5-min shower challenge

[getforfree]

I want to challenge myself and limit everybody's shower time in my family. I curently use 10-15 min when take shower, and about 10 min of running water for both of the kids.

I don't take shower every day, so, if I skip 1 day, the next day I have 10 min accumulated, and so on. Or, if you take 3 min instead of 5, you have 2 extra min. For evey 10 extra minutes accumulated, I will pay myself $1 towards extra on my mortgage. Lets see, if I can come up $20 this month just for me and kids. I am not sure if Dh wants to count the minutes.

[gavinmccallister]

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What I did one time, when you shower close the drain and shower when you get done showering you will notice that you still don't have a full tub so I think showering saves water still especially if you have a miser shower head installed.

[rusty@saving]

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i can usually take less than a 5 minute shower, unless i need to shave, then it takes me an extra 5 minutes. it is much easier on the face with all the steam.

[poundwise]

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What I did one time, when you shower close the drain and shower when you get done showering you will notice that you still don't have a full tub so I think showering saves water still especially if you have a miser shower head installed.

No doubt. Bathing in a tub utilizes much more water than a shower. This fact is only magnified if you take short showers.

[Ima saver]

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I weigh 800 pounds, it takes a long time to get all of me wet!!

[Ima saver]

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[LuxLiving]

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Count me in! I put a plastic bucket in my shower so I can use the greywater to water my outside plants. Excessive heat here is a scorcher on those around my concrete patio!

-LuxLivingFrugalis

[Ima saver]

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Well I am only kidding, I don't weigh 800!! I thought someone would give me some dieting advice! I do diet, but I am under 150!! So I can shower in under 10 minutes!

[Kris10Leigh]

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Julie, Heavens! LOL! I was sitting here thinking how to respond to that! My goodness. All kinds of thoughts about how to encourage you while not offending you. Hmmmmmmm. I am overweight and struggle with it quite a bit, nothing like that though! I love message boards because I am free to be me without the weight blemish. I'm a bit insecure.

[Ima saver]

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I was just trying to me funny, but I guess that is really not a funny subject. I think we would all like to be thinner, I would!! Maybe we should start a dieting thread and encourage each other!!

[PrincessPerky]

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I think my showers average 30 minutes..but in my defense I get two other kids washed while in...

I have actually been working on shortenting them this week too...dunno if I will get down to 5 minutes (less I skip shaving the legs and washing my hair, then I can easily be done in 5) but I do hope to get the three of us done in 15 -20.

[Kris10Leigh]

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Julie, I didn't think a thing about it! Seriously, it made me laugh when I scrolled down and read further. As far as a diet thread, not for me. I have a disorder called "Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome" which messes with my insulin. It makes it very hard to take weight off...seriously. For one and half years now I work out at the gym faithfully lifting weights...cardio...swimming. Last year I swam 2 miles in just under two hours! I was rather proud of myself. My best friend goes with me and she has lost 50 lbs. Me? I've gained 2. I'm learning to be happy with myself.

[Ima saver]

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That is the best thing you can do, learn to be happy with yourself!!

[getforfree]

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What i did, before even turning the shower water on, I would get a big cup of warm water from the sink, get in the tub, wet my legs, and then shave it. Then I would turn the water on, and the shower doesn't take more than 5 min that way.

I usually wash my hair first, don't rinse yet, soap the rest of my body, then rinse, then put hairconditioner in my hair, and soap my fase, then rinse again. When I am rinsing the last time, I turn the hot water off like 10 seconds before I will shut off the rest of the water, and the water doesn't get cold for a few more seconds, so I get like a cup of hot water for free.

[getforfree]

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ANd I forgot. For the last 6 days I took shower only 2 times, for 15 min total. Washed the kids 2 times, ran water for them for 20 min total. So I used 35 minutes out of 90 allowed. I don't even know how many times and how lond dh took showers.