The easiest way to be happier and lose weight: morning showers!

We know that setting your alarm that extra 10 or 15 minutes early can be kind pretty painful. Nobody wants to get up any earlier than is absolutely necessary, do they?

However, as it happens, you might be seriously missing out if you’re inclined to keep pressing that snooze button until the last possible second.

Herbal Essences conducted a survey on women across the U.S and found that those who woke up earlier in the morning to hop in the shower said it changed their day in a positive way.

Also, and here’s what really made us think twice about this early bird business: people who wake up earlier and shower are more confident.

Apparently something as simple as a morning shower can help you feel more attractive and relaxed. So, now we know what Gigi Hadid and the likes are up to at the crack of dawn.

Researchers in Scandinavia have also discovered that cold showers in the morning can help you shed a few extra pounds if that’s what you’re after too. Elite Daily reports that it was discovered “that bodies exposed to cold temperatures increase the metabolic rate of brown fat fifteen-fold, which can help you lose 9 lbs a year if sustained.”

Cold showers are also better for you than that morning coffee too. The freezing cold ones, you know the ones that make you wonder if your skin is still attached, are a psychostimulant. Which means they have the same effect as caffeine.

There is also research that shows how it is possible to actually feel happier simply from having morning showers without all that steam. 

The Commonwealth University School of Medicine found that short cold showers can stimulate the brain’s blue spot which is the primary source of noradrenaline — this can help chemically mitigate depression.

So, we might be giving the snooze button a skip in the future.