- Part 2

2 | December 19th, 2008 | Posted in Friday YouTube, Holidays

Gotta post the famous Charlie Brown Christmas the Friday before Christmas, don’t I?! Now don’t tell me you’ve not seen this over the years because if not…you poor soul!!!

Tuesday Book Tease…A Jolly Good Fellow

0 | December 16th, 2008 | Posted in Tuesday Book Tease

Grab your current read.

Let the book fall open to a random page.

Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.

You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from…that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

“But you must do a lot of thinking about it, or else why would you
go through a kidnapping and maybe even go to jail?”
“It’s for the ransom money.”
~ A Jolly Good Fellow by Stephan V. Masse ~

Look for the book review for A Jolly Good Fellow this Friday, December 19th at The Book Faery Reviews.

Monday Mommy Tip…Best Time To Exercise

Yes it is Tuesday and NOT Monday but I had to share this tip so I’m still going to call it Monday Mommy Tip (besides this IS my world…right?! LOL) I pulled this from a SparkPeople E-mail dated 12/15/08 and figured it was worthy of passing on to everyone.

Top 5 Reasons to Love A.M. Exercise

1.       Exercising early in the morning “jump starts” your metabolism, keeping it elevated for hours, sometimes for up to 24 hours! As a result, you’ll be burning more calories all day long–just because you exercised in the morning.

2.       Exercising in the morning energizes you for the day–not to mention that gratifying feeling of virtue you have knowing you’ve done something disciplined and good for you. (Much better than a worm!)

3.       Studies have shown that exercise significantly increases mental acuity–a benefit that lasts four to ten hours after your workout ends. Exercising in the a.m. means you get to harness that brainpower, instead of wasting it while you’re snoozing.

4.       Assuming you make exercise a true priority, it shouldn’t be a major problem to get up 30 to 60 minutes earlier–especially since regular exercise generally means a higher quality of sleep, which in turn means you’ll probably require less sleep. (If getting up 30 to 60 minutes earlier each day seems too daunting, you can ease into it with 10 to 20 minutes at first.)

5.       When you exercise at about the same time every morning–especially if you wake up regularly at about the same time–you’re regulating your body’s endocrine system and circadian rhythms. Your body learns that you do the same thing just about every day, and it begins to prepare for waking and exercise several hours before you actually open your eyes.

Exercise Extra: More than 90% of those who exercise consistently have a morning fitness routine. If you want to exercise on a regular basis, the odds are in your favor if you squeeze your workout into the a.m.

Do you prefer exercise in the morning, middle of the day, or evening? I used to exercise in the middle of the afternoon when I was working. However, now that I’ve read that morning exercising might actually help me burn more calories throughout the day I think I need to change it!