Exercise: How much what kind?

You need to exercise for about 60 minutes every day. Setting aside 60 minutes all at once each day is one way to get in enough exercise. If you wait until the end of the day to squeeze it in, you probably won’t exercise enough or at all. If you’re not active for 60 minutes straight, it’s okay to exercise for 10 or 20 minutes at a time throughout the day.
Different exercises
No matter what your shape – apple, pear, ruler, or hourglass – there's an exercise for you!
Pick exercises you like to do and choose a few different options so you don’t get bored.
Aim to exercise most days of the week. If you’re not very active right now, start slowly and work your way up to being active every day.
There are three levels of physical activity.
Light – not sweating; not breathing hard (slow walking, dancing)
Moderate – breaking a sweat; can talk but can’t sing (walking fast, dancing)
Vigorous – sweating, breathing hard, can’t talk or sing (running, swimming laps)
No matter what level you are exercising at, the activity can be one of two types.

Minority Health

Even though minority women have many of the same health problems as White women, they are in poorer health. Minority women use fewer health services and suffer more from disease, disabilities, and early death. Many also face huge social, economic, and cultural barriers to having life-long good health. Also, because minority groups are diverse, even within each group, access to health care, health behaviors, and health status can vary widely. Please keep in mind that the information in this section doesn't include every health problem that women in these groups face. However, this section does address health issues of greater concern to each of the minority groups.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to help remove racial and ethnic disparities in health. HHS has several programs and resources devoted to improving the health of minority women, such as the Indian Women's Health Initiative and the Office of Minority and Women's Health in the National Center for Infectious Diseases.

Mental Health

As we move through different stages in our lives, we enjoy and cherish happy times as well as face challenges. In fact, many of the things that bring us great joy and fulfillment, such as close relationships, a promotion, having a baby, or buying a home, also can cause stress on our mental health. At some point we also have to cope with traumatic life events such as dealing with a loved one's serious illness or death, a loss of a job, domestic violence or sexual assault. Changes in our physical health also affect our mental health. Changes in the body's hormone levels from pregnancy and childbirth, or from menopause, can cause depression, anxiety, irritability, and tearfulness. Depression also comes along with many illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, HIV, or autoimmune diseases.
We all feel worried, anxious or sad from time to time. But, a true mental health disorder makes it hard for a woman to function normally. Women suffer twice as often as men by most forms of depression and anxiety disorders, and nine times as often by eating disorders. While there are different mental health disorders, they all are real illnesses that can't be willed or wished away. You aren't at fault if you have one, and you should not suffer in silence. Be patient with yourself and reach out to others for help. These illnesses can be treated successfully so that you can get back to enjoying life — not only for yourself, but for your family too.
Here you will find information about mental health issues that affect women and links to the best organizations and publications on mental health.

Menstrual Cycle Disorders

Menstrual Cycle Disorders
For the most part, the menstrual cycle occurs predictably and without problems. However, when things don’t go right -- when you experience heavy or excessive bleeding, when your period doesn’t occur when expected, when you have physical or emotional symptoms during the weeks before you menstruation, or when you experience painful periods or other symptoms -- you may have a Menstrual Cycle Disorders.

Cold Comfort

Ok, are you ready for this cruel joke? Literally a few hours after I blogged on Sunday about how I was feeling recharged, I started getting sick. I guess I deserved it—sore throat, aches and pains and all. I woke up Monday morning feeling like a truck had hit me and looking like that zombie person you see on cold medicine commercials. Today I definitely took a turn for the better, meaning I ate more than toast for dinner, but my cough has been getting more consistent.
Fact: I haven’t made it into the shower the past two days, let alone to the gym.
Tomorrow I am going to focus on getting back to work, and Thursday, I’ll see how I feel about the gym. I went ahead and made an appointment with my trainer so that he could tell me how far to push—or not. I don’t want to get too far off track at the gym, but I know enough to let my body take the time it needs to recoup.