Lately we've been on this big self improvement kick - getting our finances in order, doing things that are better for the environment, and now we're working on improving our health. I've been going on 1-3 mile walks/jogs a few times per week for the past couple of weeks. We have a 5k that I found on Groupon that both of us will be running with Mom in August. Another thing we've been pondering over is our reliance on plastic - after watching "Tapped" on Netflix, we cut out bottled water in our lives. And I've been cost comparing to replace all of our tupperware and gladware with Pyrex or other brands of glass storage containers. BPA and other harmful chemicals can leach into your food and drink when stored and microwaved in plastic, and plastic is recycled more infrequently than other materials.
Our next step away from plastic is getting milk and juice in the cardboard half gallon containers. These can also be recycled and won't leech bad things into our drinks. I also wanted to move to organic milk, because it contains hormones and pesticides that are making immediate impacts on people. There are plenty of foods that have these sorts of things in them, but we're taking baby steps here. The half gallon of organic milk cost the same as a gallon of regular milk ($3.50), so we opted for Walmart brand organic soy milk ($2.50). Future steps will involve switching to friendlier meats (organic, grass fed, free range - I've still got research to do there) and organic fruits and veggies.
We also got Mott's vegetable juice to boost our veggie servings (yes, in plastic, I don't know that it is realistic for us to eliminate plastic all together), and Eric got some soda (which I have successfully given up! No more caffeine headaches!).
