I am SO in! I've been pretty good about water while I'm at work, but I slip on the weekends. I go out places and don't bring my water bottle, I drink other things (ahem, I'm looking at you, Sunday night Guinness), and I'm just not as aware in general. I recently bought a new 1L water bottle so it's easy enough for me to keep track of how much I drink. Bonus: the weigh-in for my work's Biggest Loser competition is Thursday and I want do as much as I can to get rid of excess water weight. I've been blowing my sodium for the past few days and I definitely need that extra water!

No problem. I'm suppose to be drinking roughly double that anyway. Given my weight and the 2/3ed rule. Dint forget your suppose to add on 12oz for every 30min of exercise.

Definitly in on this one!!! My personal goal is actually higher than the 100 ounces but I will most certainly work on getting at the bare minimum 100 ounces.

WOW is the only thing I can say to this challenge. Love it and my bladder is going crazy. I was able to get in just over 100 yesterday but today is looking much better. I will have to hydrate a lot during day tomorrow since I am off of work and the hubs and kids are going to a baseball game. $2 concessions could cause some havoc on me but will be worth a little bit of fun.

I feel like Kramer in "the Contest" or whatever it was called on Seinfeld but....

I'm out! :grumble:

Horrible day yesterday and I don't even think I got my normal 8.

Good luck to the rest of you!

Carly, sorry that you are feeling so down. But yet, glad you can see that the challenges are pushing you in a different direction than they are intended for. Wish I could give you a big hug. Keep plugging away. It will come around again. Don't give up completely and ruin what you have accomplished. HUGS!! :flowerforyou:

Diana

Which diet personality quiz? I'd like to know if something actually knew me well enough to figure that one out. I know personally that the more I try to force myself to do something, the more my internal rebellious subconscious pulls back her redneck self and says, "Oh, hell no!" I have to stack my head with good ideas, good research, and good support and then let the rest occur organically. If I push, my inner me pushes back. If I try to be determined, my inner me sits her fat butt on the couch. So I know this about myself, but I can't break it.

Heather - just because one thing gets you down, don't let it put you off your challenge. Think of all the awesome karmic momentum flowing your way by everyone else you have challenged or inspired with your challenges. If nothing else, this should be "bathing" you in some good mental ju-ju. Even if you aren't were you want to be by the scale, by gods, it is still your damned birthday, you are better than you were the day before, and you have earned that celebration.

For me, instead of losing more by mine (the 13th), I'm just planning not to go back over 250. I bumped calories up to maintenance, and I'm doing some other forms of exercise, so we'll just see how it goes. I'm not giving up, no matter how much I want to in any given moment, because heavens to Betsy, this is not how I want to live the rest of my life. It may take me 20 times longer than anyone else, but I will be healthier than I was, stronger than I was, and better that I was...

Artelyn, I hadn't thought about the the fact that recognizing the trigger of the challenges for me being kind of a NSV, but don't they say that knowing is half the battle?

All: I'm okay. I'm really moody and down on myself lately, but it won't last. So please don't worry about me too much... I have to get the negativity out somewhere, and I feel like I fit in here more than anywhere else, so unfortunately, y'all hear it more...sigh. Thanks for listening. I plan on trying to do some more soul searching soon, so hopefully, I'll have something more upbeat soon!