Captivated: 10 Little Happies

Captivated: 10 Little Happies: "Life is too serious as it is, how about some light hearted fun stuff? One of my favorite professors told me to 'make a great day, everyda..."

Creative Ways to Get Active!

It is amazing how exercising can seriously turn your day from being mediocre to great! Being a nutrition major, of course I am obsessed with exercising and eating heathy. But this is only because I know and feel the difference in my mood and body when I do so. Yesterday, I was having a pretty crummy day, I got really anxious about a test on monday, along with projects that are being assigned. I decided to let some steam off through an outside run for just a little bit, then get to studying. As I was running, I did not check my watch often to see how long I had been running. After what didn't seem that long, I looked down at my watch and had been running for ONE HOUR! I was seriously running one hour off of pure stress that had built up throughout my entire week! It was incredible. I cannot tell you how good I felt when I was done.

I love physical activity, but I thought it may be helpful to give some tips on creative ways to get active, and have a longer, healthier life!

1. In between commercial breaks of your favorite show (i.e. The Bachelor), go up and down your steps until the show comes back on.

2. Don't pick the closest parking spot at Walmart, park farther away and walk just a little bit.

3. If you like dancing, put on your favorite song and dance for thirty minutes! Burns tons of calories!

4. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Classic.

5. Power walk!

6. Take a zumba class! These are incredibly fun and you don't even realize you are working out!

7. Get an exercise group going. Getting fit is more fun when you have friends along for the ride.

Hopefully, this may help you get motivated!

Have a great day!

10 Little Happies

Life is too serious as it is, how about some light hearted fun stuff? One of my favorite professors told me to "make a great day, everyday". These are little things I came up with that make me smile in my day. Maybe you can come up with a few "little happies" of your own:

1. Waking up to the smell of fresh coffee.

2. Getting exactly $20.00 at the gas pump. $20.01 just isn't as good.

3. Outstanding parking spots.

4. Jumping in rain puddles.

5. Finding a really good ballpoint pen. They are rare!

6. Putting on a shirt right out of the dryer.

7. Ladies, what can be better than a good hair day? (Maybe a "dang I look good in these jeans" day)

8. While paying for your extensive list of groceries, you manage to swipe your card and/or pay cash and put it back in your wallet BEFORE the cashier gives you the receipts and your change.

9. At a crosswalk, pressing the pedestrian walk button 3 times just to here the beeping noise it makes.

10. The amazing feeling of flipping your pillow to the cold side in the middle of the night.

So lets turn our negative nancy attitudes and make a dang good day happen shall we? Even if we have to rely on even numbers at the gas pump to make it happen. Take these "little happies" with you and make a great day!

-MET