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WORKADAY TIP #137: Easy Backside Exercises

I am a big fan of Real Age.  It's a website that tells you how "old" you are based on your health and your activities.  Once a week they email me tips for how to decrease my real age and stay healthy. 

Here is one article in particular that I thought was an easy and fast way to tone-up for summer. 3 Steps to a Summer-Ready Backside It offers three different things you can do in addition to your workout that can make a real difference.

Here is my favorite of the three:  "Summer means stairs. Seek the stairs everywhere you go. Here’s how to make them work for your backside: Fully plant your foot on each step, and firmly press through your heel and tighten your glutes as you straighten your leg with each step." 

You can just incorporate this into your daily activities.  Hooray!

WORKADAY TIP #136: Get Enough Sleep

My friend Daisy had suggested this as a Workaday Superstar tip a loong time ago and somehow I had forgotten to post it!   She always looks fabulous dispite her partying ways so this must be a good tip.

The Wall Street Journal also confirmed Daisy's tip.  Getting enough sleep helps you stay healthy.  According to the article, "failing to get enough sleep or sleeping at odd hours heightens the risk for a variety of major illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity, recent studies indicate."

My translation?  More sleep means I won't get sick and I will be thin.  I am in! 

Here is another article that gives you 33 Secrets to a Good Night Sleep  

WORKADAY TIP #135: Appreciate The Moment

What would you want to tell your 16 year old self if you could?
Submitted by Bea.

TypePad posed this question to its bloggers and I couldn't resist answering.  If I could talk to my 16 year old self I would tell her to appreciate every moment.  I spent the evening with some good friends from high school last night and we kept reminding each of all of these great memories.  At the time, we were rushing through life, not really taking in the moment.  I am happy I have my friends to fill in the blanks but I sure wish I would have really appreciated and taken in every amazing moment of being young and without a care in the world. 

It's hard to even remember what that time was like!