10 Tricks to Help Maintain Your Goal Weight

Accepting that staying in your "goal" weight zone is a part of everyday life, makes living a little more fun and a lot less stressful.  If I eat a bit too much today, I will eat a little less tomorrow.  If I miss a workout for three or four days, I get back to it as soon as I can.  As many of us know, once you have lost a lot of weight, and you truly desire to live healthy, you realize there are no simple and easy answers to keeping those pesky 10 pounds off or losing 20 pounds, 30 pounds or even more.

For me, maintaining my goal weight and keeping off those pesky last 10 pounds is about an overall healthy, illness free lifestyle which includes using the following 10 little everyday tricks that I hope help you maintain your weight too:

Eastender's, One of the BBC’s Most Watched Soap Opera's, Warns “Aspartame Causes Cancer”

It seems the folks overseas have once again beaten the good ol' USA to the health punch.  Not only do they not stand for TBHQ laced McDonald's chicken nuggets like we do in the States, they also are spreading the word about aspartame's ill effects.  In an Ellen type TV moment, a character on the popular BBC soap opera, Eastenders, warns against chewing low-calorie gum and matter-of-factly says it causes cancer.

Neil Foster, with the Sovereign Independent, thinks the aspartame mention on the BBC was a calculated move.  In a blog post this week, he warned, "I can’t believe that the BBC would put this into the most watched soap on British television without an ulterior motive."

I am thinking Neil just might be right. Maybe the BBC did make a calculated move to warn consumers about the real dangers of aspartame.  I, for one, applaud the move and can't wait to see what the rest of their ulterior motives might be.

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Source: Sovereign Independent

It's Green Living Snacktime! 3 Easy and Healthy Non GMO On the Go Snacks for Your Crazy, Busy Life

It seems that as my children get older, I have more to do rather than less.  Between work, working out, being a mom and keeping Big Bad Dad happy, it can be challenging to find healthy, on the go snacks for my crazy busy life. Can you relate?

I need something that not only I like to eat, but that  all three of my girls will love to eat too.  Plus I like our snacks to be low in sugar, contain no hydrogenated oils or HFCS (high fructose corn syrup ie. corn sugar), be free of petroleum based artificial food colors and flavors and they must be both preservative and GMO free. Whew!  Think that order is too tall to fill?  Think again.

Here are 3 easy and healthy on the go snacks for your crazy, busy days!

10 Ways to Green Your Summer Vacation That Will Leave You Feeling Like a Kid Again!

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10 WAYS TO GREEN YOUR SUMMER VACATION 

THAT WILL LEAVE YOU FEELING LIKE A KID AGAIN

Who doesn’t love summer?  Long days filled with sunshine, fragrant flowers and the harmonious sounds of birds singing from sun rise to night fall right?  Oh who am I kidding?  Summer is here and the kids are out of school, filling those long, hot days with the harmonious sounds of their fighting with one another from sun rise to night fall.  But don't despair!  Summer is the perfect time to go green and you just might find yourself having the best summer since you were a kid.

Here are 10 ways to green your summer vacation that will leave you feeling like a kid again!

It's as Easy as 1, 2, 3 to WIN One of The Best Reusable Bottles I Have Ever Found! How You Can Win the Environmental Booty Bamboo Bottle Facebook Giveaway!

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I am lucky enough to get the hottest eco-friendly products sent right to my door and from now on, each month, I am going to give you a chance to get some too on our Environmental Booty Facebook Fan Page!!  This month, the folks at the Bamboo Bottle Company have partnered with us and are offering you the chance to win one of the best reusable bottles I have ever found.  And winning is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

What is Fracking? Stephen Colbert Explains The Anti Frack Attacks!

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I am not a huge fan of Stephen Colbert but after watching this video I wonder why.  In just a few minutes, Stephen Colbert explains the entire fracking debate.  Okay so obviously he isn't giving a scientific lecture on the benefits and negatives of fracking.   In his famously facetious way, Colbert makes it engaging to think about what a horrid thing fracking is and this spurs people to action.  I say...

P.S.- I am really glad that you stopped by our Environmental Booty Blog and I hope you have learned or shared a thing or two.  I hope that , now that you've found us,  you won't lose us!  You can "Like" us on our new Facebook fanpage, join our green living online community, subscribe to our posts,  download our community toolbar or Tweet with me on Twitter to stay in touch!  - Shane

Sources: NaturalGasWatch.org

What Is Asbestos Anyway and Why Should You Care About It In Your Green Life?

You hear about it every once in a while, but what is asbestos anyway and why should you care about it in your green life?

