Met my water goal

not a bit.. its funny, as I was reading this I could swear I wrote it myself. I'd drink water and chew ice chips when I was at my worst with ED. Now I just make sure I eat a meal before I start drinking my water for the day... it will always be a constant battle to fight the voice that used to be whispering in your ear every moment.

I've never had the eating disorder issue but drinking water has always been hard for me. I used to hate it when I was younger, but now I can actually appreciate a nice cool, not too cold, glass with a little lemon in it. I have always struggled to get my water in with past attempts to lose weight but this time it has been going a lot better. I get up first thing in the morning and grab a fresh 16.9 oz bottle from the fridge and start sipping on it. When its gone I refill it from the fridge and go again. I do that till I have all my water in for the day and if there is still some day left I can have diet soda or juice or something after that, but not till I've had my 4 bottles. It is still hard at times and on more then one occasion I have been sitting in bed chugging down the last bottle (or even two), which makes for a fun filled night of bathroom trips lol, but I always get it in. The best days come when I follow this schedule, 1 bottle between 12 (or sooner) to 2, 1 between 2 to 4, then 4 to 6, and 6 to 8. I still have to fight it some days but I have been determined and so far have only missed my mark about 2 days in the last month.

The craziest part is as a result I have had very little diet soda since I started. That wasn't even one of my goals, I just don't have the room for it anymore, it takes everything in me to drink the 4 bottles so I rarely get to anything else. I actually treated myself tonight with a glass of Ovaltine for dessert because I had my last bottle of water with dinner.

Congrats on hitting your goal, I do know what an effort it can be but I really think it helps. I feel so much better when I'm getting my water in no matter how I'm eating. I just makes everything work a little better.

I know I don't meet the criteria on the water intake. I think I drink about one to two 20 ounce bottles of Ozark a day, at the most. :ohwell: I guess I should start drinking more water.