A 5-minute breakfast recipe that will fill you up

Plus, this simple exercise is a great way to work your core and reduce back pain.

July 17, 2023 | VIEW IN BROWSER July 17, 2023 | VIEW IN BROWSER Dragging this morning? When hitting snooze isn't an option, listen to this heart-pumping playlist — plus try these other easy tricks to help boost your mood and energy levels. Plus, calling all avocado fans! These 5-minute baked eggs in avocado will be a new staple in your breakfast rotation.  Walking Challenge Walking Challenge Today's Workout Today's workout is a walk.   If you want to finish off your workout with some core work, drop down into a plank. The move not only works your abs, but strengthens your arms, back and lower body, too. Strengthening your core with moves like this can also help reduce back pain.   To perform: Start on your hands and knees. Line your shoulders up over your wrists, and make sure your wrists are parallel with the front of the mat. Walk your knees back a few inches, but make sure that your shoulders stay over your wrists. Pull your navel in toward your spine as if there is fire on the mat and you're trying to pull your stomach away from the fire. Tuck your toes under and lift your legs up off of the ground. Squeeze your quads and reach your heels toward the back of the room. Hold for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Work your core with these 4 other plank variations. GET THE WORKOUT > Need a break from this month's challenge? Click here to snooze this section until next month. 😴 Your Meal Plan Your Meal Plan Today's Plan Avocado and eggs go together like peanut butter and chocolate, don't you think? These baked eggs in avocado take only five minutes to make and are delicious for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack! While the avocado cups are broiling, spread a piece of whole-grain toast with Greek yogurt and top with smoked salmon and tomato. This will bolster the protein, fiber-rich carbs, and veggies in your meal.  Breakfast: Baked Eggs in Avocado Lunch: Waldorf Tuna Salad with Greek Yogurt Dinner: Sheet-Pan Honey Mustard-Glazed Salmon with Broccoli and Sweet Potatoes GET THE MEAL PLAN > Making Space for Mindfulness Making Space for Mindfulness Maria Shriver shares her advice for opinionated mother-in-laws and it's spot on Maria Shriver shares her spot-on advice for how opinionated mother-in-laws should behave. And the TODAY special anchor practices what she preaches. READ MORE > One Small Thing One Small Thing Real ways to make a difference in your life, one small thing at a time. 5-minute morning habits to boost your energy and mood Monday's are rough. When hitting snooze isn't an option, there are some easy things you can do (beyond gulping coffee) to help boost your mood and energy levels.   TODAY show contributor and Peloton instructor Ally Love shared some of the simple energy-boosting tricks she uses to get herself going in the morning.  Start your day with a yoga pose. Love suggests easing into the day with a yoga pose like downward dog or forward fold to rush some blood to your head right when you wake up. Add a shot of cold to your shower. Love recommends adding a cold splash to your shower. "Take a hot shower with a 15-second cold splash at the end — its shocking and reinvigorating!" she said. A  cold shower may increase alertness and awakeness and decrease muscle tension.  Get dressed to heart pumping music. While you're putting on your bright attire, blast some mood-boosting tunes. Listen to Ally Love's energy-boosting playlist here. READ THE ARTICLE > Wellness News Wellness News How many diet sodas is it safe to drink a day? WHO says aspartame may cause cancer WHO calls aspartame, an artificial sweetener in Diet Coke, a possible carcinogen, so it may cause cancer. Should you stop drinking diet soda and go to regular? How many diet sodas is it safe to drink a day? WHO says aspartame may cause cancer WHO calls aspartame, an artificial sweetener in Diet Coke, a possible carcinogen, so it may cause cancer. Should you stop drinking diet soda and go to regular? Joy Bauer shares 4 creative ways to use up summer produce Joy Bauer shares her favorite summer food hacks — watermelon "sushi," cantaloupe kebabs, pineapple ices and hummus dressing — to perk up your seasonal produce. 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