OK guys, its Monday morning. I need to get my butt back into high gear.

No weight loss, feeling slow and sleepy from all the holiday carbs, eating too much and too often.... I need help! So Im getting back to the basic's - Water intake!

I (honestly speaking here) am only drinking about 20 oz's a day - ouch! And I feel it.

So TODAY is the day!!!!

Ive got my two - 20oz AquaFina water bottles full and Im determined to drink each one - 2 times! So thats 80oz's of water, a little more then 1/2 a gallon. This should be enough to get me started in the right direction.

ANYONE else interested in this challenge???

Ive never done a challenge before, so I have no idea on the rules.

I just know that I need help.... YOUR help!!!!!!!

That makes me worry less since I'm not the only one it irritates.

Becky, everything was slow on this site lastnight. I kept getting booted off, then it took FOREVER to pull something up... I gave in and went to bed. Although I wouldve love to go into the chat room, just couldnt get there!

mmmmmmm, fresh baked cookies! Thats HARD to resist!

Okay Paula, here I am with half my jug emptied already. Remember yesterday's challenge.... huh... huh? NO JUNK FOOD TODAY. I was making my lunch of leftover chicken beans & cheese & was gonna toss a few tort chips in a baggie, but there was Paula's face in my kitchen, shaking her finger at me. So I left the chips behind and just brought the protein and water. Are we all still on?

Paula, where are you? It's 10:00 a.m. and I finished my daily water. But my challenge was to do twice my water, so I'm halfway there. How you doing?

oh Lisa, you certainly can make me smile!

I am VERY upset right now over some news about my surgeon (Im fixing to post something about it on another thread) - and gave in to the hershey thing. I went to Target and couldnt resist picking one up (emotional eating) and I have the monthly thing that came lastnight, so there's another reason that my self control is shot.

And there YOU are, doing so well .

Company is at the door and I REALLY need to post this stuff about my surgeon so I can get some feedback.

No problem, Paula. There is always tomorrow! I haven't started my 2nd bottle. I'll try to finish it after lunch. Mmmmm, LUNCH TIME! FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD.

Water Water Water Water Pee.....

So I drank my water, ate my slow and decent-sized band lunch.. then shoved 10 pieces of chocolate into my pie hole. I told my attorney that his homework last night was to finish off all the dark chocolate in the office by today. He didn't listen. I can pass on the milk chocolate, but the dark chocolate has me in a trance.

Lisa at least your making good choices. Dark chocolate has less sugar in it then Milk Chocolate does.

For you chocohalics out there, as I've mentioned before, I use the Viactiv active nutrition for women by women, (sorry guys), soft calcium chews. I put three in the candy dish along with my s/f hard candy, then when I have that grazing going on I reach for one of the s/f candies or the calcium chew. It provides the calcium and sure helps with that need for choc. Just an idea.

Here I thought if I jumped on the Water thread I would find inspiration to drink lots of water outside of meals, and what do I find but my nemesis DARK CHOCOLATE! Away, demon, away!

My own personal water challenge is not to drink water with food. I don't have trouble getting at least 64 oz. down each day, but it's almost impossible for me to resist at least a sip while I'm eating. I know my weight loss would be better if I broke this nasty habit, but it's even trickier than giving up pastry. Anyone else have this problem?

Pat I use the Viactiv chewables too. I feel like I am getting a treat twice a day! They have several different flavors and I change to a different one each time so that I don't get tired of the same ones.

Hey HarleyNana I use Viagra too.

Wait you said for women let me re-read

ohhhhhhhhhh you said viactiv... Sorry misread that... Forget I said anything about viagra

Zoe - I can't have anything to drink sitting near me while I eat. I have always drank with my meals, if it is there, I drink it without even thinking. Now I put my glass far away from me for an hour.

I got my Water in today. And took a nice long walk. I feel much better.

When I got banded, I viewed the no drinking with food rule as non-negotiable. I'm not much of a water drinker anyway, so I suppose it was easier for me. I grew up in a house where we drank milk when we were thirsty. No wonder I got fat!