Year/Mo/Day
Water 16 oz.
Coffee lg. cup
Sweet Tea
Mt. Dew
Comment
START
0
2
3-4
1
Ugh
2009/25/09
3
1
0
0
YAY!!!
2009/26/09
4
1.5
0
0
YAY AGAIN!
2009/27/09
5
1.5
0
0
still YAY!
2009/28/09
5
1
0
0
WooHoo!
2009/29/09
6
1
0
0
FINI!!
Tuesday was good, I was really wanting water. Number of glasses is a guess, I just kept reaching for it and wanted hardly any grape soda. I consider this focus finished for now and will work to stay on the water and keep increasing it. YEA!!!
Year/Mo/Day
Water 16 oz.
Coffee lg. cup
Sweet Tea
Mt. Dew
Comment
START
0
2
3-4
1
Ugh
2009/25/09
3
1
0
0
YAY!!!
2009/26/09
4
1.5
0
0
YAY AGAIN!
2009/27/09
5
1.5
0
0
still YAY!
2009/28/09
5
1
0
0
WooHoo!
Monday was day four of no dew or sweet tea. And, I’m still clean of those addictive-to-me drinks.
It is not just the calories, or even the caffeine (which I’m over sensitive to). These are gateway drugs to me. Once I’m having those, I find myself willing to [...]
Year/Mo/Day
Water 16 oz.
Coffee lg. cup
Sweet Tea
Mt. Dew
Comment
START
0
2
3-4
1
Ugh
2009/25/09
3
1
0
0
YAY!!!
2009/26/09
4
1.5
0
0
YAY AGAIN!
2009/27/09
5
1.5
0
0
still YAY!
What I did yesterday was pick up some grape soda - which is okay because it satisfies the craving without generating more craving.
If I can hang in there today and tomorrow, on drinking water, on the tea and dew, I’ll consider this water watching a GREAT success. [...]
Year/Mo/Day
Water 16 oz.
Coffee lg. cup
Sweet Tea
Mt. Dew
Comment
START
0
2
3-4
1
Ugh
2009/25/09
3
1
0
0
YAY!!!
2009/26/09
4
1.5
0
0
YAY AGAIN!
What’s happening is my body is starting to want water.
10 days ago, it definitely did NOT want water, it wanted the others.
This is happening much more quickly than I had hoped so I am working to stay with it. If I can get through today, without craving tea [...]
Year/Mo/Day
Water 16 oz.
Coffee lg. cup
Sweet Tea
Mt. Dew
Comment
START
0
2
3-4
1
Ugh
2009/25/09
3
1
0
0
YAY!!!
I’m thinking of including lemon juice in water just in the regular water count to avoid adding a column.
Thanks to you faithful 3fc buds my focus is now on water. I have been finding it difficult to focus on all the things I want to change so this is good. I’m focusing on increasing my water drinking.
One thing that happens to me is that as I start drinking other things, I quit drinking [...]
Combining caffeine and sugar causes other problems in blood glucose levels, besides the sudden rush factor. It sets up a vicious cycle of cravings.
You eat something sweet with a good cup of coffee. Your blood glucose levels swing wildly. These swings cause carbohydrate cravings. You crave another donut, another piece of cake or a second [...]
Okay, so I did the 4 day flat belly jumpstart, and was feeling great on the first few days of the 28 day plan. But then I had a reaction to some aspartame and had a few bad days.
As soon as I realized what I’d done, I started the jumpstart over, knowing it was the [...]
When I finally started drinking soft drinks regularly they quickly became my nemesis. I gained weight and especially belly fat faster than at any other time.
Looking back, several times my food has been good and working for me. Then, I started feeling like I could slip in an occasional soft drink or so. Ha.
This seems [...]
Someone asked me this and I had been thinking about it anyway…
What I Avoid and Why
Alcohol, because it affects me like an alcoholic due to too many meds years ago.
Coffee, because I drank way too much, way too young, and became completely dependent on it. (Read: couldn’t think or move.) It messed me up.
Sweetened Ice [...]
Hit a bit of a speed bump last night when I went home. Instead of fixing my delightful sounding meal from my menu and going walking (”The Plan”), what I did was fix some oatmeal with protein powder and 3 tablespoons of peanut butter, and crashed on the couch, basically refusing to do anything that [...]
