My Morning Routine

to start. But here's the thing. As soon as I wake up, it's not like the first thing I do. I try not to touch my phone, and if I touch it, it's just to put meditation music on and I go into my restroom and that's where I do my prayer and meditation until after I do all of

that is when I do my God Morning. Anyways, I usually like to open up the balcony because for the most part, Poncho, my dog's leaps on the balcony, So I just like to get like a whiff of like fresh air in the morning, and I let them in and I just like, thank you, God, because I feel like the first hour when you wake up is the most important. So for me, it's like feeling that, you know, that breeze of air and putting on my meditation music

and going into the restroom. Usually what I like to do to kind of wake myself up is brush my teeth. Even though I did it at night, you guys, still there's a lot of people that I hear I'm just saying, like they brush their teeth at night and don't feel that they need to do it in the morning. No, you guys, I think it's important to brush your teeth in the morning and at night. So anyways, I brush

my teeth. That helps me wake up. And then I washed my face with cold, cold water because sometimes, and I used to do this a lot before, I felt like, oh my god, I need coffee to wake me up, Like in reality, all we need is sometimes I just cold water and brushing your teeth helps you just wake up. And after I do that, I have my meditation music on already. I turn on an inceent or some sage or some Battosanto, and I just kind of set the tone. It just smells really nice. I love the smell of it.

And I just cleanse my area my space, I grab my devotional, I read it. I have those devotionals. I have so many different ones that I use throughout the year. But I like to just read a little passage. Something's just short and sweet and to the point. If it's not that, it's like some type of cards, you know. I have some from Wordiful. I have some. I don't know if you guys have ever read the book Untethered Soul, but he has some also, some like a deck of cards.

So I like to pull something and every day is a little different, but it's just something to kind of set the tone of the day. I also have affirmations on my mirror, so I like to just whatever it is that I need to work on that week or that day, I have a different affirmation and it's important for me and to me to start my day on

the right foot. And before looking at Instagram, before going on Twitter, before checking my emails, it's kind of like, let me set the tone of my day with centering myself, connecting, thanking God, having an attitude of gratitude, you guys, even before asking like God help me with this, it's more of like thank you God that I'm alive. Thank you that I woke up this morning. Thank you that my siblings are good. Thank You that my boyfriend's good. Thank you,

Like you know, it's just thanking God. Think in the universe takes you so much further than you can imagine than even just I need this, I want this, and it's like, no, it's about really just being grateful. So for me, that's super important. In the morning. After I do that, I then do my God Morning. Did you guys hopefully read? And my God mornings are always different.

Sometimes it is one of the cards that I pull, or sometimes it's just something that comes from my heart or a quote that I find that I love, or I share other pages. You know, it's just something that resonates with me that will hopefully help you guys. I just feel like that's part of my mission on earth is to help you know in that way and spread love. And that's what I try to do every single day with my God Morning. So whoever reads it, thank you

so much. And usually I'll go to the gym. So here's what I do now that I've been this year that I started like my trainer again. I'll wake up at five in the morning because I have to see her at six thirty, So five, I take my thyroid pill and I drink nothing but water. That's all I do for the first hour that I'm up, while I'm doing my meditating, brushing my teeth, all this stuff that I just explained, and then I try to leave the house by six. That's when I have my green tea.

I have my green tea with my collagen and my honey, because honey is a natural way of also giving you that boost that you need. A lot of people stay away from it because it has a lot of sugar and yes, but if you're doing it in the morning and you're using it kind of like a pre workout, it works out wonderfully. So I feel like green tea has so many different benefits. I love green tea, you guys.

And then obviously collagen. You guys know I'm always pushing it because I drink it every single day, And you guys know collagen is great for the hair, for the nails, for the skin, for the bone owns. So that's my little thing. And I have a little snack on my way to the gym. I work out three times out of the week. I try with my trainer, so from six thirty to seven thirty, sometimes seven thirty to eight thirty, it all depends, and then I do cardio on my own.

