My Morning Routine

A sure fire way to waste your day away is by starting it off poorly. Rolling out of bed way too late, browsing Instagram, Facebook & Quora which uses up way more time than you would generally assume. Even though you always do it and that always happens.
A good morning routine means you'll kick procrastination in the butt and start off your day right. I also find that knowing I have a routine set in place of a morning helps me to roll out of bed and not snooze the alarm one more time. I can't possibly fit everything in if I only leave myself 30 minutes. One of my New Year's Resolutions was to fix up my sleeping pattern. I want to be in bed by 11pm and out of bed at 6.30am. I've managed to get a hold of waking up, but I just can't get my ass into bed by 11. I can't wake up early and be a functioning adult if I'm only getting 6 hours of sleep. Especially if I'm trying to increase my fitness levels. Not getting enough sleep is a great way to feel sluggish and gain weight.
So here's what I do every morning to get me started for the day.

1. Don't Snooze the Alarm

I don't need to set more than one alarm in the morning because if I genuinely need to get up, I'll get out of bed on the first go. Most mornings I'll roll over, grab my phone and stop the alarm. Have a quick check of instagram and my emails and then I'll get out of bed.

2. Drink Some Oxyshred

This thermogenic fat burner is the perfect substitute for my morning coffee. It takes me 2 minutes to mix one scoop with 300ml of water in a shaker. The fruity drink gives me the boost I need and gets me drinking my first lot of water for the day. While I can't guarantee that it does everything it claims to do, it certainly starts off my morning on the right foot. My favourite flavour is Wild Melon!

3. Yoga with Youtube

Waking up of a morning to do yoga has really motivated me to get out of bed in the morning. If I have work that day or places to be, I can't fit it in unless I get out of bed. I have never gone to an actual class and I'm still on the basics (shh my tree pose needs some work) but I enjoy doing it every morning.
I'm currently completing the 31 Days of Yoga Revolution with Adriene and I love completing a new practice each morning when I wake up. It feels good to stick with something and have smaller goals that I want to achieve in it. Like perfecting certain poses and becoming more flexible. It's become the best part of my morning.
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4. Take a Cold Shower

What am I crazy? It is the middle of Summer here and I don't know if I will be able to keep up with this commitment in Winter, but for the moment I love it! In fact there are a number of benefits from having a cold shower. It's great for your circulation and initiates a lot of contractions throughout the body that kickstart your lymphatic system! It's also been shown to improve your metabolism and fat burning. If anything it will surely wake you up!

5. Outfit, Hair & Makeup

Depending on where I'm going or if I'm leaving the house at all this step is occasionally skipped all together. For those who ask how I do my fringe? I pop my head under the tap until it's soaking wet, give it a brief towel dry and then blast it downwards with the hairdryer, while I comb it at the same time. Done.
I don't pre plan my outfits unless it's for a certain event. I do however look up the weather for that day and dress accordingly. Don't just look out the window and decide. You'll probably be incorrect. That's especially the case where I live anyway. Most of my tops go with the majority of my bottoms. I start with one and then pick a buddy. For regular days this is pretty speedy.
How am I feeling, can I be bothered, how dark are the circles beneath my eyes today? Moisturiser and concealer and brows are musts. On every other day it's foundation, contour powder and the whole shebang.

6. A Healthy & Relatively Speedy Breakfast

I don't tend to leave much time for breakfast. But when I have a bit of extra time I put in some more effort. My go to is yummy stuff on toast. I've been eating multigrain sourdough slices of a morning, and my favourite topping is avocado with tomato. But I love cream cheese with cucumber, or the good ole regular spreads like vegemite and peanut butter. If I give myself too many breakfast options I end letting one go out of date because I've mostly stuck to one. It also means food decisions in the morning are quick.

I try to leave my phone in one spot and not browse it while I'm getting ready in the morning. As it just makes me take a lot longer. I flick through a magazine while I eat my breakfast instead and that tends to be easier to stop than the endless browsing of the internet. Once I have an order to do things in the morning that actually works and gets me out the door, mostly on time. Then I stick with it. Tell me in the comments something you just have to do every morning as part of your morning routine. I'd love to know!

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