Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change Week 2: Weekly Update

   My eco-chic lifestyle goal is to drink six to eight 8 ounce glasses of water everyday out of my metal water bottle!  I realized this past week that my goal may sound easy, but it truly is not.  I had to make a real conscious effort to drink my water.
   One of the biggest challenges I faced was that as it was getting colder outside, I found myself not wanting to drink the "cold" water!  I also found that water gets kind of old.  Starting today I am going to either add a lemon or crystal light to my water to make drinking it easier...atleast I hope it helps!
   Even though it was kind of a struggle at times drinking all of that water, it felt good to know that just by re-using my metal water bottle every time I was helping out our environment!  It feels good to know that what you are doing is helping out in someway or another!
   Something interesting I learned this week is that in order to make plastic water bottles 15 million barrels of oil a year needs to be used.  That is equivilant to fueling 100,000 cars for a whole year!
   I don't think I am going to change much this week except adding some flavor to my water!  I might even go to TJ Maxx and buy a class water bottle like Dr. V's for some added inspiration!

4 comments:

  1. That is a lot of water! I get the crystal light fruit punch on-the-go packets... they taste good! Great job with your goal!

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  2. Aren't they pretty! It was difficult to choose only one!!

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  3. I want one of those glass water bottles too! love them!
    Good luck with your goal!

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  4. That was a crazy fact you included about how many barrels of oil is used to make plastic water bottles! Good luck!

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