Hundreds of ways to be healthy in 2015

SAN DIEGO – It’s the time of year when people make ambitious resolutions and many of them seem to focus on getting fit, losing weight, or just living a more active lifestyle.

According to the website Statistic Brain, losing weight was the number one resolution made on Jan. 1, 2014. Sixty-two percent of Americans make a resolution at least occasionally. However, according to Forbes, only eight percent of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions.

If you want to improve your odds of success, the County of San Diego has hundreds of activities throughout the year at a variety of skill and interest levels. Many of them are free or low-cost and they take place in locations all over the county.

The San Diego County Library has over 350 health and fitness events in January alone. The library has an online calendar of events that list all of them – searchable by location, date and/or age groups; visit http://www.sdcl.org/happening.html

Yoga, dance classes, Zumba, nutrition and cooking classes, meditation and martial arts are just a few of the types of offerings at the library.

All library events are free.

San Diego County Parks and Recreation also have a wide range of activities for all ages. Hiking, sports leagues, equestrian opportunities, dance classes, yoga and fitness boot camps are all offered at various County parks or community centers.

The online parks activity guides list all the locations, times and costs (if there are any) for all events.

For more information, visit http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/parks.html.