1. Drink water
Yes, the council is old and hackneyed, but that doesn’t make it any less effective. The first thing our body needs in the morning is water, because we lose a lot of moisture overnight. A glass of water drunk on an empty stomach starts the metabolism in the morning, awakens the body. It is not necessary to drink a lot at once — you can start with half a glass.
«Many people advise drinking water with lemon, apple cider vinegar, chlorophyll in the morning — but ordinary water is enough. This is the best thing we can give ourselves — simple clean water,» Lynn believes.
By the way, very often our brain takes thirst for hunger. Therefore, when you want to eat, try to drink a glass of water: it may well turn out that you need to drink and not eat. With this practice, the weight will definitely go down.
2. Move around
The best thing is to spend 20 minutes in the fresh air. It doesn’t matter if it’s a jog or just a walk. It is important that you do this in the morning, before breakfast, even before the first cup of coffee. And if the weather does not have, do a light charge — 15-20 minutes will be enough. There is no need to pull dumbbells in the morning, it’s better to dance: it will help wake up, give energy and cheer up. And also — it will help to disperse the lazy metabolism even more.
«It’s very difficult to start doing this, because in the morning you want to sleep, and not move at all. But if you make an effort, force yourself to take the first step — you will not notice how these 20 minutes will run,» says the nutritionist.
3. Think about breakfast
Just think — it is not necessary to eat right away
«Many people believe that you definitely need to eat in the first hour and a half after waking up. In fact, this is not the case. What you really need is to listen to your body, to understand if you really want to eat. Often we eat just out of habit, but in fact the body does not need «fuel» yet,» explains Lynn Ward.
The nutritionist believes that you need to eat when you are really hungry, and not by the hour — that is, take a «childish» approach as a rule, when mom feeds the baby on demand. And he eats exactly as much as he needs, and only when he really needs it.
It may not seem easy at first, because we often eat simply because it’s delicious. But if you manage to cultivate such a habit, the weight will begin to go away without any effort.
4. Add protein
If you decide that you really want to eat, then give preference to breakfast, in which there is a place for protein food. Ideally — in combination with fiber. For example, yogurt and apple, egg and tomato, cottage cheese and berries.
Ideal sources of protein are lean meat, eggs and low-fat (not fat-free!) dairy products. And fiber — granola without sugar, berries, almonds.
5. Smile
Lynn advises starting your day with gratitude — no matter to whom and for what, but it should be sincere emotions. The way even to the sun for the fact that it shines brighter today than yesterday, or to yourself — for waking up on an alarm clock.
«A positive attitude is very important, so you train your brain, set it up in the right way. A bad mood often makes us overeat, because eating stress is the easiest way to cope with it. And the most destructive for your figure, » says the nutritionist.
