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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"Hurry up!" It seems like some days I say those words 100 times to my kids, and each time I do I want to snatch them back. I'm usually hurrying them along because they've stopped to examine something interesting on the sidewalk or are mulling over exactly which pair of shoes they want to wear. I don't want to be the kind of mom who hurries her kids all the time. Is where we're going really more important than letting my kids stop to examine an anthill or learn to choose and put on their own shoes? Not usually.

Learning to lose the hurry is the first tip in this three-part series called 12 Habits of a Healthy Family. Hurrying not only causes stress, but it also leads to a fast-paced life where you may not feel you have time to prepare healthy snacks and meals. Soon you're spending dinner time at the drive-thru or grabbing candy bars for a quick energy boost, instead of eating family meals together or reaching into the fruit bowl.

Habits are easier to build than they are to break, and this series has some great tips for families who want to build a healthy foundation for their kids. Check it out, and keep your eye out for parts 2 and 3 coming soon.

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