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8 Morning Health Mistakes You Make

By Deepa Ranganathan

Mornings are considered to be the best time of the day! You won't believe this but your brain is highly active in the morning. If you perform an activity early on in the morning, you are sure to get it right and can finish it early too.

But who really loves waking up early in the morning? Not many people are fond of waking up early and going to gym. They would rather wake up a little late, enjoy their sleep and have their coffee when their stomach churns for it. Interestingly, most people are not early risers although there are a lot of benefits associated with it.

If you are getting up early in the morning, you need to take care of a few things without fail. There are some lifestyle mistakes that most people make when waking up in the morning. You should ideally avoid them. Here are 8 morning mistakes that we all tend to make in our lives.

The Jerky Wakeup

The Jerky Wakeup

Many of us wake up in the morning with the alarm ringing into our ears as we believe we are late for the day. Waking up with a jerk along with these thoughts is not a good way to start the day. Your muscles perform slowly in the morning, so you should make sure you are not too fast in your responses.

Avoiding Stretching

Avoiding Stretching

After a sound sleep, your muscles and body become stiff. You need to rejuvenate them and wake them up. Stretching is an important activity to make sure your body moves out of the stiffness.

Caffeine the First Thing

Caffeine the First Thing

Most of us begin our day with tea or coffee as soon as we open our eyes. This is a wrong way to start the day. Instead, have green or white tea that is considered good for health.

Taking your Phone

Taking your Phone

Ever since the advent of smartphones, the first thing we do in the morning after waking up is checking for emails and messages. This behaviour, psychologists suggest, does not make you happy and productive. On the contrary, you get a bad mood throughout the day thanks to this habit.

 No to Breakfast

No to Breakfast

Breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day. Avoiding it is not really a good sign. This is the biggest morning mistake people make. Make sure you have a good and healthy breakfast every morning.

 Grumpy Moods

Grumpy Moods

It's a new day! Make sure you wake up with a mood that helps you enjoy the day with a smile. Avoid waking up in a grumpy mood, or else try listening to good soft music that can drive your grumpy mood away.

Caffeine Nicotine Start

Caffeine Nicotine Start

Most of us love to begin our day with cigarettes or a strong black coffee? You will see that such habits can be devastating for the system as your body has been away from all sorts of energy supplies for a while, and you are feeding it excess nicotine and caffeine.

Avoiding Planning the Day

Avoiding Planning the Day

It is a good habit to plan your day ahead. Those who don't plan have a day full of stress. The long day just keeps moving on, and you just keep adding stress to it.

Story first published: Saturday, October 4, 2014, 0:58 [IST]
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