I am very excited today because my first guest post has been published! Over at Keeper of the Home, a fantastic blog on natural homemaking, you can read my post about some often overlooked keys to proper hydration. The points I cover there in detail – prioritizing morning hydration, between-meal drinking, and water quality — all have helped me tremendously. I hope you check it out!
In other news, I would like to announce an impending name change. My blog’s name will change from Pennythoughts to Wholesome Goodness (www.wholesomegoodness.net) sometime in the coming weeks. When I originally chose Pennythoughts, I thought that I would be blogging on a huge variety of topics. Over time, though, Pennythoughts has clearly become a health blog with a focus on food and nutrition. After much agonizing and desperately trying to find a domain name that wasn’t already taken, I feel pretty happy with Wholesome Goodness. I think it will be far more descriptive of what I am doing here now, and of what I hope to do in the future. (I foresee some expansion of material in store as I move into motherhood, and I think the new name will be well-suited to those topics as well.)
The good news is, even if you type in my current web address, http://pennythoughts.wordpress.com, you will be re-routed to the new web location. So you will certainly end up in the right place whether you remember the name change or not. Just don’t be surprised when you see a different title on my blog! I will post more reminders as the time for the switch draws near.
I’m assuming this will affect RSS feeds as well…?
So glad you are going to keep posting! I always enjoy
your reviews and of course your recipes. Thanks
Thats very interesting about the hydration thing. Thats a lot of water to drink before 10!! I will get right to that.
I have a question for you, something I’ve wondered about, do you know if it makes a difference if you sip the water vs chugging it? Sometimes when I think about it I just gulp down a ton of water instead of constantly sipping on it. Does that make a difference, in your research, on how the body absorbs it? Thanks for the posts!! Glad you’re going to keep up with the site! Oh and happy last semester!!
ToilingAnt,
WordPress tells me that most feeds will navigate the switch without a hitch (forgive me), but that a handful will run into difficulties. I’ll be sure to write a post saying, “The switch happens tomorrow” when the time comes so that everyone has the opportunity to double-check their feed’s integrity the next day.
Karen,
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoy reading.
Stacy,
I tend to do the same thing! I *have* read several times that it’s better to drink in smaller amounts more frequently, rather than all at once. I try to jump-start my day with 2 cups of water, then try to drink in 4 to 8 oz portions over the rest of the day, concentrating my efforts before lunch time. This works really well for me, but I think it might be an individual thing. You might do some experimenting to see what makes you feel the best. Considering that it’s also better to eat in smaller portions throughout the day, I think it’s probably a safe assumption that giving our bodies a steady stream of fuel (whether food or fluids) is ideal. That said, there are occasional days when 4 cups gulped all at once is a good as it’s going to get!
I really like the blog and I’ll read it no matter what it’s called. I stumbled upon it while looking for a crockpot recipe-I’m making the chicken and quinoa today, I’ll let you know how it turns out.