Green tea and wiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Its Saturday!  Yay, my favorite day of the week!

I always have such high hopes for Saturdays. So much I want to do, and at the same time, so little I want to do.  Its a day of conflict for me.  I want to relax, take my time, be lazy, sleep in, stay in my pajamas, clean a little and generally be happy.
BUT, I also want to get the house clean, get extra work done at the office, tackle one of the MANY home projects I have waiting for me, run errands, see my friends, do something fun...
There just isn't time to do everything.  I am usually happy to accomplish at least 1-2 things and let go of the rest until tomorrow.

So today since I had no rush to get out the door I thought I would try a tip I read a few days ago. The tip was to drink some warm water when you first get up and then again a half hour later. It was said that this would start to wake up your digestive system and start your motor running for the day. It also gets some of your water intake done right away with ease.  This isn't the exact article I saw, but its close.  This article talks about the benefits of adding lemon... I don't have any lemons today, but maybe I'll try that in the future.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/215380-drinking-hot-water-lemon-in-the-morning/

I've also been seeing a lot of suggestions for drinking green tea.  Boosts metabolism, good vitamins or antioxidants, good things in regards to blood pressure (mine is high) and blood sugar spikes.... and a bit of caffeine too.  Remember, I am not a Dr. or an expert on anything! Do your own research and ask your Dr. if you have any questions.  These three articles talk about the benefits of green tea, I like the first one the best.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/11-benefits-of-green-tea-that-you-didnt-know-about.html

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/health-benefits-of-green-tea

http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/benefit_of_drinking_green_tea

So, I decided to do both ideas (warm water and green tea)... at the same time <evil genius laugh>.
I woke up slow, stayed in my pajamas and started boiling water. I had a lovely cup of green tea while checking facebook in the morning and then swept the floor and picked up a little. The second cup is waiting for me now.  But I already feel a little hungry.  Now this could be because its 11am and I haven't had breakfast.. but I did sleep in :)





So, now its 1pm and I'm hungry! I don't know if I would choose and apple or not, probably!
I was feeling good after a morning of relaxing and green tea and I decided to get out my Wii Fit balance board!  I played some games for about 40 minutes.  I don't know exactly how much that really burns, but hey! I did something, I moved around, and I was more physically balanced according to the board afterwards.  Experiment so far a success.... or maybe its just because its Saturday.

Today's "Yay's and Boo's".

Yay!

1. Got plenty of sleep - this is important!
2. Green tea in the morning
3. Wii Fit games today, exercise!
4. I made plans with friends for the evening - get out and enjoy life!

Boo!

1. Probably waited too long to eat, but I did wait until I was hungry.
2. Didn't get the house clean, but there is always tomorrow.
3. Could have exercised harder, sweated more, but I did something!

~E