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Weekend Well-Being: Grow Your Own Alfalfa Sprouts
I love sprinkling alfalfa sprouts on my salad, but the ones at salad bars and even grocery stores totally gross me out. Who knows how long they've been sitting there, which means they could be a breeding ground for E. coli bacteria.
Weekend Well-Being: Make Your Own Mixed Nut Butter
Spreading nut butter on bread or crackers makes a great snack, but I was getting a little tired of plain old boring peanut butter. So I thought, why not make my own with all my favorite nuts and seeds? It tastes so fresh and unique, and since there are so many different nuts and seeds to choose from, the possibilities are endless.
Weekend Well-Being: Let's Go Fly a Kite!
April is National Kite Month, and I think we should all celebrate this high flying holiday.
Twenty minutes of kite flying burns about 100 calories, so imagine how many you can burn kite flying for an entire afternoon. Meditating on the beauty of a colorful kite as it dances in the wind is bound to alleviate unhealthful stress.
Weekend Well-Being: Celebrate Earth Hour
Saturday, March 28, at 8:30 p.m. — local time wherever you are on the planet — switch off your lights for 60 minutes and take part in Earth Hour. Consider your hour without lights as a vote for our planet and a sign of your participation in the fight against global warming.
Weekend Well-Being: Make Your Own Therapeutic Warming Pillow
Heat therapy is so beneficial if you have menstrual cramps, sore or tight muscles, or sinus congestion. You can use a heating pad, but it's annoying to have it plugged in, and unsafe if you want to sleep with it. That's why those therapeutic warming pillows you pop in the microwave are so perfect.
Weekend Well-Being: Literally "Run" an Errand
This weekend, I urge you to take advantage of the cooling temperatures when you take care of your weekend business and literally run an errand.
Need to return books to the library? Put them in a backpack and run there.
Weekend Well-Being: Make a Nalgene Bottle Lantern
The news about the Nalgene bottle and other shatter proof polycarbonate plastics being dangerous for human health hit me a little hard. I've had my Nalgene bottle for years and taken it on many hikes, road trips, and picnics. Lucky for me, I found a way to reincorporate my Nalgene back into my outdoor life.
Weekend Well-Being: Go Through Your Medicine Cabinet
This new Spring weather is so refreshing that I felt inspired to go outside yesterday and do some yard work. While I was raking up dead grass and leaves, I inhaled something and had a crazy allergy attack. My eyes were itchy and I was sneezing like crazy.
Weekend Well-Being: Start Your Spring Cleaning Early
Now that we set the clocks ahead, and the snow is beginning to melt, why not get started on your Spring cleaning a little early this year? Dust and dirt can build up in hidden areas, and breathing that isn't good for your health. Not only will you feel a sense of calmness because your home will be clean, de-cluttered, and organized, but cleaning can burn 200-300 calories per hour (depending how intensely you move).
Weekend Well-Being: Use Earth Hour to Chill Out
The World Wildlife Fund is concerned about climate change, and to make a statement about human energy consumption they have created Earth Hour. To join them in their statement they ask that you turn off your lights for an hour Saturday, March 29. They invite "everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m.
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