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Trick To Get More Water In

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I learned this trick just last week and its a twofold trick. Before you put anything in your body in the morning drink 2 cups of water. It wakes up your bowels and will get you your water started earlier

- Submitted by GRETCHENH66 4/20/2010 in Staying Healthy | 4 Comments

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I sometimes have trouble getting in all my protein on a daily basis so I came up with this handy trick!

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- Submitted by BIGOLEDIVA 4/20/2010 | 3 Comments | View Secret

Water while out walking

I was finding that my water was getting warmer while out walking on warm summer days. A trick that I've been using is this; fill your water bottle only half full, lay it on it's side in the freezer until completely frozen. Then add room temperature water to it to fill the bottle. This solves the problem of how to get "ice" into our water bottles, & it stays cold through my entire walk, & then some!!274

- Submitted by MOLLYBROWN55 4/20/2010 | 1 Comments | View Secret

Water + Fiber does make me feel full

I always thought it was a myth that drinking water would make you feel full and eat less. Recently, I've been drinking more water and eating high fiber snacks such as cereal or WW toast. When I combine water with fiber, I really do feel full and eat less.

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Benefits of this trick:
-More glasses of water consumed
-More daily fiber
-Less likely to go over calorie limit
-Feel full and not starved

- Submitted by AJCERRA 4/20/2010 | 5 Comments | View Secret

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