National Walk To Work Day & More

Tomorrow is National Walk to Work Day. Give your car a break. Use your gas money on something fun!

Next Month is Mental Health Month. Does exercise improve your stress level?

Have you scheduled your check-up this year? NWHW reminds us to get screened.

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month: What do you need to know?

Next month is Alcohol Awareness Month. Alcohol can affect your mental and physical health. Celebrate Alcohol-Free Weekend, during March 31 to April 2, 2017.

Be self-powered.

Use your legs to transport yourself. Burn more calories, less cash and gas.

Ride a bike to run errands. Parking is much easier on a bike. Check out this cool bike lane in Austin, TX.

Walk, run or bike to work. Try this once per week, then build-up to more commute hours.

Lastly, are you self-powered enough to do bodyweight exercises? Check out the bodyweight exercise at the bottom of this website. You don't always need a gym to workout.

Safe Streets = Happy People

Houston Needs Safer Streets for cyclists. Bike Houston has said our goal should be to move from a bronze city to a gold city. What do you think?

I certainly agree. We are a city almost as big as Chicago, a top bike-friendly city.

Get paid to be healthy

I've tried this new app - Achievemint and it pays me to log steps, workouts, nutrition, health stats and more! For every 10,000 points, you earn $10! I get most of my steps walking my pooch :)

 

Earn points, get cash, be healthy.

Heart Health in Houston

These lifestyle choices are important to keeping your heart healthy in any city:

• Don’t Smoke
• Be Active
• Achieve a healthy weight
• Get Screening Tests
• Eat Healthy Foods

Be the Change...

It's that simple. If you want something to be a certain way, change it. Do it. Be it. 

Houston may not be the healthiest city in the United States of America, but we can change that. Only, WE can change that. We need to use our great parks (pictures below and right of Hermann Park), demand public transit, encourage others to stop smoking, and make healthy choices.

The picture below is of garden in an elementary school in a lower-income area of Houston. It is huge!