It's nearly impossible to be a healthy individual if the family you live with relies on unhealthy habits and lives an unhealthy lifestyle. It's unrealistic to expect yourself to eat nutritious, balanced meals when everyone around you is having pizza and KFC every night! One of the single best things you can do to help ensure your health and fitness success and give your efforts a much-needed jumpstart is to embrace your family and draw them into living healthier with you.

Of course lecturing and making steamed broccoli for dinner every night probably isn't going to do the trick-- you're going to have to get back to basics and make it a "from the ground up" kind of effort. Here are some tips to get you and yours all started on a healthier lifestyle, together:

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How does your family measure up on having a daily attitude on health? I'm a fan of giving advice to family members on healthy lifestyles and the like, although not everything I throw at the wall sticks.

What do you do to instill healthy family habits around your household? If your family members trust you (generally, they do!), suggestions on healthy living may be taken very nicely.

To help family member develop health habits, there is a list of activities that can help. View and think deeply about them over here.

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Any parent knows that having a young child means sleeping less than you ever thought was possible. However, the short sleep may be affecting your health.

A recent Australian study finds that parents of infants and toddlers who said that their children had sleeping problems also reported poor physical health and emotional distress. Both mothers and fathers with infants were equally at-risk, but in families with older children, researchers found that moms fared worse. Their health is more adversely affected because they're usually the ones who deal with the sleep problems.

The message, say researchers, is clear. In short, if your child is having sleep problems, don't just "deal with it," see a pediatrician. There are a variety of techniques to get your child into a normal sleeping pattern, and doctors can help.

If nothing else, you'll feel better for it.

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