Are you sleepy?

Find yourself yawing all day? Wanting to eat everything in sight? Especially that chocolate bar that's been calling your name...Or even just the thought of sleeping makes you fall asleep standing up? 

These are just a few signs that you may obviously be tired. 

When you slack on sleep, it makes it harder to manage what you eat. You're body is lacking energy and wants you to eat...This can cause some pounds to pack on.  

According to an article in SELF magazine, a study was done that those who had four hours of sleep ate around 500 more calories than if they got eight hours of sleep. 

If you find yourself reaching for more than two cups of coffee, try to think of getting more sleep, or even get on a sleep routine that's normal. Again, always try to go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, even on the weekends. 

Stay strong and skip those little snacks when you get home later, you'll most likely feel better about yourself when you wake up in the morning if you leave that tub of ice cream in the fridge for another day when you aren't tired. 

In this day and age, it is hard to get sleep, it is hard to get seven to eight hours of sleep, if you can try too. But if you can't, try to at least get seven. You may feel more energy. 

Check out this article from the Huffington Post about signs that show you might be skipping sleep.

Healthy hair

Try not to use the hottest setting, if the heat burns your hand, it's too hot.

Ever think about how you treat your hair? Sometimes our hair isn't priority and it's easy to forget about.
I'm sure you don't want damaged, dry looking hair?

I found this quiz on Women's Health to help you check the health factor of your hair.
Don't fry that hair with every day flat iron jobs, or blow drying it too much, especially without some sort of heat protectant.

Be sure to get conditioner that's healthy and matches your hair type.
A local hair stylist will be able to recommend a good shampoo and conditioner brand for your hair. Taking care of your hair can cost money, but it will be better and healthier for you and your hair in the long run.

The quiz is a little lengthy, but it provides fantastic information! :) Have fun!

"How Healthy is Your Hair?" --- Women's Health Magazine

Hop back on track

Keeping healthy habits a daily thing can be difficult.
If you've done it before, you can do it again. The tough part is not falling off the wagon.

Keeping up the health eating in a world where sugar is found in pretty much anything and everything we eat. Yes, sugar, the one thing that makes us want to eat more and fall asleep later.

Just think about how hard you worked to lose that weight or tone up, it felt great once you got there, right? Now, you don't have to deprive yourself of a sweet every now and then, sometimes it may help to rev up your metabolism. But, when you're choosing sweets, try not to pick something that's high in calories. Almonds are always nice, or even a few dark chocolate almonds.

Fruits and veggies are also packed with nutrients and will definitely fill you up right away.
If you find yourself having a hard time staying on a healthy diet or workout routine, just think back and ask yourself what made you hop off the path.

Just know that you've done it before and you can do it again. If you haven't done it, just give it a shot! There are a myriad of resources online where you can find eating and workout tips. If you have a smart phone, you can even download some apps, complete with exercise videos, and examples to show you the correct form when working out.


Helpful websites:

Women's Health 
SELF Magazine
SHAPE
YouBeauty
Ellie Krieger

Are you eating this healthy food?

Almonds. I'm sure we've all had some of those at some point in our lives, right?

Well, if not, try some. These little nuts are quite healthy. They are full of antioxidants that are sai to help prevent breast cancer and lunch cancer. This happens because the antioxidants, gamma and delta tocopherols shielding your cells from free radicals that are harmful.

Another way to think of these antioxidants, is that they help make up Vitamin E.
They help to promote a healthy immune system response as well as promote normal cell growth, just two of the many benefits recorded (A.C. Grace Company).

These magical little guys are low in saturated fat and have calcium and magnesium in them -- not a fan of milk? Almond can support healthy and strong bone growth. (There's also Almond Milk, which is pretty good.)

Also, just one ounce (20-25 almonds) of almonds contains 12 percent of your daily intake of protein, who would have thought it's that easy?!