Second Step to Fitness: Starting your Day right

So if you’ve finally started and you’re consistently making those baby steps and it all feels a bit too easy. What comes next? Well, how about making an effort to start your day right. Here’s 5 simple things you can do every morning as soon as you wake up.

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1. Do not snooze the Alarm.
You wouldn’t treat a meeting with someone else casually, so why disrespect yourself? Respect your body, respect your time, respect your promises to yourself.
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2. Do something simple that’s high in intensity but short in duration.
This can be anything, like skip for 30 seconds or perform 10 burpees. Fat loss is a battle fought mainly in your head. Waking up and starting the day with activity, no matter how little (instead of lazing around in bed) will get your blood flowing, heart pumping and get your head in the game.
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3. Breathe deeply for 1 minute at least. 
If you know yoga/pranayama and have something in mind, go ahead and do that. For the rest of us, this is nothing fancy. Just sit around breathing deeply and focussing on your day.
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4. Write down 2-3 things you want accomplished during the day.
Keep these simple for e.g.:
Get 2 servings of vegetables before 6 pm
(or) getting it at least 3 fistfuls of protein
(or) drink 2 litres of water a day
Don’t commit to things you that are extremely difficult to accomplish . 20000 steps a day if you have a full time job, for example is a recipe for failure. Set yourself up for success, however small it may be. The positive attitude that comes with it goes a long way in helping to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Build on your successes, not your failures.
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5. Drink water.
A nice big glass of it. It can be room temperature or warm or hot.
There’s no need to for lemons and ginger and a bunch of herbs. Not unless you have loads of energy when you wake up. Just keep it simple.
P.S honey is not recommended if you are trying to lose weight. Its counted as a form of sugar. We’ll discuss why in the next post.
The Author, Jyotsna John, is a fitness enthusiast who turned her passion for fitness into a full time career. She has travelled to UK and the US and studied a lot about fitness while she was there. She has a list of certifications, and is currently a trainer at The Unit, in Chennai.