Use technology to test your fitness
Websites can do everything from calculating your body mass index to determining your “real age.” If you want health and fitness tips at your fingertips, check out apps like WebMd Mobile or Eat This, Not That! — the Game. Gadgets like pedometers, activity monitors or even the Wii Fit can make health and fitness more fun. (You’ll probably want to skip the Wi-fi scale that can transmit your weight and body fat percentage to Twitter, though!)
Try something new
Jump-start your health this year by trying something new: a different form of exercise, a new food or method of healthy cooking and so on. The very act of trying something new is good for you, too!
Keep regular doctor appointments
Stop putting off that physical, well-woman exam or mammogram — make that doctor’s appointment you’ve been avoiding.
Make your health meaningful
Why do you want to be healthy? It’s not just, well, for your health. You probably want to be healthy so you can pursue your passion, your purpose in life. Remembering why you want to be healthy can help you make healthy choices even when you don’t feel like it.
Eat naturally
Make the majority of your meals and snacks real, unprocessed (or lightly processed) foods. Replace sugary breakfast cereal with oatmeal and fresh fruit, trade that fast food lunch for a tuna sandwich, or swap out packaged cookies with a piece of dark chocolate. Instead of empty calories or artificially sweetened diet sodas, sip H2O. Add a squeeze of lemon, lime or splash of orange juice for variety.
Diets come and diets go, but good health habits mostly remain the same. Pick one (or more) of these tips and start 2011 with a commitment to taking control of your health.
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