High Heels & Fishnets!!!!!

Yay, a challenge I'm good at! I was the water drinking champion in Basic training...:laugh:

Cris, I'm hoping you get to feeling 100% soon! And thanks so much for the info on why we need to drink so much water. Sometimes you just hear 'because you should", and not a whole plethora of GREAT reasons why.

So, I really want to do this, but I just can't keep up right reading all the posts and figuring out what's going on. I appreciate the work and time for those organizing -- I know how much it can take. Right now I'm in a good grove with Couch to 5K and other exercises, eating well, and still losing. Trying to find the time to do just one more thing is starting to stress me out -- especially since I've been so bad at it. I do enjoy getting the feeds for those who friended me and that seems more manageable -- feel free to friend me if you want to keep in touch that way.

Good luck to the rest of you!

First off:
HAPPY BELATED BDAY!
Great job on the spreadsheet!
Congrats to the biggest loser!
Great job MFP team on the weight loss!

Ok so I see that everyone is posting when they complete their challenges. For me, all challenges up to date are in the clear. Done, except with the water one. Oi! I think this one might be the biggest challege so far! I might get in 32oz. when I'm working out but that's not even close to what I have to drink for this challenge! None the less its a magnificent one! Water us super important and all that info about it was nothing less than great. Thanks for posting.

Here is something to consider girls: while we are doing this water challenge try to fast for at least two days. Nothing but water and pure fruit and vege juices! Make them yourself with a juicer or buy them but make sure you read the label and pick the best one. This is a great way to clean your system and provide it with the nutrients it need to jump start itself without all the added energy it uses tto process the waste of food. My mother is a natural health consultant and is always saying how our digestive system is really like a brain itself. With a proper functioning digestive system our bodies would fall apart since its not receiving the nutrition it needs to function properly. She always recomends a "cleanse" from her company but of course this costs money. The cheapest way to go about it is to "juice it up"! She highly reccomends 1 whole organic beet( this includes the roots and leaves), 3carrots, 3 romain lettuce leaves, 1/4 tsp of garlic extract, and 1 tbsp of liquid chlorophyll. Do this one only once a day if not once a wk for its super loaded with vitamins and you don't want to over do it.

Cleansing your system first is the key to anything really. Its a great way to promote weight loss and help you keep it off!

I really like the water challenge this week. I am never without a bottle of water. In the morning I fill up 4 water bottles and take them to work so that I have them with me, I also keep a gallon at work so that if I run out I have more to fill them up. I am picky and don't like to drink tap water unless it has been run through a filter which I have at home. There are days when I drink a gallon of water depending on how active I am. Once you get used to having the water bottle with you and train yourself to drink water on a continual basis you don't even have to think about it and you really miss it when you leave the house without the bottle.

Good luck to everyone and keep up the great work.

Bee28 HALT!!!!
Literally. Get out a post it, stick it on the fridge door with this acronym...
H- Hungry?
A- Angry?
L- Lonely?
T- Tired?

Ask yourself if you are feeling one of the above and take a 10min sit down to answer. Still hungry, drink some water and try to make a healthy choice.
Not hungry....walk away from the fridge, go to bed, call a friend, read a book, go workout.
This has helped me before in times of stress.
Sometimes a big donut IS the answer...don't beat yourself up about it and move on with the rest of the day.
S

I really needed this. I feel like all I've been doing is eating and eating and eating for the past 4 days.

Next time I WILL HALT. I'll go read a book, or have a shower, or work out, or talk to my roommate now that she is home
THANK YOU for this.

First off:
HAPPY BELATED BDAY!
Great job on the spreadsheet!
Congrats to the biggest loser!
Great job MFP team on the weight loss!

Ok so I see that everyone is posting when they complete their challenges. For me, all challenges up to date are in the clear. Done, except with the water one. Oi! I think this one might be the biggest challege so far! I might get in 32oz. when I'm working out but that's not even close to what I have to drink for this challenge! None the less its a magnificent one! Water us super important and all that info about it was nothing less than great. Thanks for posting.

Here is something to consider girls: while we are doing this water challenge try to fast for at least two days. Nothing but water and pure fruit and vege juices! Make them yourself with a juicer or buy them but make sure you read the label and pick the best one. This is a great way to clean your system and provide it with the nutrients it need to jump start itself without all the added energy it uses tto process the waste of food. My mother is a natural health consultant and is always saying how our digestive system is really like a brain itself. With a proper functioning digestive system our bodies would fall apart since its not receiving the nutrition it needs to function properly. She always recomends a "cleanse" from her company but of course this costs money. The cheapest way to go about it is to "juice it up"! She highly reccomends 1 whole organic beet( this includes the roots and leaves), 3carrots, 3 romain lettuce leaves, 1/4 tsp of garlic extract, and 1 tbsp of liquid chlorophyll. Do this one only once a day if not once a wk for its super loaded with vitamins and you don't want to over do it.

Cleansing your system first is the key to anything really. Its a great way to promote weight loss and help you keep it off!

sorry everyone I meant to say *WITHOUT proper functioning in our digestive system our bodies would slowly falter. Ugh I I guess sometimes I think faster than I can type *properly that is*

will i got my cardio in today. i'l do some kind of workout later.

Bee28 HALT!!!!
Literally. Get out a post it, stick it on the fridge door with this acronym...
H- Hungry?
A- Angry?
L- Lonely?
T- Tired?

Ask yourself if you are feeling one of the above and take a 10min sit down to answer. Still hungry, drink some water and try to make a healthy choice.
Not hungry....walk away from the fridge, go to bed, call a friend, read a book, go workout.
This has helped me before in times of stress.
Sometimes a big donut IS the answer...don't beat yourself up about it and move on with the rest of the day.
S
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Thank You for this Shredder! This really is just what I needed to get through the rest of the day!

Ok, so I've done well with the water challenge. I got my cardio in yesterday and even did some stretching (which my daughter thought was a funny game ). My clothes fit much better than they did last week, but I've GAINED a pound!! My husband told me not to stress about it because it was probably from exercise and water. He said to give it a couple of days and it should come off, but I can't help but stress!! It drives me crazy to see the numbers going in the wrong direction! I felt great until I stepped on the scale this morning!! I'm not going to quit, I am just going to keep working hard and hopefully the scale will cooperate Friday!