17 Ways to Wake Up Bursting With Energy

WAKE UP!

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One of the biggest roadblocks to shedding excess body fat is chronic sleep deprivation.

Yes, not sleeping enough can stop your body from releasing fat.

So, to help you, here are 17 ways to help you wake up feeling refreshed, alive, and BURSTING with energy!

1. Eat whole, organic foods 90% of the time.
2. Drink at least 8 glasses of pure water daily.
3. Take Krill oil daily. (here’s the best brand)
4. Exercise for 30 minutes daily.  Vigorously.
5. Foam roll your legs 30 minutes before bed.
6. Stop watching TV an hour before bed.  Or better yet, skip it.
7. Stop watching the news and reading the paper.  Go on Timothy Ferriss’ low-information diet
8. Keep a journal by your bed and dump your worries, plans, and thoughts into it before you shut your eyes.  This will keep your brain from going over the minutia of your day and future.
9. Read a fiction book while laying in bed just before sleep to clear your mind of the days events.  Or do as one of my clients suggests: read a book on art history. (no offense to art history buffs.)
10. Go to bed earlier and allow for 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
11. Make sure your room is cool and TOTALLY dark.  Any light will disturb your sleep cycles.
12. Take 1mg of melatonin 30 minutes before bed and before reading your fiction book.
13. Reflect on all the things in your life for which you are deeply grateful.
14. When you wake up, immediately drink a very big glass of water…before your feet hit the floor.
15. Rub the soles of both feet for a minute, deeply, before you put them on the floor.  Deep breathe as you do this.
16. Put your feet on the floor and stretch your arms overhead 5 times as you take huge breaths in…hold them for a second and exhale deeply.
17. Get moving quickly.

The Magic Power of “Successful Types”

Photo by Eric Charlton

With rain stinging our hands and faces, we scaled a dormant volcano today.

2 miles, several hundred stairs, and a sprint to the top.  We reached the caldera and I was overwhelmed with the tenacity of my campers.

While catching my breath, I said,

“You know… people who try to get in shape… who lose fat and gain it all back…who are laying in bed right now saying they will start moving ’some day soon’… those who enviously attack successful types… those who sit around wishing for a new body to magically appear… they all believe people like us have some special quality.  Some kind of mojo that sets us apart.  They actually believe that we something built-in at birth that they lack.

Well they are right.  And wrong.

They are right. We do have something they lack.  But they are wrong because it isn’t something built in at birth.  It’s something they can have now.

The magic power we have isn’t glamorous — or really magic at all. It would be easy to dismiss it as too simple to be true.  But it is.

It is: persistence.

The power to drive toward a goal relentlessly, even with setbacks and temporary failures, sets you apart. So I applaud you.”

That’s as plain as it gets.

Sure you have to have a clear goal.  Sure you have to have a proven plan.  And of course, you may need some guidance or education.

But the “secret sauce” is persistence.

The greatest contributors to humanity have all failed repeatedly… but they never gave up.

And I know you will never give up either.   Because you have the same power they do.  And that’s what sets you apart.

Cheers,

D

P.S.  For an incredible perspective on this topic and a list of 39 or so greats who failed and won…go to Dax Moy’s Ultra Inspiring Blog HERE. right now.  You will hardly believe the inspiring stories of famous people who rose to the top despite the odds.