ALL WATER WEDNESDAYS ARE BACK!!
When I used to live in Alabama and have to be outside for work (working new student orientation) in the dead of summer was just asking for heat stroke. My old boss always had us have “All Water Wednesdays” before our afternoon of being outside to keep us hydrated. He would literally throw away…
It’s Wednesday, consider this your official hydration nudge!
When I used to live in Alabama and have to be outside for work (working new student orientation) in the dead of summer was just asking for heat stroke. My old boss always had us have “All Water Wednesdays” before our afternoon of being outside to keep us hydrated. He would literally throw away soda, coffee, juice if he saw it. He’d allow Gatorade or like crystal light, but his preference was for us to drink straight H2O.
I am re-instituting my own ALL WATER WEDNESDAYS and encourage you all to follow suit. Some of you said you want to, but can’t part with your morning coffee/caffiene. I’m a coffee drinker too (I plan to resist on Wednesdays), but you know what – I’d rather you start your day with caffeine if you need and then spend the rest of your Wednesday only drinking water. Don’t let your caffeine addiction keep you from hydrating well on Wednesdays.
I will put on a reminder post each Wednesday.
Join me!
I just put on all the pants and jeans in my closet and then hung them by fit as opposed to style. So now I know based on my current weight/body which of my pants are baggy/fit well/still tight. Ultimately trying all my pants on at once helped me feel good about the ones that fit or are baggy which lessened the blow of the pants that are too tight.
A colleague across campus is trying to give up diet coke this year. She wrote on FB that she slipped up today, but feels jittery from drinking it. I suggested she swap diet coke for seltzer/club soda. In writing that comment I realized that I gave up diet coke and all traditional soda back in summer 2010!
And you know what I don’t miss it. I’ll have a diet coke ONCE in a blue moon and when I do it’s a lovely treat, but not something I care to have regularly ever again. Canned/bottled seltzer is super cheap and I also love using mywater with my sodatream to make flavored carbonated water at home.
On a similar note next week I’m bringing back ALL WATER WEDNESDAYS. This is something my old boss used to have us do in the summer so we were well hydrated for crazy office events that were on Thursdays and Fridays. I’ll make a call next week for people to join my month long ALL WATER WEDNESDAY challenge. But think about it, I’d love to have you join.
Fun fact, my mom and my grandmother have been big time pill swallowers since the dawn of time.
No serious, they are vitamin fiends. They’ve been downing them before it was cool. My grandma is like 85 and in solid heath and my mom 62 and looks freaking great. They both attribute their health to vitamins. Growing up I rarely took traditional medicine, my mom would treat me with a variety of vitamins based on the issue.
My mom is now up to 30 pills a day…cray. I’m not ready to jump on that intense (and expensive) bandwagon yet. I had my Shakeology bag out at the house while I was home and my mom read it and was impressed by what was in it. She looked over the mile long ingredient list and told me what each of the things did. I was drinking Shakeology for weight less and knew it had health benefits, but I feel even better about it knowing that my mother, The Vitamin Queen, gave it her stamp of approval.
I love pigeon pose.
That is all.
Just went to my annual visit to my obgyn this afternoon. Had a good chat with the doc about Ragnar and running. He told me to keep up the good work. We talked about my family history of diabetes, heart disease, breast cancer and obesity, but he told me I’m doing all the right things. Gotta love reaffirming conversations with your doctor!
When you make healthy choices, exercise, and eat smart you feel better about yourself and it’s easier to keep making those healthy choices.
I’ll file this under breaking news…not
Here are the rest of the notes from the workshop I went to on Well- Being this week that was offered through the Center for Consciousness and Transformation at my University (employer)
Happiness is a choice
Happiness strategies
Other thoughts and notes:
A cold pool is a nice pseudo ice bath after a 7 mile run!