I don't have a problem with the water. For those who do have problems with drinking plenty of water you can try all kinds of things. Pam had a good suggestion, not that I have done that. Anyway, I have used MiO, they have a lot of flavors and even some for energy and fitness. I am now using Sweetleaf Stevia drops that are flavored; I have chocolate and grape flavored and I love them. They are kind of expensive, but they last a long time. For every 8oz drink you put in 5 drops.
Crunches are a problem for me. I will try my darnest, but I won't promise to get them done. I have hated sit-ups and crunches since I was a young kid.

I also "treat" myself-i drink 2 water bottles then allow myself a powerade or crystal lite in my water!! So usually don't have too much trouble with the water.....I will have to "apply" myself with the crunches tho......I actually find that it helps stretch my back out a little bit.
Best of Luck to everyone!!

Thanks for the tips ladies.:flowerforyou: I am going to be working out 5 - 6 days a week and do pretty well with the water. I know I can do the crunches. My main challenge this week is staying in my calories. I need to focus focus!!

ready set go! we are gonna get there girly!

I stayed under in my calories, i did my exercise, but I could only do 60 crunch's. I'm sure I could have pushed myself to do them but I don't want to be in such discomfort that I can't do them tomorrow. Hope you all had a great day

oh and I drank my water whooo hoooo

I'm pretty fanatical about logging. I'm 100+/- my goal almost every day. I have a cheat day most weekends, but that honestly is usually alcohol and not a binge day, just not on goal.

Water is not a problem for me anymore. I drink buckets every day.

One thing I think has really helped me is advice from a friend who is a personal trainer and very fit bike rider. He taught me to drink 32 ounces of water FIRST THING every morning. He said the only thing I can do before I drink is pee. lol He also told me to be kind to myself. Work up to it. The other water rule he gave me was half my weight in ounces a day MINIMUM. So, if you weigh 200 pounds, you should have at least 100 ounces every day. I credit that early morning water with a better, ahem, bathroom routine if you know what I mean. I think that helps a lot.

When I was building my water habit ----you have to foster good habits just like you have to break bad ones ---- I had to give myself mini-goals and deadlines through the day. I follow the same basic structure now except it's not so hard any more. I work a 8-5 office job. When I arrive at work, I fill a 32 ounces sports bottle from the water cooler. I "have" to drink that before I "let" myself take my lunch break. After lunch, I refill and "have" the same deadline before I "let" myself leave to go home. That water is my core 8 x 8 ounces = 64 everyone talks about. The 32 from wake up time makes 96, which is more than my weight divided by two target, so the water I have with meals and at home after work are my weight flushing surplus!

The 32 ounces bottle works for me but I know it can look like a gallon sitting there taunting you. If you like my deadline plan, you could use a smaller glass and cut the morning and afternoon into two separate goal periods. Another trick I've heard in the past is to use a "pretty" glass, a wine goblet, anything as long as you DRINK THE WATER!

There's my two cents on H2O. Hope that helps.

Starting off the BOTC with a cold...who gets a cold during the summer?!?!? So I'm hoping the water helps to flush it out...looking forward to getting out for a run! Logged all food, under calorie goal (by 35) for the day, and got my water in. Yeah! Let's do this!

I stayed under my calories!! I even resisted cheesecake, which is huge for me. I had one small piece and put the rest in the fridge. I had 53 calories left, I don't let many go uneaten. I love food.
I also reached my water goal. Not sure exactly how many I drank, but I definitely drank at least 8 cups. I chug on a big bottle at work all day, and drank lots during tennis.
As for exercise, I played tennis for almost 2 hours, and I also completed the crunches. I almost forgot about them. I did them right before bed!!

Water...check
Exercise....2 X 20 min, before & afte work. small workout day. :grumble:
crunches...60

I logged everything and was under my allowance of 1420 and well below what my fitbit said I burned which was 2032.

Did my crunches - found 100 quite hard, but ticked it off.

Didn't quite manage all the water, but will work up to it. I need to make some of the apple and cinnamon water that somebody posted in recipes a few weeks back.

I will do my more strenuous exercise sessions this weekend and early next week.

Have a good day everyone. I will be posting at the weekend because that's when things tend to go wrong for me.

I'm also a late arrival! I did a 1.5 mile run yesterday (returning from a mild achillies injury), plus I logged all my food and hit the water target (yeah!!). I didn't do the crunches though.

I will do the 100 crunches after work today and do the water target too.

My tip for drinking water is that I don't have any hot drinks after 12 noon and only drink water with no added sugar squash.

I'm really up for this challenge - good luck everyone - we will have abs of steel before we know it!!!

I am unable to view the video but based on everyone else's posts I think I have managed to figure out the challenge. I would like to request though if you are making a video please also list the challenge if you could. I can't watch videos or have sound on my computer at work and when I am at home I don't have time to mess around on the computer. Anyway, Yesterday I stayed under my calories, drank 8 glasses of water, and did an hour of Back and Biceps and did ab ripper X. I did not do 100 crunches as I was unaware of the challenge but ab ripper x has 349 ab concentrated moves so I more than compensated. Have a good Friday!

aug.22 walked and did my 100 crunches. I also got in over 14000 steps.
I will be out of town for the weekend and may not be able to log my meals, but I will have my calorie counter and note book to keep track. I will log my exercise sun.or mon. once i'm home. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.Water is always over 10-8oz glasses per day.

I read the challenge only yesterday evening and it was too late to do anything.
But today worked fine, I stayed below the alorie limit, drank my 8 glasses of water, did the crunches (50 in the morning and 50 this evening - I couldn't do 100 at once) and walked about 10 km.

:happy: