Tea Thursday

“After a fairly shaky start to the day, Arthur's mind was beginning to reassemble itself from the shell-shocked fragments the previous day had left him with.

He had found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.
The way it functioned was very interesting. When the Drink button was pressed it made an instant but highly detailed examination of the subject's taste buds, a spectroscopic analysis of the subject's metabolism and then sent tiny experimental signals down the neural pathways to the taste centers of the subject's brain to see what was likely to go down well. However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.” 
― Douglas Adams

Morning Routine

My morning routine usually starts with brushing my teeth because
good hygiene is important. :)
                                     

Don't forget water! It's important!

Then I make myself some healthy breakfast to help start up my metabolism and give me energy for the day! 

I recently purchased some new candles seeing that I love
candles... ALOT! (Mainstays: Sweet Pea and Golden Amber)

Then I did some yoga and meditation in the living room for 30 min. to help warm up my body and give me peace of mind.  It frees my awareness to where I can access my inner calm whenever I need to. Music is a great to
put on while meditating, it helps with concentration (preferably calm and soothing music) 

After stretching and meditating I have nice bowl of lowfat yogurt (vanilla), Quaker oats, cinnamon, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. Which concludes my morning routine and I am ready to take on the day! :D

 

Healthy Breakfast

Today I had a realization that I don't usually eat breakfast... I know! I know that is soooo bad for a person, especially an athlete.  I am not so hungry in the morning and that is why I usually skipped it, it was not intentional. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it increases your metabolic rate, gives you energy and helps reduce cravings. Sooooo today I decided to make myself a good healthy breakfast. The bigger the breakfast the better! The first thing that I had was some water. Water is so important! Having 2 glasses of water as soon as you wake up helps activate your internal organs. After drinking my water I served my self a cup of "real peach apple walnut multi grain cereal (quaker)" with some organic soy milk (vanilla). Then I put some hot water to boil for my tea and while waiting I made this thing called the "tummy toner", it is made out of 1 slice of wheat bread, half an avocado, black pepper, and hot sauce of your choice. After my water was finished  boiling I had a cup of gourmet cinnamon berry tea with 1tbs of organic brown sugar. With that I was ready and energized to take on the day! :)

Monday Zzzz...

Monday... when it's the weekend and you hear someone mention Monday. You get a sinking feeling at the pit of your stomach. Monday is that day of the week where everyong gets up super early to go to work and get things finished. It is the sign that the week is begining all over again. Everyone has to wake up at the crack of dawn for at least the next 5 days and bury themselves in responsibilties. Some people have it easy and some people dont, but the point is that the majority of the people DREAD Mondays. There are mutiple ways of getting over that and looking at the more positive side. Today I didn't feel like doing anything at all, but just like all of you I have responsibilties to take care of throughout the week. Here are 7 tips on helping get over the Monday Blues that I've learned or read is

1.) Try to avoid work on the weekends. The weekend is a time to relax and enjoy yourself. Finish everything you're supposed to do before the weekend so you don't have to stress during the weekend about getting things done before Monday.

2.) Accept the Monday blues because if you don't it ony make the situation worse. It will only exhaust you further and we don't need that.

3.) Start your Monday on the right side! Wake up ealier than usual so you don't have to be in a hurry, take a nice cold shower to help wake you up, have a cup of your choise of beverage (tea, coffee, milk, juice, or lemon in water).

4.)  Dress up! Baggy clothes like sweats and hoodies does not with your confidence to get through the day. Instead dress light and energetic so you can give  a better vibe from yourself

5.) Be social! Engaging into a conversation in the morning helps the brain into waking up for the day. It needs a warm-up before it starts wokring.

6.) Be Positive! Get in the mode! Pump yourself up like listening to your favorite song or working out before work.

7.) Make someone's day. Doing something nice for someone can definitely lift up not only the person your helping spirits, but yours as well!

I hope that these tips and advice will help cure those with the Monday Blues and give them something to look foward to instead of wanting to avoid. :)

Breakfast quiches/muffins

Ingredients: eggs

                       bacon

                       whole wheat bread

                       shredded cheese 

                       parsley 

                       slices of ham

                       salt and pepper

                       milk