Zen Habits

Simple Productivity

A Single Principle to Declutter Your Health


Editor's note: This is a guest from Brad Pilon, blogger and author of Eat Stop Eat.
We can't control the future. I wish we could, but we can't. There are simply too many variables and uncontrolled factors at play. Even the best-laid plans are no match for unforeseen circumstances. Sure we all... Read more »

The 7 Essential Rules To Optimum Health & Weight Loss


Editor's note: This is a guest post from Chris Lopez of Fit and Busy Dad.
We live in an information overloaded society. There has not been a moment in history when information has been this available, right at our fingertips. By typing one simple phrase, we now get hundreds, thousands, sometimes even millions of answers to our... Read more »

Three Simple Changes To Get Fit and Green at the Same Time


Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
I've been trying to change my life for the better for awhile now, including simplifying, getting fitter and healthier, and trying to get greener -- and in the last few months I've been doing a lot of researching into reducing... Read more »

The Healthy and Fit Algorithm


Editor's note: This is a guest post from Adam Gilbert of MyBodyTutor.com.
Since I've quit my job, I've helped countless people change their lives for the better via one word: Consistency. And I want to help you too! My idea for this post was to make a rule based post. Call it the healthy and fit algorithm. In the... Read more »

Why You (Almost) Never See a Fat Japanese (or, How I Lost 5 lbs. in Tokyo)


Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
One of the most striking things about my trip to Japan was how thin everyone was. I kept saying to my family, "There are no fat Japanese!" That's not entirely true, of course. Aside from sumo wrestlers, there are some Japanese people who are fat -- but... Read more »

The Simple Fitness Rules


Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
Health and fitness are usually made to seem too complex. If you read a lot of fitness magazines and blogs (as I often do), you're told a confusing variety of complex advice. It makes your head spin. You're told that eggs, butter and meat are bad for... Read more »

It’s Time for a New Relationship With Food


Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
Have you ever stopped to consider what relationship you have with food? We don't often think we even have a relationship with food, and yet we do -- and it's pretty intimate. Think about this: if you're like me, you spend as much or more time with... Read more »

The Leo vs. Bellyfat Challenge


Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
Those of you who have been following Zen Habits for some time know that I've been working on getting fit and healthy for the last couple of years -- I've done 3 marathons, a couple of short triathlons, and I've tried all... Read more »

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