Tag Archives: mental fitness

Puzzles & Brainstorming Can Really Give You a Boost

Did you know that when you’re really dragging or finding it hard to pluck up the motivation to do anything that a sound session of brainstorming can not only boost your mood, it can enhance it – creating an environment where you are more mentally and physically alert? School Days I was reminiscing the other day about when I was in school. For five years, I was in a program that started every morning with a series of logic problems that grew increasingly complex along with two-minute mysteries and more. During my recovery from surgery, various friends and family members … Continue reading →

Five Ways to Improve Your Fitness for Weight Loss Program

Weight loss is probably the number of one goal of all women. I say all women because I have heard women who weigh 110 pounds say they could stand to lose an extra few pounds. Before you discount them with a scoff and a snort, remember – the 110-pound woman may seem terrifically skinny, but her self-image is where that request for losing a few extra pounds is coming from. So with that in mind, here are five ways you can improve your fitness to assist your weight loss program. Interval Train – Interval training is great for your metabolism, … Continue reading →

Brain Fitness: Understanding Why We Need It

We’ve talked about brain fitness here before, I don’t think we talk about it enough. But we’ve talked about Brain Age and the fun that can be had with it as well as the benefits it can provide to you. Of course, it never hurts to revisit the issue especially since mental workouts help keep your mind in good working order just like a regular exercise helps to keep your body healthy and limber. A Limber Mind is a Good Thing A flexible and healthy mind is a great benefit to your daily activities and your overall health. There are … Continue reading →

Balancing Our Lives

Fitness is more than just exercising regularly. In fact, fitness is about balancing the body, the mind and the self. These three areas are what we need to take into consideration when we are caring for ourselves. This balance begins with the mind. It is a complex and powerful part of ourselves. It desires knowledge and mental stimulation. We can find mental stimulation through: Reading books and newspapers Watching educational programming Taking classes Doing crosswords and puzzles More It’s important that no matter what your exercise and fitness goals are that you keep your mind active and stimulated. When you … Continue reading →

Flex Your Mind

It’s rare that a fitness forum can endorse a video game as being good for you. After all, we’re often encouraging parents to get their kids off of computers and video games and outside in play, but Nintendo is putting out a new line of games that are great for adults and teenagers alike to stimulate their mental muscles. It’s important to flex your mind on a regular basis and to stimulate thinking and mental processes. The series is called the Nintendo Brain Age and it features a collection of mini games designed to improve cognitive ability and memory. What’s … Continue reading →

Sunday Family Picnic – Mental & Emotional Fitness Boosters

As discussed in many other areas here at Families.com, the family is very vital to your personal fitness and health. The idea of a Sunday family picnic is to take time out of the day that’s dedicated to the family. At a family picnic, there is no television to watch, no video games to play and no distractions that put your attention away from the family. Conversation, personal enjoyment, food and time together is the emphasis of the family picnic. For some families, this may involve playing Frisbee, playing ball, playing on swings or equipment or even a game of … Continue reading →

Does a Brain Good

I’ve talked about this before, but there’s a new study that was released by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (try saying that five times fast) that states older Americans may be able to improve their memory through physical fitness, stress reduction and healthy eating. It’s more than just physical exercise though; mental exercise can help stimulate creative and mental functions as well. A healthy mind resides in a healthy body, but an exercised mind is a strong and flexible one. Some great ways to do your brain good include: Brainteasers Crossword Puzzles Memory Exercises Word games You should increase your … Continue reading →

Hot Tips for Keeping Mental Track

Part of improving mental fitness is lightening the stress and the negative self-talk. The following tips and tools are designed to help you deprogram the mental stress and increase the mental positive self-chatter. · Lists! There is literally a wealth of information available to the average person every single day. Information overload can make the healthiest person’s memory falter. Lists can help you keep an inventory of tasks, errands and accomplishments. There’s a real positive boost to crossing something off the list when it’s done. · Organization! No one wants to spend all their time filing, but if you create … Continue reading →

Meditations on Life

We’ve talked about meditation before and how it helps to improve mental fitness as well as physical fitness. Today is all about a series of meditations on life. Meditations about the way it is, the way you want it to be and the way it can be in the future. I think it’s important to spend a portion of every day in reflection, whether it’s just to relieve the mind of stress or to invigorate it with a challenge. Here are today’s meditations on life: Think with compassion. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught that we should listen with compassion, … Continue reading →