Feeling full of beans?

If you're feeling happy, make the most of your positive frame of mind and hold onto that feeling. Here's a few simple ideas to harness your enthusiasm.

Stretch off

Concentrating on holding your shoulders down and back and pulling your navel back towards the spine. For a quick stretch, stand with the balls of your feet on the bottom step; hold onto the wall for balance and rise up and down 10 times. Rest, then repeat 3 more times.

Take the stairs

Stairs have built in thigh and bum toning equipment. If you're full of get up and go, find time to go up and down the stairs 5 times (sets) at your own pace. You should to be slightly out of breath by the end of the second set. Keep at this level for the remaining sets. (Repeat after 5 minutes for extra calorie burning!)

Kill two birds...

Housework is surprisingly adept at calorie burning (around 200 for half an hour!) While you're feeling energized, change the beds, hoover round and mop the floor. The house will look good and you'll feel satisfied at all you've accomplished. Best of all, you'll be fitter for burning off those extra calories!