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The Necessity of Water

I'm going to pause and talk about the regularity of the digestive system, specifically the bowels and their movements.

Remember when I made a list of all those checklists that would help me be healthier inside and out? Well, it's safe to say that I have not been keeping track of those things. Recently, I haven't been able to drink a lot of water.  I definitely drank more before moving to my new place of residence. I broke my water bottle and I keep losing my plastic ones. So I've been slacking on the hydrating my body front.Within the house I live in, I've been eating oatmeal mixed with fresh fruits and soy milk almost every morning, thanks to the consideration of my host dad.  That oatmeal has been very good for my dehydrated bowels which have been producing fewer movements per day but consistently at least once everyday. Unfortunately, some mornings, I do not have oatmeal and on those days, there is a marked difference in my bowel movements. Lets just say, I'm upping the water intake and sticking to my oatmeal.


Now that I'm done talking about the necessity of water through the means of awkwardly describing bodily functions that most people like to keep in private, I'd like to return to the topic of race in my next post . Please check it out.

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