HELLO TEAM JILLIANERS!!!! Welcome to your FIRST weekend of the challenge!! I apologize for not participating as much this week on the thread, my phone/ipad doesn't give me access to the community!! and I have my laptop at work but I have been swamped!

This week I really focused on my water intake, I read through all the posts from the week, you guys are awesome. Some tips to the team:
1. be REALLY careful of juice, I know it should be healthy but it is jam packed with sugar, if your goal is to lose weight that sugar can be your enemy! I only have 1 fruit a day = 1 cup of berries, a small apple, orange or banana.
2. 90% of your success is in your nutrition, that is why this week I wanted to focus on making a plan to be successful! planning your meals ahead will help with those tempations when coworkers want to go out (I can totally relate to this, every time I am in the office someone wants to do lunch! and I never want to say no and miss out!) If you plan ahead you are more likely to order a salad versus that burger or sandwich! I was able to do that this week, and I went back to the office and had my good healthy protein at my desk!
3. to work your way up to drinking more water start with making a jug in your fridge and cut up a lemon, put about half of the slices in the jug and half a cucumber - this will make your water cold and refreshing!! it really helped me to transition into drinking plain water!
4. Crystal Light - be careful of the chemicals in these but to help transition from not drinking alcohol I have been making a jug of the Mojitio, Apple Martini or Margarita! They taste awesome and have very few calories! When everyone else is drinking their empty calories and then battling a hangover, I feel like I had a nice treat and feel so great without the alcohol!!

I really hope these tips help you guys! I will come up with a challenge for next week that includes logging in the the thread everyday! if anyone has any suggestions please message me and I will incorporate it into the challenges :happy: Remember this is about YOU! you have full input into the success of the group and I would LOVE to hear from all of you!!!!

I wish everyone all the success this weekend!!!! We are all here to support and motivate!!! If you feel like your stuck PM me and I get notified on my phone and can answer right away to help out or provide a suggestion!!!!!

GOOD LUCK TEAM JILLIAN I AM ROOTING FOR YOU ALL!!!!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

If anybody can give me ideas on how to drink even two glasses of plain water a day that would be great. It doesn't matter how you get your water, it can be juice, herbal tea, diet caffiene free pop, that all counts towards water....this I know...but I also know that it's best to at least get half of your daily intake from just plain water which I just don't seem to be able to drink.

I keep a water bottle at my desk, too, and drink from it all day. I fill it once in the morning and once after lunch, so I drink two of those throughout the day. I like to use the little "water enhancers" when I'm at home. I just put a few drops in the glass and fill it full of cold water. It's delicious and you can control how sweet it is. I use Dasani but there are other brands, too. And I drink at least one big bottle of water when I workout.

I always have my bottle of water with me and am constantly refilling it

Hi Team Jillian!!!

Just checking in...

I have my arthroscopic knee surgery scheduled for Monday morning so I am hoping this will put me on the track to recovery and I will soon be able to get in some exercise.

My water intake has been great. I probably drink about 3 litres a day... . Also I have been sticking to my nutritional goals and the pounds are dropping even without the exercise..

We really can do this!!!

Cheers,
Alsison

Good Luck tomorrow Alison! We are all here for you!! :flowerforyou: Will be thinking of you tomorrow and hoping for a fast recovery!