First Update on Personal Changes

For my personal changes, I wanted to use reusable shopping bags, use reusable water bottles, eat out less, and don't buy drinks at restaurants. And here is the progress on those four fronts:

I've recently bought several reusable bags, and have been pretty good about taking them to Publix one my weekly trips. However, I'd like to get better about having them with me, because I will have spontaneous Publix or Target visits throughout the week, and will always have to use plastic bags.

Unfortunately, the reusable water bottle plan may have to be somewhat dropped. I am borderline hypoglycemic and anemic, and have mostly switched from drinking water to smart water, because of the added electrolytes. The reason this affects my reusable water bottle plan is that I buy smart water in plastic bottles. However, I do always recycle these bottles, so at least that is a bit of positive help.

I've always cooked dinner two to three times a week, as well as having sandwiches for lunch some days. However, I'm working on cooking more nights a week than that, and cutting out buying lunch out, because that often turns into fast food meals.

I also have only had water at restaurants since my first post. This is helping Clara, and I will post more about her soon, including some pictures that she has drawn and mailed me.