Feb 3, 2011 walking assisted.avi

This is soooo exciting! Her Nana bought her this when I was still pregnant with her and she's finally using it!! She loves cruising around the furniture so I was curious to see if she could walk using a walker of some sort... CHECK OUT THE VID!!! GOO Cadence!! (I hope the vid works, sorry if it doesn't)

WATER!

Did you know that you can live for almost 2 months without food but only 3-4 days without water? It's true and I don't know why I totally forgot this important fact. See when I got pregnant with Cadence I could not stomach WATER, I wanted to throw it up every time I drank it. My OB/GYN was concerned that I was dehydrated and killing my baby and always reminded me that my baby can get her food source from my fat supply but water she cannot get unless I drink it!! That scared me and I tried sooooo hard to drink my water but it was a huge struggle for me. Because I didn't drink enough water I gained 20 lbs in 2 weeks of just water retention! It was awful and painful and I wouldn't wish that upon anyone!

Fast forward to now! Almost 9 months after I had Cadence and I'm still retaining fluid, feeling sluggish, nauseous, lightheaded, and my metabolism is shot. Sheesh I'm in bad shape and then LIGHTBULB!! DUH!! I'm not drinking nowhere near enough water. I would maybe drink 32 oz of water in a 24 hour period!! I was slowly killing myself with dehydration and toxicity!!

Here are some symptoms that will occur if you're not drinking enough water:

1. Fatigue, Energy Loss:

Dehydration of the tissues causes enzymatic activity to slow down.

2. Constipation:

When chewed food enters the colon, it contains too much liquid to allow stools to form properly, and the wall of the colon reduces it. In chronic dehydration, the colon takes too much water to give to other parts of the body.

3. Digestive Disorders:

In chronic dehydration, the secretion of digestive juices are less.

4. High and Low Blood Pressure:

The body’s blood volume is not enough to completely fill the entire set of arteries, veins, and capillaries.

5. Gastritis, Stomach Ulcers:

To protect its mucous membranes from being destroyed by the acidic digestive fluid it produces, the stomach secretes a layer of mucus.

6. Respiratory Troubles:

The mucous membranes of the respiratory region are slightly moist to protect the respiratory tract from substances that might be present in inhaled air.

7. Acid-Alkaline Imbalance:

Dehydration activates an enzymatic slowdown producing acidification.

8. Excess Weight and Obesity:

We may overeat because we crave foods rich in water. Thirst is often confused with hunger.

9. Eczema:

Your body needs enough moisture to sweat 20 to 24 ounces of water, the amount necessary to dilute toxins so they do not irritate the skin.

10. Cholesterol:

When dehydration causes too much liquid to be removed from inside the cells, the body tries to stop this loss by producing more cholesterol.

11. Cystitis, Urinary Infections:

If toxins contained in urine are insufficiently diluted, they attack the urinary mucous membranes.

12. Rheumatism:

Dehydration abnormally increases the concentration of toxins in the blood and cellular fluids, and the pains increase in proportion to the concentration of the toxins.

13. Premature Aging:

The body of a newborn child is composed of 80 percent liquid, but this percentage declines to no more than 70 percent in an adult and continues to decline with age.

2/3 of our bodies are water and without it we would die. So over the last 2 days I started drinking a lot more water, about 8-10 glasses of water to be exact. I'm already starting to feel a difference! Not as tired, headaches are going away, the number on the scale is slowly going down.. That's right I'm not holding onto my weight! Finally!! I challenge all of you to take a look at how much you're drinking and try to drink a little more! Don't just drink water when you feel thirsty! It should be all the time! Don't wait for your body to tell you it's thirsty because at that point it's too late!! Good luck!