The Weekend Blahs…Get Over It!

By Jenn Pike | June 3, 2013

Its Sunday night and you are feeling the not-so-hot effects of your weekend; bloated, tired, dull, less than eager to return to work, blank on what to prepare for your lunch tomorrow and deciding the best form of torture to ‘treat’ your body to for the next 48 hours to miraculously ‘undo’ the last 48 hours  – sound familiar?

Get up off the couch and/or the pity wagon and create some action with a few of these super simple, super effective tips:

  • If your feeling bloated try making a cup of peppermint tea or a glass of water with fresh lemon juice
  • If you are feeling tired choose something 1) go to bed early OR 2) Take 10 deep controlled belly breaths and then perform 8-10 rounds of Sun Salutations ending with a few minutes in child’s pose.
  • If you are feeling dull have a nice bath with epsom salts and essential lavender, orange or grapefruit oil.
  • If you are less than eager to go to work start to ask yourself WHY? If you don’t like what you do, then DO you want to do? Begin day dreaming, journaling and creating a vision of what you really wish you could get up and do each day.
  • If you are blank on what to have for lunch check out some of the great recipes I have posted right here within this blog site, like my yummy Chickpea Sandwich Spread or Black Bean Avocado Salad or if you have a copy of my book The Simplicity Project, cho0se a lunch idea from it.
  • When it comes to your exercise for the week, make it last the WHOLE week not just Monday & Tuesday “payback-workoff the weekend warrior 48 hours of exercise”!
  • Choose a balance this week of Yoga, Pilates, Strength Training, Cardio Intervals and family walks outside.

Shift your energy away from coming up with excuses to coming up with reasons, inspiration, motivation and creative solutions to get your butt off the couch, in to the kitchen, to bed at a decent time and ready for a kickass day tomorrow infused with a great attitude, nourishing food and movement that reminds you how AWESOME you truly are!

Have a great sleep and remember to feel the gratitude for what you have and who you are before you travel to zzzzzz town:)

Jenn xo

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