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8 Tips to Help You Wake Up Early
Waking up early is a habit we can all benefit from. At the same time, we know it’s not easy. After managing to get all your work done the day before, you just want an extra hour of sleep before you face the world again. While it may seem hard at first, if you follow these tips to help you wake up early, you can reap the many benefits of being an early bird. Start Small Your body loves routines. If your usual rising time is 7 AM and you suddenly decide to start waking up by 5 AM, you will be surprised by how terribly your body will respond.…
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Reasons to Get Up Early
For many of us, getting up early in the morning is not exactly the easiest thing to do. This wasn’t a problem for me as a teen. All through college, I annoyed people near and far by being the most chipper person on campus at 6:00 AM. But by the time I had children, all the perky was gone and I started looking for the snooze button more often. Now when the alarm goes off, it seems like that additional hour of sleep would be of more benefit. But when we consider some of the benefits of getting up early, it’s easy to decide that the extra time in the…
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Try a No-Equipment Workout
Happy Friday! There are many ways to work on your fitness goals. Last week, I wrote a post about Getting Fit at Home. There were examples of how to set up your workouts at home with equipment or even home items. This post looks at setting up workouts with no equipment which can be done at home or anywhere! I have posted a brief article before about this (Deciding on a Fitness Program: Bodyweight) but this post is a little more detailed. No-equipment workouts are an excellent way to have a little more fun and variation with your exercise, and to not worry about spending any money. Here are some…
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Managing Your Self-Care Mission
Good morning! In these hectic times, we often overlook caring for ourselves. It’s easy to go about our day thinking that our bodies will just manage themselves and that we don’t really need to put too much effort into self-care. However, caring for ourselves properly and intentionally is key to ensuring that we remain physically, emotionally, and mentally well. Let’s take a closer look at self-care and why it’s so important for our well-being. A Definition of Self-Care We look after ourselves every day by eating food, drinking water, getting enough sleep, and taking baths or showers. However, self-care is different than simply just doing the necessary things to stay alive and…
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Excuses and Missteps: Things that Can Derail Your Diet Goals
Goals, goals, goals. I have posted a lot about goals during January. This will remain a topic of interest this year but I am going to branch out a bit. Each of us have planned some goals for the year — now we can get into more details about specific goals and how to make them come true — and all that that entails. So for a goal related to weight and diet — a diet goal — first let’s consider the biggest issue — mindset. Block Out That Little Voice! If you want to get down to a healthy weight, you have to stop making excuses. You know what…
