Conditions in Southeast Minnesota have been just plain cold lately – frigid, in fact! My thermostat in the car has ranged from -2 to -6 degrees Fahrenheit on my morning commute during the past couple of days. “Brr” is about all I have to say about that! No matter how much I enjoy running, odds [...]

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The biggest challenge in living a healthy, active lifestyle is to take the time to make time for it. So it seems to make sense to take a look at how we can “create time” for ourselves to pursue healthy living strategies and look after our heart health.

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It’s something you see and hear over and over: You’ve got to lose that weight. News articles try to scare you into losing weight. Advertisements try to shame you into losing weight. And to make matters worse, you live in Rochester, MN, home of the Mayo Clinic, which can make it feel you should have no excuse for being overweight.

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Our battle to achieve the ideal weight, eat nutritious foods and, in general, live healthy lifestyles would be much less painful if counting our calories was more exciting than counting our money, if carrots tasted better than chocolate, if exercising was more enjoyable than lounging on the couch, and if taking heart health supplements and/or medications went down as easily as an icy cold beverage on a steamy hot day.

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With year-round access to indoor and outdoor activities and world-renowned medical facilities, Rochester Minnesota is a Mecca for the health and wellness-oriented. In conjunction with reasonable exercise and diet, there are many simple things that one can do at home to get and stay in good health.

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Stay active. And if you stay active, your chances of staying well and healthy improve considerably. If you aren’t currently active, it’s time to get active. You can never do it soon enough and it is never too late to start improving your health through activity. After all, who doesn’t want to stay well and be as healthy as possible?

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The sunshine and warm weather are just around the corner and it is time to come out of hibernation mode! There are many opportunities Rochester and Olmsted county residents can take advantage with in walking distance or a short bike ride from home. • The first thing that should come to mind is the 85+ [...]

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If you are looking for a way to give your life a jump start in the right direction, visit Healthy Living Rochester Resources. The resources are designed to help people live healthy lives.

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In order to grasp hold of your life and become healthy, you must become active. Health experts constantly rely on our current public health guidelines when giving information to individuals seeking to live healthy lives. The guidelines estimate that around one hour of physical activity is needed every day for children and teenagers, while a minimum of two hours and thirty minutes is needed every week for adults. The point is that whether you are a forty-seven year old or a five year old, it is essential for you to live an active lifestyle in order to remain healthy.

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There are currently too many instant cure-all answers to the various health problems in society. There is no such thing as an instantaneous method of getting or staying in good healthy physical condition. There is an answer, though, and it’s called living an active and healthy life.

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