Green is the new "in" thing. From celebrities to the young mom strolling with her baby, you can see everyone’s getting in on the green train. All I can say is "It’s about time!" Being green or "earth aware", used to be simply separating your paper from plastics. But now there are loads of ways you can do your part.

Don’t feel like you are demeaning someone by offering used clothes. If they are nice clothes in good condition, why not pass them on. Rather than have them thrown away, give them to someone who can use them. I have found many sites on the internet where people are begging for your used things. If you can’t find anyone to give them to, sell or donate them to a local thrift or re-use store. There everywhere, so there’s never an excuse to throw away clothing.

Water bottles, I am sure, are filling up waste piles by the thousands. Why not buy a water filtration system (they come flavored now also) and reuse those water bottles. Better yet, just buy one reusable water bottle and do away with all the already filled ones. Now you can personalize your bottle, always knowing which one is yours, and you can make it as cute as you like.

Save foods for "left-overs" and then actually eat them later. Don’t be so quick to throw away your uneaten food. If you eat half your lasagna, wrap the remaining up for lunch tomorrow. Eating out only makes it worse. Think about how much garbage we throw away just from eating out. The bag it came in, the burger wrapper, the fry container, the cup…that’s way too much. Cook your own food, it’s better for you, too.

These are some quick and simple ways to help. Start thinking about how much you actually throw away and see if you can find inventive ways to throw away less.

As stated previously, I am on a mission to drink and maintain more water intake. I drink a little more than a gallon a day and had a good system down. I would keep my water in a gallon container on the counter, and I drank out my “special” cup. There really is nothing special about it, other than I like it and it is a perfect size with measuring’s on it up to 19oz.

First, let me start off by saying, my special cup is a replacement to my initial “favorite” cup that was found broke because someone dropped something, stepped on it, or maybe fell on it the jury is still out on what actually happened with it.

Anyway, I wake up one and was horrified at what I saw! Someone had knocked my empty gallon on the container off the counter and had inadvertently stepped on it and crushed it ! Surprised doesn’t even do justice to what I was feeling. But, I picked myself up and figured I would go later that day and get me another container. Well, I never got around to going to get another container…to busy with everyone in the house. So I went on with my water drinking habits, using my favorite “special” cup. Because after all it has measurements on it so I can continue making sure I drink enough.

Well this morning, I woke up and started my morning ritual of filling my gallon container and getting my “special” cup, only to find my “special” cup is missing! It is not in the dishwasher, sink, my room, or anyone else’s room for that matter. I have torn up the house looking for my “special” cup. Alas, prior experience has taught me to fear the worse. I feel like I have a house full of double agents working against me!! .

So here I sit, typing on my computer drinking my water out of………a gallon milk jug

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Along with my newly found working out, I have decided to see what increasing my water intake will do. I also knew water was good for you, but until I decided to start drink more, I didn’t really know what all it was good for. Water helps the keep the skin radiant, removes toxins and impurities, and it will help you to feel full. Water suppresses the appetite naturally and helps the body to metabolize store fat. An increase in water can actually reduce fat deposits.

Many times I will forget to drink water during the day. If I get too busy with the kids or housework, I will never even think about it. So there are a few tips I do to try and remember to drink your water. I drink my water room temperature so I can drink more at time.I also place a jug with how much I want to drink for the day on a counter, I drink about a gallon a day. Using the jug, I can see how much I need to be drinking…and by the end of the day I can make sure I have drank it all. I always drink a glass of water when I first wake up in the morning, we are naturally thirsty when we awake so I make water the first thing I do in the morning. Another great tip is to keep a bottle of water with you all day and don’t just sip on it, when you take a drink gulp it down and refill the bottle. Sipping water will make you end up not drinking much water at all.

The amount of water needed differs from person to person, but a good place to start is the 8×8 rule; drink eight 8oz glasses of water a day. If you are overweight you need additional glass for every 25 lbs of excess weight. By drinking this amount you should start feeling better. So I will continue drinking my water and see what all benefits I get from it and I will post it here. So far, I have a lot more energy and I have been drinking for almost a week. I also heard that drinking water will help with bags and dark circles under your eye as well as assist in the minimization of wrinkles….pretty nice how much water does for you. 

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