You will not succeed in reaching any fitness and lifestyle change goals if those closest to your everyday lives possibly sabotage your efforts. Get as many of them involved as possible to keep them close to you in your life.

Everything is better with a friend. Even the painfully journey of improved personal fitness you are oddly embarrassed to let people in on.

Spice up your wardrobe and pimp out your playlist! When exercise is dull, you will be less inclined to keep a steady workout schedule consistent.

Eight hours of sleep is a generic target. Some need more, some need less, but most don’t get enough regardless. Aim for eight hours and see how well that works as you get closer to maintaining that target.

Put reminders in your calendar or alarms to remind you to take breaks, head to the gym, or prepare a healthy snack. Call it a bonus if you can find a friend to also nudge you forward for added encouragement.

Adults need to drink at least 1.5 liters of fluid a day. And the definition of fluid can be a little, well, fluid.

Paying attention to portion size will help us not to consume too much calories, and will allow us to eat all the foods we enjoy, without having to eliminate any.

Skipping meals, especially breakfast, can lead to out-of-control hunger, often resulting in helpless overeating. Snacking between meals can help control hunger, but snacking should not replace proper meals.

Take time off your mile run. Add inches to your vertical jump. Do an unassisted pullup. This episode offers these and three other impressive fitness goals to work on that go beyond just simply shedding a few pounds.

This week’s message goes along with next week’s message. For this week, stop following diets you know will not work.