Michelle Obama’s Guide To Being Healthy

Michelle Obama’s Guide To Being Healthy

Let's Move! - “Let’s Move!” has a simple goal: We’re trying to end childhood obesity in a generation so that kids born today grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams.

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Let's Move! - “Let’s Move!” has a simple goal: We’re trying to end childhood obesity in a generation so that kids born today grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams.

A Healthy Change - The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake.

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A Healthy Change - The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake.

Get Involved - We’re doing a lot of things. We’re trying to get parents and teachers and mayors and governors and athletes and doctors. We need everyone involved in this effort on behalf of our kids.

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Get Involved - We’re doing a lot of things. We’re trying to get parents and teachers and mayors and governors and athletes and doctors. We need everyone involved in this effort on behalf of our kids.

A Healthy Passion - In the end, as First Lady, this isn’t just a policy issue for me. This is a passion. This is my mission. I am determined to work with folks across this country to change the way a generation of kids thinks about food and nutrition.

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A Healthy Passion - In the end, as First Lady, this isn’t just a policy issue for me. This is a passion. This is my mission. I am determined to work with folks across this country to change the way a generation of kids thinks about food and nutrition.

Here's to Good Health - [Good health is] multi-faceted — it’s physical, it’s internal, it’s my diet and my emotional state. It’s all tied together. Throughout my life, I’ve learned to make choices that make me happy... Even my husband is happier when I’m happy.

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Here's to Good Health - [Good health is] multi-faceted — it’s physical, it’s internal, it’s my diet and my emotional state. It’s all tied together. Throughout my life, I’ve learned to make choices that make me happy... Even my husband is happier when I’m happy.

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Michelle Obama - First Lady Michelle Obama is featured on the November cover of <i>Prevention</i> magazine. She shares her secrets to a happy, healthy life.

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Get Healthy Now - I try to tell young people to get in shape now, because it’s easier. What I’m discovering is that the older you get, the more work you have to do to stay there. I’m varying my workouts so it’s not just cardio but also includes moves to maintain my flexibility. I incorporated Pilates and do much more stretching.

Healthy At Any Age - [I’ve been in the best shape of my life] in my 40s because I’ve had more time as my kids have gotten older. There was a period, actually right before the campaign started up, that I was really in tip-top shape. I was really there. And then my husband ran for president [laughs].

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Healthy At Any Age - [I’ve been in the best shape of my life] in my 40s because I’ve had more time as my kids have gotten older. There was a period, actually right before the campaign started up, that I was really in tip-top shape. I was really there. And then my husband ran for president [laughs].

Workout & Enjoy - I’ll do intervals because I don’t run long and those are killer, so I’m always happy when I’m finished. I enjoy arm exercises because you can actually see what it’s hitting.

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Workout & Enjoy - I’ll do intervals because I don’t run long and those are killer, so I’m always happy when I’m finished. I enjoy arm exercises because you can actually see what it’s hitting.

Let’s Move! - Mrs. Obama will head to Jackson, Miss. to discuss healthy schools with Gov. Haley Barbour and the state’s First Lady Marsh Barbour as a part of her “Let’s Move!” initiative. While in the state, she’ll visit an elementary school and listen to officials and experts about the efforts to fight childhood obesity.

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Enjoy in Moderation - I try to have no absolute no's. I love French fries, I like a good burger and I like pie. And that’s okay. I would be depressed if I felt I could never eat the things that I love.

Obamas Celebrate Valentine’s Day - The Obamas spent last Valentine’s Day dining in Chicago. This year, snowy in Washington, the first couple spent most of the day apart. Late Sunday, the president made a quick trip from the White House to the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland to have dinner with his wife. He left a few hours later to avoid being caught up in a snowstorm forecasted for Tuesday.

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Get Enough Sleep - I am a sleeper. When you wake up at 4:30 in the morning to do a workout, you’re sleepy at 8 in the evening. So I’d put the kids down, then I’d go to bed.