Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change Week 4: Weekly Update

 

(I'm probably the only one who thinks this Darth Vader coffee mug is awesome)

My SMART Goal

My revamped SMART goal is "Each week, I will drink at least 2 less cups of caffeine (8 oz) than the prior week."

Successes & Challenges

Well, I didn't exactly reach my goal. I had 19 cups 2 weeks ago, so I hoped to cut it down to 17 or less this week.  I got down to 18.  So while I cut down, I didn't as much as I hoped I would.

This was another week where I kind of just tried to do it cold turkey.  I need to get out to the grocery store and get some more tea, or at least find a good alternative.

Feelings

I don't really know.  This week, I started to have second thoughts about quitting.  Because my God, coffee is delicious, and it really does get me going in the morning. If I don't have coffee in the morning, I feel like a zombie for a couple of hours.

It was a stressful week as it is, so that kind of made me put my coffee-minimization on the back burner. But when I start to get these feelings I just need to tell myself that I can do it, and when it's all said and done I will be healthier. It's just tough to do when the light at the end of the tunnel is so far away.

What I Learned

Again, I'm not going to do this cold turkey. I just can't do it. I need to get some tea and really get working on this.  But I promise that I will be down to 16 cups this week.

Plans for Next Week

The SMART goal is going to stay the same. "Each week, I will drink at least 2 less cups of caffeine (8 oz) than the prior week." So 16 cups, here I come!

Also, I Blogged for the Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change Week 4 Linky Party at Eco-Chic With Amy.

Share and Voice: To recycle or not to recycle?

(I have no idea if this picture is real or not)

Hey everybody. So as I was about to take out the recycling today, I looked in it and found one of those plastic containers that lunch meat is usually sold in. I then turn my head a little bit and find the same type of lunch meat container in the garbage instead. At that moment, I realized something...I had no idea whether or not to recycle the plastic container.

So i decided to look into it a bit more, and compile a list of things that CAN be recycled and a list of things that CAN'T be recycled. I often just kind of assume a lot of things can be recycled, so I figured making a list would help me out quite a bit. So here it is.

DO Recycle

• Glass Bottles/Jars
• Pretty much any and all paper
• Milk and Juice containers
• Detergent bottles
• Soda Bottles
• Clean Foil
• Aluminum Cans
  

DON'T Recycle

• Liquids
• Plastic Grocery Bags
• Broken glass
• Corks
• Glad Cling Wrap
• Styrofoam
• Light-Bulbs
• Microwaveable Food Trays
• Shampoo Bottles
• DELI PRODUCT CONTAINERS

So there it is.  Do not recycle those lunch meat containers.  

Here are the sources I used.

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