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Work Healthy Resources

Below are top resources on SparkPeople for Work Healthy.

7 Things to Do Before You Lose Weight

You’ve decided to lose weight. Congratulations! Changing your lifestyle may take commitment and time, but taking off those excess pounds can really improve your health and happiness.   In this early phase, you may have checked out some...  Read more

Work Out with Yard Work

Ask anyone who has spread mulch in their yard, and they’ll tell you that yard work is quite the workout! Whether hauling mulch, spreading soil, raking leaves, or pulling weeds, you’re guaranteed to break a sweat. That's because garden...  Read more

10 Ways to Stay Healthy When Working from Home

Working from home may seem like a dream. You have no boss popping up behind you. No employees to interrupt you with the latest office gossip. No donuts to avoid. But, working from home—with all of its perks and pluses—also presents some u...  Read more

How to Work the Third Shift and Stay Healthy

The third shift. Unavoidable for some. Dreaded by many. At a time when it’s difficult just to stay awake, you are expected to function at a reasonable level. Unfortunately, laboring through the night can wreak havoc on your body, weakening your...  Read more

Are You Fit to Climb the Corporate Ladder?

College degree? Check. Professional resume? Double check. Perfect health? Ah, not so fast. What does your health have to do with your career? Plenty. Besides having the right skills and qualifications for your profession, you may also want t...  Read more

Working on getting more fruit in my diet!
Updated 5/24/2013 11:51:08 AM

Banana and an apple!...  Read more

Gonna try lifting before work
Updated 5/24/2013 2:57:21 PM

So the title says it. Never lifted that early before and wondering if the way I'll try eating is ideal. I just started a new job for the summer and although I haven't had time to find a bjj gym yet, I'm hoping that hitting the weight room in the morn...  Read more

Just started, hope I can make this work.
Updated 5/24/2013 10:22:34 AM

I recently stopped smoking and I feel the biggest help was talking with other people on the same journey, facing the same set backs and feeling the same triumphs. So I am going to utilize the community chat with this journey as well....  Read more

Can I still lose weight without working out?
Updated 5/23/2013 10:09:02 PM

I am currently working full time, going to school, and working an internship about 20 hours a week. I am on the road and my job is a sit down type job-I usually eat within the recommended calories, and try to meet the required amounts-but my weight s...  Read more

new healthy way of living going according to plan
Updated 5/22/2013 2:26:12 AM

I am really excited about losing a kilo in 4days, been sticking to my set healthy eating pattern and been getting myself motivated to exercise, 1 hour today! Feeling more energy cause when I started I was exhausted and needing lots of sleep, I think...  Read more

Drink A Meal

I don't always eat a meal at breakfast, lunch or dinner, but drink it. I "juice" either fruits or vegetables, depending on the meal it will replace....  Read more

"TASTE TEST"

My granny taught me to cook using the family recipes which often read salt/sugar/pepper/butter/cream to taste. To break this habit I keep water & sip instead of tasting or rise mouth with Listerin before entering kitchen334...  Read more

College Students

This group is for college students who are looking to get healthier and need a little support from those in a similar situation...  Read more

How to Protect Yourself from Arthritis

"I'm too young to feel this old," says Vicki Inman, 41. She's always been very active, but a few years ago this mom of two teen girls was diagnosed with arthritis. "The pain became so severe I felt as if my leg were going to gi...  Read more

7 Ways to Sleep Better Tonight

I'm a married woman, but there's a guy I've been chasing after for months: the Sandman. I want him desperately some nights -- and then other evenings I push him away. It's completely my fault that he's turned his back on me in bed...  Read more

Yard Work - Healthy or not

I am not a garden type person. Today I spent time sawing down and breaking off dead branches and storm torn limbs from my mom's backyard. Not accustomed to this kind of work, I have been hit in the head by several heavy branches and trees as...  Read more

July 2008 Goals - Hard Work & Healthy Decisions

For the first time in a long while, I feel great about my body. I still have a lot hard work and challenges ahead of me, but I truly feel that I have gained the confidence and learned the skills to get me where I need to be. Looking back at m...  Read more