So at the gym with my trainer, what I do is we start with leg Day, So usually on Tuesdays, I see her Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and when I can't, you know, because my schedule is a little crazy, we still try to do leg day. So we focus on leg day on Tuesday. On Thursdays, we do upper body and it's a little bit of everything like biceps, triceps, so you know, a little bit of back, all upper

body for a whole hour. And then the third day that I work out with her, which is usually on Saturdays, we do a full body workout. That's like my least favorite day, you guys, my goodness, because she has me jumping and all this stuff. So we do everything all in one legs, upper body and cardio, and then when I don't see her, I do cardio. I try to do at least thirty minutes to forty five minutes of cardio.

I try not to do more than forty five minutes because I feel like when I've done, because I go hard on cardio out on mys s around like I do intervals. I like starting off at a slow pace two minutes and then I do intervals. I go really hard and then I chill because it's really good for your heart rate, so I go hard, and I've found that anytime that I go over forty five minutes, I feel more tired throughout the day. So seriously, a lot of people I know don't like cardio, but it's so

good for you for so many reasons. Like I feel like when I don't do cardio, I can't think, So even when I'm short on time, I'll just do twenty minutes at least twenty minutes as long as you're sweating, you guys, a little bit like start little by little. It's it's helped me so much mentally. When I don't work out, I don't feel as sharp, you know. So anyways, I try to do cardio by myself two to three

times a week, so I'm always like checking off. And I think I've shown you guys on social media where I do. I'm like, okay, one out of five days because that's what I try to do, or two out of five days to keep myself accountable as well, because I try to do at least five times a week. And again, I'm always talking about rest, you guys. Rest is important. Part of my routine is also like my vitamins. So as soon as I wake up, I take my thyroidor medicine, like I said, and I just drink nothing

but water. But I prepare my vitamins. I do chewabules, you guys. I just find it better and more tasty, and I don't know, I just enjoy it more. So I do chewabuls. I do a calcium chewable type of little thing that I don't know the name of it right now, but I do calcium. I do my vitamin C, especially with like you know, all covid and stuff. It's very important for us to keep our vitamin C high. And then I do a B twelve and a B

six it's all in one. And I do some Arnica pills, you guys, which helps with my muscles because now that I'm working out, it helps with like pain and muscle soreness and stiffness. So I do and then I know I'm ah biotin. Biotin is so important, you guys. My hair has been flourishing since I've been taking these vitamins for the past year, like consistently, like it doesn't matter what time it is, you guys, or if I forget.

Sometimes I'll leave them in my pocket because I'll take them right before going into the gym, and then throughout the day I'm like, oh my gosh, my vitamins. I gotta take them. So I like to do it on an empty stomach. I feel like your body absorbs it better when you do vitamins on an empty stomach. But some are different, so make sure you read that. Some

do require you to eat and then take them. But my vitamins are chewable, and I made sure that you didn't have to take them with food or after eating. So anyways, just wanted to put that out there because I'm super religious with my vitamins, with my supplements. Oh my god, I forgot. In the morning, I take a memory pill, you guys, for focus and memory and all this stuff. And at night, my doctor had told me to take a vitamin B twelve again, so I do, and that helps me with like having a good RESTful

night and then waking up with energy. So that's what I take. Sometimes take magnesium, like if I feel a little bit ka ballah, you know, to go to the restroom the next day. And one thing I want to start implementing again in my routine are green juices. I used to do green juices all the time, like celery juice. I feel like that is so important to like for that to be one of your first meals or your first meal is to have a green juice, a fresh green juice. I feel like it helps coat your tummy,

it helps with your digestive system. So I want to start doing that again. I've told you guys this before. Everything is in like routine. Like having a routine and doing things over and over. Being consistent helps you just in life just to be successful. To have that discipline, and it is a little hard to get used to, but it is so important, you guys. So I basically do the morning thing every single day, and when I don't, I feel so off. I feel like, oh my god,

I didn't do it today. And there are days where I'm just like I just want to lay in bed, like I'm just gonna wake up and I'm just gonna lay in bed, and I thank God for my bed. I'm like, thank you God so much for this day. I'm always saying, thanking God. It's so important to me. But usually ninety five percent of the time, you guys,

I do what I just told you. Guys. I've learned to be disciplined and to also get my team on that same page where it's like, you have to respect my time, and my time is try to wake up at five six around there, and I'm not available to get on some serious calls until like maybe nine thirty because I have to respect myself and respect the things that make me a better person. And these are the things that really do help me and help me feel better every single day. So working out and all that

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