Well, asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was adapted for heating and insulation purposes in homes and buildings built up until the mineral was banned for use in the U.S. in the 1970s. Why was it banned? It is a direct cause of a host of health problems, primarily mesothelioma cancer, which can lay dormant in the body for up to 50 years after the inhalation of asbestos fibers and kill within months of diagnosis.

Consumers Raise The Bar for Children- Use Smartphones to Fight Hershey's Use of Child Labor! How You Can Raise The Bar Too

This summer, chocolate lovers from coast to coast are leaving consumer alert message at supermarkets, asking other shoppers to think before they buy Hershey's child labor bars and choose Fair Trade instead.  I wonder if they are listening at Hershey?

Great News for Consumers Everywhere...San Francisco Says You Have a Right to Know About the Dangers of Cell Phone Use. Impact Will Be Felt Nationwide

In a follow up to last Friday's post about the 5 Ways to Avoid Cell Phone Radiation, comes some extremely good news for consumers worldwide.  Citizens of San Francisco won an important victory on July 11 when the Community Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation requiring businesses to provide safety information about cell phone radiation to people before they purchase their phones.

From War to Peace, Live Green with Beers Not Bombs Tees and Peace Bronze Bottle Openers!

From War to Peace, Live Green with Beers Not Bombs

I love the folks at From War to Peace and, after I returned from DC this year, I shared their recycled products with you. I couldn't wait to share what they are up to now because I think you are really going to LOVE it.  If you like beer and you like peace, you are going to want to pick up one of these... 

Recent Cell Phone Safety Studies Flawed But You Don't Have to Give Up Your Beloved Mobile Phone! Here are 5 Green Living Tips Your Family Can Easily Use to Avoid Cell Phone Radiation

Contrary to what the media has told you recently, the July study published in Environmental Health Perspectives doesn’t tell consumers that cell phone use is safe.  The study said that, “"Although there remains some uncertainty, the trend in the accumulating evidence is increasingly against the hypothesis that mobile phone use can cause brain tumors in adults." Sounds good right?  Wrong. This conclusion was based on data from a 2010 Interphone Study conducted in 13 countries which is of low quality and flawed. 

In addition to stated conflicts of interest that The Interphone author’s had, last year BusinessWeek.com quoted Dr. Joe Moskowwitz of the University of California at Berkeley as saying that the Interphone study and its conclusions may be "biased".  He pointed out that the study actually indicated that those who used a cell phone at least 1640 hours were at a 40 percent increased risk of a glioma brain tumor.  Dr Moskowitz reviewed eight, high quality studies of cell phones and brain cancer risk and concluded that using mobile phones is correlated with a brain cancer risk.

Why This Green Girl LOVES The FIRM Workout Series and Has Stuck with It for Almost 20 Years! IT WORKS! The FIRM Review From Someone Who REALLY Knows

Why This Green Girl LOVES The FIRM  Workout Series and

Has Stuck with It for Almost 20 Years!  IT WORKS!  The FIRM Review From Someone Who REALLY Knows 

When I hear people talking about how they need to lose weight, I always tell them about The FIRM.  About 20 years ago, as I was just getting out of college and planning my wedding, I gained over 20 pounds.  Yes, it's true.  Unlike most brides out there who lose weight,  before my wedding, I gained 20 pounds in my love delirium.

3 Ways to Go Green and Make Every Day International Plastic Bag Free Day!

   3 Ways to Go Green and Make Every Day International Plastic Bag Free Day!

Happy Fourth of July Weekend to all!!  I hope that your weekend is going fabulously!!  We are making plans to head out to watch fireworks and listen to some great music tonight at Crane's Roost Park.  I always joke that it is kind of hard to get super excited about watching fireworks when you live in the firework capital of the country. We have Disney like practically in our backyard and we hear the booming of all of the park's fireworks every single night and can easily see them. 

What Can I Recycle in My Area? This Must Have Green Gadget Will Tell You...and It's FREE!

Today when I was hanging out on Facebook on the greennii page, I came across a handy green gadget you all must have...and it is free!!  If you have ever been dumbfounded as to the who, what , where of how to locally recycle some awful toxic ingredient you have hanging around your garage,  you finally have an easy way to get your answers.

I think this is one of the coolest green things I have ever found.  From kids clothes to used batteries, it seems like I am constantly holding some item in my hands that I want so badly to recycle but am not sure if my local recycling center takes it.  With this handy little widget from 1.800.Recycling.com, I will never again feel guilty when I toss something I could have recycled.  Pretty cool yes?

Give it a try...

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