Dont Get Viral

As the leaves start to wilt, the wind gets nippy, and your fave shows like Glee are starting again you want to avoid one horrid thing! The summer to winter cold! Everyone I know has gotten some form of this unfortunet deseise at some point in their life and everyone hates it. Dont get me wrong I love fall! Good shows, movies, new pens, and the feeling of change! not just the leaves change but something about fall makes me want to change every year. weither its finishing all my homework,buy that new scarf/shirt/w.e., decideing to organize my room, or change my worst points in my personality I always have a strong urge to change.

This year my biggest urge for change is to stay healthy and still have beautyful soft skin/hair despite the months of dry air coming up. to acheive all of this I must keep my health up and there are very simple changes anyone can make to their life to do this. A few changes I'M making are:

♪ More Vitamin C! I feel so much more energy through my system just because Ive been keeping up with my multi vitamins and eating as much vitamin C rich foods. Vitamin C heals everything.

♪ Deeper sleep. I have been experimenting with what time is the best time for me to go to bed. Getting into bed early doesent mean you have to struggle to fall asleep instantly, relax and stare into space. I give myself an hour or more before bed without tv and other electronics. This helps my mind shut down and stop moving so fast. In this time I take a shower/bath, Make my food for tomorow and little things like that. The last two things I do before bed is stop drinking fluids and shut out all of the light in my room. About a half hour to an hour before bed I dont have any more than a sip of water, this prevents me from wakeing up in the middle of the night to go pee. Shutting out all of the light in my room helps me acheive that deeper sleep and not stare at my digital clock all night.

♪ No Coffee/Caffien after noon. Coffee is great to wake up in the morning and to be honest is the only thing that keeps me from falling asleep in class. Sitting on plastic chairs stairing at a black board is deffinetly no exilerateing no matter how much I love a course. I get better sleep if Ive only had one cup of coffee in a day. Pluss its a fact that more than two cups of coffee a day is not good for your heart in the long run. Why do it? Find another way to not pass out on your desk! I find water and lemon works.

♪ More vegtables and less dairy and wheat. This doesent mean I completely cut them out of my diet. When I want a snack or a drink I try something like carrots or almonds. Dairy and wheat help your body produce mucus and thats what causes my sinuses to flair up. NOT FUN!!!


Why not enjoy the orange leaves? Fall isnt bad, all it needs is a scarf and coat.

~Marie Erin