Wake Up

If you wake up in a groggy haze, try these helpful tips.  Don’t hit the snooze button.  Just a few minutes of extra sleep can trick your body into thinking you don’t need to wake up after all.  Before you get out of bed; stretch your body fully.  Morning stretches can loosen stiff joints, improve your circulation and sharpen your mind-all before your feet hit the floor.  Focus on your body and breathing and set your goals for the day.  As soon as you get up to open the shades or curtains and let light in. Sunlight will help you feel more awake.  Before breakfast, take a walk.  By taking a walk, you encourage your body to use stored fat,  studies have shown that a pre-meal walk can help trim your waistline.  The right nutrients at breakfast can kick-start your metabolism and give you hours of energy for the day.  Pack your morning meal with 20-25 grams of protein.  While brushing your teeth, practice an easy core exercise such as standing on one foot, when you change mouth quadrants, switch feet.  Last but not least, do your most difficult task of the day first so everything else for the day comes easier.   DeHart Plumbing Heating and Cooling, serving Manhattan Kansas, Junction City Kansas and Topeka Kansas.