Observe a plant before and after watering and relate these benefits to your body and brain.

Ok. You're reading this and I'm thinking you've read my first two posts and have taken the baby step to help manage your diet. To review that baby step. . . . you've committed to eating a healthy breakfast (oatmeal, fruit, protein from egg whites [more on the much maligned egg later]), you're not waiting until you're ravenous and it's lunch time before you eat again but enjoying a protein bar at the first sign of hunger, and you're going to work on getting more lean protein at lunch and dinner. Simple, right? Last part of the baby step was to find time each day to do cardiovascular exercise for 30 minutes. Walk, jog, ride a bike, attend a dance class, dance in your living room - whatever you can and will do. I call these actions a baby step but if you've gone from no breakfast and no cardio to eating breakfast and doing cardio - it really is a HUGE STEP in the right direction. So now let's add in another step that is REALLY a baby step. Drink water. Lot's of water. Fill a portable water bottle with 72 ounces of H2O and make sure it is empty by the end of the day. Active people need more water than inactive people. My goal is 104 ounces each day which I don't always achieve but manage a minimum of 80 ounces each day. Numerous studies have been done on the dietary importance of water and I've listed a few for you.

Drinking water has a greater benefit on heart health than the moderate amount of alcohol or taking aspirin
Drinking water has as much benefit to heart health as stopping smoking or lowering cholesterol (this is a mind blower!)
Blood is comprised of 90% water and a reduction of water means more concentrated (sluggish) blood which equals less efficient delivery of oxygen to the brain and muscles (our heart is mostly muscle)
You can survive weeks without food, but only a few days without water.

The list of benefits is endless but I think you get the idea of how vital water is to our well being.

That's it for today folks. I want to thank all four of my followers. Seeing you there brought a smile to my face.