Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Crack of Sparrows - 10 tips

Well I have two alarms set with a 15 minute interval so I must hit the snooze button about 4 times.  By this time I have lost the will to live and have to mentally shout at myself to make sure I get up before I fall asleep again and make myself late for work.

Sound familiar?
               
Image courtesy of Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net.

Everything after this is now going to be rushed.  Get up, go to the toilet, lean against the wall whilst I clean my teeth as I haven't got the energy to hold myself up, put the kettle on, put the toast in, start making my pack up for lunch, turn the television on and watch the news because it shows the time at the bottom of the screen.     HELLO! HELLO!  No, it's no good she is still on autopilot.  Oh! My! Goodness!  I just remembered I haven't ironed my uniform.

If you are saying to yourself "What a way to start the day!" you are absolutely right.  So let's find a better way to start the day.  Apparently, we should be taking on some water before we add all that caffeine and craziness.

So a few suggestions from me.

Just pick one from the list and do it religiously for 3 weeks.  3 weeks is sufficient to break a habit.

1.     Drink a large glass of water before you eat or drink any of your breakfast.
2.     Stand on one leg when you clean your teeth, improve your balance and make sure
        you are awake.
3.     Don't ever press that snooze button - you are setting yourself up for low esteem for
        the day.
4.     Prepare your lunchpack the night before.
5.     Drink milk (dairy/coconut/almond etc) for breakfast instead of tea or coffee.
6.     Iron what you are going to wear the night before.
7.     Put on some favourite music to energise yourself instead of watching the television.
8.     Always have some protein for breakfast.  Meat, fish, eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt,
        beans, soya.
9.     Go to bed 5 minutes earlier.  There is a correlation between more sleep and gradual
        weight loss.
10.   When winter is coming on, for a warming breakfast try some porridge or a home
        made soup with added veg.

Want to do some healthy cooking?

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