The Lazy Sunday Tricks

Well, you don’t want to be on diet on Sunday, don’t you? Me neither. So first trick - start it with a breakfast. That’s a good, healthy rule you should actually follow every other day of the week. For a detoxifying effect you can drink hot water with a bit of lime juice (Hint: lime is more tasty than a lemon juice). It will kick-start your metabolism without you running around a block in a pajamas.

If you like porridge, you can have it, but muesli with sprinkle of almonds will provide more taste and benefits (Hint: watch out for sugar content and do not buy those already sweetened. Use honey instead).

A slice of a whole - goodie - grain bread with a real butter (unless you watch cholesterol) and boiled egg (well, again, unless you frantically watch cholesterol) plus lettuce and tomato would do nicely as well. I find those both propositions very filling and easy to prepare but feel free to experiment with your own lazy breakfast. It should be made from real ingredients and no microwave is allowed. Just keep it simple, coz you don’t want to spent your precious day in a kitchen (Hint: do not bake your own bread unless you really like it), but do not eat the same breakfast you had for years. Make it enjoyable experience. For a midmorning snack for example, have a pointy red peepers salad with olive oil and bit of chili for extra hot taste. Or a fruit you rarely eat, something extraordinary. Smoothie makes a great afternoon snack as well.

Second trick - keep it going. Get active, go sightseeing, nowhere near fast foods though. If it’s raining I usually clean the bathroom and do the hoovering. It is easy, quick, gives you satisfaction of the job well done and it burns calories as well. Just do something, move around, go bungee jumping if you want or pick some yellow flowers from the garden. Remember, your body is designed for motion. The more muscles you have the more calories is burnt without you noticing.

The third one - laziness is a piece of cake. Being lazy doesn’t mean being sloppy. It means relaxed view on life, quality over the quantity, most of all - doing all this things you always wanted to do, finding pleasure in a simple things. Living a lazy life means avoiding a rat race and all this big city every day mess. It does count even if you do it for a day or an hour. Get more sleep, drink more water, say no to fast food - slow down and enjoy the moment. Carpe diem.