really love about the Healthy Year Challenge? Every month, I'm being intentional about one area of my health, and just by being intentional, I'm seeing measurable changes. Positive changes that can make a huge difference in my overall health. Every month I add ...
Move More Challenge Update: Week 1
Setting a goal is meaningless if you don't have actionable steps to reach it. The April Move More Challenge is about moving more before. My goal is to move more on my rest days. The days when I don't work out, I found I was sitting too much and not moving enough. So I set the goal. ...
Healthy Sleep Challenge Update and April Challenge Announcement
The ultimate goal of the Healthy Year Challenge is to focus on a different aspect of health every month so that over the course of a year we are improving our health in a deliberate way. Our thoughts become our habits and our habits become who we are. So by keeping our health, in some form, in focus ...
Is Balance Really Possible? {Healthy Sleep Challenge Update}
Have you ever looked at someone and wondered, How does she do it all? The person who seems to have it all together: a clean house, nightly home cooked dinners, killing it at work, volunteering for everything, staying fit.... Whatever is on that list, chances are, some area is neglected. No one ...
Healthy Year Challenge Updates
This was a week where two months overlapped, so I’m updating you on how February’s Eat More Plants went and how we got started with March’s Healthy Sleep Challenge. I hope you are enjoying the Healthy Year Challenge. Most people have forgotten about their New Year Resolutions by now, but we are ...
10 Ways You Can Improve Your Sleep This Month
March is Healthy Sleep Month here at Happy Healthy Mama, and I'm excited about it. Here's the thing. I know everyone might not be as excited about getting good sleep as I am. I'm a sleeper and love nothing more than a restful night's sleep. I know, however, sleep gets pushed to the back burner ...
Healthy Year Challenge March Announcement
Ready or not, March is here tomorrow! That means we are on our third month of the Happy Healthy Mama Healthy Year Challenge. If you haven't been joining in, that's okay, you can start anytime! You can either join in and start with our March challenge, or go back and start with the January challenge ...
Eat More Plants Challenge Update: Week #3
I'm back with another update on how February's Eat More Plants Challenge is going! This is part of the Happy Healthy Mama Healthy Year Challenge, where every month I'm focusing on a new challenge that has me focusing on my health (and sometimes my family's health, too). I firmly believe that by ...
Eat More Plants Challenge Update: Week 1
Well, hello! Here we are into the first week of February and I'm ready to give you an update on how the Eat More Plants Challenge is going. If you're brand new (welcome!) this is part of the Happy Healthy Mama Healthy New Year Challenge. Each month we are focusing on improving one aspect of our ...
How Much is a Serving of Vegetables or Fruit?
Am I eating enough vegetables and fruits? I mean really, am I? How can I be sure? Well the USDA says an active adult should get 10 servings of vegetables and fruit a day. I don't know about you, but I didn't know exactly what that meant so I had to research it a bit. Before we can really ...
